With music prizes on the horizon like Polaris and Mercury, I wanted to put forth a list of my best albums of the year - mostly to massage my obsession to make lists, but also to lessen the listening burdens that come with the year-end list.
So catch up on some great tunes from the past few months (or balk at my lame taste). There are links to myspace pages for your sampling pleasure.
I've got things in alphabetical order only to sustain suspense for the real-deal list in December. Don't worry I'm not totally wussing out with an unlisted list.
15 Greatest Albums from Jan-Aug (in alphabetical order)...
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue
Constantines - Kensington Heights
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
Foals - Antidotes
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Islands - Arm's Way
Ladyhawk - Shots
Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
Sigur Rรณs - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
To be decided... (stuff I haven't listened to yet that portends greatness)
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
The Great Northwest - The Widespread Reign of The Great Northwest
Holy Fuck - LP
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle
Quest for Fire - Quest for Fire
Subtle - exitingARM
Times New Viking - Rip it Off
Women - Women
Why? - Alopecia
Still to come...
Bloc Party - Intimacy (digital - Aug 21 / plastic - Oct 28)
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (Sept 9)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (Sept 23)
TV on the Radio - Dear Science (Sept 23)
T.I. - Paper Trail (Sept 30)
Annuals - Such Fun (Oct 7)
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie (Oct 7)
Deerhunter - Microcastle (digital - now / plastic - Oct 28)
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