1 GORILLAZ Plastic Beach Virgin
2 BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells Columbia
3 JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me Drag City
4 HOT CHIP One Life Stand Astralwerks
5 LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor Frenchkiss
6 YEASAYER ODD BLOOD Secretly Canadian
7 LIARS Sisterworld Mute
8 TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks Matador
9 BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream SUB POP
10 SPOON Transference Merge
11 FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks Fat Cat
12 RUBY SUNS Fight Softly SUB POP
13 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra XL
14 DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be Sub Pop
15 FANG ISLAND Fang Island Sargent House
16 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Beat The Devil’s Tattoo Vagrant
17 MUMFORD AND SONS Sigh No More Glassnote
18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday Sub Pop
19 ROGUE WAVE Permalight Brushfire
20 FOUR TET There Is Love In You Domino
Comment:
1) This list dates from yesterday
2) It is so lame as to be beyond comprehension
3) If this is what passes for college rock in 2010, somebody somewhere is getting seriously conned.
4) There is not one single band here that makes you wonder. It is right bang where you thought it would be.
5) Virgin? Columbia and Sub Pop -either majors of with ties to the majors.
6) So much for the concept of alt rock.
7) I am throwing up in my mouth.