Blogs

I’m a little (lot) late getting off the mark with this extensive listing this year, I had a backlog of reviews to complete first, also needed to seriously consider my choices for Top 10 albums, took a lot of deliberation to distil the list down to 10, and arrange in correct order of preference; anyway, here goes:


My Top 10 Albums for 2010

1. Crystal Fighters - Star of Love
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Marina and the Diamonds - The Family

The ’J’s have it in BBC’s Sound of 2011 Shortlist

After a trio of winning female soloists (Adele, Little Boots and Ellie Goulding), it now looks likeliest that the males will reclaim the ’Sound Of...’ crown for themselves.

The Longlist recently announced is as follows:

• Anna Calvi
• Clare Maguire
• Daley
• Esben & The Witch
• Jai Paul *
• James Blake *
• Jamie Woon *
• Jessie J *
• Mona
• The Naked & Famous
• Nero
• The Vaccines
• Warpaint
• Wretch 32
• Yuck

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