Best of 2010

Awesome picture, right? It shows you that tackiness is still very much alive in 2010. Luckily we had a lot of good tunes this year as well to counter all that bad taste. Here’s what we’ve been listening to for the past 12 months.

Top 20 of Best albums of 2010 (in alphabetical order):
Bad Religion – The Dissent Of Man
Ceremony – Rohnert Park
Cruel Hand – Lock & Key
Gatorface – Wasted Monuments
Gringo Star – All Y’All
Heartsounds – Until We Surrender
Johnny Cash – American VI : Ain’t No Grave
Kvelertak – Kvelertak
Leatherface – The Stormy Petrel
Middle Class Rut – No Name, No Color
Off With Their Heads – In Desolation
Spanish Gamble – It’s All Coming Down
The Flatliners – Cavalcade
The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
The Menzingers – Chamberlain Waits
The Riot Before – Rebellion
The Wonder Years – The Upsides
Trash Talk – Eyes & Nines
Trigger Effect – Versitis Maximus
Young Livers – Of Misery And Toil

Top 3 of best EP/7” of 2010:
Defeater – Lost Ground EP
The Lawrence Arms – Buttsweat And Tears 7”
Atlas Losing Grip – Watching The Horizon EP

Best live album of 2010:
The Weakerthans – Live At The Burton Cummings Theatre

Best re-issue of 2010:
Refused – The Shape Of Punk To Come

Best live show of 2010:
Trigger Effect at The Fest 9 (Gainesville, FL)

Most misguided promo sent to PunkRockTheory in 2010:
Chemical Brothers - Further