Time Capsule: 53 Weeks of 2010

When I began reflecting on this past year in music, I became overwhelmed with a bucket load of feelings. I wasn't completely sure how much I really engaged new albums, or when I thought about what I was listening to six months ago, it felt like I had gone through a few lifetimes since then (not to mention the first half of this year was spent in a whole other country). Reflecting on an entire year of music can be both enlightening and painful, given how tied music is to our lives and all the events and feelings that fill them. So, before I could re-engage all the new music to come out in 2010, I decided to take a hard look at what I listened to new and old, week by week. It would be careless of me to talk about brand new songs and albums, without considering what sort of impact past music (but new to me this year) had on me. Here's my time capsule - a breakdown of my most-played songs for each week of 2010:

1. United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It On the Pop) ~ DJ Earworm {technically this week only contains 3 days of 2010}

2. Gold Soundz ~ Pavement

3. Suspended In Gaffa ~ Kate Bush

4. I Don't Owe You Anything ~ The Smiths

5. Green River ~ Real Estate

6. Real Love ~ Beach House

7. Real Love ~ Beach House

8. Girlfriend In A Coma ~ The Smiths

9. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ~ Walker Brothers

10. I Am Decided ~ Guided By Voices

11. Middle Cyclone ~ Neko Case

12. Tightrope ~ Yeasayer

13. Round and Round ~ Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

14. Judas ~ Depeche Mode

15. Love Your Daughters ~ Times New Viking

16. These Days ~ Nico

17. Another Day ~ Times New Viking

18. Call and Respond ~ Times New Viking

19. Middle Cyclone ~ Neko Case

20. This Is Everything ~ Tegan and Sara

21. Good Intentions Paving Company ~ Joanna Newsom

22. Walking the Cow ~ Daniel Johnston

23. You Came To Me ~ Beach House

24. In California ~ Neko Case

25. Transatlanticism ~ Death Cab for Cutie

26. N.I.B. ~ Black Sabbath

27. White Blank Page ~ Mumford & Sons

28. Soil, Soil ~ Tegan and Sara

29. Animal ~ Neon Trees

30. Edge of Desire ~ John Mayer

31. Edge of Desire ~ John Mayer

32. The Chain ~ Ingrid Michaelson

33. I Just Had To Die ~ The Knife

34. The Chain ~ Ingrid Michaelson

35. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) ~ Arcade Fire

36. Modern Man ~ Arcade Fire

37. Right Above It (feat. Drake) ~ Lil Wayne

38. Poison Dart (feat. Warrior Queen) ~ The Bug

39. Windowlicker ~ Aphex Twin

40. This Magic Moment ~ Lou Reed

41. Boss DJ [acoustic] ~ Sublime

42. Right Above It (feat. Drake) ~ Lil Wayne

43. Slow Jamz ~ Kanye West

44. Gimme The Loot ~ Notorious B.I.G.

45. What's My Name? (feat. Drake) ~ Rihanna

46. Hey ~ The Pixies

47. Hey ~ The Pixies

48. Winter Song ~ Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson

49. Cupid ~ Sam Cooke

50. Club Molluska ~ Fluffy Lumbers

51. Winter in the Hamptons ~ Josh Rouse

52. Perfection ~ Clint Mansell

53. Slavedriver ~ Jenny and Johnny/Just Breathe ~ Pearl Jam {subject to change b/c this week has two more qualifying days at the time of this post}

- DJ