Best of 2010...So Far (Part 3) Psyko Steve Edition

Seeing our "best of the year... so far" lists gave our good friend Steve Chilton (AKA Psyko Steve) such strong urning for list creation, it could only be quenched by making his own list. So without further ado, Steve's list...

I change what records I am into almost daily. The top half of the list has lived in the CD player in my car since they came out. These are all at the top for sure but putting a number on it is a bit arbitrary and I am sure I will dislike this order tomorrow. I also want to make a honorable mention of Miniature Tigers new album Fortress but since it is not officially out yet and I have only heard a promo I thought it should not make the cut, but it would be near the top if it could.

So far The Morning Benders Big Echo is the one album that is making it's way onto all of our lists, that must mean it's REALLY good, and it is. Check out Steve's entire list along with mostly hand picked videos after the break...

New Music Tuesday: Joanna Newsom, Xiu Xiu, Shearwater, Phantogram & Past Lives

Damn fine day to be a person that enjoys new music. Corncopia of albums I doubt you even have enough money to buy they all. I am not saying you are poor, just frugal. If you were only able to buy like 3 or 4 (because of alleged money problems) I would recommend Joanna Newsom's TRIPLE album Have One On Me, Xiu Xiu's Dear God, I Hate Myself, Shearwater's The Golden Archipelago, and Phantogram's Eyelid Movies.Now you are obviously an adult or at least a savvy enough child to be reading such a high class music blog so by all means click on some of the other albums below (after break) and check their sounds out on Amazons thoughtfully provided 30 second clips, and make some decisions for yourself for once in your life. (Run on sentence and insults provided courtesy of our sponsor Amazon.com)

New Music Tuesday: Spoon, Surfer Blood, RJD2, Tape Deck Mt.

Today is the first day of the rest of your lives, it's ALSO the day that a bunch of new stuff comes out so... win win right? You got your Spoon, your RJD2, your EELS but whats my favorite is Surfer Blood's Astro Coast. But all that other stuff is pretty good too so buy all that shit ok?

Surfer Blood: Astro Coast
Spoon: Transference $3.99
Dinowalrus: %
Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening $3.99
Editors: In this Light and On This Evening
Eels: End Times
The Hot Rats: Turn Ons
Tape Deck Mountain: Ghost
Josephine Foster: Graphic as a Star
Barton Carroll: Together You & I
Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life Is No Cool
Major Stars: Return to Form
Red Krayola with Art & Language: Five American Portraits
RJD2: The Colossus
Scout Niblett: The Calcination of Scout Niblett
Susu: R and R and R
Wetdog: Frauhaus!
The Coal Porters: Durango
Richard Skelton: Landings
Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (71-disc box set)
Cold War Kids: Behave Yourself EP
Fang Island: Daisy