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.
Hans’s 2010 Top Ten Albums
| Rank | Album | Artist | Label |
| 1 | Black City | Matthew Dear | Ghostly |
| 2 | Before Today | Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti | 4AD |
| 3 | Lovely Gold | Michael Yonkers | Drag City |
| 4 | Innerspeaker | Tame Impala | Modular |
| 5 | Visionary Pangs | Dan Melchior und das Menace | S-S |
| 6 | The Waves | Tamaryn | Mexican Summer |
| 7 | Halcyon Digest | Deerhunter | 4AD |
| 8 | Returnal | Oneohtrix Point Never | Editions Mego |
| 9 | I’m New Here | Gil Scott-Heron | XL |
| 10 | Everything In Between | No Age | Sub Pop |
Hans is a fill-in DJ at KEXP.
