— Wild Flag – Wild Flag *****
— Gillian Welch – The Harrow And The Harvest *****
— PJ Harvey – Let England Shake ****1/2
— Feist – Metals ****1/2
— Wilco – The Whole Love ****
— Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Mirror Traffic ****
— Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo ****
— The Jayhawks – Mockingbird Time ****
— Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow ****
— Radiohead – The King Of Limbs ****
— Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Smoking In Heaven ****
— Tom Waits – Bad as me ****
— Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire ****
— Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Soul Time! ****
— Thomas Dolby – Map Of The Floating City ****
— Brian Lopez – Ultra ****
— J.D. McPherson – Signs & Signifiers ****
— Noel Gallaghers High Flyin Birds – same ***1/2
— Fleet Foxes – Homelessness Blues ***1/2
— 22 Pistepirkko – Lime Green Delorian ***1/2
— Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming ***1/2
— Joan As A Policewoman – The Deep Field ***
— Amos Lee – Mission Bell ***
— Bright Eyes – The People’s Keye ***
— Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing **1/2
— Blondie – Panic Of Girls **
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