Not as much detail as usual, but a list, at least. Twenty favorite listens from the past year:
- Belle & Sebastian: Write About Love
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafiti: Before Today
- Manic Street Preachers: Postcards From a Young Man
- Fresh and Onlys: Play It Strange
- Aloe Blacc: Good Thing
- Clientele: Minotaur
- Clinic: Bubblegum
- Black Keys: Brothers
- Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood
- Superchunk: Majestic Shredding
- Dungen: Skit I Allt
- Lucky Soul: A Coming of Age
- Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
- Steve Wynn: Northern Aggression
- Steven Page: Page One
- Jamey Johnson: The Guitar Song
- Strand of Oaks: Pope Killdragon
- Paul Heaton: Acid Country
- Fabienne Delsol: On My Mind
- Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can
B. Clay Moore 