These 10 Albums Were Really, Really Good in 2010

It's been an intense year: dark, strange albums alongside peppy ones (see Contra). Albums spewing their guts all over us. So, want to return to long lost music blog after a long 2010--with a fevered new year upcoming with 35 Conferette and SXSW (see you there?).

Consider this the first of the new year. Here ya go: top 10 albums of the year, filtered through a biased folk lens!






10. Heartland - Owen Pallet
9. Messenger - Joe Pug
8. Pope Killdragon - Strand of Oaks
7. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
6. The Monitor - Titus Andronicus
5. American Ghetto - Portgual. The Man
4. The Wild Hunt - Tallest Man on Earth
3. Tall Hours in Glowstream - Cotton Jones
2. Teen Dream - Beach House
1. High Violet - The National