1. James Blake - st
D'Angelo, Justin Vernon, and Antony give the world a dub-step baby. And the world is a better place for it.
2. Destroyer - Kaputt
Dan Bejar sets a new standard for mining 80's straw and spinning gold.
3. Bon Iver - st
You've already heard everything there is to say about this
4. Dirty Beaches - Badlands
Careless, Reckless, Hopeless. Fuzzy, sloppy, distorted pop nuggets full of sex and soul.
5. The Cave Singers - No Witch
Northwest coast and folk heavy, but manages to fit elements of UK punk and bouncy power pop into the equation.
6. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
Kings of Brooklyn post-rock and funk step out of the fuzz into nine types of light.
7. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
Ambient experimental meets melodic.
8. Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blue and Melancholy Jam
Grimey, woozy UK hip-hop with dub-step beats.
9. The Antlers - Burst Apart
Doesn't quite match the intensity of Hospice, but there are moments that do.
10. Adele - 21
you know this one too
also
Beirut - The Rip Tide
Richard Buckner - Our Blood
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
