When it comes to albums released in 2010, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who’s pored over them more intensely than a KEXP DJ. So, what were their favorites? Which CDs did they reach for the most, or, uh, “click on” the most in their iTunes players? Find out as KEXP looks at each DJ’s list through the month of December, leading up to our 2010 Top 90.3 Countdown, as voted on by YOU, the KEXP listener, airing Monday, January 3rd.
photo by Gregory A. Perez
Hannah Levin’s 2010 Top Ten Albums:
| Album | Artist | Label |
| Brothers | Black Keys | Nonesuch |
| Wilderness Heart | Black Mountain | Jagjaguwar |
| Phosphene Dreams | Black Angels | Blue Horizon Ventures |
| The Big To-Do | Drive By Truckers | ATO |
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | self-released |
| Heroines | See Me River | Aviation/Don’t Stop Believin’ |
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | self-released |
| I’m Not As Good At It As You | S | Own |
| Heavy Breathing | Black Breath | Southern Lord |
| The Young Evils | The Young Evils | self-released |
Hannah Levin is the host of Audioasis, on the air Saturday evenings 6-9PM, and is the producer/host of Seek & Destroy, on the air Saturday nights from midnight-2AM.
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Hannah has great taste!
That list is almost as beautiful and dazzling as she is, too! Love that smile, and could live listening to her DJ sets forever. Happy new year, Hannah!
I just shared this list on my Facebook page, writing: “In a sea of indie mediocrity, Hannah Levin is one of the few DJs on KEXP who carries the flag for real rock ‘n’ roll. They don’t give her nearly enough airtime - the day she was filling in for Kevin Cole on the afternoon show was the best few hours of music I’ve heard on that station in a long time.”
Keep up the good work Hannah - great list! (I’d add Grinderman 2 myself, but there’s a couple of things there I haven’t heard, so I’m gonna go check ‘em out now!)