01 Prong – ruining lives ****½
02 Mastodon – once more ‚round the sun
03 St. Vincent – st. vincent ****
04 Liars – mess
05 Esben & The Witch – a new nature
06 Crosses – †††
07 Mark Lanegan Band – phantom radio
08 Ruby – waiting for light
09 Christian Fitness – I am scared of everything that isn’t me
10 Interpol – el pintor
11 And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – IX
12 Wild Beasts – present tense
13 The Afghan Whigs – do to the beast
14 Swans – to be kind
15 Shellac – dude incredible
16 Zola Jesus – taiga
17 Damon Albarn – everyday robots
18 EMA – the future’s void
19 Beck – morning phase
20 Tricky – adrian thaws
21 Warpaint – warpaint
22 Gallon Drunk – the soul of the hour
23 The Faint – doom abuse ***½
24 Midge Ure – fragile
25 Wye Oak – shriek
26 The Horrors – luminous
27 Die Nerven – fun
28 Wovenhand – refractory obdurate
29 Neneh Cherry – blank project
30 Sharon Van Etten – are we there?
31 The Black Keys – turn blue
32 Blood Red Shoes – blood red shoes
33 Alt-J – this is all yours ***
34 Lykke Li – I never learn
35 La Roux – trouble in paradise **½
36 Peter Murphy – lion **
— Mark Lanegan – has god seen my shadow? (box)
— LCD Soundsystem – the long goodbye: live at madison square garden (box/live)
— The Sound – jeopardy … plus (box)
— Killing Joke – in dub (compilation)
— Soundgarden – echo of miles: scattered tracks across the path (compilation)
— Fugazi – first demo (demos)
— Prong – unleashed in the west (live) ****½
— R.E.M. – unplugged – the complete sessions (live) ****
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