2010 Song Project - Countdown - #20-#11

#20 The Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs" from "The Suburbs" - The opening track from their epic concept album, "The Suburbs" has a hypnotic bounce to it and, as always, great lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Euj9f3gdyM


#19 The Roots - "How I Got Over" from "How I Got Over" - Another 2009 holdover, "How I Got Over" is an uplifting hip hop song from the legendary Roots crew.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4D1QOLGuM&ob=av2e


#18 The Arcade Fire - "Month Of May" from "The Suburbs" - Perhaps the most pulse-pounding song in the Arcade Fire's catalog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqBTL-HWPvA


#17 The National - "Terrible Love" from "High Violet" - More deep gloom and doom from the masters of the dark side of indie rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHdi_94SR4


#16 Blitzen Trapper - "Heaven And Earth" from "Destroyer Of The Void" - "Destroyer Of The Void" is another brilliant album from Blitzen Trapper, one of the most under-rated indie rock bands around and "Heaven And Earth" is their best song of 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI6jrdnUIv8&ob=av2e


#15 Against Me! - "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" from "White Crosses" - Against Me! set a new career high-point with their punk rock anthem about the lead singer's realization about the realities behind anarchist ideology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7RUeMCZL3Q


#14 Kanye West - "Gorgeous" from "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" - Kanye gets help from Kid Cudi and Raekwon on his 4th highest-ranking song on the 2010 list. This song features some of the best lyrics in Kanye's career.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghc_fc4R1rI


#13 Frightened Rabbit - "Swim Until You Can't See Land" from "The Winter Of Mixed Drinks" - The under-rated Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit comes in at #13 with "Swim Until You Can't See Land", a song that is actually up-beat by comparison to some of their earlier classics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjERZU3wbY


#12 Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill" from "Treats" - This song is also known as "Ring Ring", but I prefer the original version which was a little less fuzzy and distorted. This song is the highest-charting repeat from the 2010 list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFgejWZjtg&ob=av2n


#11 Johnny Cash - "Ain't No Grave" from "Ain't No Grave" - Johnny Cash has been gone for years now, but the material he produced in his later years continues to be released and most of it is excellent. The title of this song (his best since "Hurt") seems to be entirely accurate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66QcIlblI1U