the best of 2010 - music

so i'm a little behind the times with all of my best of 2010 lists, but i really want to eventually get these posted no matter how far into the new year we get. so tonight i bring you my favorites from the world of music. it was a really great year for new tunes and here are my top ten...

10 - the damned things - ironiclast
listen: myspace.com/thedamnedthings
standout tracks: 
"we've got a situation here" / "black heart" / "a great reckoning"

9 - motion city soundtrack - my dinosaur life
listen: myspace.com/motioncitysoundtrack
standout tracks: 
"her words destroyed my planet" / "delirium" / "pulp fiction"

8 - the gaslight anthem - american slang
listen: myspace.com/thegaslightanthem 
standout tracks: 
"american slang" / "bring it on" / "boxer"

















7 - anberlin - dark is the way, light is a place 
listen: myspace.com/anberlin 
standout tracks: 
"we owe this to ourselves" / "pray tell" / "the art of war"

6 - my chemical romance - danger days: the true lives of the fabulous kill joys
listen: myspace.com/mychemicalromance
standout tracks: 
"na na na (na na na na na na na na na)" / "SING" / "vampire money"

5 - the wonder years - the upsides
listen: myspace.com/thewonderyears
standout tracks: 
"logan circle" / "dynamite shovel" / "melrose diner"  / "hey thanks"

4 - circa survive - blue sky noise
listen: myspace.com/circasurvive 
standout tracks:
"strange terrain" / "get out" / "dyed in the wool"

3 - sent by ravens - our graceful words
listen: myspace.com/sentbyravens 
standout tracks: 
"new fire" / "beautiful list" / "salt and the light"

2 - four year strong - enemy of the world
listen: myspace.com/fouryearstrong 
standout tracks: 
"tonight we feel alive (on a saturday)" / "find my way back" / "one step at a time"

1 - hellogoodbye - would it kill you?
listen: myspace.com/hellogoodbye
standout tracks:
"finding something to do" / "getting old" / "when we first met" / "coppertone"

 
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the following are some honorable mentions. even though they weren't able to crack my top ten, each of these albums were great listens in 2010.

children 18:3 - rain's 'a comin
deftones - diamond eyes
fair - disappearing world
ivoryline - vessels
kings of leon - come around sundown
the morning of - the way i fell in
neon trees - habits
terrible things - terrible things
underØATH - Ø (disambiguation)

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and these are just a handful of some of my favorite songs from 2010...

anberlin - "pray tell"
circa survive - "get out"
four year strong - "one step at a time"
the gaslight anthem - "boxer"
the graduate - "don't die digging"
house of heroes - "god save the foolish kings"
isles & glaciers - "hills like white elephants"
neon trees - "1983"
states - "time to begin"
steel train - "bullet"
the wonder years - "melrose diner"