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 Chona Kasinger
DJ Tim’s 2010 Top Ten Albums
| Rank | Album | Artist | Label |
| 1 | Forgiveness Rock Record | Broken Social Scene | Arts & Crafts |
| 2 | Teen Dream | Beach House | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Halcyon Digest | Deerhunter | 4AD |
| 4 | Gemini | Wild Nothing | Captured Tracks |
| 5 | Swim | Caribou | Merge |
| 6 | Forget | Twin Shadow | Terrible |
| 7 | Before Today | Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti | 4AD |
| 8 | Color Your Life | Twin Sister | Infinite Best |
| 9 | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | Merge |
| 10 | High Violet | The National | 4AD |
DJ Tim is on the air Wednesday mornings from 1-6AM.
2 Comments
The fact that nobody at KEXP has the best record of 2010 listed means that nobody has heard the best record of 2010. That record is ‘White Magick Summer’ by The Velcro Lewis Group.
I love that Wild Nothing album!
See you at Fuel
Jessica