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2010: Dean's List
Albums
- The Roots: How I Got Over (Def Jam) 16
- Elizabeth Cook: Welder (31 Tigers) 15
- M.I.A: Maya (Deluxe Edition) (Interscope) 13
- Tom Zé: Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza (Luaka Bop) 10
- Rachid Taha: Bonjour (Knitting Factory) 10
- Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain't No Grave (American) 9
- Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-a-Fella) 8
- Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Lightness Vol. 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993 (Sterns Africa) 8
- Peter Stampfel: Dook of the Beatniks (Piety Street Files & Archaic Media '09) 6
- Vampire Weekend: Contra (XL) 5
- The Corin Tucker Band: 1,000 Years (Kill Rock Stars)
- Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday (Young Money/Cash Money)
- Girl Talk: All Day (Illegal Art download)
- African Pearls: Congo: Pont Sur le Congo (Syllart)
- No Age: Everything in Between (Sub Pop)
- Care Bears on Fire: Girls Like It Loud (S-Curve download)
- Robyn: Body Talk (Konochiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope)
- Lil Wayne: No Ceilings (free download '09)
- Allo Darlin': Allo Darlin' (Fortuna Pop!)
- D.O. Misiani and Shirati Jazz: The King of History (Sterns Africa)
- Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster (Streamline/Konlive/Cherrytree/Interscope '09)
- Systema Solar: Systema Solar (Chusma)
- The Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (Merge)
- The Rough Guide to Desert Blues (World Music Network)
- Macy Gray: The Sellout (Concord)
- Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (4AD)
- Love Is All: Two Thousand and Ten Injuries (Polyvinyl)
- Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard: 'Em Are I (Rough Trade '09)
- Dessa: A Badly Broken Code (Doomtree)
- Shad: TSOL (Black Box/Decon)
- Pierre de Gaillande: Bad Reputation (Barbès)
- Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (Warp)
- MC Paul Barman: Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud (Househusband download '09)
- Tokyo Police Club: Champ (Mom + Pop)
- Titus Andronicus: The Monitor (XL)
- The Whitefield Brothers: Earthology (Now-Again)
- Gabriel Johnson: Fra_ctured (Electrofone)
- Surfer Blood: Astro Coast (Kanine)
- LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (DFA/Virgin)
- Rokia Traoré: Tchamantché (Nonesuch '09)
- Das Racist: Sit Down, Man (Mad Decent download)
- Best Coast: Crazy for You (Mexican Summer)
- Cornershop: Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast (Ample Play)
- El DeBarge: Second Chance (Geffen)
- Die Antwoord: $0$ (Cherrytree/Interscope)
- The Pernice Brothers: Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont)
- Quasi: American Gong (Kill Rock Stars)
- The National: High Violet (4AD)
- Scissor Sisters: Night Work (Downtown/Polydor)
- David Bazan: Curse Your Branches (Barsuk '09)
- Now That's What I Call Club Hits 2 (EMI)
- Nicki Minaj: Beam Me Up Scotty (Trapaholics download '09)
- Nas & Damian "JR. Gong" Marley: Distant Relatives (Def Jam)
- Kinito Méndez: Éxitos de Kinito Méndez (J & N '05)
- Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa (Honest Jons)
- Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca: Isabela (Mopiato Music '07)
- Diplo Presents Dubstep: Blow Your Head (Downtown/Mad Decent)
- Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: The Logic of Chance (Sunday Best)
- Balkan Beat Box: Blue Eyed Black Boy (Nat Geo Music)
- Eskmo: Eskmo (Ninja Tune)
- Sleigh Bells: Treats (Mom + Pop)
- Das Racist: Shut Up, Dude (Mishka download)
- Eminem: Recovery (Aftermath/Interscope)
- Tricky: Mixed Race (Domino)
- Everybody Was in the French Resistance . . . Now!: "Fixing the Charts": Volume One (Cooking Vinyl)
- Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn (Columbia)
- Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot . . . The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam)
- Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (Nonesuch)
- Beatles Beginnings: Quarrymen One: Skiffle-Country-Western (Rhythm and Blues '09)
- Of Montreal: False Priest (Polyvinyl)
- Taylor Swift: Speak Now (Big Machine)
- Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca: Retrospectiva (Mopiato Music '09)
- MC Esoteric: Saving Seamus Ryan (Fly Casual '09)
- Hole: Nobody's Daughter (Mercury)
- Les Savy Fav: Root for Ruin (Frenchkiss)
- Old 97's: The Grand Theatre Volume One (New West)
- Spoon: Transference (Merge)
- Standard Fare: The Noyelle Beat (Bar/None)
- Konono No. 1: Assume Crash Position (Crammed Discs)
- The Bundles: The Bundles (K)
- The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come (4AD '09)
- Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar: Devla: Blown Away to Dancefloor Heaven (Piranha)
Singles
- Robyn: "Don't F***ing Tell Me What to Do" (Konochiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope)
- Elizabeth Cook: "El Camino" (31 Tigers)
- Die Antwoord: "Enter the Ninja" (Cherrytree/Interscope)
- Scissor Sisters: "We're Running Out" (Downtown/Polydor)
- Jason Derulo: "Ridin' Solo (Ian Nieman Club Mix)" (Warner Bros.)
- Far East Movement: "Like a G6" (Cherrytree/Interscope)
- Robyn: "Dancing on My Own" (Konochiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope)
- Afrikan Boy: "Lidl" (Out Here)
- LCD Soundsystem: "Drunk Girls" (DFA/Virgin)
- Lady Gaga: "Bad Romance" (Streamline/Konlive/Cherrytree/Interscope)
- The Arcade Fire: "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" (Merge)
- Das Racist: "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" (Mishka download)
- Katy Perry: "Teenage Dream" (Capitol)
- Das Racist: "Fake Patois" (Mishka download)
- Vampire Weekend: "Horchata" (XL)
- Taio Cruz: "Dynamite" (Mercury)
- Jerry Lee Lewis: "Mean Old Man" (Verve)
- Shakira: "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" (Epic)
- Major Lazer: "Sound of Siren" (Downtown)
- Ben Folds/Nick Hornby: "Levi Johnson's Blues" (Nonesuch)
Barnes & Noble Review, Jan. 12, 2011
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