New Music Weekend: The Calm Blue Sea, Ariane Brunet, Mazes, Bombay Bicycle Club, Kate Todd, Phantom

Staff picks:

The Calm Blue Sea (Austin) “Literal” @thecalmbluesea

Ariane Brunet (Montreal) “Dimanche”

Mazes (London) “Bowie Knives” @M_A_Z_E_S

Bombay Bicycle Club (Crouch End) “Emergency Contraception Blues” @bombaybicycle

Kate Todd (Toronto) “Drive” @katetodd

Phantom (Montreal) “We Float” @thisisphantom

New Music: Top 20 of 2010 Local Natives, Crystal Castles, Foals, The Drums, 10 Years, The Klaxons, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls, Lights, Geographer, Pulled Apart by Horses, Mark Ronson & The Business International, Sleigh Bells, VersaEmerge, We’re Only Afraid of New York City, White Rabbits, Young Prisms, Bombay Bicycle Club

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Top 20 of 2010: Rob’s Picks

Local Natives

Crystal Castles

Foals

The Drums

10 Years

The Klaxons

Beach House 

Band of Skulls 

Dum Dum Girls

Lights

Geographer

Ume

Pulled Apart by Horses

Mark Ronson & The Business International

Sleigh Bells

VersaEmerge

We’re Only Afraid of New York City

White Rabbits

Young Prisms

Bombay Bicycle Club