Come, I'll show you the end

Hey gang, I ain't got much time, so let's do this all quick and dirty. In the player, you'll now find one cool track from each of the 61st through 80th musical releases I heard this year. I'm too lazy to write about them or even find links to decent reviews. If you want more info on something, you know how to use the damn Google. Curiously, I happened to listen to the majority of this batch at the behest of music-loving friends, so this post is dedicated to those of you whose expansive tastes help keep my horizons open. I suppose there is a bit of a "technological" flavor to this list, and, obviously, less metal.

Speaking of which, my favorite album of the year is also represented here. Now that I have finally purchased my ticket, I feel comfortable reminding you that its creators will be in town on November 29. For me, 2010 has been pretty awesome, on both a personal and a musical front. I mean, it's not every year that my two favorite bands come to play in Chicago. First, Katatonia, now...

1. Bassnectar - "Here We Go (original mix)" (Timestretch, Amorphous)

2. Early Man - "Nine Riders" (Death Potion, The End)

3. Ratatat - "Bob Gandhi" (LP4, XL)

4. Circus Devils - "Freezer Burn" (Mother Skinny, Happy Jack Rock)

5. Blind Guardian - "Ride Into Obsession" (At the Edge of Time, Nuclear Blast)

6. mc chris - "Drinkin' Blunts" (mc chris Goes to Hell, mc chris LLC)

7. Tokyo Police Club - "Bambi" (Champ, Mom+Pop)

8. Sorgeldom - "The Cold Empty Void" (Inner Receivings, Frostscald)

9. Plaid - "Fum" (Violet, Balkan Vinyl)

10. Soulfly - "Bloodbath & Beyond" (Omen, Roadrunner)

11. The Most Serene Republic - "Jelly Chamber" (Fantasick Impossibliss, Arts & Crafts)

12. Sleepy Eyes of Death - "Night Wires" (Toward a Damaged Horizon, Sleep Capsule)

13. Iron Maiden - "The Talisman" (The Final Frontier, UME)

14. Rudi Zygadlo - "Magic in the Afternoon" (Great Western Laymen, Planet Mu)

15. Fear Factory - "Industrial Discipline" (Mechanize, Candlelight)

16. Eels - "Mystery of Life" (Tomorrow Morning, E Works/Vagrant)

17. Himinbjørg - "Destin de Sang" (Chants d'hier, Chants de guerre, Chants de la Terre, European Tribes)

18. Solvent - "Formulate" (Subject to Shift, Ghostly International)

19. Aiumeen Basoa - "Akelarrearen Sua" (Iraganeko Bide Malkartsutik, Erzsebet)

20. God Is an Astronaut - "Shining Through" (Age of the Fifth Sun, Revive)