1. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
2. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
3. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
4. Vampire Weekend – Contra
5. M.I.A. – MAYA
6. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
7. Marina & the Diamonds – The Family Jewels
8. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
9. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty
10. Four Tet – There Is Love in You
11. Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise
12. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
13. Tracy Thorn – Love and Its Opposite
14. Beach House – Teen Dream
15. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
#1: ****1/2
#2-10: ****
#11-15: ***1/2
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