Best of 2010 So Far - My Favourite 12 Releases of 2010 (to date)

A post I was meant to do at the end of June, finally appears in August. Sounds about right:

I kind of abandoned 'This Month in Music' posts in February, I might bring them back if there is a call for them. Anyway, here is a list of a dozen albums you really should own from 2010, clearly a bit of repetition on some recent posts, for that I can only apologise:

Sleigh Bells: Treats
Listen: http://www.myspace.com/sleighbellsmusic
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Sleigh%20Bells
My Favourite Tracks: Rill Rill, Infinity Guitars, Tell 'Em

Caitlin Rose: Own Side Now
Listen: http://www.myspace.com/caitlinrosesongs
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Caitlin%20Rose
My Favourite Tracks: Own Side, For The Rabbits, Sinful Wishing Well

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
Listen: http://www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Arcade%20Fire
My Favourite Tracks: Month of May, Ready to Start, We Used to Wait

The National: High Violet
Listen: www.myspace.com/thenational
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/The%20National
My Favourite Tracks: Bloodbuzz Ohio, Conversation 16, Terrible Love

Mountain Man - Made The Harbor
Listen: www.myspace.com/mountainmansquint
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Mountain%20Man
My Favourite Tracks: Buffalo, Soft Swin, Babylon

Scary Mansion: Make Me Cry
Listen: www.myspace.com/scarymansion
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Scary%20Mansion
My Favourite Tracks: Scum Inside, No Law, On My Mind

Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library
Listen: http://www.myspace.com/hollymiranda
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Holly%20Miranda
My Favourite Tracks: Waves, No One Just Is, Joints




Caribou - Swim
Listen: www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba
Previously: Nada
My Favourite Tracks: Odessa, Sun, Found Out

Gayngs - Relayted
Listen: www.myspace.com/gayngs
Previously: Nada
My Favourite Tracks: Cry, The Gaudy Side of Town, The Walker

Beach House - Teen Dream
Listen: www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Beach%20House
My Favourite Tracks: Norway, Zebra, Take Care

These New Puritans - Hidden
Listen: www.myspace.com/thesenewpuritans
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/These%20New%20Puritans
My Favourite Tracks: We War War, Hologram, Three Thousand

Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Listen: www.myspace.com/lauramarling
Previously: http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/search/label/Laura%20Marling
My Favourite Tracks: I Speak Because I Can, Devil's Spoke, Rambling Man





That's my twelve so far. No real order apart from near the top.
One guaranteed entry for the end of year charts will be Wildbirds & Peacedrums 'Rivers' but that isn't out as a full album until August 23rd so I've left it out, for now.
Other candidates from releases I know are due in 2010:
The Joy Formidable - TBC
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
I LIKE TRAINS - He Who Saw The Deep
Warpaint - TBC
The Strange Death of Liberal England - Drown Your Heart Again
HURTS - Happiness (might be '80's but I love what I've heard).

There are probably some more that I've forgotten too, of course if all else fails, JLS have an album due in time for Christmas!
Yes, one thing for sure (and don't let anyone tell you anything different) is that 2010 has been an amazing year for music