The 11 Best Albums of the Year (so far):

Over halfway through the year and I am unimpressed.  Eminem's new album is pretty good and definitely a return to form.  But the best of the year?  It's not even the best Em album.  Maybe 3rd best.  And Massive Attack, Morcheeba, and MGMT have all made nice albums...but these are far from their best material.  So what gives?  Last year at this time, the Animal Collective, the xx, Grizzly Bear, and Phoenix had all released albums.  I've listened to Sleigh Bells (a reincarnation of Atari Teenage Riot), Best Coast (the new Raveonettes), Surfer Blood (a watered-down Pavement), Beach House (a more moody Joan As Police Woman), & Local Natives (a less innovative Elbow) and have been underwhelmed by all of them. Where's the good music people?!

This decade is really starting off with a whimper.

Here are the 11 Best Albums of 2010 (so far):

1.  Eminem - Recovery
2.  LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
3.  Massive Attack - Heliogoland
4.  Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade
5.  Jonsi - Go
6.  MGMT - Congratulations
7.  Tokyo Police Club - Champ
8.  Against Me! - White Crosses
9.  Free Energy - Stuck on Nothin'
10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mojo
11. Caribou - Swim

Buy these great 2010 albums and others now!

The 11 Best Songs By Massive Attack

Today I saw a car accident. It wasn't a bad one. It was a single car accident. And the driver walked away unscratched. But it was a strange one. The guy ran full speed into a cement railing on a freeway offramp. It wasn't like he lost control and slid into the railing...he just plowed straight into it. I wanted more than anything to ask the guy what the hell he was thinking...but felt like it probably wasn't the time. I did the good samaritan thing and got out of my car and helped the guy push his car off to the side of the road. But here's the really screwed thing. I was the only one. No one else got out to help. And to make matters worse...none of them gave a crap. They all kept driving...swerving around the damaged car to go on their way. It should of taken us 30 seconds to move his car...instead it took almost 5 minutes because we had to keep stopping to wait for these jackasses to drive by. What the hell is wrong with people?

Here are the 11 Best Songs by Massive Attack:

1. Unfinished Sympathy (Blue Lines)
2. Teardrop (Mezzanine)
3. Safe From Harm (Blue Lines)
4. Protection (Protection)
5. Man Next Door (Mezzanine)
6. Angel (Mezzanine)
7. What Your Soul Sings (100th Window)
8. Dissolved Girl (Mezzanine)
9. Karmacoma (Protection)
10. Small Time Shot Away (100th Window)
11. Blue Lines (Blue Lines)

Buy Massive Attack's new album, Heligoland, now!