Although I wouldn't call it a definitive 'best of' list, the following 
are 2010 records that I really liked. I took a look at the ones people 
are voting to refresh my memory, but I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting a 
few others.

Wild Nothing - Gemini
Iris - Blacklight
The National - High Violet
Tamaryn - The Waves
The Brother Kite - Isolation
Matt Pond PA - The Dark Leaves
78 Saab - Good Fortune
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Helen Stellar - If The Stars Could Speak...
Aloha - Home Acres
The Depreciation Guild - Spirit Youth
Film School - Fission
Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme
Amusement Parks On Fire - Road Eyes
Adam Franklin & The Bolts Of Melody - I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years
Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From


A big letdown for me was Pete Yorn's latest. I'm a big fan and for some 
reason I couldn't like a single song from this album. Horrible package too.

Speaking of packages, the excellent Matt Pond PA's album also comes in 
one of these thin envelopes that I hate so much. And what about Tom 
Petty's 'Damn The Torpedos', can you call that a Deluxe package? I 
didn't get my hands on John Lennon's US reissues, but the brazilian ones 
here also went for very thin and light envelopes. Record labels: please 
don't approximate actual / big artists cd's to lousy no cover cdr copies 
that kids leave in the car! that's what you're actually doing right now 
with those envelopes. Please, give us fat digipacks, trays, old style 
jewel boxes or whatever new materials and formats you may find, but not 
this.

On the other hand, bought a lot of vinyl, new and old. Thanks God it's 
alive and well.

Another point: although I personally come much more from 
indie/alternative rock than power pop, is it my impression or are we 
auditeers less and less straight into power pop, and more into several 
styles of music? I think this is very positive, especially while melody 
is preserved as the guiding line.

Rafael.