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Top song lists of 2010

As we did last year on here, feel free to post your local alternative station's list of top songs from 2010, which in my opinion was a damn good year for alternative music as a whole.
 
Here is the top 101 songs of 2010 from my local alternative station here in Boston, WFNX.


The WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010

1. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
2. Florence & the Machine - The Dog Days Are Over
3. Phoenix - Lisztomania
4. Broken Bells - The High Road
5. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
6. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Home
7. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
8. The xx - Crystallized
9. Mumford & Sons - The Cave
10. Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
11. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
12. Kings of Leon - Radioactive
13. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
14. Neon Trees - Animal
15. Silversun Pickups - The Royal We
16. Cee-Lo Green - F*ck You
17. Muse - Resistance
18. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
19. Passion Pit - Little Secrets
20. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
21. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
22. Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
23. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
24. Metric - Gold Gun Girls
25. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
26. The xx - Islands
27. Muse - Undisclosed Desires
28. Vampire Weekend - Holiday
29. Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
30. Gorillaz Feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def - Stylo
31. Silversun Pickups - Substitution
32. The Temper Trap - Fader
33. The Dirty Heads Feat. Rome Ramirez - Lay Me Down
34. Phoenix - Lasso
35. Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes
36. Muse - Neutron Star Collision
37. Band of Horses - Laredo
38. Weezer - Memories
39. Neon Trees - 1983
40. Cage the Elephant - In One Ear
41. Spoon - Written In Reverse
42. Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
43. Linkin Park - Waiting For the End
44. Local Natives - Airplanes
45. Jimmy Eat World - My Best Theory
46. MGMT - Flash Delirium
47. Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang
48. The Dead Weather - Die By the Drop
49. Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down
50. Spoon - The Mystery Zone
51. CAKE - Sick of You
52. The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart
53. Stone Temple Pilots - Between the Lines
54. Atomic Tom - Take Me Out
55. Interpol - Barricade
56. Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick
57. The Futureheads - Heartbeat Song
58. Metric - Eclipse (All Yours)
59. Pearl Jam - Amongst the Waves
60. Jack Johnson - You and Your Heart
61. Minus The Bear - My Time
62. Nada Surf - Enjoy the Silence
63. Cage the Elephant - Back Against the Wall
64. Matt & Kim - Cameras
65. Lily Allen - The Fear
66. My Chemical Romance - Sing
67. MGMT - Congratulations
68. Adele - Rolling In the Deep
69. Weezer - Put Me Back Together
70. Ra Ra Riot - Boy
71. Kings of Leon - Back Down South
72. Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)
73. Metric - Gimme Sympathy
74. Julian Casablancas - Out of the Blue
75. Alice In Chains - Your Decision
76. La Roux - Bulletproof
77. Delta Spirit - Bushwick Blues
78. Against Me! - I Was a Teenage Anarchist
79. Portugal. The Man - People Say
80. Foals - Total Life Forever
81. Marina & the Diamonds - Hollywood
82. Anya Marina - Satellite Heart
83. A Silent Film - You Will Leave a Mark
84. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
85. Bush - Afterlife
86. Beach House - Norway
87. Cold War Kids - Louder Than Ever
88. Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser
89. Vampire Weekend - Horchata
90. Rogue Wave - Solitary Gun
91. Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love
92. Kings of Leon - The End
93. Hole - Skinny Little Bitch
94. Phoenix - Girlfriend
95. Best Coast - Boyfriend
96. Anberlin - Impossible
97. New Politics - Yeah Yeah Yeah
98. The xx - Heart Skipped a Beat
99. Florence & The Machine - Kiss With a Fist
100. Arcade Fire - Month of May
101. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
 
The countdown on Q101 here in Chicago is being played right now and the results will be posted on the station's website later. In the meantime, I see that "Little Lion Man" was played very early after the countdown started (so it's way down the list :( ). I'm also seeing some other lists pop up... I'll be happy to post them once I have Q101's list.
 
IMHO, this is THE #1 most underrated song of 2010..
Letters from the Sky/Civil Twilight.
Not on the list? wt???
 
Countdown is done. Pulling from the list of songs played, here's the top 101 from Chicago's WKQX (Q101).

Q101's Top 101 Songs of 2010

1. "ODD ONE" - SICK PUPPIES
2. "THIS IS WAR" - 30 SECONDS TO MARS
3. "NIGHTMARE" - AVENGED SEVENFOLD
4. "THE SOUND" - SWITCHFOOT
5. "IN ONE EAR" - CAGE THE ELEPHANT
6. "LETTER FROM A THIEF" - CHEVELLE
7. "RESISTANCE" - MUSE
8. "PANIC SWITCH (ALBUM VERSION)" - SILVERSUN PICKUPS
9. "SHAMEFUL METAPHORS" - CHEVELLE
10. "IMPOSSIBLE" - ANBERLIN
11. "THE GOOD LIFE" - THREE DAYS GRACE
12. "YOUR DECISION" - ALICE IN CHAINS
13. "SAY YOU'LL HAUNT ME" - STONE SOUR
14. "TIGHTEN UP" - THE BLACK KEYS
15. "UPRISING" - MUSE
16. "KINGS AND QUEENS" - 30 SECONDS TO MARS
17. "AGAIN" - FLYLEAF
18. "MOUNTAIN MAN" - CRASH KINGS
19. "MAYBE" - SICK PUPPIES
20. "UNDISCLOSED DESIRES" - MUSE
21. "THE FIXER" - PEARL JAM
22. "ANOTHER WAY TO DIE" - DISTURBED
23. "EYESORE" - JANUS
24. "WORLD SO COLD" - THREE DAYS GRACE
25. "DIAMOND EYES" - DEFTONES
26. "BACK AGAINST THE WALL" - CAGE THE ELEPHANT
27. "THE CROW & THE BUTTERFLY" - SHINEDOWN
28. "LESSON LEARNED" - ALICE IN CHAINS
29. "LIVING IN A DREAM" - FINGER ELEVEN
30. "GIVE ME A SIGN" - BREAKING BENJAMIN
31. "HERE WE ARE JUGGERNAUT" - COHEED AND CAMBRIA
32. "ANIMAL" - NEON TREES
33. "KICK IN THE TEETH" - PAPA ROACH
34. "YOU GOT ME" - CRASH KINGS
35. "WAITING FOR THE END" - LINKIN PARK
36. "SNUFF" - SLIPKNOT
37. "MY BEST THEORY" - JIMMY EAT WORLD
38. "YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID" - THE OFFSPRING
39. "LOVE HATE SEX PAIN" - GODSMACK
40. "BREAK" - THREE DAYS GRACE
41. "CLOSER TO THE EDGE" - THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
42. "I WILL NOT BOW" - BREAKING BENJAMIN
43. "I WAS A TEENAGE ANARCHIST" - AGAINST ME
44. "END OF ME" - APOCALYPTICA FEAT. GAVIN ROS
45. "IF YOU'RE WONDERING IF I WAN" - WEEZER
46. "RISE UP" - CYPRESS HILL
47. "YOU'VE SEEN THE BUTCHER" - DEFTONES
48. "THE ANIMAL" - DISTURBED
49. "DIE BY THE DROP" - DEAD WEATHER
50. "WHITE FLAG WARRIOR" - FLOBOTS FEAT. TIM FROM RISE
51. "RADIOACTIVE" - KINGS OF LEON
52. "CHECK MY BRAIN" - ALICE IN CHAINS
53. "YOUR BETRAYAL" - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
54. "FREAK" - SMASHING PUMPKINS
55. "YOU'RE GOING DOWN" - SICK PUPPIES
56. "JARS" - CHEVELLE
57. "ISSUES" - ESCAPE THE FATE
58. "SICK OF YOU" - CAKE
59. "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY" - AVENGED SEVENFOLD
60. "TAKE BACK THE FEAR" - HAIL THE VILLAIN
61. "WILD AND YOUNG" - AMERICAN BANG
62. "SUBSTITUTION" - SILVERSUN PICKUPS
63. "I'M YOUR DADDY" - WEEZER
64. "MESS OF ME" - SWITCHFOOT
65. "NA NA NA" - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
66. "CRYIN' LIKE A BITCH!" - GODSMACK
67. "JESUS STOLE MY GIRLFRIEND" - VIOLENT SOHO
68. "CHASM" - FLYLEAF
69. "SCREAM WITH ME" - MUDVAYNE
70. "NEW LOW" - MIDDLE CLASS RUT
71. "IF I WERE YOU" - JANUS
72. "SHOOT IT OUT" - 10 YEARS
73. "SING" - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
74. "LIGHTS OUT" - BREAKING BENJAMIN
75. "BETWEEN THE LINES" - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
76. "OILDALE (LEAVE ME ALONE)" - KORN
77. "LAST OF THE AMERICAN GIRLS" - GREEN DAY
78. "JUST BREATHE" - PEARL JAM
79. "FED UP" - AM TAXI
80. "LAY ME DOWN" - DIRTY HEADS**
81. "MEMORIES" - WEEZER
82. "THIS ADDICTION" - ALKALINE TRIO
83. "CRASH" - CAVO
84. "ALL I WANT" - A DAY TO REMEMBER
85. "SHAKE ME DOWN" - CAGE THE ELEPHANT
86. "NEUTRON STAR COLLISION" - MUSE
87. "ISOLATION" - ALTER BRIDGE
88. "TAKE A LOAD OFF" - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
89. "THIS TOO SHALL PASS" - OK GO
90. "THE CATALYST" - LINKIN PARK
91. "BEAUTIFUL THIEVES" - AFI
92. "1983" - NEON TREES
93. "I'M ALIVE" - STORY OF THE YEAR
94. "GYPSY WOMAN" - JONATHAN TYLER & THE NORTHER
95. "NEW FANG" - THEM CROOKED VULTURES
96. "LITTLE LION MAN" - MUMFORD & SONS**
97. "WE'VE GOT A SITUATION HERE" - DAMNED THINGS
98. "YEAH YEAH YEAH" - NEW POLITICS
99. "FAR FROM HOME" - FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
100. "WHIPPED CREAM" - LUDO
101. "MIND ERASER, NO CHASER" - THEM CROOKED VULTURES

** !!! These songs were THIS far down?! - P.I.

I also agree "Letters from the Sky" is very underrated.
 
This is the Top 210 from internet radio station YNotRadio (http://www.ynotradio.net). Y-Not is the former Y-100/Y100Rocks/Y-Rock station.

The top 210 was completely voted on by listeners


Top 210 Songs of 2010

210. Hot Hot Heat - 21@12
209. Beady Eye – Bring The Light
208. Blood Red Shoes - Don't Ask
207. The Whigs - Kill Me Carolyne
206. Ben Folds and Nick Hornby - Saskia Hamilton
205. Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure
204. Dr. Dog - Later
203. BT & Rob Dickinson - Always
202. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow
201. Sun Airway - Put The Days Away
200. Nada Surf - Electrocution
199. Maximum Balloon f/ Karen O. - Communion
198. Hot Chip - Take It In
197. Smashing Pumpkins - Widow Wake My Mind
196. Hole - Pacific Coast Highway
195. Drink Up Buttercup - Gods And Gentlemen
194. Fran Healy - Buttercups
193. The Dead Weather - Die By The Drop
192. Against Me! - White Crosses
191. We Are Scientists - Nice Guys
190. Shout Out Louds - Walls
189. Menomena - Taos
188. The Hours - Ali In The Jungle
187. Les Savy Fav - Let's Get Out of Here
186. Ghostland Observatory - Miracles
185. The Hold Steady - Hurricane J
184. The Joy Formidable - Whirring
183. Phantogram - When I’m Small
182. Melissa Auf der Maur - Out Of Our Minds
181. Soundgarden - Black Rain
180. Kate Nash - Kiss That Grrl
179. The Gaslight Anthem - Stay Lucky
178. The Dears - Omega Dog
177. Hot Hot Heat - Goddess On The Prairie
176. Athlete - Superhuman Touch
175. The Vaselines - Sex With An X
174. Amusement Parks On Fire - Flashlight Planetarium
173. Weezer - Trainwrecks
172. Tegan And Sara - Northshore
171. Miniature Tigers - Bullfighter Jacket
170. The Soft Pack - C'mon
169. Rogue Wave - Good Morning
168. The New Pornographers - Moves
167. Raveonettes - I Wanna Be Adored
166. Superchunk - Digging for Something
165. Jimmy Eat World - Coffee and Cigarettes
164. Blur - Fool's Day
163. Girls - Laura
162. The Black Angels - Telephone
161. V.V. Brown - Shark In The Water
160. The Thermals - Never Listen To Me
159. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
158. Julian Casablancas - Left & Right In The Dark
157. OK Go - WTF?
156. How to Destroy Angels - The Space in Between
155. The Drums - Best Friend
154. Bad Religion - The Devil In Stitches
153. Guster - Bad Bad World
152. Amanda Palmer - Idioteque
151. The Swimmers - A Hundred Hearts
150. Pete Yorn - Precious Stone
149. Mark Ronson and The Business Intl. - The Bike Song
148. Freelance Whales - Hannah
147. Silversun Pickups - Growing Old Is Getting Old
146. Klaxons - Echoes
145. Editors - Bricks And Mortar
144. Dr. Dog - Stranger
143. !!! - AM/FM
142. Yeasayer - Madder Red
141. Stars - Fixed
140. Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday
139. Delorean - Stay Close
138. Muse - Neutron Star Collision
137. Devo - Fresh
136. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo
135. M.I.A. - Born Free
134. Delphic - Doubt
133. Of Montreal - Sex Karma
132. Social Distortion - Machine Gun Blues
131. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City
130. Delta Spirit - Bushwick Blues
129. Kate Nash - Do-Wah-Doo
128. Interpol - Lights
127. Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish
126. Frightened Rabbit - Nothing Like You
. 125. MGMT - It's Working
124. Smashing Pumpkins - Freak
123. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Even Heroes Have To Die
122. The Roots - Dear God 2.0
121. Ra Ra Riot - Too Dramatic
120. No Age - Fever Dreaming
119. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Sink / Let it Sway
118. Against Me! - I Was A Teenage Anarchist
117. The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
116. Metric - Eclipse (All Yours)
115. Tokyo Police Club - Breakneck Speed
114. Jenny and Johnny - Big Wave
113. The New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together)
112. Cults - Go Outside
111. Hot Chip - I Feel Better
110. Best Coast - When I'm With You
109. Cold War Kids - Louder Than Ever
108. The Dead Weather - Blue Blood Blues
107. Arcade Fire - Month of May
106. The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
105. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
104. Stars - Wasted Daylight
103. Kele - Tenderoni
102 The National - Afraid of Everyone
101. School Of Seven Bells - Windstorm
100. Guster - Do You Love Me?
99. Julian Casablancas - Out Of The Blue
98. The Gaslight Anthem - Boxer
97. Free Energy - All I Know
96. David Byrne & Fatboy Slim with Santigold - Please Don't
95. Broken Social Scene - Forced To Love
94. The Black Keys - Everlasting Light
93. Spoon - Trouble Comes Running
92. Jukebox The Ghost - Schizophrenia
91. The Morning Benders - Excuses
90. Ra Ra Riot - Boy
89. Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
88. M.I.A. - XXXO
87. Minus The Bear - My Time
86. MGMT - Flash Delirium
85. Wavves - Post Acid
84. Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes
83. Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
82. Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
81. OK Go - White Knuckles
80. Gogol Bordello - Pala Tute
79. Free Energy - Free Energy
78. Beach House – Zebra
77. Yeasayer - O.N.E
76. Girls - Lust For Life
75. Weezer - Memories
74. Spoon - The Mystery Zone
73. Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
72. The New Pornographers - Crash Years
71. Silversun Pickups - The Royal We
70. The Thermals - I Don't Believe You
69. We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop
68. Surfer Blood - Swim
67. Jukebox The Ghost - Empire
66. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now
65. GANG - Stranger
64. The Temper Trap - Fader
63. The Ting Tings - Hands
62. Muse - Undisclosed Desires
61. Of Montreal - Coquet Coquette
60. Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
59. Band Of Horses - Laredo
58. Tegan And Sara - Alligator
57. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
56. The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
55. Jenny and Johnny - Scissor Runner
54. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
53. Deerhunter - Helicopter
52. Interpol - Barricade
51. Gorillaz - Stylo
50. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
49. Keane - Stop For A Minute
48. Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love
47. Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
46. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
45. Mark Ronson and The Business Intl. - Bang Bang Bang
44. Spoon - Written In Reverse
43. Crystal Castles f/ Robert Smith - Not In Love
42. Beach House - Norway
41. The National - Terrible Love
40. Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
39. Jimmy Eat World - My Best Theory
38. The Decemberists - Down By The Water
37. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
36. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
35. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
34. The Black Keys - Next Girl
33. Cake - Sick Of You
32. Phoenix - Fences
31. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
30. Ben Folds and Nick Hornby - From Above
29. Belle and Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop
28. Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars
27. The Roots - How I Got Over
26. She & Him - In The Sun
25. Florence + The Machine - Heavy In Your Arms
24. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
23. Mumford & Sons - The Cave
22. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
21. Kings of Leon - Radioactive
20. Best Coast - Boyfriend
19. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
18. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
17. Muse - Resistance
16. Vampire Weekend - Holiday
15. Free Energy - Bang Pop
14. Metric - Black Sheep
13. Matt and Kim - Cameras
12. Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
11. The xx - Islands
10. Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
9. OK Go - This Too Shall Pass
8. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
7. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
6. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
5. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
4. Dr. Dog - Shadow People
3. Broken Bells - The High Road
2. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
1. Cee Lo Green - **** You
 
Here's the list from my favorite LOCAL internet radio station, Radio ALX, sent to me from the PD

1.THE BLACK KEYS- TIGHTEN UP
2. PHOENIX- LISZTOMANIA
3. THE XX- ISLANDS
4. VAMPIRE WEEKEND- GIVING UP THE GUN
5. THE TEMPER TRAP- SWEET DISPOSITION
6. GRIZZLY BEAR- TWO WEEKS
7. BAND OF SKULLS- FRIENDS
8. NEON TREES- ANIMAL
9. MINUS THE BEAR- MY TIME
10. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE- DOG DAYS ARE OVER
11. OK GO- THIS TOO SHALL PASS
12. PASSION PIT- SLEEPYHEAD
13. BIFFY CLYRO- BUBBLES
14. SPOON- WRITTEN IN REVERSE
15. PHOENIX- LASSO
16. THE TEMPER TRAP- FADER
17. VAMPIRE WEEKEND- COUSINS
18. THE XX- CRYSTALIZED
19. BROKEN BELLS- THE HIGH ROAD
20. HOCKEY- SONG AWAY
21. YEASAYER- AMBLING ALP
22. MUMFORD AND SONS- ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE
23. IGLU AND HARTY- DAYGLO
24. BEACH HOUSE- ZEBRA
25. A SILENT FILM- YOU WILL LEAVE A MARK
26. WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS- QUIET LITTLE VOICES
27. ARCADE FIRE- READY TO START
28. GORILLAZ- STYLO
29. BRANDON FLOWERS- CROSSFIRE
30. TOYKO POLICE CLUB- WAIT UP (BOOTS OF DANGER)
31. EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS- HOME
32. RA RA RIOT- BOY
32. FOSTER THE PEOPLE- PUMPED UP KICKS
33. JACK JOHNSON- AT OR WITH ME
34. THE NATIONAL- BLOODBUZZ OHIO
35. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM- I CAN CHANGE
36. GRIZZLY BEAR- CHEERLEADER
37. MUMFORD AND SONS- LITTLE LION MAN
38. MIIKE SNOW- ANIMAL
39. BON IVER- SKINNY LOVE
40. HOCKEY- TOO FAKE
41. SPOON- GOT NUFFIN
42. BAND OF HORSES- LAREDO
43. FREE ENERGY- BANG POP
44. INTERPOL- BARRICADE
45. LOCAL NATIVES- AIRPLANES
46. MATT AND KIM- GOOD OL' FASHION NIGHTMARE
47. MUMFORD AND SONS- THE CAVE
48. SLEIGH BELLS- RILL RILL
49. METRIC- ALL YOURS (ECLIPSE)
50. CONSTELLATIONS- FELICIA
51. LOCKSLEY- THE WHIP
52. SHE & HIM- IN THE SUN
53. PASSION PIT- LITTLE SECRETS
54. MUSE- UPRISING
55. MINUS THE BEAR- SECRET COUNTRY
56. MONSTERS OF FOLK- SAY PLEASE
57. NEON TREES- 1983
58. PHOENIX- 1901
59. ROGUE WAVE- SOLITARY GUN
60. HOT CHIP- I FEEL BETTER
61. SPOON- THE MYSTERY ZONE
62. TEGAN AND SARA- NORTHSHORE
63. VAMPIRE WEEKEND- HOLIDAY
64. WE ARE SCIENTISTS- RULES DON'T STOP
65. YEASAYER- MADDER RED
66. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS- WINDSTORM
67. OK GO- END LOVE
68. NADA SURF- ENJOY THE SILENCE
69. MGMT- CONGRATULATIONS
70. KINGS OF LEON- RADIOACTIVE
71. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM- THE BOXER
72. EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS- 40 DAY DREAM
73. CRASH KINGS- MOUNTAIN MAN
74. MATT AND KIM- CAMERAS
75. THE DRUMS- LET'S GO SURFING
76. DR. DOG- SHADOW PEOPLE
77. CEE-LO GREEN- **** YOU
78. BAND OF HORSES- FACTORY
79. GORILLAZ- ON MELANCHOLY HILL
80. BEST COAST- BOYFRIEND
81. THE DEAD WEATHER- DIE BY THE DROP
82. CAGE THE ELEPHANT- BACK AGAINST THE WALL
83. HOT CHIP- ONE LIFE STAND
84. BUTCH WALKER- TRASH DAY
85. BIFFY CLYRO- GOD & SATAN
86. VAMPIRE WEEKEND- JONATHAN LOW
87. THE WHIGS- KILL ME CAROLYNE
88. OF MONTREAL- FAMINE AFFAIR
89. BAD BOOKS- YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK
90. BROKEN BELLS- THE GHOST INSIDE
91. JENNY & JOHNNY- BIG WAVE
92. TOKYO POLICE CLUB- BREAKNECK SPEED
93. PHOENIX- ROME
94. THE TEMPER TRAP- SCIENCE OF FEAR
95. FREELANCE WHALES- ENZYMES
96. TAME IMPALA- SOLITUDE IS BLISS
97. YEASAYER- ONE
98. NEW POLITICS- YEAH YEAH YEAH
99. DIRTY PROJECTORS- NO INTENTION
100. THE DECEMBERISTS- DOWN BY THE WATER
 
Here's KROQ Top 30 list. ONLY 30 songs?! WONDER WHY...


1. Phoenix “Lisztomania"
2. The Dirty Heads “Lay Me Down”
3. Muse “Resistance”
4. The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
5. Neon Trees “Animal”
6. The Temper Trap “Sweet Disposition”
7. Thirty Seconds to Mars “This is War”
8. Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man”
9. Linkin Park “Waiting For the End”
10. Florence + the Machine “Dog Days Are Over”
11. Vampire Weekend “Cousins”
12. My Chemical Romance “Sing”
13. Arcade Fire “Ready to Start”
14. Phoenix “1901”
15. Jimmy Eat World “My Best Theory”
16. Brandon Flowers “Crossfire”
17. Social Distortion “Machine Gun Blues”
18. The Dirty Heads “Stand Tall”
19. Broken Bells “The High Road”
20. Thirty Seconds to Mars “Kings and Queens”
21. Kings of Leon “Radioactive”
22. Linkin Park “The Catalyst”
23. Vampire Weekend “Holiday”
24. Bad Religion “The Devil in Stitches”
25. Muse “Undisclosed Desires”
26. A Day to Remember “All I Want”
27. Stone Temple Pilots “Between the Lines”
28. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Home”
29. Anberlin “Impossible”
20. Gorillaz “Stylo”
 
radiojomo said:
Here's KROQ Top 30 list. ONLY 30 songs?! WONDER WHY...


1. Phoenix “Lisztomania"
2. The Dirty Heads “Lay Me Down”
3. Muse “Resistance”
4. The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
5. Neon Trees “Animal”
6. The Temper Trap “Sweet Disposition”
7. Thirty Seconds to Mars “This is War”
8. Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man”
9. Linkin Park “Waiting For the End”
10. Florence + the Machine “Dog Days Are Over”
11. Vampire Weekend “Cousins”
12. My Chemical Romance “Sing”
13. Arcade Fire “Ready to Start”
14. Phoenix “1901”
15. Jimmy Eat World “My Best Theory”
16. Brandon Flowers “Crossfire”
17. Social Distortion “Machine Gun Blues”
18. The Dirty Heads “Stand Tall”
19. Broken Bells “The High Road”
20. Thirty Seconds to Mars “Kings and Queens”
21. Kings of Leon “Radioactive”
22. Linkin Park “The Catalyst”
23. Vampire Weekend “Holiday”
24. Bad Religion “The Devil in Stitches”
25. Muse “Undisclosed Desires”
26. A Day to Remember “All I Want”
27. Stone Temple Pilots “Between the Lines”
28. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Home”
29. Anberlin “Impossible”
20. Gorillaz “Stylo”

Just 30? Because KROQ doesn't play enough currents anymore during the year to warrant enough for the old 106.7 list ;D ;D
 
PoisonIvy said:
Countdown is done. Pulling from the list of songs played, here's the top 101 from Chicago's WKQX (Q101).

Q101's Top 101 Songs of 2010

1. "ODD ONE" - SICK PUPPIES
2. "THIS IS WAR" - 30 SECONDS TO MARS
3. "NIGHTMARE" - AVENGED SEVENFOLD
4. "THE SOUND" - SWITCHFOOT
5. "IN ONE EAR" - CAGE THE ELEPHANT
6. "LETTER FROM A THIEF" - CHEVELLE
7. "RESISTANCE" - MUSE
8. "PANIC SWITCH (ALBUM VERSION)" - SILVERSUN PICKUPS
9. "SHAMEFUL METAPHORS" - CHEVELLE
10. "IMPOSSIBLE" - ANBERLIN
11. "THE GOOD LIFE" - THREE DAYS GRACE
12. "YOUR DECISION" - ALICE IN CHAINS
13. "SAY YOU'LL HAUNT ME" - STONE SOUR
14. "TIGHTEN UP" - THE BLACK KEYS
15. "UPRISING" - MUSE
16. "KINGS AND QUEENS" - 30 SECONDS TO MARS
17. "AGAIN" - FLYLEAF
18. "MOUNTAIN MAN" - CRASH KINGS
19. "MAYBE" - SICK PUPPIES
20. "UNDISCLOSED DESIRES" - MUSE
21. "THE FIXER" - PEARL JAM
22. "ANOTHER WAY TO DIE" - DISTURBED
23. "EYESORE" - JANUS
24. "WORLD SO COLD" - THREE DAYS GRACE
25. "DIAMOND EYES" - DEFTONES
26. "BACK AGAINST THE WALL" - CAGE THE ELEPHANT
27. "THE CROW & THE BUTTERFLY" - SHINEDOWN
28. "LESSON LEARNED" - ALICE IN CHAINS
29. "LIVING IN A DREAM" - FINGER ELEVEN
30. "GIVE ME A SIGN" - BREAKING BENJAMIN
31. "HERE WE ARE JUGGERNAUT" - COHEED AND CAMBRIA
32. "ANIMAL" - NEON TREES
33. "KICK IN THE TEETH" - PAPA ROACH
34. "YOU GOT ME" - CRASH KINGS
35. "WAITING FOR THE END" - LINKIN PARK
36. "SNUFF" - SLIPKNOT
37. "MY BEST THEORY" - JIMMY EAT WORLD
38. "YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID" - THE OFFSPRING
39. "LOVE HATE SEX PAIN" - GODSMACK
40. "BREAK" - THREE DAYS GRACE
41. "CLOSER TO THE EDGE" - THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
42. "I WILL NOT BOW" - BREAKING BENJAMIN
43. "I WAS A TEENAGE ANARCHIST" - AGAINST ME
44. "END OF ME" - APOCALYPTICA FEAT. GAVIN ROS
45. "IF YOU'RE WONDERING IF I WAN" - WEEZER
46. "RISE UP" - CYPRESS HILL
47. "YOU'VE SEEN THE BUTCHER" - DEFTONES
48. "THE ANIMAL" - DISTURBED
49. "DIE BY THE DROP" - DEAD WEATHER
50. "WHITE FLAG WARRIOR" - FLOBOTS FEAT. TIM FROM RISE
51. "RADIOACTIVE" - KINGS OF LEON
52. "CHECK MY BRAIN" - ALICE IN CHAINS
53. "YOUR BETRAYAL" - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
54. "FREAK" - SMASHING PUMPKINS
55. "YOU'RE GOING DOWN" - SICK PUPPIES
56. "JARS" - CHEVELLE
57. "ISSUES" - ESCAPE THE FATE
58. "SICK OF YOU" - CAKE
59. "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY" - AVENGED SEVENFOLD
60. "TAKE BACK THE FEAR" - HAIL THE VILLAIN
61. "WILD AND YOUNG" - AMERICAN BANG
62. "SUBSTITUTION" - SILVERSUN PICKUPS
63. "I'M YOUR DADDY" - WEEZER
64. "MESS OF ME" - SWITCHFOOT
65. "NA NA NA" - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
66. "CRYIN' LIKE A BITCH!" - GODSMACK
67. "JESUS STOLE MY GIRLFRIEND" - VIOLENT SOHO
68. "CHASM" - FLYLEAF
69. "SCREAM WITH ME" - MUDVAYNE
70. "NEW LOW" - MIDDLE CLASS RUT
71. "IF I WERE YOU" - JANUS
72. "SHOOT IT OUT" - 10 YEARS
73. "SING" - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
74. "LIGHTS OUT" - BREAKING BENJAMIN
75. "BETWEEN THE LINES" - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
76. "OILDALE (LEAVE ME ALONE)" - KORN
77. "LAST OF THE AMERICAN GIRLS" - GREEN DAY
78. "JUST BREATHE" - PEARL JAM
79. "FED UP" - AM TAXI
80. "LAY ME DOWN" - DIRTY HEADS**
81. "MEMORIES" - WEEZER
82. "THIS ADDICTION" - ALKALINE TRIO
83. "CRASH" - CAVO
84. "ALL I WANT" - A DAY TO REMEMBER
85. "SHAKE ME DOWN" - CAGE THE ELEPHANT
86. "NEUTRON STAR COLLISION" - MUSE
87. "ISOLATION" - ALTER BRIDGE
88. "TAKE A LOAD OFF" - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
89. "THIS TOO SHALL PASS" - OK GO
90. "THE CATALYST" - LINKIN PARK
91. "BEAUTIFUL THIEVES" - AFI
92. "1983" - NEON TREES
93. "I'M ALIVE" - STORY OF THE YEAR
94. "GYPSY WOMAN" - JONATHAN TYLER & THE NORTHER
95. "NEW FANG" - THEM CROOKED VULTURES
96. "LITTLE LION MAN" - MUMFORD & SONS**
97. "WE'VE GOT A SITUATION HERE" - DAMNED THINGS
98. "YEAH YEAH YEAH" - NEW POLITICS
99. "FAR FROM HOME" - FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
100. "WHIPPED CREAM" - LUDO
101. "MIND ERASER, NO CHASER" - THEM CROOKED VULTURES

** !!! These songs were THIS far down?! - P.I.

I also agree "Letters from the Sky" is very underrated.

Once again, can't believe the amount of hard rock/active rock they have in their playlist! And I agree, Mumford & Sons was HUGE nationwide, and gets in at NINETY-SIX?! Total disregard for a huge hit. Even harder-leaning alternative rockers such as DC 101 in Washington DC or The Buzz in West Palm Beach have Mumford & Sons in their top 20. Complete oversight on their part. The Dirty Heads were really big on the West Coast in LA, San Diego and San Fran, getting lots of airplay on stations like KROQ, naturally. They had moderate success in the rest of the country comparatively, but that is still way too low. Thanks for the list Poison Ivy!
 
Here's WPBZ 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach. Like I mentioned before, a little bit more active/hard rock for my taste. Still more "alternative" content then WKQX Chicago ;)

Also songs like "Use Somebody" were 2009 weren't they? I understand that song gets lots of airplay in 2010 as a recurrent, but Kings of Leon put out a new record for 2010, and that song "Radioactive" is #57 and should be higher, IMO. I see a lot of songs that were on some other stations' 2009 list.


The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010

1. The Dirty Heads - Lay Me Down
2. Pearl Jam - The Fixer
3. Flyleaf - Again
4. Muse - Resistance
5. Alice In Chains - Your Decision
6. 30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War
7. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
8. Rise Against - Savoir
9. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
10. Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow
11. Shinedown - If You Only Knew
12. Chevelle - Letter From a Thief
13. The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
14. Cage the Elephant - Ain't No Rest For the Wicked
15. Cage the Elephant - In One Ear
16. Neon Trees - Animal
17. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
18. 30 Seconds to Mars - Kings & Queens
19. A Silent Film - You Will Leave a Mark
20. Phoenix - Lisztomania
21. Sick Puppies - Odd One
22. Breaking Benjamin - Give Me a Sign
23. Linkin Park - The Catalyst
24. Stone Sour - Say You'll Haunt Me
25. Phoenix - 1901
26. Against Me! - I Was a Teenage Anarchist
27. Three Days Grace - Break
28. Matisyahu - One Day
29. Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On the Equinox
30. Shinedown - The Crow & The Butterfly
31. Anberlin - Impossible
32. Sick Puppies - Maybe
33. Three Days Grace - The Good Life
34. Linkin Park - Waiting For the End
35. Jimmy Eat World - My Best Theory
36. Seether - Careless Whisper
37. Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
38. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
39. American Bang - Wild & Young
40. Switchfoot - The Sound
41. Alice In Chains - Lesson Learned
42. Paper Tongues - Ride to Califiornia
43. Florence & The Machine - The Dog Days Are Over
44. Metric - Gold Guns Girls
45. Cage the Elephant - Back Against the Wall
46. Civil Twilight - Letters From the Sky
47. Muse - Undisclosed Desires
48. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
49. Chevelle - Shameful Metaphors
50. Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick
51. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
52. Shinedown - Second Chance
53. A Day to Remember - Have Faith In Me
54. New Politics - Yeah Yeah Yeah
55. Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
56. Paper Tongues - Trinity
57. Kings of Leon - Radioactive
58. Cypress Hill feat. Tom Morello - Rise Up
59. Anberlin - True Faith
60. 30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge
61. Finger Eleven - Living In a Dream
62. Paper Tongues - Get Higher
63. Nonpoint - Miracle
64. Silversun Pickups - The Royal We
65. Crash Kings - Mountain Man
66. Depeche Mode - Wrong
67. Papa Roach - Kick In the Teeth
68. Switchfoot - Mess of Me
69. Jack Johnson - You & Your Heart
70. Apocalyptica - End of Me
71. Gorillaz feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def - Stylo
72. Manchester Orchestra - Shake It Out
73. Hole - Skinny Little Bitch
74. A Day To Remember - All I Want
75. Alice In Chains - Check My Brain
76. Flobots - White Flag Warrior
77. Flyleaf - Chasm
78. Skillet - Monster
79. Coheed & Cambria - Here We Are Juggernaut
80. Slipknot - Snuff
81. The Black Pacific - Living With Ghosts
82. AFI - Beautiful Thieves
83. Story of the Year - I'm Alive
84. KoRn - Oildale
85. Violent Soho - Jesus Stole My Girlfriend
86. Needtobreathe - Hurricane
87. Smashing Pumpkins - Freak
88. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?
89. Stone Temple Pilots - Take a Load Off
90. The Dirty Heads - Stand Tall
91. My Darkest Days - Porn Star Dancing
92. Pepper - Drunk Girl
93. Green Day - East Jesus Nowhere
94. American Bang - Whiskey Walk
95. The Dead Weather - Die By the Drop
96. Neon Trees -1983
97. Broken Bells - The High Road *(so LOW!?!)
98. Hawthorne Heights - Nervous Breakdown
99. New Politics - Dignity
100. My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na
101. Crash Kings - Ya Got Me
102. CAKE - Sick of You
103. The Constellations - Felicia
 
Here is the list for Channel 92.3 KSJO San Jose. I really like this station, they are interactive with the listeners, play lots of newer indie/alternative artists and don't lean heavy on the hard rock like we've seen so many stations do. In fact they are more similar to WFNX in Boston.


Top 92 Songs of 2010

1 PHOENIX Lisztomania
2 NEON TREES Animal
3 TEMPER TRAP Sweet Disposition
4 DIRTY HEADS Lay Me Down f/Rome
5 BROKEN BELLS The High Road
6 MUSE Resistance
7 PHOENIX 1901
8 MUSE Uprising
9 WEEZER I Want You To
10 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man
11 BLACK KEYS Tighten Up
12 SILVERSUN PICKUPS The Royal We
13 CAGE THE ELEPHANT In One Ear
14 KINGS OF LEON Radioactive
15 BRANDON FLOWERS Crossfire
16 COLD WAR KIDS Audience
17 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Back Against The Wall
18 MUSE Undisclosed Desires
19 KINGS OF LEON Crawl
20 30 SECONDS TO MARS Kings & Queens
21 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Cousins
22 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Dog Days Are Over
23 ARCADE FIRE Ready To Start
24 PARAMORE Brick By Boring Brick
25 LINKIN PARK Waiting For The End
26 ANBERLIN Impossible
27 30 SECONDS TO MARS This Is War
28 METRIC Gold Guns Girls
29 CIVIL TWILIGHT Letters From The Sky
30 JIMMY EAT WORLD My Best Theory
31 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Between The Lines
32 THE DEAD WEATHER Die By The Drop
33 PEARL JAM Just Breathe
34 JACK JOHNSON You And Your Heart
35 PEARL JAM The Fixer
36 AGAINST ME! I Was A Teenage Anarchist
37 TEMPER TRAP Fader
38 CAKE Sick Of You
39 LINKIN PARK The Catalyst
40 HOCKEY Song Away
41 PASSION PIT Little Secrets
42 FOO FIGHTERS Wheels
43 BIG PINK Dominos
44 FREE ENERGY Bang Pop
45 AFI Beautiful Thieves
46 GASLIGHT ANTHEM Boxer
47 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
48 MGMT Electric Feel
49 LIMOUSINES Internet Killed The Video Star
50 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Meet Me On The Equinox
51 SILVERSUN PICKUPS Substitution
52 THEM CROOKED VULTURES New Fang
53 MUMFORD & SONS The Cave
54 WEEZER Memories
55 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Giving Up The Gun
56 WEEZER I'm Your Daddy
57 JACK JOHNSON At Or With Me
58 MUSE Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)
59 30 SECONDS TO MARS Closer To The Edge
60 PARAMORE Ignorance
61 GREEN DAY East Jesus Nowhere
62 NEON TREES 1983
63 ATOMIC TOM Take Me Out
64 CRASH KINGS Mountain Man
65 HOLE Skinny Little Bitch
66 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB Come Back Home
67 BUSH Afterlife
68 HEAVY How You Like Me Now?
69 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Take A Load Off
70 JESSE MALIN/ST. MARKS SOCIAL Burning The Bowery
71 CEE-LO GREEN F**k You (Forget You)
72 SLIGHTLY STOOPID 2:00 AM
73 FANFARLO Harold T. Wilkins
74 GASLIGHT ANTHEM American Slang
75 BAND OF HORSES Laredo
76 LINKIN PARK Burning In The Skies
77 NEW POLITICS Yeah Yeah Yeah
78 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Cinnamon
79 PASSION PIT The Reeling
80 PARAMORE The Only Exception
81 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
82 DAN BLACK Symphonies
83 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Shake Me Down
84 GORILLAZ Stylo
85 MIDDLE CLASS RUT New Love
86 PEARL JAM Amongst The Waves
87 AMERICAN BANG Wild And Young
88 PORTUGAL. THE MAN People Say
89 CRYSTAL CASTLES Not In Love
90 YOUNG THE GIANT My Body
91 EDWARD SHARPE + MAGNETIC ZEROS Home
92 ARCADE FIRE We Used To Wait
 
atlantaboy said:
^I'm guessing Chicago doesn't have an Active Rock, cause that Alternative station looks like it's doubling both formats
We really don't. I think, technically, WLUP is supposed to be Active Rock. But considering that I almost always hear classic rock on there when I turn it on, I'd say it's classic rock. Then we have WXRT, which technically is AAA. It, too, plays some classic rock. (More than enough of the classic rock already!) However, it's also the only station in town that touches a number of the top alternative songs and artists. Temper Trap, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Broken Bells, Jack Johnson, MGMT, Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend -- WXRT plays them. Q101 doesn't touch them. Heck, even my nephew's wife, who lives in a small town in Southern Indiana, has heard Vampire Weekend and loves their song "Horchata".

No wonder I'm usually streaming WXRT, WEQX, HFS, Live 105, and WLUM (if only that signal would travel about 90 miles south to Chicago!!!) instead of Q101 at work. *frustrated sigh* (I tried WFNX and KROQ. Had trouble with the former's stream; got tired of the latter fast.)

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad we have Q101. I do like them and a lot of their music. But I just wish they would go more straight-up alternative. I want that, too.
 
PoisonIvy said:
atlantaboy said:
^I'm guessing Chicago doesn't have an Active Rock, cause that Alternative station looks like it's doubling both formats
We really don't. I think, technically, WLUP is supposed to be Active Rock. But considering that I almost always hear classic rock on there when I turn it on, I'd say it's classic rock. Then we have WXRT, which technically is AAA. It, too, plays some classic rock. (More than enough of the classic rock already!) However, it's also the only station in town that touches a number of the top alternative songs and artists. Temper Trap, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Broken Bells, Jack Johnson, MGMT, Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend -- WXRT plays them. Q101 doesn't touch them. Heck, even my nephew's wife, who lives in a small town in Southern Indiana, has heard Vampire Weekend and loves their song "Horchata".

No wonder I'm usually streaming WXRT, WEQX, HFS, Live 105, and WLUM (if only that signal would travel about 90 miles south to Chicago!!!) instead of Q101 at work. *frustrated sigh* (I tried WFNX and KROQ. Had trouble with the former's stream; got tired of the latter fast.)

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad we have Q101. I do like them and a lot of their music. But I just wish they would go more straight-up alternative. I want that, too.

Agreed completely, P.I. However WLUP is technically Mainstream Rock, not Active Rock. I guess the difference being an Active Rocker (like WAAF in Boston or WXTB in Tampa) has a lot more currents than a Mainstream Rocker like WLUP which relies a lot (60-70%) of classic rock artists. Yes, you'll hear the Foo Fighters and Godsmack, but you will also hear a LOT more Led Zeppelin, Ozzy and Pink Floyd. With that said, I think Q101 may try to make up for what WLUP doesn't play, but this doesn't mean they have to immerse their playlist in Active Rock if they are technically Modern Rock/Alternative. I think a direction similar to KROQ in LA or even The Buzz 103.1 in West Palm keeping some (KEYWORD: SOME) of the harder rock would work a lot better. The fact that they snubbed the alternative superhits of 2010 Mumford & Sons and Dirty Heads because they aren't "HARD ROCK" like the rest of their product tells you they really should reconsider the alternative branding.

P.S. If you have trouble streaming WFNX, if you have the iTunes program they are also in the streaming list under "alternative."
 
WBIMDJ said:
With that said, I think Q101 may try to make up for what WLUP doesn't play, but this doesn't mean they have to immerse their playlist in Active Rock if they are technically Modern Rock/Alternative. I think a direction similar to KROQ in LA or even The Buzz 103.1 in West Palm keeping some (KEYWORD: SOME) of the harder rock would work a lot better. The fact that they snubbed the alternative superhits of 2010 Mumford & Sons and Dirty Heads because they aren't "HARD ROCK" like the rest of their product tells you they really should reconsider the alternative branding.

I think what's going on is that Active Rock still gets better ratings than what should really be labeled as "Alternative" - if Chicago doesn't have an Active Rock, Q101 gets higher ratings by going after the Chevelle, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack stuff than by leaning "Indie" (same thing is happening with WEND in Charlotte)

Our Alternative station (99X) is all about Mumford & Sons, Florence, Temper Trap, 30 Seconds To Mars, Black Keys, Neon Trees, etc. - but I think that's cause we have an Active station that covers all the Chevelle, Godsmack, and Avenged Sevenfold, so our Alt. can focus on Indie and IMO "true Alternative"
 
Here's Radio 104.5 Philly's take on 2010:

(Why 50.5?)

The top 50.5 of 2010
1. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
2. Muse - Uprising
3. Phoenix - Lisztomania
4. Muse - Resistance
5. Phoenix - 1901
6. Florence & the Machine - The Dog Days Are Over
7. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
8. Cee-Lo Green - F**k You (Forget You)
9. Broken Bells - The High Road
10. Metric - Gold Guns Girls
11. Kings of Leon - Radioactive
12. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
13. The Dirty Heads feat. Rome Ramirez - Lay Me Down
14. Neon Trees - Animal
15. Civil Twilight - Letters From the Sky
16. Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
17. A Silent Film - You Will Leave a Mark
18. 30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge
19. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
20. Anberlin - Impossible
21. 30 Seconds to Mars - Kings & Queens
22. The Temper Trap - Fader
23. Muse - Undisclosed Desires
24. Linkin Park - Waiting for the End
25. Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
26. Atomic Tom - Take Me Out
27. 30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War
28. The Dirty Heads - Stand Tall
29. My Chemical Romance - Sing
30. Jimmy Eat World - My Best Theory
31. Weezer - Memories
32. Free Energy - Bang Pop
33. Linkin Park - The Catalyst
34. MGMT - Kids
35. Jack Johnson - You & You Heart
36. OK Go - This Too Shall Pass
37. Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down
38. Metric - Eclipse (All Yours)
39. Matt & Kim - Daylight
40. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
41. Mumford & Sons - The Cave
42. Needtobreathe - Hurricane
43. Circa Survive - Imaginary Enemy
44. Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith - Not In Love
45. My Chemical Romance - Na Na NA
46. Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick
47. Silversun Pickups - The Royal We
48. Matt & Kim - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare
49. CAKE - Sick of You
50. Paramore - The Only Exception
50.5. Rise Against - Swing Life Away
 
Here are the top 105 songs from 105.7 The Point in St. Louis. Hm, maybe I was premature to complain about Q101's list.

105.7 The Point's Top 105 Songs of 2010

1. CAGE THE ELEPHANT - IN ONE EAR
2. 30 SECONDS TO MARS - THIS IS WAR
3. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - NIGHTMARE
4. THREE DAYS GRACE - THE GOOD LIFE
5. MUSE - RESISTANCE
6. HAIL THE VILLAIN - TAKE BACK THE FEAR
7. SWITCHFOOT - THE SOUND
8. STONE SOUR - SAY YOU'LL HAUNT ME
9. SHAMAN'S HARVEST - DRAGONFLY
10. JANUS - EYESORE
11. CHEVELLE - SHAMEFUL METAPHORS
12. ALICE IN CHAINS - YOUR DECISION
13. SICK PUPPIES - ODD ONE
14. SILVERSUN PICKUPS - THE ROYAL WE
15 . DEFTONES - DIAMOND EYES
16. CHEVELLE - LETTER FROM A THIEF
17. DISTURBED - ANOTHER WAY TO DIE
18. RISE AGAINST - REEDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)
19. OFFSPRING - YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID
20. MUSE - UPRISING
21. GODSMACK - CRYIN LIKE A BITCH
22. CRASH KINGS - MOUNTAIN MAN
23. 10 YEARS - SHOOT IT OUT
24. THREE DAYS GRACE - WORLD SO COLD
25. SICK PUPPIES - MABE
26. FLYLEAF - AGAIN
27. THREE DAYS GRACE - BREAK
28. ANBERLIN - IMPOSSIBLE
29. LINKIN PARK - WAITING FOR THE END
30. MY DARKETS DAYS - PORN STAR DANCING
31. CAGE THE ELEPHANT - BACK AGAINST THE WALL
32. BREAKING BENJAMIN - GIVE ME A SIGN (FOREVER & EVER)
33. JIMMY EAT WORLD - MY BEST THEORY
34. FINGER ELEVEN - LIVING IN A DREAM
35. GODSMACK - LOVE-HATE-SEX-PAIN
36. BLACK KEYS - TIGHTEN UP
37. 30 SECONDS TO MARS - KINGS & QUEENS
38. PAPA ROACH - KICK IN THE TEETH
39. SLIPKNOT - SNUFF
40. KINGS OF LEON - RADIOACTIVE
41. 30 SECONDS TO MARS - CLOSER TO THE EDGE
42. SHINEDOWN - THE CROW & THE BUTTERLY
43. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - YOUR BETRAYAL
44. BREAKING BENJAMIN - I WILL NOT BOW
45. JANUS - IF I WERE YOU
46. CAVO - CRASH
47. COHEED AND CAMBRIA - HERE WE ARE JUGGERNAUT
48. AGAINST ME! - I WAS A TEENAGE ANARCHIST
49. CHEVELLE - JARS
50. RED LINE CHEMISTRY - DUMB LUCK
51. STORY OF THE YEAR - I'M ALIVE
52. AMERICAN BANG - WILD AND YOUNG
53. CYPRESS HILL - RISE UP
54. WEEZER - I'M YOUR DADDY
55. PEARL JAM - THE FIXER
56. BREAKING BENJAMIN - LIGHTS OUT
57. DEFTONES - YOU'VE SEEN THE BUTCHER
58. CRASH KINGS - YOU GOT ME
59. THE DEAD WEATHER - DIE BY THE DROP
60. ESCAPE THE FATE - ISSUES
61. DISTURBED - INDESTRUCTIBLE
62. SWITCHFOOT - MESS OF ME
63. CAKE - SICK OF YOU
64 . VIOLENT SOHO - JESUS STOLE MY GIRLFRIEND
65. AFI - BEAUTIFUL THIEVES
66. FLOBOTS - WHITE FLAG WARRIOR
67. SICK PUPPIES - YOU'RE GOING DOWN
68. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - NA NA NA
69. APOCALYPTICA - END ME F/GAVIN ROSSDALE
70. BROOKROYAL - CROWN THE YOUTH
71. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
72. SAVING ABEL - STUPID GIRL (ONLY IN HOLLYWOOD)
73. LUDO - WHIPPED CREAM
74. MUDVAYNE - SCREAM WITH ME
75. ALICE IN CHAINS - LESSON LEARNED
76. WEEZER - I WANT TO
77. ALTER BRIDGE - ISOLATION
78. DAMNED THINGS - WE'VE GOT A SITUATION HERE
79. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - BETWEEN THE LINES
80. NEW POLITICS - YEAH YEAH YEAH
81. MIDDLE CLASS RUT - NEW LOW
82. FLYLEAF - CHASM
83. NEON TREES - ANIMAL
84. JONATHAN TYLER & THE NORTHERN LIGHTS - GYPSY WOMAN
85. WEEZER - MEMORIES
86. THEM CROOKED VULTURES - NEW FANG
87. MUSE - NEUTRON STAR COLLISION
88. ALL THAT REMAINS - HOLD ON
89. A DAY TO REMEMBER - ALL I WANT
90. MUSE - UNDISCLOSED DESIRES
91. CAGE THE ELEPHANT - SHAKE ME DOWN
92. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - WALK AWAY
93. SOUNDGARDEN - BLACK RAIN
94. REV THEORY - JUSTICE
95. THEM CROOKED VULTURES - MIND ERASER, NO CHASER
96. CAVO - BLAME
97. STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB - GHETTO BLASTER
98. MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA - SHAKE IT OUT
99. SHINEDOWN - BREAKING INSIDE
100. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - SING
101. DIRTY HEADS - LAY ME DOWN F/ROME
102. GREEK FIRE - DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY
103. SICK PUPPIES - STREET FIGHTER (WAR)
104. HAIL THE VILLAIN - RUNAWAY
105. MUMFORD & SONS - LITTLE LION MAN
 
And here are the top 94 of 2010 from 94.5 - The Buzz in Houston.

Top 94 of 2010

1 SICK PUPPIES You're Going Down
2 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Back Against The Wall
3 THREE DAYS GRACE Break
4 BREAKING BENJAMIN I Will Not Bow
5 MUSE Uprising
6 SHINEDOWN The Crow & The Butterfly
7 WEEZER I Want To
8 FLYLEAF Again
9 DIRTY HEADS Lay Me Down f/Rome
10 PEARL JAM Just Breathe
11 CHEVELLE Jars
12 NEON TREES Animal
13 PEARL JAM The Fixer
14 BREAKING BENJAMIN Give Me A Sign (Forever&Ever)
15 THREE DAYS GRACE The Good Life
16 10 YEARS Shoot It Out
17 CHEVELLE Shameful Metaphors
18 LINKIN PARK The Catalyst
19 SILVERSUN PICKUPS Panic Switch
20 30 SECONDS TO MARS This Is War
21 STONE SOUR Say You'll Haunt Me
22 ALICE IN CHAINS Your Decision
23 CIVIL TWILIGHT Letters From The Sky
24 SWITCHFOOT The Sound
25 GODSMACK Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
26 FINGER ELEVEN Living In A Dream
27 BLACK KEYS Tighten Up
28 CHEVELLE Letter From A Thief
29 BLUE OCTOBER Say It
30 SILVERSUN PICKUPS The Royal We
31 SWITCHFOOT Mess Of Me
32 SICK PUPPIES Maybe
33 PEARL JAM Amongst The Waves
34 TRAPT Sound Off
35 PAPA ROACH Kick In The Teeth
36 EVANS BLUE Erase My Scars
37 SICK PUPPIES Odd One
38 KINGS OF LEON Radioactive
39 30 SECONDS TO MARS Closer To The Edge
40 VIOLENT SOHO Jesus Stole My Girlfriend
41 BUSH Afterlife
42 PAPER TONGUES Get Higher
43 JIMMY EAT WORLD My Best Theory
44 DEFTONES Diamond Eyes
45 AFI Medicate
46 GREEN DAY Last Of The American Girls
47 ANGELS AND AIRWAVES Hallucinations
48 ANBERLIN Impossible
49 BROKEN BELLS High Road
50 NEW POLITICS Yeah Yeah Yeah
51 PAPER TONGUES Trinity
52 CRASH KINGS Mountain Man
53 SAVING ABEL Stupid Girl(Only In Hollywood)
54 PUDDLE OF MUDD Spaceship
55 CAKE Sick Of You
56 METRIC Gold Guns Girls
57 HOLE Skinny Little Bitch
58 SOUNDGARDEN Black Rain
59 AGAINST ME! I Was A Teenage Anarchist
60 30 SECONDS TO MARS Kings & Queens
61 THREE DAYS GRACE World So Cold
62 LINKIN PARK Waiting For The End
63 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Take A Load Off
64 HINDER All American Nightmare
65 SMASHING PUMPKINS Freak
66 PHOENIX Lisztomania
67 PUDDLE OF MUDD Stoned
68 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Between The Lines
69 DEVO Fresh
70 BLUE OCTOBER Should Be Loved
71 APOCALYPTICA End Of Me f/Gavin Rossdale
72 AVENGED SEVENFOLD Nightmare
73 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Na Na Na
74 PHOENIX 1901
75 SILVERSUN PICKUPS Substitution
76 PEARL JAM Unthought Known
77 SAVING ABEL Sex Is Good
78 ALICE IN CHAINS Lesson Learned
79 ALICE IN CHAINS Check My Brain
80 KORN Oildale (Leave Me Alone)
81 SHINEDOWN Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom
82 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Shake Me Down
83 THE DEAD WEATHER Die By The Drop
84 STORY OF THE YEAR I'm Alive
85 MUSE Undisclosed Desires
86 PAPA ROACH Had Enough
87 AMERICAN BANG Wild And Young
88 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Sing
89 COHEED AND CAMBRIA Here We Are Juggernaut
90 GODSMACK Cryin' Like A B**ch
91 BAND OF SKULLS Light Of The Morning
92 DISTURBED Another Way To Die
93 VIOLENT SOHO Muscle Junkie
94 CIVIL TWILIGHT Anybody Out There
 
Man, these stations have Sick Puppies, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Flyleaf etc. all in their top 10! Chevelle, Shinedown and Trapt all over the place! They have NO Business calling themselves even close to "alternative" WHATSOVER! Just get it over with and call yourself Active Rock! This annoys me to no end...Man, Q101 seems like an Indie station compared to The Point and The Buzz Houston! Yuck!! ;)
 
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