Here is my current ranking. Let me know in the comments what you think.
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1. Good intentions paving company - Joanna Newsom
2. Don't Do It - Sharon Van Etten
3. Heirloom - Memoryhouse
4. Calculating Bimbo - Belle & Sebastian
5. Don’t Walk Away - Chromeo
6. On a good day -Joanna Newsom
7. Young Blood – The Naked And Famous
8. I L U - School of Seven Bells
9. I Let Her In (live) - Steve Mason
10. Karen - Chew Lips
11. Take My Soul - Abou
12. Oh my god – Cocoon
13. Phone - Donovan Woods
14. Senior Living – Royksopp
15. Relief (R Kelly cover) - Sam Amidon
16. Boil & Fight - Nathaniel Rateliff
17. Goodbye England Covered in Snow (live) - Laura Marling
18. When I Go - Slow Club
19. Shameless - Groove Armada & Bryan Ferry
20. Slow – Rumer
21. Home (RAC mix) - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
22. Down In The Street Below - The Divine Comedy
23. At The Indie Disco - The Divine Comedy
24. Have you ever been in love - The Divine Comedy
25. Buddy Bradley - Adam Green
26. Bad Day - Darwin Deez
27. On The Ocean - Guster
28. Shadows –Warpaint
29. The Hoopers of Hudspeth - Kaki King
30. How Come That Blood - Sam Amidon
31. My New Mind – Otis Gibbs
32. Staring Out The Window - Fulton Lights
33. The Drying of the Lawns - The Tallest Man On Earth
34. Coming Through - The War On Drugs
35. Wedding Song - Anais Mitchell feat. Justin Vernon
36. Hey, Little Songbird - Anais Mitchell feat. Greg Brown
37. Our Lady Of The Underground - Anais Mitchell feat. Ani DiFranco
38. Russia - Ramona Falls
39. Atlas Air - Massive Attack
40. Why Does the Wind (Ewan Pearson Radio Edit) - Tracey Thorn
41. Better than nothing - Sarah Jaffe
42. I Wanna Be Adored - The Raveonettes (The Stone Roses cover)
43. Breaking Locks - Adam Green
44. Alpha shadows - Laura Marling
45. Save Yourself (live on KEXP) – Sharon Van Etten
46. Cloudy Shoes - Damien Jurado
47. Broken Bells – Citizen
48. Bodies in motion - Laurie Anderson
49. All Come Down - Steve Mason
50. Truth Sets In - Avi Buffalo
51. Runner - Daniel, Fred & Julie
52. Strawberry Skies (ft. Laurel Halo) - Games
53. Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
54. Lowlands (Live on KEXP) -Chris Pureka
55. Revival – Deerhunter
56. Take it in - Hot Chip
57. Keep quiet - Hot Chip
58. Porcupine – James
59. Night air - Jamie Woon
60. Sprawl II – Arcade Fire
61. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
62. The Curse - Josh Ritter
63. Becoming A Jackal – Villagers
64. Another new world - Josh Ritter
65. In the Nothing of a Night – Hammock
66. Sunnyside - Kaki King
67. Come on sister - Belle and Sebastian
68. I Want The World To Stop - Belle & Sebastian
69. Little River - The Tallest Man On Earth
70. Dancing ghosts - Azure Ray
71. In the Sun – She & Him
72. Garden - Karen Elson
73. This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding
74. Zorbing - Stornoway
75. Clementine - Sarah Jaffe
76. Kingfisher - Joanna Newsom
77. Pray For Rain (feat. Tunde Adebimpe) - Massive Attack
78. Hercules - Guster
79. Oh The Divorces - Tracey Thorn
80. You are a lover - Tracey Thorn
81. Once in a great while - Nathaniel Rateliff
82. Behind the mask - Michael Jackson
83. Lets get lost - Bat For Lashes & Beck
84. Caregiver – Memoryhouse
85. Confirmation - Wild Nothing
86. No fear of heights - Katie Melua
87. Infinite arms – Band of horses
88. Since we last met - NDF
89. I'm Gonna Make It Better - She & Him
90. Stylo – Gorillaz
91. Give Them A Token - Adam Green
92. Better times - Beach House
93. If You Run - The Boxer Rebellion
94. Live In Dreams (Wild Nothing Cover) - High Highs
95. Darker Than Blue - Andreya Triana
96. I Would Like To Call It Beauty - Corinne Bailey Rae
97. Futile Devices - Sufjan Stevens
98. Butterfly House - The Coral
99. No Time Has Passed - Donovan Woods
100. Highway Slipper Jam - Broken Social Scene
100 not enough for you? The 2010 songs below I feel deserve a mention, some I have not shared previously:
Undertow - War Paint
I'm a Hummingbird – Eels
Our Riotous Defects (Feat. Janelle Monáe) - Of Montreal
Melancholy hill – Gorillaz
Spanish Sahara – Foals
Way Go Lily - Sam Amidon
The ghost who walks - Karen Elson
When you sleep – Memoryhouse (My Bloody Valentine cover)
Cold Summer – Seabear
Tristia – Hammock
The Lightning Bug Situation - This Body
Suburban War - Arcade Fire
Je suis deja partie - Nouvelle Vague & Coralie Clément
Sushi - Cocoon
Roche (Breakbot Remix) - Sebastien Tellier
Round and Round - Ariel Pink
Stilyagi - Puro Instinct (feat. Ariel Pink)
The Shore - Basia Bulat
No man's land – Psychobuildings
Come With Me – CEO
No Problem - Perfume Genius
Bowsprit – Balmorhea
The Needle And The Damage Done (Neil Young cover) - Laura Marling
Hægt, kemur ljósið - Ólafur Arnalds
The Balcony - The Rumour Said Fire
Blank Pages - The Album Leaf
Ramona – Beck
Clear The Cobwebs - Mark McGuire
Ouroboros - Oneohtrix Point Never
Our Deal – Best Coast
Taxi Cab - Vampire Weekend
Lovesick - Lindstrøm & Christabelle
I Love You More Than You Will Ever Know – Nevershoutnever
Happy Just To Be - Nathaniel Rateliff
Tell her I said so – James
Grimes – Devon
Hollywood tonight – Michael Jackson
10 Mile Stereo - Beach House
Rebecca - Tesla Boy
Animal - Jenny and Johnny
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
What he wrote - Laura Marling
Another day in America - Laurie Anderson
Emerald and stone - Brian Eno
Ghosts of Syllables - Admiral Radley
Carolina - Girls
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark
Science Channel 9 – Computer Magic
That feeling – Dent May
Keep The Dog Quiet - Owen Pallett
Like Rock & Roll And Radio -Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs
Sing - She & Him
If You Can't Sleep - She & Him
Learning - Perfume Genius
Toro - Chew Lips
Rocket – Gold Frapp
The House -Katie Melua
Take Em Up – Shit Robot
Lawren Harris - Donovan Woods
Human Nature (Michael Jackson cover) - Vijay Iyer
Hard to Change - Meg Hutchinson
Icarus - White Hinterland
StrangeLoveHate - Scanners
He Dreams He's Awake - Stars
Sailing - Deerhunter
Blue Lily - The Depreciation Guild
In The End - Charlotte Gainsbourg
Vanities - Charlotte Gainsbourg
Slip Away - Kathryn Calder
Mr. Peterson - Perfume Genius
Dark Allies - Light Asylum
Next To Me - Sleeping At Last
Accidental Light - Sleeping At Last
Watermark - Sleeping At Last
Baby Birch – Joanna Newsom
The Truest Faith – Korallreven
Honey Mine (feat. Victoria Bergsman) – Korallreven
Outer Limits – Sleep Over
Chinatown – Wild Nothing
Anything – Chad Valley
Days Ahead - Museum of Bellas Artes
Watch the Glow – Museum of Bellas Artes
Late Key – Veux
Stick to My Side – Pantha Du Prince
Forget You & I - Nite Jewel
Falling Far - Nite Jewel
I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron
The Crutch - Gil Scott-Heron
Last Forever – Molly Nilsson
On Giving Up - High Places
The Longest Shadows - High Places
The Loop - Mimicking Birds
10 percent - Mimicking Birds
Burning Stars - Mimicking Birds
Broken Horse - Freelance Whales
Dark Tower - Miniature Tigers
Coyote Enchantment - Miniature Tigers
To Old Friends and New - Titus Andronicus
From the Mouth of Gabriel - Sufjan Stevens
Across the Sea - D'eon
More Blitz Than Ritz - The Crookes
I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry Cover) - William Fitzsimmons
Kylie - William Fitzsimmons
Problem of Pain - William Fitzsimmons
Passion Play - William Fitzsimmons
True Blue - Dirty Beaches
Heaven's On Fire - The Radio Dept.
What if it isn't out there? - The Silver Seas
Don't Be Afraid - Keep Shelly In Athens
Someone Else - Henry Wolfe
The Man Who Would Speak True - Blitzen Trapper
Out Of Tune - Real Estate
When I’m Small - Phantogram
Camouflage – Small Black
Saviour - Teen Daze
Harlem River Blues - Justin Townes Earle
Cry – GAYNGS
When We're Dancing - Twin Shadow
Nightcall - Kavinsky
A Real Hero - College feat. Electric Youth
Tomorrow - Jono McCleery
Endless Summer - Still Corners
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon cover) - Jens Lekman
I Can't Wait - Twin Shadow
Burn Bridges – Dom
My Plants Are Dead - Blonde Redhead
Spain - Blonde Redhead
Shades Away - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Under The Bridges - Niki & The Dove
DJ Ease My Mind - Niki & The Dove
Mother Protect - Niki & The Dove
Turnpike Ghost (Steel Train Cover) - Tegan and Sara
Touch Me Bad (Steel Train Cover) - Nellie Mckay
I Can't Go For That - The Bird and the Bee
Love Is All - The Tallest Man on Earth
Wake Up Your Saints - The National
The Order Of Things - Badly Drawn Boy
I Saw You Walk Away - Badly Drawn Boy
It's What I'm Thinking - Badly Drawn Boy
A Pure Accident - Badly Drawn Boy
Rambling Man - Laura Marling
Love saves - Thieves Like Us
So Clear - Thieves Like Us
I Don't Feel It Anymore - William Fitzsimmons (Feat. Brooke Fraser) (George Raquet Remix)
Watch Over Me - Teen Daze
Dream Fortress - Grimes
Voyage - Charlotte Gainsbourg
Selfmachine - I Blame Coco
The Lost Ones - Joanna Ballard
Oil Rush - Joanna Ballard
Don't You - El May
The Things You Lost - El May
I Remember - El May
Shelter - Jars of Clay
The Bullitts feat Jay Electronica & Lucy Liu - Close Your Eyes
(Last updated 2nd of Feb 2012)
Enjoy the music! Do you disagree or agree with my ranking?Have I missed any great music from 2010 I could add? I'd love to hear what you have to say about the list.
from Chris, moviesandsongs365
