[floydenheimer]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork yet.

 

[festivus528]

A few of my favorites this year:
 
The Black Angels - Phospohene Dream
The Black Keys - Brothers
Minus the Bear - Omni
Mumford and Sons - Sign No More

 

[moriez]

Found something that completely rubs me the right way and is probably top 3 material for 2010. A warm analog 80's synth sound to it, quite poppy but just a sucker for the almost 8bit computer game melodies. Track 3 Planet Party is my fav but all 6 are great!
 
Games (Oneohtrix Point Never & Joel Ford) - That We Can Play

 

[gopack87]

Been listening to this one all week:

Deerhunter- "Halcyon Digest"
I like how it's an experimental sounding album but it still incorporates great acoustic guitar.  Might be my favorite of the year

 

[james444]

Thanks for some great suggestions!

 
Some of my 2010 favourites like Broken Bells, Beach House, Shearwater and Husky Rescue have already been mentioned.
Here are some more in no particular order (click on album cover):
 
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo

 
Jane Taylor - Compass

 
Guster - Easy Wonderful

 
Jason Pegg - Jason Pegg

 
The Miserable Rich - Of Flight & Fury

 
Natalie Merchant - Leave your Sleep

 
Tunng - And Then We Saw Land

 
Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera

 

[Solrighal]

1. Arcade Fire - Suburbs
2. The National - High Violet (saw them for the second time last weekend in Glasgow and they were tremendous)
3. Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
4. Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy (saw them supporting The Nationl in Glasgow last week and I was impressed enough to buy the t-shirt)
JJ Cale - Shades (What? It's not new? S***!)

 

[Andrew_]

Hold on to your lug nuts because I'm about to drop some mind-bending stuff:
 
So far my favorite releases this year have been; in no particular order, because choosing an order would be like shunning your first born.
 
Foetus - Hide
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Dryft - Ventricle
Ceephax Acid Crew - United Acid Emirates
Christian Mistress - Agony & Opium
Slough Feg - The Animal Spirits
Devo - Something For Everybody
The Fall - Your Future, Our Clutter
Electric Wizard - Black Masses
 
Honorable mentions:
Bongripper - Satan Worshipping Doom
The Flashbulb - Arboreal
Liars - Sisterworld
Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
Rome - Nos Chants Perdus

 

[Angelbelow]

Kalmah - 12 Guage
Ishahn - After
Kamelot - poetry for the poisoned
Alcest - Écailles de lune

 

[JIGF]

Got this one yesterday

Brian Eno, et al. - Small Craft on a Milk Sea
 
Very good so far, it's no ghosts but it manages pretty well.

 

[necropimp]

of the releases of 2010 that i've heard so far these are the ones that stand out in my mind
 
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Denouncement Pyre - World Cremation
Acid Witch - Stoned
Acid Witch - Midnight Mass
Burial Invocation - Rituals of the Grotesque
Burzum - Belus
Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons
 
as an added bonus World Cremation doesn't have the brickwalled mastering one would expect from a 2010 metal album

 

[hiddenninja]

Quote:

Coheed and Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow, so far.
Also, I'm looking forward to Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare, which just released today, btw.

Adding on to this list:
 
Ludo's Prepare the Preparations
Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns, oddly enough. It's been growing on me for a while.
The Social Network movie soundtrack, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

 

[DeusEx]

Alice Sara Ott - Tchaikovsky/Liszt First Piano Concertos
 

 
 
 
Hilary Hahn - Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos 
 

 

[jonnyhambone]

not in any particular order:
Joanna Newsom
Grinderman II
Mogwai - Special Moves
BruteHeart - Brass Beads
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs
James Blake - Klavierwerke
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Sun City Girls - Mariachi Funeral
The National
Charlie Parr - When the Devil Goes Blind
White Sands/Bad Lands - Seeding the Clouds
 
here's my blog with album commentary and links and stuff...

 

[matthewh133]

Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way

 

[toaster5]

Ra Ra Riot- The orchard
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
The Naked and Famous- Passive Me, Aggressive You
Hoodie Allen- Pep Rally
The Tallest Man On Earth- Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird
The Record Summer- Race To The Bottom