- Dom – Sun Bronzed Greek Gods (Burning Mill)
- Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest (4AD)
- Crystal Castles – S/T II (Fiction)
- Holy Fuck – Latin (Young Turks)
- Jenny and Johnny – I’m Having Fun Now (Warner Bros.)
- Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch)
- The Roots – How I Got Over (Def Jam)
- Spoon – Transference (Merge)
- Girls – Broken Dreams Club (True Panther)
- Jonsi – Go (XL)
- The National – High Violet (4AD)
- Titus Andronicus – The Monitor (XL)
- LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening (Virgin)
- Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Merge)
- Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Def Jam)
Top Ten Live Performances of 2010
- Explosions in the Sky – Great American Music Hall
- Manchester Orchestra – Great American Music Hall
- The Album Leaf – Berkeley Art Museum
- The National – Treasure Island Music Festival
- Frightened Rabbit – The Fillmore
- Pavement – The Greek Theater
- Atoms for Peace – The Fox Theater
- Jonsi – Palace of Fine Arts
- Arcade Fire – The Greek Theater
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – The Fillmore
