Every year, my friends want to know what I listened to this year.  The truth is, it is difficult to just list ten or so albums that I thought were great.  But I am going to do just that! 

Am I predictable, or what?! But hey, I read other things besides Pitchfork :)! 

1.  The War On Drugs: Lost In Dream

2.  Aphex Twin: Syro

3.  Caribou: Our Love

4.  Real Estate: Atlas

5.  Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else

6.  Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness

7.  Todd Terje: It's Album Time

8.  St Vincent: Self-titled

9.  Beck: Morning Phase

10.  Ariel Pink: Pom Pom

11.  Alex G: DSU

12.  Woods: With Light and With Love

13.  Spoon: They Want My Soul

Totally underrated:

Ryan Adams: self-titled (and not just because I am a huge fan)   

Merchandise: After The End

Songs: 

1. Andy Stott: Faith In Strangers
2. FKA Twigs: Pendulum
3. Jenny Lewis: She’s Not Me
4. Ryan Adams: Gimme Something Good
5. Caribou: Our Love
6. Beck: Wave
7. Damien Jurado: Silver Timothy
8. Ariel Pink: Put Your Number In My Phone
9. Dum Dum Girls: Rimbaud Eyes
10. Azealia Banks: Chasing Time
11. Damon Albarn: Mr. Tembo
12. Spoon: Do You
13. Ricky Eat Acid: In My Dreams We Are Almost Touching
14. Jessica Lea Mayfield: I Wanna Love You
15. Bob Mould: I Don’t Know You Anymore