My top 6... albums, tracks, gigs and videos of 2010

Albums of the year
Lots of great albums - struggled to get this down to six... they're not in order but if they were the one at the top would very probably still be at the top...

• Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement
• Nina Nastasia - Outlaster
• Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
• Tracey Thorn - Love and Its Opposite
• The Clientele - Minotaur
• Agent Ribbons - Chateau Crone

Gigs of the year
Shockingly this list couldn't have been much longer than this - probably my most inactive gig-going year. There's still one to come...

• Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 - The Garage - 2010-12-08
• 13 Most Beautiful - The Barbican - 2010-07-30
• Kristin Hersh - Round Midnight - 2010-07-26
• Joanna Newsom - Royal Festival Hall - 2010-05-12
• Iggy & The Stooges play Raw Power - Hammy Odeon - 2010-05-03
• Damon & Naomi - The Luminaire 2010-05-01

Artists according to last.fm
The usual suspects although with Motorhead thrown into the mix - not too sure why (or how).

1. Galaxie 500
2. Luna
3. Motorhead
4. Joanna Newsom
5. Low
6. Dean & Britta

Tracks according to last.fm
Tracey Thorn breaks this list - although technically she was tied for 6th place with another Galaxie 500 song!

1. Galaxie 500 - Decomposing Trees
2. Galaxie 500 - Snowstorm
3. Galaxie 500 - Ceremony
4. Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder
5. Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home
6. Tracey Thorn - Oh, The Divorces!

Albums according to last.fm
Was surprised at The xx being there - I listened a lot to it last year but obviously also at the start of this...

1. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
2. Nina Nastasia - Outlaster
3. Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement
4. The xx - xx
5. Galaxie 500 - Uncollected
6. Galaxie 500 - Today

Music videos of the year
Struggled to get this down to six as well...

• David Quantick - The Music Industry is Killing Music
• The Clientele - Lamplight
• Venice is Sinking - Tugboat
• Standard Fare - Philadelphia
• Dean & Britta with Mercury Rev - Snowstorm & Car Wash Hair
• Giant Drag - Stuff to Live For

2010 is dedicated to...
Mark Linkous/Sparklehorse - I miss him hugely and regularly...