I’ve heard a lot of music this year. I go through about 1gb every week of new music and I listen to it all. Both lists are subject to change until the end of the year and are in no particular order. Enjoy…
Studio
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The XX – The XX
The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
Local Natives – Gorilla Minor
Fanfarlo – Resevoir
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
The Temper Trap – Conditions
Mew – No More Stories Are Told Today, I’m Sorry, They Washed Away
Honorable Mention: Andrew Bird – Noble Beast, The Mean – Meet Us Here
Song (not on previously mentioned albums)
Trouble Weighs a Ton – Dan Auerbach
Done – Built to Spill
Stay off the Fucking Flowers (featuring Raekwon) – Blakroc
What Would I Want? Sky – Animal Collective
James – Camera Obscura
Generator ^ First Floor – The Freelance Whales
Baby I’m a Fool – Melody Gardot
Sandman, the Brakeman and Me – Monsters of Folk
Pray Me Home – Neal Casal
Star Eyes (I Can Catch It) (feat. James Mercer) – Dangermouse and Sparklehorse
Honorable Mention: Keep A Secret – Whitest Boy Alive, Fires – Band of Skulls
Tomorrow I will cover my favorite concerts and live albums of the year. Note: I went to over 100 concerts this year, so it’ll be all over the place stylistically.
mr.chaitt, i love reading your blog and have a strong dislike for lists as you do. however, i love words! you put words infront of me and i jump out of my chair. i mean if there was a song or album with bubble-wrap involved, i would be all over that. even some marshmellows would be nice.