Bishop Morocco Bishop Morocco (HDD009)
· Pitchfork Guest List: Kevin Drew, Broken Social Scene Top 10 Albums of 2010
· The Indie Machine Top 20 Remixes Of 2010
· NOW Magazine Jordan Bimm’s Top 10 Albums
· Sidewalk Hustle Toronto’s Best Of 2010
· Silent Shout – Best of 2010: Music Videos, Top Songs

Bad Tits Garbage Night EP (HDD010)
· Dirtbag Journalism Dirtbag Awards: Best Videos Of 2010
· Herohill Favorites of 2010: Canadian EPs
· Self-Proclaimed Abuser Best of 2010: The Voice of the Students

Postdata Postdata (HDD008)
· Indie Music Filter Best Albums of 2010
· Herohill Favorites of 2010: Canadian LPs
· Slowcoustic Favourite Albums of 2010


HDD 2010 YEAR END FAVORITES:

Anika – Anika
Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Gatekeeper – Giza
Grimes – Halifaxa
The Soft Moon – The Soft Moon
Suuns – Zeroes QC
Twin Shadow – Slow
Ty Segall – Melted
Tyler the Creator – Bastard
Weekend – Sports
White Fence – White Fence
Wild Nothing – Gemini

Best Album Trailer:
Von Spar – Foreigner (trailer Trailer I, Trailer II, Trailer III)


HDD 2010 SPRING/SUMMER FAVORITES:

Albums
Dean & Britta – 13 Most Beautiful
Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
Magic Lantern – Platoon
Naomi Punk – Naomi Punk
Slow Animal – Slow Animal
The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
Ty Segall – Melted
White Fence – White Fence
Wild Nothing – Gemini

Singles
Cloud Nothings – Even If It Worked Out
His Clancyness – Summer Majestic
No Joy – No Summer
Royal Baths – Needle & Thread
The Soft Moon – Breathe the Fire
Soft Powers – Mary Never Sings Our Songs
Super Wild Horses – Carlonia
Tamaryn – Mild Confusion
Twin Shadow – Slow
Weekend – End Times
Yuck – Georgia

Videos
Babe Rainbow – Combed
Coma Cinema – Flower Pills
Dean & Britta – 13 Most Beautiful
Emeralds – Genetic part 1, part 2
His Clancyness – Summer Majestic
Lemonade – Lifted
Moon Duo – Killing Time
Rainbow Bridge – Big Wave Rider
The Soft Moon – Parallels
Veronica Falls – Beachy Head

Artwork
Huckleberry Friends – 2010 10″ EP
Micah P. Hinson – And The Pioneer Saboteurs
No Age – Losing Feeling
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
UNKLE – Where Did the Night Fall
Wild Nothing – Cloudbusting 7″
Woven Bones – In & Out & Back Again


Julie Fader Outside In (HDD006)
· CBC Radio 3’s Top Songs of 2009 #56 Maps
· The POLARIS Music Prize Blog Top 5 Canadian Albums #1
· Herohill Favorite Canadian LPS # 9
· AUTV/Criminal Records Top Ten Albums
· Film Punk Best of 2009


HDD 2009 FAVORITES:

Albums
Cate Le Bon – Me Oh My
Cold Cave – Love Comes Close
Darlings – Yeah I Know
Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
Julianna Barwick – Florine
Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy
Nisennenmondai – Destination Tokyo
Perfume Genius – The Perfume Genius Demos
A Place To Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
Shogun Kunitoki – Vinonaamakasio
Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
Zola Jesus – The Spoils

Singles
The Babies – Meet Me In The City
Beach Fossils – Daydream
Best Coast – When I’m With You & Best Coast
Fergus & Geronimo – Tell It In My Ear
Mazes – Bowie Knives
Salem – Frost
Sic Alps – L Mansion
Sonny & The Sunsets – Death Cream
Trailer Trash Tracys – Candy Girl
Wooden Veil – Red Sky
Woods – Darkness/Sunlit
Woven Bones – Yr Sorcery

Videos
Apse – 3.1
Black Mold – Metal Spiderwebs
Blank Dogs – Setting Fire to Your House
Broadcast – Witch Cults
Cate Le Bon – Hollow Trees House
Fever Ray – When I Grow Up
Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Health – Die Slow
Small Black – Despicable Dogs
Timber Timbre – We’ll Find Out
We Are Wolves – Coconut Night


Wintersleep Welcome to the Night Sky (HDD001)
· JUNO AWARD for Best New Group
· MUCH MUSIC Video Award for Weighty Ghost
· East Coast Music Award for Video of the Year: Weighty Ghost
· Music Nova Scotia Award for Album of the Year
· Music Nova Scotia Award for Group Recording of the Year
· Music Nova Scotia Award SOCAN Songwriter of the Year

Brian Borcherdt Coyotes (HDD003)
· Slowcoustic Best Albums of 2008 #1
· iTunes Best Alternative Album
· CBC Radio 3 Top 103 Tracks of 2008 #96 While I Was Asleep
· TV Guide Lost Albums of 2008
· MuchMusic.com Top 8 Canadian Albums Of 2008

Contrived Blank Blank Blank (HDD002)
· iTunes Best Alternative Album 2008
· iTunes Best Albums You Haven’t Heard
· iTunes Best Canadian Alternative Song #19 Keepsake
· Herohill Best-of 2008 Top 20 Canadian LPs #8
· iTunes debut at #26 on iTunes Top 100 Alternative Albums


Members of Contrived and Wintersleep listed some of their favorite 2008 moments and music at exclaim.com and venuszine.com. Here is what’s been in high rotation around HDD:

HDD 2008 FAVORITES:

Albums
Kurt Vile – Constant Hitmaker
Zombie Zombie – A Land For Renegades
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
The Muslims (aka The Soft Pack) – The Muslims
Experimental Aircraft – 3rd Transmission
Harvey Milk – Life… Best Game In Town
Magic Lantern – High Beams
Loop – Fade Out (reissue)
Sun Araw – Beach Head

Singles
Cold Cave – Trees Grew Emotions & Died
Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan
Byetone – Plastic Star
South Central – Aeon
Lau Nau – Painovoima, Valoa
Jacuzzi Boys – Island Avenue
Ty Segall – The Drag
Valet – Kehaar
Underground Railroad – One More Hit