Best Songs of 2010 (that missed my top 20 albums)

Much sweet tuneage was made this past year.

The following are hot tracks from albums that just missed my top 20 album list - which is upcoming.

Enjoy! Farewell MMX.

20. Carl Barât - "Run with the Boys" from Carl Barât


19. Tokyo Police Club - "End of a Spark" from Champ


18. Bedouin Soundclash feat. Coeur de Pirate - "Brutal Hearts" from Light the Horizon


17. The Futureheads - "Hearbeat Song" from The Chaos


16. Plants & Animals - "Jeans, Jeans, Jeans" from La La Land


15. Black Mountain - "Roller Coaster" from Wilderness Heart


14. The Walkmen - "Victory" from Lisbon


13. The Soft Pack - "Answer to Yourself" from The Soft Pack


12. Drake - "Over" from Thank Me Later


11. Suckers - "It Gets Your Body Movin'" from Wild Smile


10. Janelle Monae - "Cold War" from The ArchAndroid


9. Avey Tare - "Laughing Hieroglyphic" from Down There


8. Sade - "Soldier of Love" from Soldier of Love


7. Land of Talk - "Colour Me Badd" from Cloak & Cipher


6. Shad - "Yaa I Get It" from TSOL


5. Adam Green - "Buddy Bradley" from Minor Love


4. Caribou - "Odessa" from Swim


3. M.I.A. - "It Takes A Muscle" from Maya


2. Avi Buffalo - "One Last" from Avi Buffalo


1. Los Campesinos! - "The Sea is a Good Place to Think of the Future" from Romance is Boring

Best Song Ever of the Week

Here it is, pop gunning's first mp3 of the new year!

Unfittingly, it's a humble cover of last year's best hit song. Pale Young Gentlemen do MIA's "Paper Planes" [click song title for MP3].

If your ears agree, you can hear this Madison Wisconsin band's new tuneful album Black Forest (Tra La La) on their website.

Song of the Week (/Year)

The incomparable M.I.A blesses us with Paper Planes (right click for MP3).

There's various remixes, but this is the original track from Kala.

A warning to those close to me... this song will be on repeat all summer. And it will make all of us cooler.


Check out the video, which is ace. Also, the song is featured in the trailer for the new Seth Rogen/James Franco/Judd Apatow/David Gordon Green picture, Pineapple Express.