Top 5 Songs of the Year!

The Best Music of 2010 countdown continues with the top 5 songs of the year. These were the best of the best and my favorite songs of the year. Enjoy some very cool videos to go along with a few of these. That Arcade Fire song still gives me chills every time I listen to it at the same exact point in the song. Unreal. So good. Love it. So much.

#5 Yeasayer “O.N.E.”

#4 Gorillaz – “Melancholy Hill”

#3 Suckers – “A Mind I Knew”

No video – but you can listen to it on their Myspace page!

#2 Caribou – “Jamelia”

#1 Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”

Best Music of 2010 – Honorable Mentions

The Best Music of 2010 Countdown begins today, but first, let’s review those songs and albums that barely missed the cut!

Best Music of 2010 – Nominees

2010 was a pretty killer year for music. So now, I bring you my second annual Best Music of the Year countdown. It starts on December 11th with the top 5 songs of the year, and then continues with the top 5 albums of the year. The main contenders this year are:

The Nominees

- Arcade Fire
- Band of Horses
- Beach House
- Black Keys
- Caribou
- Four Tet
- Frightened Rabbit
- Gaslight Anthem
- Gorillaz
- Hot Chip
- Interpol
- Janelle Monae
- Jeremy Messersmith
- Jonsi
- Josh Ritter
- Kanye West
- Lady Gaga
- Laura Marling
- Local Natives
- Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
- The Morning Benders
- Mumford and Sons
- National
- New Pornographers
- Of Montreal
- Plants and Animals
- The Roots
- She and Him
- Spoon
- Suckers
- Sufjan Stevens
- Tallest Man on Earth
- Vampire Weekend
- The Walkmen
- Yeasayer

Beirut at the Guggenheim (July 15, 2010)

Beirut has been one of my favorite bands for the last few years. The Guggenheim is one of the most famous museums in the entire country, with its unique shape and famous architect. Put the two together and you have one of the coolest concerts I have ever had the pleasure of attending. I spent the first half of the concert on ground level, where I was able to get some nice close-up shots, and then ran up five flights of stairs and around in circles to get an overhead view of the band that was breathtaking. A really really really really awesome experience. Here are the pictures:

#1 Song of 2009 – Passion Pit

This is the finest song of 2009. It was a very difficult choice, and I could have picked one or two other Passion Pit songs to be my number one, but this is the one I listened to most. So, without further delay, I give you THE BEST SONG OF 2009:

Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come

#2 Song of 2009 – Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

Warning: This video contains creepy smiles, weird eye tricks, and exploding, machine heads

#3 Song of 2009 – Sin Fang Bous

Sin Fang Bous – Clangour and Flutes

#4 Brandi Carlile – Looking Out

The number four best song of the year: Brandi Carlile’s Looking Out. Awesome.

#5 Fanfarlo – Harold T. Wilkins

The countdown of the finest songs of the year has begun, beginning with the #5 best song of the year, Fanfarlo’s Harold T. Wilkins.

Good Music

I will now be giving you some wonderful music to listen to:

Go On, Say it