Triangle Music's 2010 readers' poll results

After crunching the numbers, we now have the results of our 2010 Triangle Music readers' poll. Breakout British group Mumford & Sons grabbed the top spot with their debut album Sigh No More.

Wilco's big show at the Durham Performing Arts Center in March grabbed the top concert of the year nod, which you may remember, set a record at the venue for the fastest sellout ever, though there was a little controversy over that claim.

And this year, for the first time, we included songs in our readers' poll. Cee Lo Green's brilliantly offensive pop tune "Fuck You" was the top song (it also made each of our writer's lists). You can stream all ten of the top songs below or check out the iTunes mix including all of the songs HERE.

Kevin's top albums, EPs, concerts & songs of 2010

Another year is almost over and like my cohorts, it's time to look back at the bounty of great music released.

Superchunk returned with quite possibly there best album ever, Arcade Fire defied expectations once again, the Ben Folds/Nick Hornby collaboration was well worth the long wait and locals The Love Language and Chatham County Line soared to new heights, both sonically and in songwriting.

I won't get into every album, EP, concert and song I've picked, but the common thread amongst them all is solid songwriting and melodies, which is what drives me, no matter the genre.

Justin's top albums, concerts & songs of 2010

At this time last year, I was anticipating the next year in music more than any other before. Broken Social Scene, The Hold Steady, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, and John Darnielle all released new music this year. These were the musicians the guided my journey from the classical music realm to college radio, but none of them had quite the impact on me today as they did then.

What (pleasantly) surprises me the about this list is that before 2010, I hadn’t heard many of these artists. I felt like every week I was discovering something I liked every week this year. That made this year’s list particularly difficult to compile and there are a ton of artists I would love to mention, but simply don’t have the space to.

Allison's top albums, concerts & songs of 2010

I'll be honest, I didn't listen to a ton of new music this year. Nonetheless, 2010 still had some great releases that will stick around as favorites for a long time.

I could easily have picked one song from each of my favorite albums for my top songs, but I'll pick some off of my "honorable mentions" that didn't quite make it.

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Stay tuned as more best of 2010 lists will be hitting the blog each day this week. The readers' poll is open until Thursday, December 23 at noon (vote HERE if you haven't already).

Stuart McLamb offers up his favorite local songs of 2010

Stuart McLamb, the mastermind of The Love Language, has named his favorite songs from the Triangle music scene in 2010. Not only did he pick his favorites, he's made a mixtape available for everyone to download dubbed For Lokals or Street Hitz: Vol. 2.

The download is not individual songs, but the entire list as one 45-minute mp3. Among the songs is "Month of May," not the Arcade Fire song, but a song by Love Language bassist Justin Rodermond's project Beach Body.

There are also songs by The Dirty Little Heaters, Gross Ghost, Last Year's Men, Veelee, Shit Horse and more. Check out the full list of songs below along with the download link.

Merge lands on practically every 2010 best of list, other locals get nods

It's been a great year for local music in the Triangle and easily one of the biggest, if not the biggest, ever for Durham-based record label Merge Records.

We've rounded up some of the lists from bigger publications as well as some of our favorites and they all feature Merge artists. Not surprisingly, the name that appears on every one is Arcade Fire and their latest album The Suburbs. It's great to see Superchunk's amazing album Majesty Shredding on numerous lists and The Love Language's Libraries even snuck in at the bottom of Amazon's list.

A few non-Merge, local, or partially local, artists made the lists as well. Gayngs' debut album Relayted made NME's list and Carolina Chocolate Drops' Genuine Negro Jig made NPR's.

Stay tuned as well roll out our lists as well as our readers' poll results next week.

Vote Now in the 2010 Triangle Music Readers' Poll

[The poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Check out the results HERE.]

It's once again time to let your voice be heard in our annual Readers' Poll!

We're adding a new category this year, so in addition to your favorite albums and concerts we also want to know your favorite songs from 2010. Submit your ballot by noon on Thursday, December 23 and we'll post the results later that day. You can take the poll embedded after the jump, or click HERE to open the poll in a new window.