This document provides music industry professionals' lists of the best songs of 2010 according to radio station program directors and music executives from across the United States. It also includes updates on album sales, airplay adds, and upcoming releases. Mumford & Sons and Arcade Fire were frequently cited as having the best songs of the year. Broken Bells, Cee Lo Green, and The Black Keys also received many mentions. The document concludes with additional commentary and links related to popular artists.

1. December 9, 2010
THE Sands REPORT Unifying the Alt Community
30 Seco nds T o M a rs “K in gs a nd Qu e e ns ”
THE COUNTDOWN TO 2011 CONTINUES! 1.
Honorable Mention: Cake “Sick of You”, Linkin Park
e verybody loves lists. And this we e k ,
it’s my favorite list of all. The very
b e st songs of the year. Not albums.
We play songs around here, and I’d like to
“The Catalyst”, Broken Bells “The High Road.”
KEN WEST, W B O S-BOSTO N:
5.) Dirty Heads “Lay Me Down”
4.) Kings of Leon“Ra d i o a c t i ve”
know which songs you thought we re the 3.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
2.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
best in 2010. So here we go...you show me 1 . Fl o re n ce + Ma c hi ne “D o g Days A re Ov e r”
yo u rs, and then I’ll show you mine! Honorable Mention: Linkin Park “Waiting for the End.”
LESLIE FRAM, WRXP-NEW YORK: SCOTT RI Z Z U TO, KPNT-ST. LOUIS:
5.) Va m p i reWeekend “Cousins” 5.) Godsmack “Cry i n’ Like A Bitch”
4.) Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” 4.) My Darkest Days “Porn Star Dancing”
3.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up” 3.) Re d Line Chemistry “Dumb Lu c k ”
2.) Broken Bells “The High Ro a d ” 2.) Cypress Hill “Rise Up”
1 . Ar cade F ire “ Ready T o S ta r t” 1 . A ve nged S e v e nf old “ Ni ght ma r e ”
Honorable Mention: Band Of Horses “Laredo” and
MARK HAMILTON, K n r k-PORTLAND:
eve rything by Muse even though the CD came out last
5.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
year!
4.) Neon Trees “Animal”
VINCE RICHARDS, KDGE-DA L LAS: 3.) Po rtugal. The Man “People Say”
5.) Paper Tongues “Get Higher” 2.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
4.) My Chemical Romance “Sing” 1 . F oa ls “ To tal L ife For e v e r”
3.) Temper Trap “Fader” Honorable Mention: Hockey “Song Away”, Temper
2.) Civil Twilight “Letters from the Sky” Trap “Fader”, Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man.”
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THANK YOU ALT RADIO FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF NEW POLITICS IN 2010!
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MEDIABASE ALT: 31*
CHOSEN AS AN MTV 2011 ARTIST TO WATCH!
HUGE DELL COMPUTER AD CAMPAIGN FOR 2011!
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2. December 9, 2010 • Page 2 of 5 The Sands Report
DAVE LOMBARDI, EMI SPECIAL OPS: 3.) Caribou “Odessa”
5.) Two Door Cinema Club “Eat That Up, It’s Good For You” 2.) Yaysayer “O.N.E.”
4.) Guster “Do You Love Me” 1 . ! !! “ AM /FM ”
3.) LCD Soundsystem “I Can C h a n g e” JACENT JACKSON, WLUM-MILWAUKEE:
2.) The Limousines “The Internet Killed The Video Star” 5.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
1 . B a nd of H orses “ L a re d o ” 4.) M u m f o rd & Sons “Little Lion
H o n o rable mention: Cee Lo Man”
G reen “Fuck Yo u”, Spoon “Who 3.) Switchfoot “The Sound”
Makes Your Money”, The Whigs 2.) The Heavy “How You Like...”
“Black Lotus”, Athlete “Superhu- 1. A rcade Fi re “Ready To
man Touch.” The Suburbs nominated S t a r t ” (They now get to race
NERF, KTCL-DENVER: for 3 GRAMMY Awards Justin Bieber for the most Grammys
5.) The Heavy “How You Like Me including next year.)
Now” ALBUM OF THE YEAR! Honorable mention: Florence +
4.) Against Me “I Was A Teenage Sales 400k + Machine “Dog Days Are Over”,
Anarchist” Featuring “We Used To Wait” Crash Kings “Mountain Man.”
3.) The Epilogues “Hunting Season” Already added at WFNX, KSJO, KNDD, X96, LYN N BARSTO W, KROX - AUSTIN:
2.) Bad Religion “The Resist Stance” KROX, WEQX, WWCD, WARQ, 5.) MG MT “Flash Delirium”
1 . Innerpartysystem “American SiriusXM Alt Nation, WKZQ and KRXF! 4.) Crystal Castles “Not In Love”
Trash” contact: Karen Glauber 818-506-8800 (f/ Ro b e rt Smith)
Honorable mention: Deftones “Dia- Karen.Glauber@Hitsmagazine.com
3.) Edward Sharp/Magnetic Zeros
mond Eyes”, AWOLNATION “Sail”, “ H o m e”
Weezer “Memories” 2.) A rcade Fire “Ready to Start”
MIKE KAPLAN, KNDD-SEATT L E: 1 . Gorillaz “Rhinestone Eyes”
5.) Mumford & Sons “The Cave” Honorable mention: Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man”,
4.) Broken Bells “The High Road” Fu t u reheads “Heartbeat Song”, AWOLNATI O N “Sail”, The
3.) Edward Sharp/Magnetic Zeros “Home” Delays “Unsung,” Quiet Company’s “How Do You Do It.”
2.) Cage The Elephant “Shake Me Dow n ” TAMI MORRISSEY, EPI TAPH:
1 . The x x “ C ry s tal is e d ” 5.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
S u l t ry sexy and no burnout!
, 4.) F l o rence + Machine “Dog Days Are Over”
SHANNA FISCHER, EVP PROMOTION, WIND-UP: 3.) Bad Religion “Wrong Way Kids”
5.) Fitz & The Tantrums “Picking Up The Pieces” 2.) Va m p i reWeekend “Horc h a t a”
4.) Sleigh Bells “Riot Rhythm” 1 . S o c i a l Distortion “Machine Gun Blue s”
MUMFORD & SONS “The Cave”
22-21* (+56) MEDIABASE
Nominated for Best New
Artist Grammy!
Sigh No More = GOLD!
30,786 Records Sold This Week!
#1 album on Amazon for 2010!
Follow up to the #1 smash “Little Lion Man”

3. December 9, 2010 • Page 3 of 5 Unifying The Alt Community The Sands Report
The Countdown to 2011 Continues (Con’t) MIKE DEPIPPA, EPI C/COLUMBIA:
JULIE PI LAT, KYSR-LOS ANGELES: 5.) Young The Giant “My Body”
5.) Tie: Vanaprasta “Color of Sin” and Best Coast “Mex- 4.) A Day To Remember “All I Want”
ican Summer” (two local bands) 3.) Mumford and Sons “The Cave”
4.) Broken Bells “The High Road” 2.) The Black Keys “Everlasting Light”
3.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck Yo u” 1 . Va mpire We ekend “Holiday”
2.) Linkin Park “Waiting For The End” MICHAEL SOLARI, KSJO-SAN JOSE:
1 . M u mf o rd & S on s “ L ittle L ion M a n” 5.) Dan Black “Symphonies”
The fact we took a chance on a new band that has 4.) Arcade Fire “Ready To Start”
members playing accordions and banjos and they broke 3.) Free Energy “Free Energy”
t h rough by ending the year in power rotation and Gra m- 2.) Foals “Spanish Sahara”
my-nominated makes me believe in the format, new 1 . P l a n B “Welcome To Hell”
music, and our listeners more than ever.
LORRAINE CARUSO, WIND-UP:
CAPONE, 91X-SAN DIEGO: 5.) Edward Sharp/Magnetic Zeros “Home”
5.) Tie: TVTV “Much Too Much” and Ye a s a yer “Ambling 4.) Civil Twilight “Letters from the Sky”
Al p” 3.) Phoenix “Lasso”
4.) Deftones “Beauty School” 2.) The xx“Cry s t a l i s e d ”
3.) The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” 1 . B r o k e n Bells “The High Road”
2.) Linkin Park “Watches & Kings”
OK. Th a n ks for showing me yo u rs. As promised, now
1 . S o c i a l Distortion “Machine Gun Bl ue s”
I ’ll show you mine!
Honorable Mention: The Heavy “How You Like Me
Richard Sands, The Sands Report:
N ow”, Minus The Bear “My Ti m e”, Plan B “Stay Too
5.) Band of Horses “Laredo”
Long”, 30 Seconds To Mars “Night Of The Hunter”
4.) Arcade Fire “Ready To St a rt ”
MATT PINFIELD, WRXP-NEW YORK: 3.) The Delta Spirt “Bushwick Blues”
5.) B roken Bells “The High Road” 2.) Two Door Cinema Club “Something Good Can Work”
4.) Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” 1 . Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man”
3.) Gaslight Anthem “American Slang” Honorable mention: La Roux “Bulletproof”, Yaysayer
2.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up” “Ambling Alp”, The Heavy “How You Like Me Now”, Mid-
1 . A rcade Fire “Ready To S t a rt ” dle Class Rut “New Low”, Broken Bells “Ghost...” ■
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4. December 9, 2010 • Page 4 of 5 The Sands Report
Added/New In The Top 50
KROX-Austin: Arcade Fire, Jimmy Eat World
WBOS-Boston: Lifehouse, Muse
WFNX-Boston: No adds
WEND-Charlotte: No adds
“Sail”
Q101-Chicago: Jimmy Eat World "Immediately--and hugely--reactive, like
WKRK-Cleveland: No adds nothing else we've played this year. Or last year!"
CD101-Columbus: Arcade Fire, Atomic Tom, Klaxons, —Lynn Barstow, PD of KROX/Austin
Local Natives
KDGE-Dallas: Florence & The Machine, New Politics Already Spinning On:
KTCL-Denver: Cage The Elephant, Neon Trees WRZX KNDD KNRK
89X-Detroit: No adds KRBZ WKZQ
WMRQ-Hartford: No adds
KTBZ-Houston: My Darkest Days, Three Days Grace WBRU-Providence: Jimmy Eat World
WRZX-Indianapolis: No adds KCXX-Riverside: Alter Bridge, Shinedown, Social
WXXJ-Jacksonville: No adds Distortion, Stone Sour
KRBZ-Kansas City: No adds X96-Salt Lake City: Arcade Fire, Jimmy Eat World
KXTE-Las Vegas: No adds KBZT-San Diego: No report
KVGS-Las Vegas: The Daylights 91X-San Diego: Crystal Castles, Middle Class Rut,
KROQ-L.A.: No adds Switchfoot
KYSR-L.A.: Plan B Live 105-San Francisco: Jimmy Eat World
WLUM-Milwaukee: Atomic Tom, Hugo, Vampire KSJO-San Jose: Arcade Fire, Middle Class Rut
Weekend The End-Seattle: Vampire Weekend, Young The Giant
WRXP-New York: Broken Bells KPNT-St. Louis: Switchfoot
WROX-Norfolk: My Chemical Romance, The Summer 97X-Tampa: No adds
Set DC-101-DC: Cage The Elephant, My Chemical Romance
The Spy-Oklahoma City: No report WPBZ-West Palm Beach: No adds
WJRR-Orlando: No adds Adds in selected other markets
WRFF-Philadelphia: Coldplay KRXP-Colorado Springs: Cold War Kids, Young The Giant
KEXX-Phoenix: Smashing Pumpkins, Switchfoot WARQ-Columbia: Arcade Fire, Disturbed, Shinedown
WXDX-Pittsburgh: No adds WKZQ-Myrtle Beach: Arcade Fire, AWOLNATION, Jimmy
KNRK-Portland: No adds Eat World
BROKEN BELL
“THE GHOST INSIDE”
“99 Problems”
NEW THIS WEEK: NEW THIS WEEK: WRXP/NEW YORK
WLUM/Milwaukee WZNE/Rochester ALREADY ON: KROQ, WMRQ, WFNX
LIVE 105, KNDD, KNRK, KKDO, KNXX
#2 potential callout with core at KNDD/Seattle KRBZ, KJEE, WLUM, WZNE, SIRIUS
ALREAD ON AT: KNDD, KCXX , KRXP, WEQX BDS: 25
WWCD, WXDX & Mediabase: 28
ALBUM HAS SCANNED 280K

5. December 9, 2010 • Page 5 of 5 Unifying The Alt Community The Sands Report
Thursday Music Meeting & T h ree Dot Lounge The Big List
Well. Here we are. The final music meeting of 2010. Shall we My Fave Links—Click and Listen:
pop the bubbly to celebrate? Why not...We’ve already gone Arcade Fire
through the songs of the year. But D A N I E L G LAS S at Glass- (www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial)
note has a nomination for “Best Moment of 2010”—for him, Ave t t Brothers
it was the P H O E N I X encore at Madison S q u a re Ga rden with (www.myspace.com/theavettbrothers)
DA FT P U N K . “Pu re magic” is how he put it. Speaking of Glass- Broken Bells (www.brokenbells.com/)
note, congrats to M U M FO R D & S O N S —up for two Grammy’s, Facebook Fan Page (Become a fan/“Like”)
Best New Artist, and Rock Song of the Year for “Little Lion (www.facebook.com/thesandsreport)
Man”! Meanwhile, “The Cave” is knocking on the doors of Fitz And The Tantrums
Top 20...A tip of the cap to A RCA D E F I R E who drew THREE (www.myspace.com/fitzandthetantrums)
Grammy nominations including for Album of the Year. “We Florence + The Machine
Used To Wait” picked up adds at X96, KROX, and (myspace.com/florenceandthemachine)
CD 10 1. . .JI M MY E AT W O R L D was your “most added” this M u m f o rd & Sons
week...S O C I A L D is getting good early call out. And 48 spins (www. m y s p a c e . c o m / m u m f o rdandsons)
a week at K RO Q! . . .NE W P O LI TI C S picks up a key add at K D G E New Politics
on “Dignity”...W R X P adds B RO K E N B E LL S . . .WLU M and (www.myspace.com/newpoliticsrock)
WZ N E hit H U G O ...Hungering for the C U R E ? Well, you can’t get Social Distortion
any closer than C RY STA L C AST LE S . . .DR E W H AU S E R at W n d - U p
i (www.myspace.com/socialdistortion)
wanted in on the songs of the year. His vote for #1 is The Temper Trap
D E E R H U N TE R “ D e s i reLines”...Nice to see the nods for A WO L- (www.myspace.com/thetempertrap
N ATION as faves from N E R F and LY N N B A RSTOW because Two Door Cinema Club
“Sail” is gonna be big in ‘11...Before we get out of here for the (www.myspace.com/twodoorcinemaclub)
final time this ye a r, some good ratings to pass along. J AY Coming In January:
H U D S O N at 8 9 X informs me that the station is performing AWOLNATION “Sail” (Red Bull Records)
ve ry well on both sides of the border—#1 18 to 49 in Wi n d- Boxer Rebellion “Step Out” (CO5)
sor!...Stateside, S E A N LY N C H is stoked that KVG S is #1 18 to Crystal Castles “Not In Love” (Uni Motown)
34 (English) in the latest PPMs. He wonders, “Could this for- Decemberists “This is Why...” (Capitol)
mat be on the rebound?” Let’s hope so! Because that’s a ve ry Duke Spirit “Everybody’s...” (Shangri La)
positive note on which to wrap things up...I gotta go. But I’ll Hollywood Undead “Hear Me Now” (A&M)
be back early in January. Until then, happy holidaze to you and Young The Giant “My Body” (Roadrunner)
yours...Thanks for stopping by all year! —Richard Sands Send dates to richard@thesandsreport.com
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