So, I claim this blog won’t be a masturbatory exercise and then I commit the self-aggrandizing cardinal sin of list-making. What can I say? With the month of July already winding to a close, it seems like as good a time as any to take a look back at the music that 2010 has offered us to date.
This year has seen an almost overwhelming amount of quality releases, including new long players from many of my favorite recording artists. My top picks (with audio of the year’s best singles) after the jump…

