now.that's what i call music.

i have this friend, ryan. he's the friend whose music taste you can always trust. well this weekend while i was watching auburn {WIN} with some of my guy friends ryan mentioned that he is in the process of a new project. "oh! i love projects, ryan. what are you working on?" he then told me that every year he tries to create a compilation of the best songs from that year. immediately i started comparing this to NOW (or WOW if you are or have ever been into christian music... no shame). i like this idea! so i made him swear on our friendship that he would send me a copy of his own person NOW/WOW 2010. and here it is: 

1.   Arcade Fire- Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

2.   LCD Soundsystem- Dance Yrself Clean

3.   Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith- Not in Love

4.   The National- Afraid of Everyone

5.   James Blake- (I Only Know) What I Know Now

6.   Beach House- Zebra

7.   Kanye West featuring Bon Iver- Lost in the World

8.   Sharon van Etten- One Day

9.   Local Natives- Sun Hands

10.  Sleigh Bells- Rill Rill

11.  Sufjan Stevens- I Walked

12.  Foals- Spanish Sahara

13.  LCD Soundsystem- I Can Change

14.  Deerhunter- He Would Have Laughed

15.  Cee Lo Green- "Forget" {this has been edited} You

16.  Crystal Castles- Celestica

17.  Kanye West featuring Pusha T- Runaway

18.  Sufjan Stevens- Too Much

19.  James Blake- Limit to Your Love

20.  Arcade Fire- Half Light II (No Celebration)

{thank you, ryan!}

where there is love, 

there is art {and a real good tune}.