Best records of 2010 (thus far)

10 records you probably should have purchased thus far this year.......
1. Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom
A record I have played more than any other this year.

2. Queen of Denmark - John Grant
Sure, at times it evokes images of Dennis Wilson, open denim shirts, big hair and summer in 1970's California but....is any of that really such a bad thing?

3. There Is Love In You - Four Tet
My favourite Four Tet record to date.

4. Falling Down A Mountain - Tindersticks
Looser, happier....more productive. And probably the best record David Kitt will ever feature on.

5. Swim - Caribou
Because Odessa is a fantastic tune.

6. High Violet - The National
Perhaps not the record to catapult them to the heights many have expected them to reach, but a frequently engrossing record nonetheless.

7. Shadows - Teenage Fanclub
Scotland gets Teenage Fanclub and Ireland gets The Frank and Walters. Bastards. And because it's the summer.

8. Together - The New Pornographers
America gets The New Pornographers. Scotland gets Teenage Fanclub. Ireland gets The Frank and Walters.

9. Forgiveness Rock Record - Broken Social Scene
On World Sick the band finally sound like the band I've been reading about for almost a decade. On Me and My Hand, they sound like the band I've been ignoring for the best part of a decade.

10. Heligoland - Massive Attack
Their best record since, ooooh............Mezzanine.