01 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
02 Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
03 Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

04 James Blake - CMYK
05 Girls - Carolina
06 Twin Sister - All Around and Away We Go
07 Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn
08 James Blake - I Only Know (What I Know Now)
09 Big K.R.I.T. - Country Shit
10 Big Boi - Shutterbug

11 Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed
12 Morning Benders - Excuses (Yours Truly version)

13 Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
14 Tennis - Marathon
15 Joanna Newsom - Baby Birch
16 Shabazz Palaces - Blastit
17 earlwolf - Orange Juice / Gucci Mane - Lemonade
18 Waka Flocka Flame - Hard In Da Paint

19 Twin Shadow - Castles in the Snow
20 Das Racist - hahahaha jk?
21 Korallreven - Honey Mine (feat. Victoria Bergsman)
22 Holy Other - YR LOVE
23 White Denim - Some Wild Going Outward
24 Crystal Castles - Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith)
25 Kanye West - Blame Game (edit)
26 White Hinterland - Icarus
27 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Fright Night (Nevermore)
28 Air Waves - Knockout
29 Puro Instinct - Stilyagi (featuring Ariel Pink)
30 Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck the World)

31 Grouper - Vessel
32 Teen Inc. - Friend of the Night
33 Harlem - Gay Human Bones
34 Ghostface Killah - Together Baby
35 Games - Strawberry Skies
36 The Bitters - Travelin' Girl

37 Lower Dens - Hospice Gates
38 jj - My Way
39 Kanye West - Runaway (feat. Pusha T)
40 Les Sins - Lina
41 Sunset - Late Night Dawning
42 Warpaint - Undertow
43 Tyler, the Creator - VCR/Wheels

44 Gil Scott-Heron - Me and the Devil

45 Washed Out - You and I
46 Erykah Badu - Window Seat
47 Toro y Moi - Low Shoulder

48 Miracles Club - A New Love
49 Eternal Summers - Pure Affection
50 Games - Planet Party
51 Panda Bear - Untitled / King Tubby sample (live)
52 Reading Rainbow - Wasting Time
53 Happy Birthday - Subliminal Message
54 Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
55 Young Galaxy - Peripheral Visionaries
56 Grimes - Devon
57 Coyote Clean Up - Can't Shake the Full Moon

58 Candy Claws - Silent Time of Earth
59 Rangers - Deerfield Village

60 Wavves - King of the Beach
61 How To Dress Well - Ready for the World
62 Four Tet - Angel Echoes
63 Caribou - Odessa

64 Ciara - Ride (CFCF night bus refix)
65 Appaloosa - Intimate (Glass Candy remix)
66 Beautiful Swimmers - Big Coast

67 Bodies of Water - Rise Up, Careful
68 Pantha du Prince - Stick to my Side (feat. Panda Bear)

69 Robyn - Dancing On My Own
70 Hard Mix - Memories
71 Animal Collective - Screens
72 Nite Jewel - We Want Our Things

73 Tame Impala - It Is Not Meant to Be
74 Soft Healer - Movie Light
75 Fabulous Diamonds - Track 4
76 The Knife - The Height of Summer
77 The Sandwitches - Stardust
78 Jamie Woon - Night Air (Ramadanman refix)
79 Wet Wings - Running Like a Man
80 Bullion - Say Goodbye to What
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...and here are 5 from our 2010 Forest Family releases that I didn't feel comfortable ranking, but all are certainly among our favorite jams of the past year, which is why we started a label to put them out:

DAVID'S SONGS OF 2010:

1. Girls - Carolina
2. Beach House - Walk in the Park

3. Twin Sister - All Around and Away We Go

4. The Walkmen - Juveniles
5. Grimes - Devon
6. jj - My Way
7. Tennis - South Carolina

8. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
9. Panda Bear - Slow Motion
10. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

11. White Denim - Through Your Windows
12. Deerhunter - Helicopter

13. Harlem - Someday Soon
14. Candy Claws - Silent Time of Earth
15. Keep Shelly In Athens - Fokionos Negri Street
16. Ariel Pink - Round and Round
17. Puro Instinct - I’ve Got Some Happiness
18. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
19. Pantha Du Prince - Stick to My Side
20. Delorean - Stay Close

21. Wild Nothing - Chinatown
22. Crystal Castles - Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith)
23. Fergus & Geronimo - Girls With English Accents
24. Tame Impala - Expectation

25. Games - Strawberry Skies
26. Appaloosa - Intimate (Glass Candy Remix)
27. Sunset - Moonlight
28. Shabazz Places - Sparkles
29. These New Puritans - Hologram (SALEM version)
30. Teen Inc. - Friend of the Night
31. Dent May - That Feeling
32. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
33. Chad Valley - Anything
34. ceo - Come With Me

35. Deerhunter - Revival
36. James Blake - I’ll Stay
37. Les Sins - Lina
38. The Sandwitches - Grey Wizard
39. Korallreven - The Truest Faith
40. Bullion - Crazy Over You
41. Museum of Bellas Artes - Watch the Glow

42. White Hinterland - Icarus
43. Earl Sweatshirt - Couch
44. Veux - Late Key
45. Tiyiselani Vomaseve - Vanghoma

46. Dum Dum Girls - Rest of Our Lives
47. Girls - Alright
48. Soft Healer - Movie Light
49. Gauntlet Hair - Our Scenery
50. El Guincho - Bombay


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