As usual, I started trimming down the long list of our favorite tracks of the year trying to decide what to include in Cool Music Central's Top 50, but it became obvious that I was leaving out too many great ones. Therefore, this year we're expanding our singles list to a Top 100 split into two parts: today we're presenting in no particular order the tracks between 51 and 100 and on the 26th we'll give you our Top 50 Singles of 2010.
As it is also usual, there are a couple of self-imposed rules in the compilation of this list: 1) All tracks included here were either released as singles in any shape or format (digital or physical) in the past 12 months or given away as free mp3s (which is a modern and more effective way of getting your music noticed than hoping that the radio will play your single). 2) Only one track from each artist/group is included in the Top 50 to ensure that a wider array of music is represented in our list. This rule is relaxed for the second half of the list which we are presenting today, meaning that some of the artists below will make a second appearance in a couple of days, when we'll unveil the Top 50. So, now that the rules are clear, let's get on with the show:
Top Tracks of 2010: 51-100
Not In Love (feat. ROBERT SMITH) - CRYSTAL CASTLES
Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout - DUM DUM GIRLS
Tremel - GLASSER
Chaos - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB
Pigeons - THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS
AM/FM - !!!
Hoola - ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT
Don't Ask - BLOOD RED SHOES
Jezebel - ANNA CALVI
Hotel Room - SMOKE FAIRIES
Round and Round - ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI
The Overachievers - LIARS
Hide It Away - RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR
Crash Years - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Scissor Runner - JENNY AND JOHNNY
Compliments - BAND OF HORSES
Revival - DEERHUNTER
Let Them - JJ
Fixed - STARS
Hey Cool Kid - CLOUD NOTHINGS
Romance Is Boring - LOS CAMPESINOS!
Found Love In A Graveyard - VERONICA FALLS
Natural Selection - UNKLE
Lemonade - COCOROSIE
Stylo - GORILLAZ
High Road - BROKEN BELLS
Siberian Breaks - MGMT
Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums - MOONFACE
Ayisha Abyss - SERENA MANEESH
Seed, Crop, Harvest - PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL
Swim - SURFER BLOOD
Night - ZOLA JESUS
Rattling Cage - FOREST SWORDS
Sing - FOUR TET
O.N.E. - YEASAYER
I Feel Better - HOT CHIP
Tighten Up - THE BLACK KEYS
Anyone's Ghost - THE NATIONAL
Month Of May - ARCADE FIRE
Heavenward Grand Prix - JAPANDROIDS
We Want War - THESE NEW PURITANS
Ashes to Ashes - WARPAINT
Dear God 2.0 - THE ROOTS
Gold Guns Girls - METRIC
Tonight - THE BIG PINK
Zebra - BEACH HOUSE
Real Live Flesh - TUNE-YARDS
Mind Eraser, No Chaser - THEM CROOKED VULTURES
Commotion - THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS
Hearts (oOoOO EP) - oOoOO
Listen to a playlist including most of the above tracks plus the festive (?) "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)" by the Crocodiles and Dum Dum Girls (hint: make sure not to miss the smoking hot last video on this player!) - enjoy:
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