End of the year lists are marbles

That said, here's mine, in this particular order.

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals. Soundtrack of the summer. Go CWRU.








The Walkmen - You & Me. The album I can never remember anything about until I listen to it again. But while I'm listening I'm convinced it's the best of the year.





M83 - Saturdays=Youth. The '80s did not sound this good.









Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago. Technically came out last year, but I don't feel terribly constrained by technicalities. Yeah, his voice sounds like the guy from TV on the Radio, but the absence of their record from this list should tell you how much I care about that.


Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours. This one sounds like a number of other things I already like, but, again, that doesn't matter if it's also damn good.





Others that I don't feel like putting up pictures for - both Los Campesinos albums, Street Horrrsing by Fuck Buttons, and Alopecia by Why?

I should note that I listen to maybe 5% of the "talked about" releases each year. Maybe. So I have no business compiling this. But I don't think the internet will crack under the weight of another ill-conceived end of year best albums list.