— Sonic Youth – The Eternal *****
— Wilco – The Album ****1/2
— The Leisure Society – The Sleeper ****1/2
— The XX – XX ****
— Eilen Jewell – Sea Of Tears ****
— The Dead Weather – Horehound ****
— Neko Case – Middle Cyclone ****
— Geoff Muldaur – And The Texas Sheiks ****
— Dave Rawlings – A Friend Of A Friend ****
— La Roux – La Roux ****
— Soulsavers – Broken ****
— Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information ****
— Novalima – Coba Coba ****
— Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate ***1/2
— M.Ward – Hold Time ***1/2
— Bob Dylan – Together Through Life ***1/2
— U2 – No Line On The Horizon ***
— Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz **1/2
— Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix **
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