top 50 (stand november)****1/21. samara lubelski – parallel suns
2. rickie lee jones – the sermon on exposition boulevard
3. panda bear – person pitch
**** - ****1/24. cloud cult – the meaning of 8
5. windmill – puddle city racing lights
6. cats on fire – the province complains
7. hobotalk – homesick for nowhere
8. bowerbirds – hymns for a dark horse
9. the felice brother – tonight at the arizona
10. devendra banhart – smokey rolls down thunder canyon
11. billie the vision & the dancers - where the ocean meets my hand
****12. pelle carlberg – in a nutshell
13. of montreal – hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
14. scout niblett – this fool can die now
15. bon iver - for emma, forever ago
16. new pornographers – challengers
17. mariee sioux – faces in the rocks
18. chris & carla – fly high brave dreamers
19. richmond fontaine – thirteen cities
20. wilco – sky blue sky
21. rose kemp – a handfull of hurricanes
22. the brunettes - structure & cosmetics
23. andrew bird - armchair apocrypha
24. bodies of water – ears will pop & eyes will blink
25. the sea and cake – everybody
26. meg baird – dear companion
27. nina nastasia & jim white – you follow me
28. june tabor - apples
29. laura veirs – saltbreakers
30. simone white – i am the man
31. beatbeat whisper – s/t
32. terry lee hale – shotgun pillowcase
33. o’death – head home
34. bright eyes – cassadaga
35. architecture in helsinki – places like this
36. findlay brown – separated by the sea
37. voxtrot – s/t
38. washington – astral sky
39. good shoes – think before you speak
40. michael j. sheehy – ghost on the motorway
41. the cinematic orchestra – ma fleur
42. gülcher – after nature
43. hazmat modine - bahamut
44. tinariwen – aman iman
45. deerhoof – friend opportunity
46. gruff rhys – candylion
***1/2 - ****47. deer tick – war elephant
48. the boyish charms – nothing spectacular awaits
49. the arcade fire – neon bible
50. hafdis huld – dirty paper cup