2010 Music-Best of Reissues

The best Album Reissues of 2010..in no particular order:

The Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street
Paul McCartney & Wings-Band on the Run
Weezer-Pinkerton
Morrissey-Bona Drag
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix-Axis Bold as Love
The Cure-Disintegration
Orange Juice-Coals to Newcastle
Suede-Best Of
Galaxie 500-Today
Galaxie 500-On Fire
Galaxie 500-This Is Our Music
Iggy & The Stooges-Raw Power
The Doves-Best Of
Bruce Springsteen-The Promise/Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Jam-Sound Affects
David Bowie-Station to Station
Miles Davis-Bitches Brew

2010-Best of Music

My picks for best albums of 2010...in no particular order:

Gaslight Anthem-American Slang
Belle & Sebastian-Write About Love
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti-Before Today
Sleigh Bells-Treats
Teenage Fanclub-Shadows
Robyn-Body Talk
Black Keys-Brothers
Flying Lotus-Cosmogramma
LCD Soundsystem-This is Happening
Apples in Stereo-Travelers in Space & Time
Caribou-Swim
Dr. Dog-Shame, Shame
Yeasayer-Odd Blood
Harlem-Hippies
Jesse Malin & St. Mark's Social-Love It to Life
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings-I Learned the Hard Way
Tame Impala-Innerspeaker
The National-High Violet
Broken Social Scene-Forgiveness Rock Record
Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles
Delorean-Subiza
Morning Benders-Big Echo
Liars-Sisterworld
Local Natives-Gorilla Manor
Hot Chip-One Life Stand
Beach House-Teen Dream
Surfer Blood-Astro Coast
Vampire Weekend-Contra
Titus Andronicus-Monitor
Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Glasser-Ring
Arcade Fire-The Suburbs
New Pornographers-Together
Ash-A-Z Vol. 1
Elvis Costello-National Ransom
Free Energy-Stuck on Nothing
Black Mountain-Wilderness Heart
Best Coast-Crazy for You
Justin Townes Earle-Harlem River Blues
Deerhunter-Halcyon Digest
Twin Shadow-Forget
The Walkmen-Lisbon
The Radio Dept-Clinging to a Scheme
Sufjan Stevens-Age of Adz
Girls-Broken Dreams Club EP
Josh Ritter-So Runs the World Away
Jakob Dylan-Women and Country
Gorillaz-Plastic Beach
Josh Rouse-El Turista
These New Puritans-Hidden

Best Albums & Reissues-2009

In no specific order:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs-It’s Blitz

Wilco-The Album

Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Pains of Being Pure at Heart-S/T

Girls-Album

Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion

Metric-Fantasies

Passion Pit-Manners

Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest

Horrors-Primary Colours

La Roux-S/T

Annie-Don’t Stop

AC Newman-Get Guilty

Dirty Projectors-Bitte Orca

The Big Pink-A Brief History of Love

Discovery-LP

XX-XX

Bat for Lashes-Two Suns

Arctic Monkeys-Humbug

Fever Ray-S/T

Rhett Miller-S/T

Prodigy-Invaders Must Die

The Elms-The Great American Midrange

Gomez-A New Tide

Mando Diao-Give Me Fire

Wild Beasts-Two Dancers

Pearl Jam-Backspacer

Mew-No More Stories are Told

Tinted Windows-S/T

Sondre Lerche-Heartbeat Radio

Joe Henry-Blood from Stars

Junior boys-Begone Dull Care

Circulatory System-Signal Morning

Roman Candle-Oh Tall Tree in the Ear

Clientele-Bonfires on the Heath

Dan Deacon-Bromst

Brakes-Touchdown

John Doe and the Sadies-Country Club

We Were Promised Jetpacks-These Four Walls

Sunset Rubdown-Dragonslayer

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears-Tell’em What Your Name Is!

Idlewild-Post Electric Blues

Harlem Shakes-Technicolor Health

Dinosaur Jr.-Farm

Julian Casablancas-Phrazes for the Yount

Maccabees-Wall of Arms

Dan Auerbach-Keep It Hit

Flaming Lips-Embryonic

Jarvis Cocker-Further Complications

Kasabian-West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Cribs-Ignore the Ignorant

Richard Swift-Atlantic Ocean

Neon Indian-Psychic Chasms

Reissues

Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath and Master of Reality

U2-Joshua Tree

Nick Lowe-Quiet Please:The New Best of Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe-Brentford Trilogy

Nirvana-Live at Reading

Pearl Jam-Ten

The Who-The Who Sell Out

Beatles-Stereo Box Set

Monks-Black Monk Time

REM-Reckoning

Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers, Tattoo You, Black and Blue, Some Girls, Goats Head Soup, It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll

Stone Roses-The Stone Roses

Apples in Stereo-#1 Hits Explosion

Big Star-Keep An Eye On the Sky

Feelies-Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth

FY 2009 Best of Television

Of course, everyone has their own opinion, but the following are my picks for best television shows for 2009 (in no certain order, though I will say, Mad Men does take the cake for me this year):

1. Mad Men
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. Damages
5. Battlestar Galactica
6. Smallville
7. Batman: The Brave & the Bold
8. Big Love
9. Robot Chicken
10. South Park
11. 30 Rock
12. Men of a Certain Age
13. Scrubs