Songs of the Year 2010: 50-26

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Wolf Parade: Oh YES, old things...

No gimmicks, just a run-down of the best 50 songs (including album tracks and singles) of 2010, as chosen by The Popscener...

50. Kelis – Acapella (Flesh Tone, Interscope)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8D9xCBcfzw
49. Pernice Brothers – Fucking and Flowers (Goodbye, Killer, Ashmont Records)
Spotify link
48. Jenny and Johnny – Big Wave (I’m Having Fun Now, Warner Bros)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwtV7L5bxtk
47. Bad Religion – Devil In Stitches (The Dissent Of Man, Epitaph)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G_kxQY3Ng8
46. No Age – Glitter (Everything In Between, Sub Pop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_t3q1tjH4
45. Male Bonding – Year's Not Long (Nothing Hurts, Sub Pop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeUn11bkuZk
44. Aloe Blacc – I Need the Dollar (Good Things, Stones Throw Records)


43. Eels – Nowadays (End Times, Vagrant)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_2E0MF2bY
42. MGMT – It's Working (Congratulations, Columbia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyaDTiXH3R4
41. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Everlyn (Let It Sway, Polyvinyl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWs4Q2mNBBE
40. Sky Larkin – Tiny Heist (Kaleide, Wichita)
Spotify link
39. High Wire – Hang From The Lights (The Sleep Tape, Grandpa Stan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKJMvcdQmA4
38. Wavves – King of the Beach (King of the Beach, Bella Union)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5biCmyJQtM
37. Hold Steady - Hurricane J (Heaven Is Whenever, Vagrant)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG4ABgTuCqA
36. Tokyo Police Club – Favourite Food (Champ, Mom + Pop Music Co.)


35. Gyptian – Hold You (Hold You, VP Records)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKlCEUngHB0
34. Blur – Fool's Day (n/a, Parlophone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ixnqRyfzU
33. Laura Marling – Made By Maid (I Speak Because I Can, Virgin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjQN_n3KQ9c
32. Wolf Parade – Oh You, Old Thing (Expo 86, Sub Pop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV3Zgc_tnJg
31. Drive-By Truckers – Daddy Learned To Fly (The Big To-Do, ATO)
Spotify link
30. Tinie Tempah – Pass Out (Disc-Overy, Parlophone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzvGKas5RsU 
29. Summer Camp – Round the Moon (Young EP, Moshi Moshi)


28. Young Veins – Take A Vacation (Take A Vacation, One Haven)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM58bE_WPCc
27. Fools Gold – Surprise Hotel (Fool’s Gold, IAMSOUND)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9zFEAda0_g
26. Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun (Contra, XL)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bccKotFwzoY

Want it all in one place? Try this handy spotify playlist

Don't forget to check out The Popscener's Albums of the Year 2010

Interview: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

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Some words I did for Spoonfed.co.uk after a chat with SSLYBY...

They are firestarters, twisted firestarters

Being as easily amused as small child at Christmas, I’ve always tended to love bands with faintly amusing names – ‘The Yummy Furs’ (snigger), ‘Japandroids’ (guffaw), ‘Roy Division’ (somebody stop me). Presumably the exact same strand of my uncomplicated DNA encourages a partiality to hummable, easily digested power-pop.

Imagine then how palpably excited I was upon learning that Springfield, Missouri tykes Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin had returned with a brand new record, the ripsnortingly catchy Let It Sway. Excited enough to hunt them down and ask them about it (and a bunch of other things), that’s how.

Important matters first: what’s in the name? I’m sure you get this one a lot.

We were teenagers. We thought it would be good idea to have a really long band name. Boris Yeltsin was in the news a lot because everyone was making fun of his alcoholism and political ineptitude. We used his name without thinking anything about it. He was a terrible president, so I'm sure we've offended a lot of people.

You guys are originally from Springfield, Missouri – is there much of a burgeoning indie scene there? Do you think you found it tougher not being East or West coast boys and tied to a big city?

In the 1950s there was a nationally televised music show in Springfield called The Ozark Jubilee. Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash appeared on it regularly. Also, Jonathan Richman recorded an album here with a Springfield band called the Skeletons in the '80s. It's called 'Jonathan Goes Country' and I recommend it highly.

Anyway, I think the internet makes it somewhat irrelevant where you're from. My life has been too busy lately to think about the scenes in Brooklyn and LA. I'm sure they have cooler jeans, but mine were really cheap...

Read the FULL INTERVIEW here