top 50 songs of 2010.

50. wild nothing - chinatown
49. fionn regan - violent demeanour
48. neil young - hitchhiker
47. chief - night & day
46. blonde redhead - here sometimes
45. janell monae - tightrope
44. cults - most wanted
43. lcd soundsystem - dance yrself clean
42. m.i.a. - meds & feds
41. o emperor - po
40. broken bells - the high road
39. warpaint - undertow
38. wintersleep - mausoleum
37. fang island - daisy
36. megafaun - the longest day
35. horse feathers - vernonia blues
34. s. carey - in the stream
33. sufjan stevens - futile devices
32. owen pallett - keep the dogs quiet
31. frightened rabbit - swim until you can't see land
30. doves - andalucia
29. jonsi - boy lilikoi
28. morning benders - hand me downs
27. the mountains & the trees - up and down
26. smashing pumpkins - the fellowship
25. laura marling - rambling man
24. best coast - i want to
23. edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros - home
22. the national - bloodbuzz ohio
21. wavves - king of the beach
20. tame impala - solitude is bliss
19. deftones - sextape
18. dr. dog - shadow people
17. tunng - october
16. local natives - sun hands
15. land of talk - quarry hymns
14. beach house - zebra
13. blitzen trapper - below the hurricane
12. the walkmen - blue as your blood
11. yeasayer - rome
10. arcade fire - month of may
09. wolf parade - what did my lover say? (it always had to be this way)
08. tallest man on earth - love is all
07. band of horses - infinite arms
06. anais mitchell - wedding song
05. joanna newsom - good intentions paving company
04. dark mean - happy banjo
03. broken social scene - romance to the grave
02. midlake - children of the grounds
01. sun kil moon - alesund

the top 50 songs of 2009.

01. built to spill ~ things fall apart

02. the middle east ~ blood

03. doves ~ kingdom of rust

04. bon iver ~ blood bank

05. why? ~ this blackest purse

06. phoenix ~ 1901

07. langhorne slim ~ restless

08. camera obscura ~ french navy

09. antony & bryce dessner ~ i was young when i left home

10. pearl jam ~ just breathe

11. ohbijou ~ thunderlove

12. jeremy enigk ~ sant feliu de guixols

13. devendra banhart ~ goin' back

14. cymbals eat guitars ~ some trees (merritt moon)

15. rural alberta advantage ~ the deadroads

16. regina spektor ~ eet

17. dirty projectors & david bryne ~ knotty pine

18. j. tillman ~ howling light

19. hayden ~ let it last

20. vetiver ~ rolling sea

21. my brightest diamond ~ feeling good

22. yeasayer ~ tightrope

23. the decemberists ~ the wanting comes in waves / repaid

24. cary brothers ~ ride

25. a.a. bondy ~ a slow parade

26. handsome furs ~ i'm confused

27. fever ray ~ triangle walks

28. beirut ~ the shrew

29. grizzly bear ~ fine for now

30. sunset rubdown ~ you go on ahead (trumpet trumpet II)

31. animal collective - what would i want? sky

32. the cloud hymn ~ wide

33. the 1900s ~ two ways

34. and you will know us by the trail of dead ~ isis unveiled

35. dinosaur jr. ~ i want you to know

36. the national ~ so far around the bend

37. land of talk ~ may you never

38. mumford & sons ~ little lion man

39. japandroids ~ young hearts spark fire

40. anya marina ~ satellite heart

41. volcano choir ~ island, is

42. wilco ~ one wing

43. fanfarlo ~ the walls are coming down

44. metric ~ gold guns girls

45. bibio ~ lovers carvings

46. thom yorke ~ all for the best

47. m. ward ~ post war

48. and so i watch from afar ~ set guitars to kill

49. caribou ~ sundialing

50. monsters of folk ~ temazcal