2010 Honorable Mentions

I'm about to unveil my 2010 mix. This having been a pretty great year for music, there were many regrettable omissions. These worthy contenders were cut for a variety of reasons - length, flow, quality of the overall album vs. individual songs, etc. But they bear mentioning as jawns that got much play in the Zackcave this year, and are also worth your time.

• Erykah Badu - New Amerykah vol. 2: Return of the Ankh
• The Bird and the Bee - Interpreting the Masters, vol. 1: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates
  
• The Books - The Way Out
  
• Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea
  
• Broken Bells - The High Road
• Four Tet - There is Love in You
• Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
  
• Ikonika - Contact Love, Want, Have
• Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
  
• Lightspeed Champion - Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
  
• Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
• The Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
  
• The National - High Violet
  
• oOoOO - No Summr4U
• Quadron - s/t
  
• Royksopp - Senior
  
• Sade Soldier of Love
• She & Him - Volume 2
  
• The Soft Pack - s/t
• Spoon - Transference
  
• Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
• a telecine - a cassette tape culture

That's a lot of honorable mentions. What could possibly be left? Stay tuned!