12 Albums From 2010 I Want To Recognize

...because they're not by Kanye West, Robyn, Sufjan Stevens or Deerhunter, because we honored them a bunch already, assuming what we give them is worth calling "honor" (in alphabetical order).

by Gavin

Bathcrones - Psychorama

Baths - Cerulean

Beach House - Teen Dream (whatever)

Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?

Forest Swords - Dagger Paths

Mark McGuire - Living With Yourself

Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal

Pac Div - Don't Mention It Mixtape

Sam Amidon - I See The Sign

Tennis - Daytrotter Session 9.24.2010

Valgeir Sigurðsson - Draumalandið

Various Artists - Dope Mountain Fuck

Maybe when I trust myself more as a writer, I'll write about what, specifically, I like about each album, but every time I've tried it in the past, my own words sound completely worthless and tired by the end. So these are albums I enjoyed because I heard something new and exciting in each one. None of them played to my expectations - they all surpassed them.