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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Top 10 Songs of the Year! Staff Picks

Here's the WTMD Staff Picks for the Top 89 Songs of 2010.  Take a gander and the vote for your top songs. We'll countdown the Top 89 based on your votes on December 17th!

Please Consider an End of the Year Additional Gift or Become a New WTMD Member as we count down the memories of 2010, your support will make 201l even more memorable!

Erik Deatherage 
The Morning Man
  1. Beach House- Silver Soul
  2. Spoon- The Mystery Zone 
  3. Citizen Cope- Lifeline 
  4. Rogue Wave- Solitary Gun
  5. Fyfe Dangerfield- She Needs Me
  6. The Hold Steady- The Weekenders 
  7. JJ Grey and Mofro- The Sweetest Thing 
  8. Victoria Vox- Oh I Wonder 
  9. The Magnetic Fields- You Must Be out of Your Mind 
  10. Quadron- Slippin

Matt Galler
Weekend Host
  1. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
  2. Ra Ra Riot - Boy
  3. Ceelo Green - F*** You! (aka Forget You)
  4. Freelance Whales - Hannah
  5. Fyfe Dangerfield - She Needs Me
  6. Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
  7. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
  8. Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs - Beg, Steal or Borrow
  9. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
  10. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start

Tyler Laporte
Midday Host
  1. Stornoway – Zorbing
  2. Delta Spirit – 9/11
  3. Bad Books – You Wouldn’t Have To Ask
  4. Yeasayer – O.N.E.
  5. Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun
  6. Rostam, Bethany, & Kid Cudi – All Summer
  7. Spoon – The Mystery Zone
  8. Minus The Bear – My Time
  9. Band of Horses – Dilly
  10. Dr. Dog – Shadow People

John Mathews
Afternoons and Roadhouse
  1. Spoon-Trouble Comes Running
  2. Ray Lamontagne-For The Summer
  3. Dean Rosenthal-Left Into Galesville
  4. Yeasayer-Madder Red
  5. Spoon-The Mystery Zone
  6. Fistful Of Mercy-Fathers’s Son
  7. Lee Ritenour, Steve Lukather, Slash-’68
  8. Arcade Fire-We Used To Wait
  9. Best Coast-Boyfriend
  10. Brian Eno-Two Forms Of Anger

Paul Hartman
Detour
  1. Great Big Sea- Long Life (Where Did You Go)
  2. Ellis Paul-The Cotton's Burning
  3. Johnny Clegg Manqoba (The Victorious)
  4. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars- Living Stone
  5. Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore- Saints & Sinners
  6. Richard Thompson- Big Sun Falling in the River
  7. Old Man Luedecke- Woe Betide the Doer of the Deed
  8. Carolina Chocolate Drops- Trouble in Your Mind
  9. Samy Izy- Igny Ihany
  10. Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band- The Raven
Steve Yasko
General Manager
  1. Adele- Rolling in the Deep
  2. Grace Potter and the Nocternals- Paris (Ooh la la)
  3. Janelle Monae- Tightrope
  4. Jace Everett- Bad Things
  5. John Legend And The Roots - Wake Up Everybody
  6. Fitz and the Tantrums- Money Grabber
  7. Quadron- Slippin
  8. Guster - Do you Love Me
  9. Julian Velard- Do It Alone
  10. Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill 
Kristin Bachran
Membership Manager
  1. Spoon – The Mystery Zone 
  2. Minus the Bear  - My Time  
  3. Band Of Horses - Dilly 
  4. Vampire Weekend  - Giving Up The Gun 
  5. Local Natives – Airplanes 
  6. Ok Go! – WTF? 
  7. Gorillaz - Stylo 
  8. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change 
  9. The Black Keys - Everlasting Light 
  10. Arcade Fire –  Sprawl II
     
Crickett Herrmann
Manager of Individual Giving
  1. MoneyGrabber- Fitz and the Tantrums 
  2. Half a Mind- Jason Spooner
  3. Avett Brothers- January Wedding
  4. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals- Paris
  5. Ben Folds- From Above
  6. Ceelo Green- Forget You 
  7. God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise- Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
  8. Matt Costa- The Season
  9. Richard Thompson- Haul Me Up 
  10. Los Lobos- Can't Stop the Rain

Alan Lotenberg
Underwriting Traffic Mgr


  1. Fyfe Dangerfield- She Needs Me 
  2. The New Pornographers - Crash Years 
  3. Adele -  Rolling in the Deep 
  4. Cee Lo Green -  F* You 
  5. Quadron- Slippin 
  6. Guster - Do you Love Me 
  7. Fitz and the Tantrums -  MoneyGrabber 
  8. The Avett Brothers - Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise 
  9. Codeine Velvet Club -  Hollywood  
  10. Vampire Weekend -  Giving up the Gun

Nick Jackson
Producer, Baltimore Unsigned, Altered Fridays, Video 
  1. “Conversation 16,” by The National  
  2. “Tighten Up,” by The Black Keys 
  3. “Month of May,” by Arcade Fire  
  4. “Brave Man’s Death,” by J. Roddy Walston & The Business  
  5. “I Want To Be Well,” by Sufjan Stevens 
  6. “Giving Up The Gun,” by Vampire Weekend  
  7. “In Sleep,” by Lissie
  8. “Monster,” by Kanye West (featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) 
  9. “Tin Man,” by Future Islands
  10. “I Can Change” by LCD Soundsystem

Don Rogers
Weekend Host
  1. Don't Get Old- J Roddy Walston and the Business
  2. Burn It Down- Los Lobos
  3. Laredo- Band of Horses
  4. Richard Thompson- Haul Me Up
  5. Matt Costa- Witchcraft
  6. The Black Angels- River of Blood
  7. Fitz and the Tantrums- Breakin' The Chains of Love
  8. The Black Keys- Tighten Up
  9. Frazy Ford- Blue Streak Mama
  10. Beady Eye-Bring the Light
Scott Mullins
Program Director
  1. Kings Go Forth – One Day
  2. Band of Horses – Laredo
  3. Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 – Colored Lights
  4. Junip – Always
  5. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Hit ‘em Up Style
  6. Cotton Jones – Dream On Columbia Street
  7. Quadron – Slippin’
  8. Superchunk – Digging For Something
  9. Foals – Total Life Forever
  10. Matt Costa - Witchcraft
Melissa Lauren
Weekend Host
  1. Sharon Van Etten - One Day
  2. Ray LaMontagne - For The Summer
  3. The Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
  4. Broken Bells - The High Road
  5. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
  6. Jenny & Johnny - Scissor Runner
  7. The Black Keys - Everlasting Light
  8. Alberta Cross - Old Man  Chicago
  9. The Morning Benders - All Day Daylight
  10. The New Pornographers - Crash Years

        3 comments:

        Darlene said...

        The day I found WTMD was one of the happiest days of my life!! I love you guys so much. I have missed WHFS for so many years now, and my knowledge of new music has been non-existent since then as well. Thank you so much for finally filling the void!! You are wonderful like a big breath of fresh air. Good bye talk radio forever!!

        Anonymous said...

        Just what Darlene said and SO much more! Your programming moves me on a very deep level whenever I tune in! There's definitely been a profound re-awakening, for me, that I cannot really even put words to. It also seems it's been a Really DYNAMIC year for new music! I cannot thank you enough for what you do for me! My soul gets fed...I'm not ashamed or embarrassed to admit it either!:) Happy Holidays and Love from me to you WTMD.ORG! ♥ you stole my heart & it's a beautiful thing! ♥

        elaine2810 said...

        I just got home after taking my last final and turning in the paper I've been working on all weekend. They were both easier than trying to pick the "5 best songs" of the year! But it's only because of WTMD that I know so many worth choosing from. God bless you -- every one. XXOO