Albums of 2010: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Arcade Fire's third album manages the trick of sounding more stripped back than before, yet somehow more epic as well.

Albums of 2010: Ash - The A to Z Series

Ash have always been a great singles band and they managed to keep that track record going here, releasing one every two weeks over the course of a year. Arcadia and Dionysian Urge are arguably two of the best ash songs ever released and the 10 minute plus Sky Burial takes the experimentation hinted at on Twilight of the Innocents to the next level.

Albums of 2010: Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez

Seemingly made for Summer Festivals with his live show boasting regular dance offs, the album works just as well as home with 30 mins of pure guitar pop about girls a joy to listen to.

Albums of 2010: Deftones - Diamond Eyes

Deftones return with an album that takes the blueprint of their breakthrough Around The Fur, but improves on every aspect of it.

Albums of 2010: Dinosaur Pile Up - Growing Pains

Sadly no Beach Buggy, which was the highlight of their earlier EP releases, but each song hear chugs along in style reminiscent of early Foos, which is no bad thing at all.

Albums of 2010: Eels - End Times

Nobody makes misery quite so uplifting like Mr E, and boy he's pretty miserable here in 14 tracks documenting the break up of his marriage

Albums of 2010: Metal Swim

Seeing as they do a show called Metalocalypse, you'd expect Adult Swim to know their stuff - and this free compilation proves it, spanning the genre to provide something for all fans of heavy music.

Albums of 2010: The National - High Violet

Already a shoe-in for the Top 10 on its original release, the expanded edition adding another 8 tracks only confirms what we already knew about The National's quality.

Albums of 2010: Steve Mason - Boys Outside

Teaming with Richard X (famous for his edgy electro productions with pop acts such as Sugababes and Liberty X) you'd expect Steve Mason to embrace the more experimental side shown in his work with The Beta Band - However, Boys Outside is his most straight up collection of songs, adding more impact to his lyrics about loneliness and depression.

Albums of 2010: Weezer - Hurley

After 3 terrible albums in a row, Hurley harks back to the OTT silliness of Maladroit - combining funny videos but remembering the tunes this time as well.

Top 75 Tracks of 2010 - Spotify Playlist

Follwing on from last year's list, and once again brought to you via Shareyourplaylists.com is compilation of my top 75 tracks of 2010* - If you've got Spotify installed just follow the link, click on play and listen away.

* Apart from Arcade Fire. Who aren't on Spotify.

Best of 2010 - iamstockmonkey.blogspot.com

Arcadia - Ash
Factory - Band of Horses
Ramona - Beck
Boyfriend - Best Coast
Shutterbugg - Big Boi
Colours Fade - Blood Red Shoes
Firefly - The Bluetones
Ivy & Gold - Bombay Bicycle Club
Escape Velocity - The Chemical Brothers
Breaking Walls - Chief
Night By Night - Chromeo
Audience Of One - Cold War Kids
Celestica - Crystal Castles
Champion Sound - Crystal Fighters
Trouble Seeker (feat. Daron Malakian)- Cypress Hill
Tron Legacy (End Titles) - Daft Punk
Cauliflower - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Pain (Feat. Iggy Pop) - Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse
Constellations - Darwin Deez
Blue Blood Blues - The Dead Weather
Diamond Eyes - Deftones
Barce-Loner - Dinosaur Pile-Up
Andalucía - Doves
A Line In The Dirt - Eels
Starry Eyed - Ellie Goulding
Trouble in Mind - Erland And The Carnival
Leni - Flash Fiktion
Nothing Like You - Frightened Rabbit
When You Walk In The Room - Fyfe Dangerfield
Doncamatic (feat. Daley) - Gorillaz
Palaces Of Montezuma - Grinderman
Paper Romance - Groove Armada
Time - Hans Zimmer
One Life Stand - Hot Chip
Memory Serves - Interpol
Cold War - Janelle Monae
Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash
I Don't Want To See You Like This - The Joy Formidable
Runaway - Kanye West feat. Pusha T
Tenderoni - Kele
Telephone - Lady Gaga/Beyoncé,
One Touch - LCD Soundsystem
(It's Not War) Just The End Of Love - Manic Street Preachers
Bang Bang Bang - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl
Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
Lifelong Dayshift - Middle Class Rut
Friend Of The Night - Mogwai
As We Enter - Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Hypnotize U - N.E.R.D.
Terrible Love - The National
Drawing Maps From Memory - North Atlantic Oscillation
Mr Peterson - Perfume Genius
Stay Too Long - Plan B
Back To The Fuck Yeah - Pulled Apart By Horses
Shot After Shot - Rival Schools
Dancing On My Own - Robyn
The Best of Times - Sage Francis
In The Sun - She & Him
Answer To Yourself - The Soft Pack
Black Rain - Soundgarden
Lost And Found - Steve Mason
Floating Vibes - Surfer Blood
Lucidity - Tame Impala
Dark Clouds - Teenage Fanclub
Pass Out - Tinie Tempah
Dead American Writers - Tired Pony
In Motion - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club
Giving Up The Gun - Vampire Weekend
I Don't Bite - We Are Scientists
Hang On - Weezer
Percussion Gun - White Rabbits
Take That - Wiley & Chew Fu
Tokyo - The Wombats
O.N.E - Yeasayer