{"id":210,"date":"2010-11-21T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T19:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashliewhite.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2018-02-03T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T23:38:20","slug":"210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashliewhite.com\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Songs of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Favorites Songs of 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

This may be a little premature, I will likely find songs I love on recently released albums and upcoming releases that should be on this list, but the need to distract myself from more important things has taken over. Here is my Best of 2010 list.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Best Album<\/strong>:\u00a0High Violet<\/em>, The National<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions: The Local Natives:\u00a0Gorilla Manor<\/em>, The Walkmen:\u00a0Lisbon\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse:\u00a0Dark Night of the Soul<\/em><\/p>\n

Favorites Songs<\/strong>: (In no particular order)<\/p>\n

\u201cCastles in the Snow\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Twin Shadow<\/p>\n

\u201cConversation 16\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The National<\/p>\n

\u201cWorld News\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Local Natives<\/p>\n

Most Emotional Reaction to a Song in 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVolunteers\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Megafaun<\/p>\n

Top 3 Live Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Sounds of the South: Megafaun, Fight the Big Bull, Sharon Van Etten and Justin Vernon at The Haiti Heritage Center. Attended with David Ostiguy and Ivan Howard.<\/p>\n

* Jonsi at The Tabernacle; attended alone, with an empty seat for David Ostiguy.<\/p>\n

* Yeasayer at Cat\u2019s Cradle; attended with Andrew Bopes<\/p>\n

Favorite Band(s) discovered at a show<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

(Tie) Freelance Whales, Peter Wolf Crier<\/p>\n

Favorite Lyrics of 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFall asleep in your branches,<\/p>\n

You\u2019re the only thing I ever want any more\u201d<\/p>\n

-\u201dConversation 16\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The National<\/p>\n

\u201cBut oh you caught me sleeping in the power sockets\u201d<\/p>\n

-\u201dGhosting<\/em>\u201d Freelance Whales<\/p>\n

\u201cWe compare our hearts to things that fly but cannot land.\u201d<\/p>\n

-\u201dWe Could Be Friends\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Freelance Whales<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re blowing Marxism to pieces\u201d<\/p>\n

-\u201dDance Yrself Clean\u201d\u00a0<\/em>LCD Soundsystem<\/p>\n

2010 Playlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCarolina<\/em>\u201d Girls<\/p>\n

\u201cShape Shifter\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Local Natives<\/p>\n

\u201cLove More\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Sharon Van Etten<\/p>\n

\u201cNot in Love\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Crystal Castles<\/p>\n

\u201cTruth\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Alexander<\/p>\n

\u201cBullfighter Jacket\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Miniature Tigers<\/p>\n

\u201cEnchanting Ghost\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Sufjan Stevens<\/p>\n

\u201cGhosting\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Freelance Whales<\/p>\n

\u201cJuveniles\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The Walkmen<\/p>\n

\u201cCrutch and Cane\u201d Peter Wolf Crier<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Girl\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse feat. Julian Casablancas<\/p>\n

\u201cPedals\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The Love Language<\/p>\n

\u201cVolunteers\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Megafaun<\/p>\n

\u201cCastles in the Snow\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Twin Shadow<\/p>\n

\u201cSwift Coin<\/em>\u201d Land of Talk<\/p>\n

\u201cTell Em\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Sleigh Bells<\/p>\n

\u201cTin Man<\/em>\u201d Future Islands<\/p>\n

I have been blessed with amazing friends who just so happen to also be amazing musicians. Thanks Ivan Howard, Sean Thomas Gerard, James Ethan Clark, Mike Blair, Justin Lacy, Andrew Zucchino and the many others who have blessed my ears and my heart in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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