1. David Bowie – The Next Day * * * * ½
2. Arcade Fire – Reflektor * * * * ½
3. Dean Blunt – The Redeemer
4. Field Report – Field Report * * * *
5. Prefab Sprout – Crimson/Red
6. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
8. Beyoncé – Beyoncé
9. Lucius – Wildewoman
10. Julia Holter – Loud City Song
11. Villagers – {Awayland}
12. Nadine Shah – Love Your Dum And Mad
13. Goldfrapp – Tales Of Us
14. Bill Callahan – Dream River
15. Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
16. Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In TheDevil’s Time
17. Foals – Holy Fire
18. Courtney Barnett – The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
19. Phosphorescent – Muchacho
20. Josephine Foster – I’m A Dreamer
21. Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle
22. Everything Everything – Arc
23. San Fermin – San Fermin
24. Moderat – II * * * ½
25. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
26. Jim James – Regions Of Light And Sound Of God
27. Songdog – Last Orders at Harry’s Bar
28. Chris Eckman – Harney County
29. Janelle Monáe – The Electric Lady
30. Eli Mardock – Everything Happens For The First Time
31. St. Lucia – When The Night
32. Daughter – If You Leave
33. London Grammar – If You Wait
34. Chvrches – The Bones Of What You Believe
35. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
36. Artic Monkeys – AM
37. The Julie Ruin – Run Fast
38. Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze
39. James Blake – Overgrown
40. Turin Brakes – We Were Here
41. Dr. Dog – B-Room
42. Poliça – Shulamith * * *
43. Summer Camp – s/t
44. Smith Westerns – Soft Will
45. Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
46. Glasser – Interiors
47. The Wave Pictures – City Forgiveness
48. Tristen – Caves
49. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
50. Savages – Silence Yourself
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest time, and to the latest. Henry David Thoreau, Journals (1857)