Sunday, December 26, 2010

The 50 Best Music Videos of 2010


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1. Tighten Up - The Black Keys Tighten Up - The Black Keys





2. This Too Shall Pass - OK Go This Too Shall Pass (Rube Goldberg) - Ok Go



3. Next Girl - The Black Keys



4. At or with Me - Jack Johnson At or With Me - Jack Johnson



5. Giving up the Gun - Vampire Weekend Giving Up the Gun - Vampire Weekend



6. Head Full of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise - The Avett Brothers Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise - The Avett Brothers

7. Runaway - Kanye West Runaway - Kanye West & Pusha T

8. Valentino - Diane Birch Valentino - Diane Birch

9. White Knuckles - OK Go White Knuckles - Ok Go

10. Let it Be - Gylne Tider

11. (Expletive Deleted) You - Cee Lo Green F**k You - Cee Lo Green

12. Opposite of Adult - Chiddy Bang Opposite of Adults - Chiddy Bang

13. Stylo - Gorillaz featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) - Gorillaz

14. Madder Red - Yeasayer Madder Red - Yeasayer

15. In the Sun - She and Him In the Sun - She & Him

16. Cold War - Janelle Monáe Cold War - Janelle Monáe

17. Erase Me - Kid Cudi and Kanye West Erase Me (Short Version) - Kid Cudi & Kanye West

18. Young Blood - Norah Jones Young Blood - Norah Jones

19. Thinking ‘bout Somethin’ - Hanson Thinking 'Bout Somethin' - Hanson

20. Skeletons - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Skeletons - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

21. The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells

22. He's Not a Boy - The Like He's Not a Boy (Director's Cut) - The Like

23. Do-Wah-Doo - Kate Nash Do Wah Doo - Kate Nash

24. The Cave - Mumford and Sons

25. King of Anything - Sara Bareilles King of Anything - Sara Bareilles

26. I Wish it Would Rain - Mayer Hawthorne

27. The Catylist - Linkin Park The Catalyst - Linkin Park

28. Pow Pow - LCD Soundsystem

29. Kandi - One EskimO Kandi - One eskimO

30. Misery - Maroon 5 Misery - Maroon 5

31. Kush - Dr Dre featuring Snoop Dogg and Akon Kush - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg & Akon

32. Playing God - Paramore Playing God - Paramore

33. Dear God 2.0 - The Roots and Jim James of Monsters of Folk Dear God 2.0 - The Roots & Monsters of Folk

34. Power - Kanye West Power - Kanye West

35. On to the Next One - Jay-Z On to the Next One (Jay-Z + Swizz Beatz) - Jay-Z

36. One Track Mind - Mayer Hawthorne One Track Mind - Mayer Hawthorne

37. Cousins - Vampire Weekend Cousins - Vampire Weekend

38. The Fire - The Roots featuring John Legend

39. The Only Exception - Paramore The Only Exception - Paramore

40. Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce

41. It's Okay - Cee Lo Green

42. Song Away - Hockey Song Away - Hockey

43. Waiting for the End - Linkin Park Waiting for the End - Linkin Park

44. Dilly - Band of Horses Dilly - Band of Horses

45. Christmas Lights - Coldplay Christmas Lights - Coldplay

46. Wake Up Everybody - John Legend & The Roots, Common & Melanie Fiona Wake Up Everybody (feat. Common & Melanie Fiona) - John Legend & The Roots

47. Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna Love the Way You Lie - Eminem & Rihanna

48. If its Love - Train If It's Love - Train

49. Holiday - Vampire Weekend Holiday - Vampire Weekend

50. Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The 25 Best Albums of 2010


If you interested in buying any of the albums below, click on the album title to go to Amazon and the artist name to download it in iTunes. Also check out my orginal album reviews in the link under the album where for those I reviewed.

Brothers (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) [+digital booklet]1. Brothers - The Black Keys

2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Is Hip-Hop Just a Euphemism for a New Religion?

3. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons

4. The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
I Guess He's an X-Box and I'm More Atari

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Explicit]5. Contra - Vampire Weekend
Here Comes that Feeling You Thought You'd Forgotten

6. Catching a Tiger - Lissie

7. Kaleidoscope Heart - Sara Bareilles
I'm Going Down, Follow if You Wanna

8. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
All Those Other Girls, Well They're Beautiful, but Would They Writea Song for You?

Sigh No More9. Wake Up! - John Legend and The Roots

10. Love Letter - R. Kelly
I Want to Bring Love Songs Back to the Radio

11. American VI: Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash
Until We Meet Again

12. Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton

13. To the Sea - Jack Johnson

The Lady Killer [Explicit]14. Infinite Arms - Band of Horses

15. How I Got Over - The Roots
Look How They Got Me on the Def Jam Payment Plan

16. The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band

17. Transference - Transference - Spoon
Got Nothing to lose but Loneliness and Patterns

18. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

Contra19. God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise - Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
Can I Come Home for the Summer, I Could Slow Down a Little While

20. Court Yard Hounds - Court Yard Hounds
I Was Raising Can, Now I'm Raising Babies

21. Record Collection - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
I Only Want to Be in Yoyr Record Collection

22. The High Road - Broken Bells
The Dawn to End All Nights; That's All We Hoped it Was

23. Release Me - The Like

24. My Best Friend Is You - My Best Friend Is You - Kate Nash
I Don't Careif We're Just Friends, I CanHang out with Myself

25. Plastic Beach - Gorillaz

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The 40 Worst Songs of 2010


1. We Are the World 25 for Haiti - Artists for Haiti

2. Like a G6 - Far East Movement featuring Dev and the Cartiacs

3. Check It Out - Nicki Minaj featuring will.i.am

4. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas

5. OMG - Usher featuring will.i.am

6. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas

7. Pretty Boy Swag - Soulja Boy Tell'em

8. Telephone - Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce

9. Carry Out - Timaland featuring Justin Timberlake

10. My First Kiss - 3Oh!3 featuring Ke$ha

11. Massive Attack - Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett

12. Dirty Picture - Taio Cruz and Ke$ha

13. California Gurls - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg

14. Bottoms Up - Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj

15. BedRock - Young Money and Lloyd

16. Whataya Want from Me - Adam Lambert

17. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) - My Chemical Romance

18. I Am Not a Human Being - Lil' Wayne

19. Porn Star Dancing - My Darkest Day featuring Zakk Wylde, Chad Kroeger, and Ludacris

20. Ridin' Solo - Jason Derülo

21. Take It Off - Ke$ha

22. Your Love - Nicki Minaj

23. Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars

24. Get Back Up - T.I. featuring Chris Brown

25. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Miley Cyrus featuring Bret Michaels

26. Up Out My Face - Mariah Carey featuring Nicki Minaj

27. Yeah 3X - Chris Brown

28. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher featuring Pitbull

29. Every Girl In the World - Young Money

30. Raise Your Glass - P!nk

31. Trailerhood - Toby Keith

32. Firework - Katy Perry

33. Hey - Lil' Jon and 3OH!3

34. Right Thru Me - Nicki Minaj

35. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

36. Alejandro - Lady Gaga

37. Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa

38. Blah Blah Blah - Ke$ha feahuring 3OH!3

39. Empire State of Mind - Glee Cast

40. Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha