ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
I've divided these into the Top 10 I submitted to Kerrang! for their Writers Poll and a non-K! 10. The rules are that you can only vote for albums which have been reviewed in Kerrang!, so some of the latter list are noisy buggers which slipped through the K! net...
KERRANG! TOP 10
Swans, My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Electric Wizard, Black Masses
Grinderman, Grinderman 2
Ramesses, Take The Curse
The Dillinger Escape Plan, Option Paralysis
Deftones, Diamond Eyes
High On Fire, Snakes For The Divine
Trash Talk, Eyes & Knives
Kvelertak, Kvelertak
Cancer Bats, Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
NON-KERRANG! TOP 10
The Fall, Your Future, Our Clutter
No Age, Everything In Between
Foals, Total Life Forever
Crystal Castles, II
Nails, Unsilent Death
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
Teeth Of The Sea, Your Mercury
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
Kano, Method To The Maadness
Arabrot, Brotherseed
SONGS OF THE YEAR
I have to admit it, I've been listening to a lot of music this year which some might brand, well, cheesy. Hell, I'd describe some of the below as cheesy, but for whatever reason they've all made me happy...
The Dillinger Escape Plan, Farewell, Mona Lisa
Foals, Spanish Sahara
Magnetic Man, I Need Air
Doctor P, Sweet Shop
Danny Byrd/Liquid, Sweet Harmony
Darwin Deez, Radar Detector
Donae'O, Riot Music
Rolo Tomassi, Kasia
Gorillaz, Stylo
Everything,Everything, My KZ, Yr BF
GIGS OF THE YEAR
It feels like I went to fewer gigs than usual this year, partly because Gorse were more active, partly because I didn't go to any festivals, partly because I didn't make it to enough DIY punk shows. Nevertheless, there were some right old nights out in 2010, I can tell you. Here they are in alphabetical order, RIP some of the venues listed...
Art Of Burning Water/Jovian/At A Crawl @ The Cowley Club
Beirut @ Eastbourne Winter Gardens
Comanechi/Divorce/Fat Bicth @ The Hydrant
Converge/Kylesa/Kvelertak @ The Concorde 2
Crippled Black Phoenix/Blackstorm @ The Free Butt
Dethscalator/You're Smiling Now...But We'll All Turn Into Demons/Gum Takes Tooth @ Hector's House
The Dillinger Escape Plan/Rolo Tomassi/The Ocean in Brighton and London
Electric Wizard/Moss @ The Electric Ballroom
Facel Vega/The Sceptres/Regimes @ The Cowley Club
Family Man/Bloddrunk @ The Cowley Club
Sage Francis @ Audio
Grand Magus @ The Forum
The Guillotines @ The Hydrant
Ihsahn/Shining @ The Electric Ballroom
Jovian, plenty of times in Brighton
Les Savy Fav @ The Komedia
Melt Banana/Drum Eyes @ Jam
Mudhoney @ The Concorde 2
No Age/Male Bonding @: Audio
Part Chimp/Lamp/Jovian @ Hector's House
Pulled Apart By Horses/Gay For Johnny Depp @ Audio
Resurrectionists/Battle Of Wolf 359/Attack! Vipers!/Plague Sermon @ The Hobgoblin
Rolo Tomassi/Trash Talk/Throats @ The Engine Room
Shearwater @ The Free Butt & Audio
Spectrum/Medicine & Duty @ The Free Butt
Swans @ The Concorde 2
Torche/Jovian/Dopefight @ The Prince Albert
Unkind/Gascoigne/Brutal Regime @ The Cowley Club
White Hills/Pontiak @ The Engine Room
Wolves In The Throne Room @ The Hobgoblin
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