jessevdoom (Curator)

It's that time of year again, the end of it, and everyone's posting their best-of 2010 lists. A flood of great music pounds against every blog, so rather than trying to make a list of the "best" music I decided to shine a light on some songs that were real hight-points in my year — from the halls of the FMA with a few new additions snuck in to round things out. 

So without further ado, here are Some Songs:

But wait there's more!

There were two more songs I wanted to add to the mix, but you'd be missing out if you didn't see the videos. So check these out in all their moving picture glory:

• Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: "Bottled in Cork"
• Bad Books: "You Wouldn't Have To Ask"

If you're looking for a proper best-of list you need look no further than the Free Music Archive homepage or basically any blog — but I'd recommend checking out Greg Kot's Top 10/20 list. (Greg covered all bases, so there's something for everyone in there.)

And there's a lot of really great stuff not listed in this playlist or most year-end best-ofs...so make sure you find time for 2010 music from Titus Andronicus, Dios, Magnetic Island, Zola Jesus, Former Ghosts, Philip Selway, Philip Bailey, Well and Goode, Family of the Year, Das Racist, Howl, She Makes War, Frightened Rabbit, Woodsy Pride — and suggest more because I know I'm leaving a lot of deserving folks off of the list. 

This month CASH has been conducting its first public fundraiser. We're raffling off rare, signed, and one-of-a-kind things from artists like  Kristin Hersh, Deerhoof, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Andrew Bird, Mission of Burma, Xiu Xiu, Family Of The Year, Meanest Man Contest, and many others.

A few weeks ago we added a 'Thank You' mix to our site — free to stream and downloadable with a donation of any amount or any kind of participation in the fundraiser. Not all of the tracks were able to be licensed under a Creative Commons license so we didn't initially upload the entire mix to the Free Music Archive. Rather than add half a mix, we cleared a few tracks and added some new ones, resulting in a great (and fully CC-licensed) mix for the FMA.

New to the FMA 'Thank You' mix are 'Swear To God' by New York's Emilyn Brodsky, 'Losing My Mind' by Rhode Island's Hope Anchor, and 'Let's Go Down' by Family Of The Year; replacing their rad Kid Rock Cover that's still up over at cashmusic.org.

So check out the FMA/CC version of our 'Thank You' mix here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CASH_Music/Thank_You/

And our fundraiser runs through November 1, so please give it a visit. The raffle has some really unique things, and the playlist features additional music from Portugal The Man, Earl Greyhound, Faces On Film, and a new track from Former Ghosts.

Thank You!