Thanks to everyone who has taken the Radio 104.5 Obligatory Year End Survey for 2010! In case you care, here’s a look at some of the Radio 104.5 staff picks! (Click here to view the 2010 Survey Results if you missed them)
Johnny - On Air Weekdays, 7a-3p
Top Song #1: Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Top Song #2: Phoenix - 1901
Top Song #3: Muse - Uprising
Top Song #4: Civil Twilight - Letters From The Sky
Top Song #5: A Silent Film - You Will Leave A Mark
Best Album of 2010: My Chemical Romance - "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" (Honorable mention: Broken Bells, Arcade Fire)
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Stone Temple Pilots - "Stone Temple Pilots"
Artist of Year for 2010: Muse
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Mumford And Sons
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: too many great ones to mention
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Cake/Mann Center
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt and Kim!
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: The Electric Factory
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Weezer (Love 'em, but they need to take a break)
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: 30 Seconds To Mars
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): Twitter (@allersjohn) & Yahoo's Fantasy Baseball page
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: @YelYahWilliams (Hayley from Paramore)
Wendy - On Air Weekdays, 3-11p
Top Song #1: A Silent Film - You Will Leave A Mark
Top Song #2: Circa Survive - Imaginary Enemy
Top Song #3: Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Top Song #4: Crystal Castles with Robert Smith - Not In Love
Top Song #5: Broken Bells - The High Road
Best Album of 2010: My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Story Of the Fabulous Killjoys
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Smashing Pumpkins-Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol 1
Artist of Year for 2010: 30 Seconds To Mars
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Mumford And Sons
Best Music Video of 2010: 30 Seconds To Mars - Closer To The Edge
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: if I’m at their show consider me a fan
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Muse Silversun Pickups, Wachovia Center
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: NeedToBreathe and Ok Go (wish I had seen Matt And Kim!)
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: Trocadero
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Weezer. Rivers, we need some space.
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: The Perfect Storm: Garbage, White Stripes, Radiohead, Cage The Elephant, Foo Fighters
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Probably my favorite year of Studio Sessions. SSPU: talent and then some, Courtney Love: mystified and terrified, Biffy Clyro: what an honor, Manchester Orchestra: made some new friends
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): Wikipedia!!
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: Hayley Williams of Paramore
Stephen - On Air/Social Media/Photography
Top Song #1: Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Top Song #2: Cee Lo Green - F**k You
Top Song #3: Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
Top Song #4: Jimmy Eat World - Movielike
Top Song #5: Neon Trees - Animal
Best Album of 2010: Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More / Runner up: The Graduate - Only Every Time
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Weezer - Hurley
Artist of the Year for 2010: Cee Lo Green
Best NEW Artist for 2010: Mumford & Sons
Best Music Video for 2010: OK Go - This Too Shall Pass / Runner up: Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
Favorite Philly-area Band/Artist: Valencia
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Circa Survive @ The TLA 11/26/10
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt & Kim / Carmen Costa
Best Philly-Area Concert/Show Venue: Trocadero
Artist/Band You Hope Takes a Long Break in 2011: Green Day
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Death Cab For Cutie / Runner up: Manchester Orchestra
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Silversun Pickups / Runner up: Biffy Clyro
Favorite Web Site (Excluding Radio1045.com): Gizmodo.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to Follow on Twitter: Mark Hoppus
Paul - On Air Weekends
Top Song #1: Circa Survive - Imaginery Enemy
Top Song #2: The Temper Trap - Fader
Top Song #3: Civil Twilight - Letters From The Sky
Top Song #4: My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na
Top Song #5: Linkin Park - Waiting For The End
Best Album of 2010: My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
Artist of Year for 2010: My Chemical Romance
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Civil Twilight (I know they've been around for years, but really broke big this year)
Best Music Video of 2010: Cee Lo Green - F*ck You
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Ophiuchus (R.I.P.---hopefully not permanently)
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Muse & Silversun Pickups
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: OK Go & Needtobreathe (this was the only one I could make it to. I heard the Matt & Kim Block Party was amazing!)
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: The Electric Factory
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: WEEZER!!! PLEASE!!!
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Foo Fighters (I'd also like to hear the new RHCP record and would LOVE to hear something new from Silversun Pickups as well...)
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Metric
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): Wikipedia (I know, I know. I'm a dork)
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: Hayley Williams' "photo to her boyfriend" mishap was pretty cool
A.J. - On Air Weekends
Top Song #1: My Chemical Romance - Planetary (Go!) (from "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys")
Top Song #2: Girl Talk - All Day (Yes, the album is one single hour and eleven minute song)
Top Song #3: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream (from "Up from Below")
Top Song #4: Bad Religion - Wrong Way Kids (from "The Dissent of Man")
Top Song #5: Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - A Working Day (from "Lonely Avenue")
Best Album of 2010: Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Hole - Nobody's Daughter
Artist of Year for 2010: Mumford & Sons
Best NEW Artist of 2010: The Black Pacific
Best Music Video of 2010: Biffy Clyro - The Captain
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Honah Lee
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Gorillaz at Susquehanna Bank Center (Oct. 10, 2010)
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Didn't make it to any this year, but pissed I missed Ike.
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: Honestly, no one venue has everything I enjoy about a show, so: Electric Factory for the mosh pits, Mann Center for the sound, TLA for the balcony, Troc for the upstairs, The Note for the food and North Star for the intimacy. And a 3 way tie between Johnny Brenda's, Kung Fu Necktie and JRs as best place to find your next favorite band.
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: The entire cast of "Glee".
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Foo Fighters
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Social Distortion.
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): http://iremembersnorks.wordpress.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: I've yet to embrace Twitter, but based on posts I've read in other media I'll have to go with Trent Reznor for his bluntness.
Lauren - On Air Weekends
Top Song #1: Eye Empire - I Pray
Top Song #2: Anberlin - Impossible
Top Song #3: Lamb of God - In Your Words
Top Song #4: Muse - Undisclosed Desires
Top Song #5: Janus - Eyesore
Top Song #6: Paper Tongues - Get Higher
Best Album of 2010: Anberlin
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Nonpoint
Artist of Year for 2010: Cee Lo
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Eye Empire
Best Music Video of 2010: Killswitch Engage - Save Me
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Lamb of God
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Civil Twilight
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Kesha, Katy Perry
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Tool
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Ed Kowalczyk
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): Fark.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: Maynard James Keenan
Stacey - Promotion Coordinator
Best Album of 2010: 30 Seconds to Mars - This is War
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Artist of Year for 2010: Linkin Park
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Mumford and Sons – although not technically new
Best Music Video of 2010: Hurricanes – 30 Seconds to Mars
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Jaded Son
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: The Dirty Heads!!!!
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Civil Twilight – LOVE THEM!
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: Outdoor - Piazza. Indoors: Electric Factory
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: The Killers
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: TIE: Beady Eye’s full album + Bush – keeping my fingers crossed!!!
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Courtney Love!!!
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): Philly.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: 30 Seconds to Mars
Brinson - Street Team
Top Song #1: My Chemical Romance - SING
Top Song #2: Cee Lo Green - Forget You
Top Song #3: Florence & The Machine - Dog Days are Over
Top Song #4: Mumford And Sons - The Cave
Top Song #5: Crystal Castles & Robert Smith - Not In Love
Best Album of 2010: My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (still waiting on a sequel to Hybrid Theory)
Artist of Year for 2010: My Chemical Romance
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Sleigh Bells
Best Music Video of 2010: M.I.A - Born Free
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Split Decision
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: MUSE @ The Wachoiva Center 3/2/10
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt & Kim
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: TLA
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Linkin Park
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: No Doubt!!!
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Hole (one of Courtney Love's finest moments)
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): The Social Network a.k.a Facebook
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: Coldplay
Jess - Street Team
Top Song #1: Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Top Song #2: Florence & The Machine - Dog Days are Over
Top Song #3: Dirty Heads - Stand Tall
Top Song #4: Cee Lo Green - F*** You
Top Song #5: Black Keys - Tighten Up
Best Album: The Dirty Heads - Any Port in a Storm
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Artist of Year for 2010: Mumford & Sons
Best NEW Artist of 2010: The Dirty Heads
Best Music Video of 2010: MGMT - Congratulations
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Private Stock
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: DMB at wells fargo center
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt and Kim
Best philly conert venue: Susquehanna Bank Center LAWN in the summer!
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Kings of Leon A.K.A. The Mega Divas
Most anticpated album of 2011: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS!!!
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Dirty Heads
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): 8tracks.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: Brandon Boyd
Ray - Street Team
Top Song #1: Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Top Song #2: Black Keys - Tighten Up
Top Song #3: Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Top Song #4: Florence & The Machine - Dog Days are Over
Top Song #5: Neon Trees - Animal
Best Album of 2010: The Black Keys - Brothers
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Weezer - Hurley
Artist of Year for 2010: Mumford & Sons
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Florence & The Machine
Best Music Video of 2010: Black Keys- Tighten Up
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Mr. Greengenes
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Matt & Kim @ Starlight Ballroom
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: August (Ok Go/need to breathe)
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: Electric Factory
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Weezer
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Cake - Showroom of Compassion
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Mumford & Sons
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): www.flavorpill.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: @MarkHoppus
Cathy - Digital Content Director
2010 Top Songs (no particular order)
Top Song #1: Cee-Lo Green - F**k You
Top Song #2: Phoenix - Lisztomania (though this is 2009… big for ME in 2010… haha)
Top Song #3: Gaga/Beyonce - Telephone
Top Song #4: Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
Top Song #5: Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Also like Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over, Best Coast - When I’m With You, Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (another 2009, but oh well)
Best Album of 2010: Some highlights… Gorillaz - Plastic Beach, Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 2, Beach House – Teen Dream, LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening, Ted Leo – Brutalist Bricks
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\
Artist of the Year for 2010: Maybe less for "musical artistry" but for capturing some of that early Madonna-esque mania and spectacle - Gaga
Best NEW Artist for 2010: Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Screaming Females
Best Music Video for 2010: Gaga/Beyonce - Telephone
Favorite Philly-area Band/Artist: Black Landlord, Free Energy (they’re Philly-ish)
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Patton Oswalt at Bumbershoot, Iggy Pop at the House of Blues in AC
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt & Kim
Best Philly-Area Concert/Show Venue: Johnny Brenda’s
Artist/Band You Hope Takes a Long Break in 2011: Weezer, Train (Train, please… go back to being 90s has-beens!) Plus, cast of "Glee" (Stop ruining great pop songs!)
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Nerd alert! Whatever is coming to Rock Band next.
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Courtney Love – for the sheer, unrehearsed, authentic craziness of it and the party conversations I’ve had about it since!
Favorite Web Site (Excluding Radio1045.com): everythingisterrible.com, lifehacker.com, smashingmagazine.com, avclub.com, tumblr.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to Follow on Twitter: I like the ones that lack any common sense or filter. Courtney Love probably.
Tony - Digital Producer/Videographer
Top Song #1: Dirty Heads - Lay Me Down
Top Song #2: Dirty Heads - Neighborhood
Top Song #3: Neon Trees - Animal
Top Song #4: Circa Survive - Get Out
Top Song #5: Cee-Lo Green- F@#k You
Top Song #5.5: Black Keys - Tighten Up
Best Album of 2010: Dirty Heads - Any Port In a Storm
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Linkin Park
Artist of Year for 2010: Dirty Heads
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Dirty Heads
Best Music Video of 2010: Circa Survive - Imaginary Enemy
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Circa Survive
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Out of the 4 times I saw Sublime/Dirty Heads this summer I would say @ Stone Pony Asbury Park,NJ
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: OK Go & Needtobreathe
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: TLA
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Weezer...PLEASE save us all from this pain. Climb under a rock and hide..thanks!!
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: Sublime with Rome / Cage The Elephant / Slightly Stoopid... maybe rumors...
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Dirty Heads - G Love - Neon Trees
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): gotoandlearn.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: G-Love
Trish - Digital Producer/Photography
Top Song #1: Neon Trees - Animal
Top Song #2: Florence & The Machine - Dog Days are Over
Top Song #3: Best Coast - When I'm With You
Top Song #4: Phoenix - Lisztomania
Top Song #5: Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Top Song #5.5: The Temper Trap - Fader or TuneYards - Sunlight
Best Album of 2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy or Best Coast - Crazy For You
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\
Artist of Year for 2010: Tough one, maybe Muse or Metric
Best NEW Artist of 2010: Mumford & Sons or Best Coast
Best Music Video of 2010: I'm kind of in love with the video California Gurls by Katy Perry
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Black Landlord
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Silversun Pickups at the Festival Pier (part of the Radio 104.5 Summer Show) was amazing - watching the sun set and the sky get dark with their amazing stage setup and lights, Also - LCD Soundsystem at the Naval Base was epic. There were even "party sharks" there.
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt & Kim
Best Philly Area Concert/Show Venue: Johnny Brenda's
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2011: Die Antwoord... ugh... this joke isn't funny anymore
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: The Strokes... or in a dream, a new album from The Raconteurs
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: New Politics was the most fun, Hole was the most amazing
Favorite Web Site (excluding Radio1045.com): treehugger.com or active.com
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to follow on Twitter: Gotta love those Courtney Love Twitter rants
Colleen - Digital Producer/Video
Top Song #1: Cee-Lo Green - F**k You
Top Song #2: Dirty Heads - Stand Tall
Top Song #3: Black Keys - Tighten Up
Top Song #4: Neon Trees - Animal
Top Song #5: Metric - Gold Guns Girls
Best Album of 2010: The Dirty Heads - Any Port in a Storm
Most Disappointing Album of 2010: Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Artist of the Year for 2010: Mumford & Sons
Best NEW Artist for 2010: Dirty Heads
Best Music Video for 2010: Dirty Heads - Lay Me Down
Favorite Philly-area Band/Artist: Talain Rayne
Favorite Concert/Show of 2010: Sublime with Rome and The Dirty Heads
Favorite Radio 104.5 Block Party of the Summer: Matt & KIm
Best Philly-Area Concert/Show Venue: The TLA
Artist/Band You Hope Takes a Long Break in 2011: Weezer
Most Anticipated Album for 2011: RHCP
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2010: Biffy Clyro, G LOVE, Dirty Heads
Favorite Web Site (Excluding Radio1045.com): iLike
Favorite Radio 104.5 Artist to Follow on Twitter: G Love
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