Fikak! Best of 2010!

It's that time again, skillets. 2010 has been filled with new babies, school, work, and, unfortunately, maybe a little less blogging than we would've liked, but the end of the year is upon us, and Howard Hughes insatiable hunger for the mother of all list-making opportunities is not to be denied. And so Fikak's first "best of" list as a triumvirate will cap off 2010 with our 10 favorite albums and 10 favorite tracks from the past 358-ish days. Maybe next year we'll do 11. Enjoy, and tell your friends.

ALBUMS!

a.k.a "I DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO RAP. MY APARTMENT IS TOO NICE TO LISTEN TO RAP IN."

10. Arcade Fire The Suburbs

"We Used To Wait"

09. Girl Talk All Day

"Jump on Stage"

08. Junip Fields

Junip: "Always"

07. Local Natives Gorilla Manor

"Who Knows, Who Cares"

06. Gorillaz Plastic Beach

"Rhinestone Eyes"

05. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

KanYe West: "Lost in the World"

04. Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot

"Shine Blockas'' ft. Gucci Mane

03. Salem King Night

Salem: "King Night"

02. Sleigh Bells Treats

Sleigh Bells: "Crown on the Ground

01. The National High Violet

The National: "Bloodbuzz Ohio"

TRACKS!

a.k.a. "I HAVE WORKED WITH CHRIS MARTIN AND THE MAN IS A GENIUS. AS A PERFORMER AND A SONGWRITER HE IS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS JOHN LENNON."

10. Deerhunter "Helicopter"

09. Aloha "Moonless March"

08. Black Keys "Sinister Kid"

07. Broken Bells "The High Road"

06. Cee-Lo "Forget You"

05. KanYe West "Monster"

04. Salem "Trapdoor"

03. Sleigh Bells "Tell 'Em"

02. Big Boi "Shutterbug"

01. Arcade Fire "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

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Girl Talk: All Day

I love it when bands do this. Seriously, when it comes down to it, all the anticipation, expectations, and hype that come with the waiting for the next great album, movie, etc. is at worst extremely detrimental and at best completely worthless. Something is going to be either good or bad regardless of what we expect it to be, and 9 out of 10 times the only impact expectations have on any new release is that of increasing the disappointment. Probably the greatest thing that's happened in the realm of music since Radiohead said "Hey, our new album is absolutely nothing like all the stuff we've done that made you love us" was when Radiohead said "Hey, we finished our new album that you weren't even really sure that we were working on and we're releasing it tomorrow. Also, you can download it for nothing." Remember that? Maybe the coolest thing ever. Last week marked the 2nd time Girl Talk has done it since then. I didn't post it then because all the traffic created a wormhole on their label's website, and any efforts to download it would have been fruitless anyway. Things seem pretty stable now though, and they've even posted multiple mirrors in case it happens again. Oh, and the album itself? It's called All Day, and it totally lives up to the expectations that you didn't get to have.

Girl Talk: "Jump on Stage"

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