Assistant Features Editor Clara Dee shares her top 9 picks of 2010.

#9 I’m Having Fun Now // Jenny and Johnny 
 

#8 No Ghost // The Acorn
 

#7 Made the Harbour // Mountain Man
 

#6 Infinite Arms // Band of Horses
 

#5 I Speak Because I Can // Laura Marling
 Raw, rough folk heroism.

#4 One of Us // Pomegranates

Underwater incinerations.

#3 The Ghost Who Walks  // Karen Elson
 Spooky pristine peach perfection.

#2 Sea of Cowards // The Dead Weather
 Glitter-scuzz  glamour blues.

#1 Witmark Demos // Bob Dylan
 Troubadour hero, still doling out the gold.