Brooklyn in 2010: A 50-Song Crash Course 

From the uber-zeitgeisty hip-hop of Das Racist to the stately balladry of The National to the relative unknowns experimenting with, um, witch-house, the Brooklyn music scene continued to reach far and wide in the new decade. Here's our stab at compiling the key sounds of the past 12 months in one ultra-Brooklyn (and a little bit Manhattan) playlist. For better or worse, this is how our borough sounded in 2010.

The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio"

Matt & Kim - "Cameras"
Das Racist - "hahahaha jk?"

The Drums - "Best Friend"
Your Youth - "Rip Live"

Oberhofer - "Away FRM U"

Twin Sister - "Ginger"

Frankie Rose & the Outs - "Little Brown Haired Girls"

Tanlines - "Real Life"

MINKS - "Funeral Song"

Twin Shadow - "Tyrant Destroyed"

 

Small Black - "Photojournalist"
 

Keepaway - "Yellow Wings"
 

 Japanther - "Spread So Thin
 

 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Heart in Your Heartbreak"

Suckers - "Black Sheep"
 

 Radical Dads - "Recklessness"
 

 Phosphorescent - "It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)"
 

 MGMT - "Flash Delirium"
 

 Titus Andronicus - "Theme From Cheers"
 

 LCD Soundsystem - "Dance Yrself Clean"
 

 The Walkmen - "Angela Surf City"
 

 Vampire Weekend - "Diplomat's Son"
 

 Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill"
 

 Sharon Van Etten - "Save Yourself
 

 Avey Tare - "Lucky 1"  
 

  Beach Fossils - "Twelve Roses
 

 Headless Horseman - "Wavlngth
 

 Soft Landing - "Baptism"
 

 Woods - "Blood Dries Darker
 

  The Shivers - "African Passport"
 

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 The Babies - "Meet Me in the City"
 

  Family Trees - "Dream Talkin"
 

  Mr. Dream - "Learn the Language"   
 

  Darlings - "Big Girl"  

Darlings - Big Girl from Daniel Carbone on Vimeo.

 

  Cults - "Most Wanted"
 

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  The Morning Benders - "Excuses"
 

  Yeasayer - "Ambling Alp"
 

  Marnie Stern - "For Ash
 

  Ava Luna - "Clips"
 

  Freelance Whales - "Hannah"
 

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  North Highlands - "Steady Steady"
 

  Blank Dogs - "Northern Islands"
 

  Forgetters - "Vampire Lessons"
 

  Fang Island - "Daisy"

Bosco Delrey - "My My Racecar"

 Psychobuildings - "Paradise" 

Shark? - "Shark?"

 Sisters - "Glue"

 World Atlas - "XOXO"

Devin Therriault - "I Don't Think I" 

  Son of Rams - "In Kind" 

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