- Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be (HoZac/Sub Pop)
- Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange (In the Red)
- Mickey – S/T (FDH)
- Moonhearts – S/T (Tic Tac Totally)
- Nobunny – First Blood (Goner)
- Super Wild Horses – Fifteen (HoZac)
- v/a – Let’s A Go-Go!: Singapore and Southeast Asian Pop Scene 1964-69 (Silver Tortoise)
Best Of The Thrifts 2010
- P. Umiliani, E.B. Marks – “Mah-Na Mah-Na” – The Best Movie Themes 1970 (Project Sound)
- Mills Brothers – “Paper Doll” – Paper Doll (MCA)
- Main Ingredient – “No Tears (In The End)” – all time greatest hits (BMG)
- Curtis Mayfield – “In Your Arms Again (Shake It)” – Give, Get, Take and Have (Curtom)
- Ann Peebles – “Doctor Love Power” – Tellin’ It (Hi)
- Miles Davis – “Black Satin” – On The Corner (Columbia)
- Fun Boy Three Withbanarama – “Funarama Theme” – It Ain’t What You Do…Just Do It (Chrysalis)
- Tomita – “The Old Castle” – Pictures At An Eexhibition (RCA)
- The Lettermen – “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” – She Cried (Lime Green Japanese Import)
- Humpback Whales – “Whales” – Deep Voices (EMI)
- Elo – “Tightrope” – Joyride (UA)
- Apollo 100 feat. Tom Parker – “Popcorn” – Master Pieces (Mega)
- Marjoe Gortner – “An Addict’s Testimony: Can God Deliver a Dog?” – Marjoe (WB)
- Billy Storm – “Good Girl” – Teen Street (Vista)
- Merv Griffin – “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” – Dance Party! (Carlton)
- Tim Curry – “She’s Not There” – Simplicity (A & M)
- Bill Wendell – “Spud” – Saturday Night Live (Arista)
- John Coltrane – “Locomotion” – Blue Train (Blue Note)
- Marty Rifkin – “Star Trek Theme” – Totally Hot Nashville Steel Guitar (CMH)
- Chocolate – “El Caravanero” – Brasilia Carnaval (CBS)
- Mississippi John Hurt – “Richland Women Blues” – The Best Of (Vanguard)
- Burt Reynolds – “Slow John Rairburn” – Ask Me What I Am (Phonogram)
- Nancy Sinatra – “Bang, Bang” – How Does Grab You? (Reprise)
- Barbara Manning – “George’s Theme” – Fame Whore (Apathy)
- Fred Schneider – “Coconut” – For The Love of Harry: Everybody Loves Nillson (Music Masters)
- Lords of The New Church – “New Church” – Killer Lords (IRS)
- Midge Ure – “The Man Who Sold The World” – Party Party (A & M)
- Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” – S/T (Capital)
- Adam and The Ants – “Animals and Men” – Dirk Wears White Sox (Epic)
Best of 2010 – LPs
- Bare Wires – Seeking Love (Southpaw)
- Cloud Nothings – Turning On (Speakertree)
- Home Blitz – Out of Phase (Richie)
- The Intelligence – Males (In the Red)
- Real Numbers – S/T (Three Dimensional)
- The Rantouls – In the Village of Rantoul (Chocolate Covered)
- Tyvek – Nothing Fits (In the Red)
- The Whines – Hell to Pay (MEDS)
- Wounded Lion – S/T (In the Red)
- Yellow Swans – Going Places (Type)
- The Young – Voyagers of Legend (Mexican Summer)
Top 7×7: Short Players
- Box Elders – Tiny Sioux (HoZac)
- The Flips – I Just Don’t Know Where I Stand (Hozac)
- Gentleman Jesse and His Men – You’ve Got the Wrong Man (HoZac)
- Half Rats – For the Sake of Love (Douchemaster)
- Outer Minds – Bloodshot Eyes (Hozac)
- The Touch-Me-Nots – Keep Talking Like That (Classic Bar Music)
- Wrong Words – What Went Wrong (Trouble in Mind)
Favorite Songs
- Archie Bronson Outfit – “Magnetic Warrior” – Coconut (Domino)
- Bare Wires – “Seeking Love” – Seeking Love (Castle Rage)
- Boston Spaceships – “Track Star” – Our Clubhouse Still Rocks (GBVinc)
- Don McGlashan – “Inside” – V/A Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (Merge)
- Eels – “End Times” – End Times (Vagrant)
- Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed – “Tell Me What I Want To Hear” – Come And Get It!
- Jesca Hoop – “Four Dreams” – Hunting My Dress (Vanguard)
- Magnetic Fields – “From a Sinking Boat” – Realism (Nonesuch)
- Paul Collins – “Don’t Blame Your Troubles on Me” – King of Power Pop (Alive)
- Perfume Genius – “Lookout Lookout” – Learning(Matador)
- Pleasure Kills – “Hearts Run Out” – Bring Me a Match (Polypore)
- Unthanks – “The Testimony of Patience Kershaw” – Here’s the Tender Coming
A Couple of Fine Albums
- Bare Wires – Seeking Love (Castle Rage)
- Citay – Dream Get Together (Dead Oceans
- Kelley Stoltz – To Dreamers (Sub Pop)
Videos
- Bare Wires – Don’t Ever Change (by Daniel Hilsinger)