Best Albums of 2010: 25-11

25. The Fool by Warpaint

24. White Magic by ceo

23. Black City by Matthew Dear

22. Fang Island by Fang Island

21. Lisbon by The Walkmen

20. Forgiveness Rock Record by Broken Social Scene

19. Contra by Vampire Weekend

18. Gorilla Manor by Local Natives

17. Heartland by Owen Pallet

16. $O$ by Die Antwoord

15. King of the Beach by Wavves

14. Crazy For You by Best Coast

13. One Life Stand by Hot Chip

12. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty by Big Boi

11. Go by Jonsi

Best Albums of 2010: 50-26

50. Lucky Shiner by Gold Panda

49. Clinging to a Scheme by The Radio Dept.

48. There Is Love In You by Four Tet

47. Avi Buffalo by Avi Buffalo

46. Sit Down, Man by Das Racist

45. Maya by M.I.A.

44. The ArchAndroid by Jonelle Monae

43. Gemini by Wild Nothing

42. Odd Blood by Yeasayer

41. Causers of This by Toro Y Moi

40. Ring by Glasser

39. Stridulum II by Zola Jesus

38. Astro Coast by Surfer Blood

37. Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom

36. The Monitor by Titus Andronicus

35. Big Echo by The Morning Benders

34. Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

33. Innerspeaker by Tame Impala

32. Les Chemins De Verre by Karkwa

31. Body Talk by Robyn

30. Before Today by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

29. In Evening Air by Future Islands

28. All Day by Girl Talk

27. Everything In Between by No Age

26. Mines by Menomena

Best Tracks of 2010: 25-1

25. Panda Bear - Slow Motion

24. Beach House - Zebra

23. The National - Terrible Love

22. Arcade Fire - Rococo

21. Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm

20. The National - Conversation 16

19. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies

18. Wild Nothing - Chinatown

17. Glasser - Apply

16. Big Boi - Shutterbugg (Ft. Cutty)

15. Wavves - King of the Beach

14. Surfer Blood - Swim

13. Owen Pallet - Tryst With Mephistopheles

12. Hot Chip - Hand Me Down Your Love

11. Caribou - Odessa

10. Broken Social Scene - World Sick

9. Best Coast - Boyfriend

8. Twin Shadow - Tether Beat

7. Beach Fossils - Golden Age

6. LCD Soundsystem - All I Want

5. Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja

4. Beach House - Norway

3. Deerhunter - Helicopter

2. Yeasayer - Amblin' Alp

1. Kanye West - All of the Lights

Best Tracks of 2010 : 50-26

50. Toro Y Moi - Imprint After

49. Future Islands - Inch of Dust

48. The Morning Benders - Promises

47. Warpaint - Undertow

46. Tame Impala - Desire Be Desire Go

45. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls

44. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak

43. Sufjan Stevens - Too Much

42. M.I.A. - XXXO

41. Kanye West - Power

40. Cee-Lo - Fuck You

39. No Age - Fever Dreaming

38. Twin Shadow - Castles in the Snow

37. Yeasayer - O.N.E.

36. Matthew Dear - Little People (Black City)

35. Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land

34. Caribou - Leave House

33. ceo - All Around

32. Local Natives - Camera Talk

31. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City

30. Jonelle Monae - Tightrope (Ft. Big Boy)

29. Beach House - Walk In The Park

28. Jonsi - Lilikoi Boy

27. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

26. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun

Featured Artist: Twin Shadow

Twin Shadow

George Lewis Jr. is a twenty-something Floridian that was transplanted from the Dominican Republic when he was a child. None of these characteristics are seen in his music. The sound of Twin Shadow is what I would call "ghostly nostalgia from someone who attended high school dances in the late 80s". It's influenced by Joy Division, The Smiths and Wild Beasts. It's dynamic, smooth, and hits in all the right places. It's simply eloquent.

The debut album is entitled Forget, which I am sure you will be keen on not doing after a few listens. Chis Taylor from Grizzly Bear does a marvelous job with production and Lewis Jr. writes and preforms everything on the album. The album is like something out of Michel Gondry movie. Soaring beats, energetic rhythms, and lofty lyrics create a sound that surrounds the mind in a glowing fashion. Forget is top to bottom filled with moving tracks that should entertain most, if not, all listeners. I can't wait to get it on vinyl!

The name Twin Shadow comes from having a twin sister who he is very close with and the fact that he was a bit of a loner in his childhood. He professes that he had a normal upbringing though. He says he is making up for it now. In an interview with Rolling Stone he had this to say about his new life, "I 'm living the dream of a rock and roller, which includes getting kicked out of hotel pools, being plied with drugs by "creepy" fans and waking up in the middle of a festival after devouring pot brownies and passing out in a park. We [his live band] did everything Duke Ellington's band would have done." Sounds pretty awesome to me.

Tracks to Check Out:

-Castles in the Snow

-Tether Beat

-At My Heels

-Forget

(I want to dedicate this article to Jason Boone who lost his job in a tragic United Way accident)