01) YEASAYER – Odd Blood, ****
02) GOOD SHOES – No Hope, No Future, ***½
03) HUSKY RESCUE – Ship of Light
04) FIRST AID KIT – The Big Black and the Blue
05) TINDERSTICKS – Falling Down a Mountain
GET WELL SOON – Vexations, ***
JOSE JAMES – Blackmagic
SPOON – Transference
THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA – Rising Sun
THESE NEW PURITANS – Hidden
BEACH HOUSE – Teen Dream, **½
FOUR TET – There Is Love in You
MIDLAKE – The Courage of Others
OWEN PALLETT – Heartland
PANTHA DU PRINCE – Black Noise
POSTDATA – Postdata
SCOUT NIBLETT – The Calcination of Scout Niblett
BASIA BULAT – Heart of My Own, **
DELPHIC – Acolyte
LOS CAMPESINOS! – Romance Is Boring
MOTORPSYCHO – Heavy Metal Fruit
PETER GABRIEL – Scratch My Back
RIPPERTON – Niwa
THE ALBUM LEAF – A Chorus of Storytellers
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS – Realism
VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Contra
KANYE WEST – VH1 Storytellers, *½
LIL WAYNE – Rebirth, *
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