update
top 100
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1. samara lubelski – parallel suns
2. rickie lee jones – the sermon on exposition boulevard
3. panda bear – person pitch
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4. cloud cult – the meaning of 8
5. windmill – puddle city racing lights
6. cats on fire – the province complains
7. hobotalk – homesick for nowhere
8. bowerbirds – hymns for a dark horse
9. the felice brothers – tonight at the arizona
10. billie the vision & the dancers – where the ocean meets my hand
11. devendra banhart – smokey rolls down thunder canyon
12. sarabeth tucek – s/t
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13. pelle carlberg – in a nutshell
14. of montreal – hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
15. scout niblett – this fool can die now
16. bon iver – for emma, forever ago
17. lewis & clarke – blasts of holy birth
18. new pornographers – challengers
19. mariee sioux – faces in the rocks
20. agnes kain – keep walking or i’ll kill you
21. chris & carla – fly high brave dreamers
22. richmond fontaine – thirteen cities
23. wilco – sky blue sky
24. rose kemp – a handfull of hurricanes
25. tung – good arrows
26. the brunettes – structure & cosmetics
27. andrew bird – armchair apocrypha
28. bodies of water – ears will pop & eyes will blink
29. the sea and cake – everybody
30. meg baird – dear companion
31. nina nastasia & jim white – you follow me
32. june tabor – apples
33. laura veirs – saltbreakers
34. simone white – i am the man
35. beatbeat whisper – s/t
36. terry lee hale – shotgun pillowcase
37. o’death – head home
38. bright eyes – cassadaga
39. architecture in helsinki – places like this
40. findlay brown – separated by the sea
41. john vanderslice – emerald city
42. voxtrot – s/t
43. washington – astral sky
44. good shoes – think before you speak
45. michael j. sheehy – ghost on the motorway
46. wenzel – glaubt nie, was ich singe
47. broken social scene presents kevin drew spirit if
48. the cinematic orchestra – ma fleur
49. the state of samuel – here come the floods
50. gülcher – after nature
51. tenniscoats – tan-tan therapy
52. hazmat modine – bahamut
53. deerhoof – friend opportunity
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54. joni mitchell -shine
55. deer tick – war elephant
56. the boyish charms – nothing spectacular awaits
57. the arcade fire – neon bible
58. blitzen trapper – wild mountain
59. iron & wine – the shepherd’s dog
60. hafdis huld – dirty paper cup
61. malcolm middleton – a brighter beat
62. kristofer aström – rainaway town
63. gruff rhys – candylion
64. bill callahan – woke on a whaleheart
65. robert plant and alison krauss – raising sand
66. love dance – result
67. tinariwen – aman iman
68. tegan & sara – the con
69. the ladybug transistor – can’t wait another day
70. eef barzelay – s/t
71. feist – the reminder
72. marissa nadler – songs III: bird on the water
73. club 8 – the boy who couldn’t stop dreaming
74. alasdair roberts – the amber gatherers
75. the shins – wincing the night away
76. akron/family – love is simple
77. the good the bad & the queen – s/t
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78. the coral – roots & echoes
79. suzanne vega – beauty & crime
80. arbouretum – rites of uncovering
81. darren hayman and the secondary modern
82. georgie james – places
83. electrelane – no shouts no calls
84. john dear mowing club – s/t
85. the view – hats off to the buskers
86. the silent league – of stars and other somebodies
87. viarosa – where the killers run
88. kevin ayers – the unfairground
89. pale young gentlemen – s/t
90. friska viljor – bravo
91. black francis – bluefinger
92. angus & julia stone – a book like this
93. neil young – chrome dreams II
94. the sailplanes – a second, or ten years later
95. adrian orange & her band – s/t
96. promise and the monster – transparent knives
97. sleeping in the aviary – oh, this old thing?
98. efterklang – parades
99. the octopus project – hello avalanche
100. steve earle – washington square serenade