And so begins my countdown of the best of 2010 with a random sample of my favourite tracks of the year. The usual rules apply.
You'll see 20 of these artists again at the end of the week when I count down my favourite albums of the year. The rest of them, either their albums weren't up to scratch... or I haven't got round to listening to them yet.
As always, these lists are a work in progress...
Brandon Flowers - I Came Here To Get Over You
Carl Barat - The Fall
Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave
The Crookes - Yes, Yes We're Magicians
Eels - The Man
Shrag - Tights In August
The Hold Steady - The Weekenders
Tom Williams & The Boat - Concentrate
Spoiler Alert! - Booster Gold
Adam Fromm - 88 Lines About 44 Fangirls (can't find a link - shame, as it's bloody excellent)
Boy Cried Wolf - No Comfort From Your Skin
Town Bike - Bastard Heart
Hurts - Wonderful Life
Meat Loaf - Los Angeloser
Superman Revenge Squad - An Old Man Flicking Through A Pornographic Magazine
Thea Gilmore - This Town
John Grant - Sigourney Weaver
Amanda Palmer - Creep
Jonny Cola & The A Grades - The Party's Over
Betty & The Werewolves - Paper Thin
Duke Special - Wanda, Darling Of The Jockey Club
Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop
Bruce Springsteen - Someday (We'll Be Together)
The Charlatans - My Foolish Pride
Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
The Courteeners - The Rest Of The World Has Gone Home
The Divine Comedy - Down In The Street Below
James - Ten Below
Goldheart Assembly - King Of Rome
Richard Thompson - Sidney Wells
Lily Rae & The Saturday Girls - Hiding In Cinemas
Edwyn Collins - Bored
Lucky Soul - Woah Billy!
Emma Pollock - Hug The Harbour
Kathryn Williams - 50 White Lines
Rufus Wainwright - Who Are You New York?
Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! - He's A "Rebel"
Lloyd Cole - Writer's Retreat
Kort - Incredibly Lonely
Hayseed Dixie - Won't Get Fooled Again
Fyfe Dangerfield - Faster Than The Setting Sun
Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me
Allo Darlin' - If Loneliness Was Art
Villagers - Ship Of Promises
Joe Summers - New Rave Scene
Babybird - For The Rest Of Our Lives
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
I Am Kloot - Northern Skies
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For
Neil Diamond - Midnight Train To Georgia
Robyn - Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na
Harper Simon - Berkeley Girl
Jimmy Webb, Billy Joel & Jerry Douglas - Wichita Lineman
The National - Anyone's Ghost
Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
Justin Currie - You'll Always Walk Alone
Manic Street Preachers & Ian McCulloch - Some Kind Of Nothingness
Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke
Young Hegelians - God Nor Money
Blur - Fool's Day
Swans - You Fucking People Make Me Sick
Vampire Weekend - Holiday
Codeine Velvet Club - Hollywood
The Hidden Cameras - In The Na
Paul Heaton - Even A Palm Tree
