Review of 2010

Review of 2010
Here's what I thought of 2010, and what I'm looking forward to in 2011. Enjoy!

Top 5 Albums
1. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
2. Warpaint – The Fool
3. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
4. The National – High Violet
5. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt

Top 5 Songs
1. The Tallest Man On Earth - King of Spain
2. Laura Marling – Alpha Shallows
3. Cee Lo Green – Fuck You
4. Best Coast – Boyfriend
5. Johnny Flynn – The Water

What I’m looking forward to in 2011
I’m definitely looking forward to new albums by Coldplay, Laura Marling, Radiohead and The Strokes, Mumford and Sons hitting the studio to record new stuff, The Stranglers and The Decemberists coming to Birmingham and the original line up of Pulp reuniting, amongst many other things.

Top 5 disappointments of 2010
1. MGMT’s second album
2. Not getting Glastonbury tickets
3. The new Interpol album
4. Laura Marling pushing back her 3rd album release to next year
5. Missing out on tickets for Paul Weller in Birmingham

Top 5 Live Shows of 2010

1. Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling and The Dharohar Project at St George’s Hall, Bradford
2. Muse, Wembley
3. Johnny Flynn, Manchester Academy
4. Glastonbury (I didn’t manage to get tickets, but I watched it on BBC, if that counts?)
5. Acoustic Ladyland, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds