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Abe Beeson - Audioasis (Year-End Blog Post)
Sondra Lerche - Duper Sessions (Astralwerks)
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
The Rosewood Thieves - From the Decker House (V2)
Clearlake - Amber (Domino)
Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer (Rough Trade)
Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds (Parlophone)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (Columbia)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
Viva Voce - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out (Barsuk)
Rocky Votolato - Makers (Barsuk)
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B-Mello - Street Sounds (Year-End Blog Post)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (Atlantic)
J Dilla - The Shining (BBE)
Jay-Z - Kingdome Come (Def Jam)
The Game - Doctor's Advocate (IGA)
Ghostface - Fishscale (Def Jam)
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (Jive)
T.I. - The King (Atlantic)
The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam)
Mobb Deep - Blood Money (Jive)
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment (IGA)
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Brian Foss - Sonic Reducer
Head - No Hugging No Learning (Evil Clown Records)
Nikki Corvette & The Stingrays - Back To Detroit (Dollar Record Records)
Voodoo Organist - The Serpent Dance (Voodoo Man Music)
The Heartaches - Too Cool For School (Swami)
Awesome Snakes - Venom (Crustacen)
Blank Its - Happy Accidents (eMpTy)
Unnantural Helpers - s/t (Self)
Pointed Sticks - Waiting For The Real Thing (Sudden Death)
DC Snipers - Missle Sunset (Deat Beat)
V/A - The Funhouse Comp Thing (My Fat Ass Productions)
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Cheryl Waters - Variety Mix
Built To Spill - You in Reverse (Warner Brothers)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
+/- - Let's Build a Fire (Absolutely Kosher)
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird)
The Black Angels - Passover (Light In the Attic)
White Whale - WWI (Merge)
Pablo - Half the Time (Curb Appeal)
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
Ghostland Observatory - Paparazzi Lightning (Trashy Moped)
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Chilly - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
The Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic)
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird)
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana/Fierce Panda)
The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada)
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (Domino)
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (Def Jam)
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Darek Mazzone - Wo'Pop (Year-End Blog Post)
Gigi - Gold & Wax (Palm Pictures)
Cheikh Lô - Lamp Fall (World Circuit-Nonesuch)
Gotan Project - Lunatico (XL)
Ojos de Brujo - Techari (Ya Basta)
(Various) - Beyond Istanbul (Trikont)
(Various) - Electric Gypsyland 2 (Crammed)
Señor Coconut - Yellow Fever (Essay Recordings)
(Various) - Barcelona Raval Sessions 2 (Satelite K)
Marta Gómez - Entre Cada Palabra (Chesky)
K'Naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher (Sony-BMG-Canada)
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DJ Riz - Variety Mix & Expansions (Year-End Blog Post)
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Matador)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XL)
Burial - Burial (Hyperdub)
Skream - Skream (Tempa)
Tortoise - A Lazarus Taxon (Thrill Jockey)
(Various) - Phases: A Nonesuch Retrospective (Nonesuch)
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Akron/Family - Meek Warrior (Young God)
(Various) - Idol Tryout (Ghostly International)
Four Tet - DJ Kicks (K7)
Henrik Schwarz - DJ Kicks (K7)
People Under the Stairs - Step Father (Red Urban)
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (Warp)
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DJ Shannon - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
1. Mew - Mew and the Glass Handed Kites (Columbia)
2. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations (Warner Brothers)
3. Clearlake - Amber (Domino)
4. Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XL)
5. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana/Fierce Panda)
6. Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards (Downtown)
7. Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang (Domino)
8. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World (V2)
9. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye (Domino)
10. The Rakes - Capture Release (V2)
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Don Slack - Swingin' Doors (Year-End Blog Post)
1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti-)
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (Def Jam)
3. Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet (Ecstatic Peace!)
4. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
5. The Blakes - The Blakes (self-released)
6. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (Re-Up Gang)
7. Bob Dylan - Modern Times (Columbia)
8. West Valley Highway - Marysville (self-released)
9. Skullbot - Skullbot (self-released)
10. The Hands - So Sweet (self-released)
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Greg Vandy - The Roadhouse (Year-End Blog Post)
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
Tom Waits - Orphans (Anti)
Karen Dalton - In My Own Time (Light in the Attic)
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (XL)
Scott H. Biram - Graveyard Shift (Bloodshot)
William Elliott Whitmore - Song of The Blackbird (Southern)
Cat Power - The Greatest (Matador)
(Various) - The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology ff American Folk Music Revisited (Shout Factory)
(Various) - The Friends of Old Time Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
(Various) - How Low Can You Go: Anthology of The String Bass (Dust To Digital)
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Jack Walters - Variety Mix
The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed (Barsuk)
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela (ATO)
Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds (Parlophone)
The Concretes - In Colour (Astralwerks)
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time (Sub Pop)
Wax Tailor - Tales of the Forgotten Melodies (Decon Media)
Built To Spill - You In Reverse (Warner Bros)
The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam)
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Jo - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
1. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird)
2. The Transmissionary Six - Radar (Roslyn)
3. The Ettes - Shake the Dust (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
4. The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam)
5. The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely (4AD)
6. Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire! (Anti-)
7. Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
8. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
9. Bright Eyes - Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005) (Saddle Creek)
10. The Gothic Archies - A Tragic Treasury (Nonesuch)
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John Gilbreath - Jazz Theatre (Year-End Blog Post)
Jason Moran and Band Wagon - Artist in Residence (Blue Note)
Nguyên Lê - Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix (ACT)
(Various) - Blue Series Continuum (Thirsty Ear)
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
Red Garland - Red Garland's Piano [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] (Concord)
Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Dance of the Infidel (Shanachie)
Branford Marsalis - Braggtown (Marsalis)
Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de Independence (World Circuit-Nonesuch)
Ali Farke Toure - Savanne (World Circuit-Nonesuch)
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio - Big M (Delmark)
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Jon Kertzer - Best Ambiance (Year-End Blog Post)
Afel Bocoum - Niger (Contre Jour)
Ali Farke Toure - Savane (World Circuit-Nonesuch)
Ba Cissoko - Electric Griot Land (Totolo)
Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club - Zanzabari 1 (Buda)
K'Naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher (Sony-BMG-Canada)
Rachid Taha - Diwan 2 (Barclay-Universal-France)
Salif Keita - M’Bemba (Decca)
Sally Nyolo and the Original Bands of Yaounde - Studio Cameroon (Riverboat)
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de L’Independence (World Circuit-Nonesuch)
(Various) - Golden Afrique 3 (Network Medien)
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John Richards - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
1. The Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic)
2. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
3. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
4. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
5. The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed (Barsuk)
6. The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam)
7. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing!)
8. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird)
9. Beck - The Information (Interscope)
10. Pablo - Half the Time (Curb Appeal)
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Kevin Cole - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire! (Anti-)
The Knife - Silent Shout (Mute)
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana/Fierce Panda)
Wax Tailor - Tales of the Forgotten Melodies (Decon Media)
Built to Spill - Going Against Your Mind (Warner Bros)
The Little Ones - Sing Song EP (Branches Recording Collective)
Under Byen - Samme Stof Som Stof
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Larry Metro - Variety Mix
Los De Abajo - LDA Vs. the Lunatics (Real World)
Spank Rock - Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo (Big Dada)
Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic)
Comets On Fire - Avatar (Sub Pop)
Chicago Afrobeat Orchestra - Chicago Afrobeat Orchestra (CApB)
Four Easy Pieces - Four Easy Pieces (Sure Fire)
Wolfmother - Wolfmother (Modular/Interscope)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elswhere (Downtown)
Skullbot - Skullbot (Self Release)
Goten Project - Lunatico (XL)
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Larry Rose - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
Ellen Allien and Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles (Bpitch Control)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go (Drag City)
Califone - Roots and Crowns (Thrill Jockey)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti-)
The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (Warp)
Hot Chip - The Warning (Astralwerks)
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Matador)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City)
Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
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Leon Berman - Shake the Shack
1. (Various) - Rockin’ Bones Box Set (Rhino)
2. Lauren Marie - Introducing Miss Lauren Marie (Texas Jamaboree)
3. The Stumbleweeds - Evil on My Mind (Spinout)
4. The Mezcal Brothers - Go Go Rhythm (self-released)
5. Pep Torres with the Round Up Boys - Luck is on My Side (Rhythm Bomb)
6. Phil Trigwell & Los Bandhagos - Boogie Woogie Cowboy (Rhythm Bomb)
7. Bear Family - Bear Family Highlight Compilation (Perfect For Parties)
8. Sean Mencher - Sean Mencher (Goofin)
9. (Various) - Shake The Shack Compilation: Rockabilly Ball #3 (KEXP)
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Lisa Wood - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird)
Skullbot - Skullbot (self-released)
The Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic)
Common Market - Common Market (SCIONtific)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon (Ibid)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (Regal)
Wolfmother - Wolfmother (Interscope)
Built To Spill - You in Reverse (Warner Bros)
Mr. Lif - Mo Mega (Definitive Jux)
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Masa - Expansions (Year-End Blog Post)
1. (Various) - Interstellar Fugitives (Underground Resistance)
2. Lindstrøm - It's A Feedelity Affair (Smalltown Supersound)
3. (Various) - Girl Monster (Chicks on Speed)
4. London Sinfonietta - Warp Works & 20th Century (Warp)
5. Ricardo Villalobos - Achso (Cadenza)
6. Jeff Mills/The Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra - Blue Potential (Uncivilized World)
7. Supersilent - 7 (Rune Grammofon)
8. Fovea Hex - Huge/Bloom (Die Stadt)
9. (Various) - Archives GRM (INA-GRM)
10. Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman - The Happy Electropop Music Machine! (Oglio)
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Michele Myers - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
1. Jamie Lidell - Multiply (Warp)
2. Lily Allen - Alright Still (Regal)
3. Goldfrapp - Supernature (Mute)
4. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (Kill Rock Stars)
5. The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam)
6. Tom Waits - Orphans (Anti-)
7. Darc Mind - Symptomatic of a Greater Ill (Anticon)
8. Rinocerose - Rinocerose (V2)
9. Glue - Catch As Catch Can (Fat Beats)
10. Wax Tailor - Tales of the Forgotten Melodies (Under Cover Music)
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Mr. West - Sonic Reducer (Year-End Blog Post)
Old Timerz/Partman Parthorse/Unnatural Helpers/Coconut Coolouts - Black Garfield 4-way split cd (Haunted Horse)
Marked Men - Fix My Brain (Swami)
The Kidnappers - Neon Signs (Rip Off)
Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
Shook Ones - Facetious Folly Feat (Revelation)
Fucked Up - Hidden World (Jade Tree)
The Exploding Hearts - Shattered (Dirtnap)
Autistic Youth - Landmine Beach (Jonny Cat)
Toys that Kill - Shanked! (Recess)
These Arms Are Snakes - Easter (Jade Tree/Second Nature)
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Nick Turner - Sonic Reducer (Year-End Blog Post)
Sex Vid - 7" ep (Kill Test)
Jay Reatard - Blood Visions lp (In The Red)
Iron Age - Constant Struggle lp (Youngblood)
The Carnival - II 7" ep (Krypta)
Pissed Jeans - Don't Have To Smoke... 7" (Sub Pop)
Mind Eraser - Glacial Reign lp (Painkiller)
Country Teasers - The Empire Strikes Back lp (In The Red)
Rat Traps - eps (various labels)
Extortion - 7" ep (self released)
Soul Swallower - 7" ep (Collapse)
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Quilty3000 - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
1. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
2. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche (Asthmatic Kitty)
3. The Transmissionary Six - Radar (Roslyn)
4. Bryan Harvey - Remember Me Well 1956-2006 (Plan 9 Music)
5. Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You (4AD)
6. Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 - …tick…tick…tick (Down There/Red Eye)
7. Alejandro Escovado - The Boxing Mirror (Back Porch)
8. Deadstring Brothers - Starving the Winter Report (Bloodshot)
9. Tarkio - Omnibus (Kill Rock Stars)
10. Midlake - The Trails of Van Occupanther (Bella Union)
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Rachel - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)
The Liars - Drum's Not Dead (Mute)
The Lights - Diamonds and Dirt (Wantage)
The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed (Barsuk)
The Melvins - (A) Senile Animal (Ipecac)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City)
Shoplifting Body Stories - (Kill Rock Stars)
The Thermals - The Body The Blood The Machine (Sub Pop)
J. Tillman - Minor Works (Fargo)
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Stevie Zoom - Variety Mix
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (Regal)
Bobby Bare Jr. - The Longest Meow (Bloodshot)
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing & A Curse (New West)
Earl Greyhound - Soft Targets (Some)
The Ettes - Shake the Dust (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Los De Abajo - LDA Vs. the Lunatics (Real World)
Mudhoney - Under A Billion Suns (Sub Pop)
Novalima - Afro (Quango)
People Under The Stairs - Stepfather (Basement)
Ska Cubano - Ay Caramba! (Cumbancha)
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Troy Nelson - Variety Mix (Year-End Blog Post)
1. Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XL)
2. Trentemoller - The Last Resort (Poker Flat Recordings)
3. Comets on Fire - Avatar (Sub Pop)
4. Extra Golden - Ok-Oyot System (Thrill Jockey)
5. The Hidden Cameras - Awoo (Arts & Crafts)
6. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (Matador)
7. Slowlands - Never Was There a Town (self-released)
8. The Lights - Diamonds and Dirt (Wantage)
9. Slumber Party - Musik (Kill Rock Stars)
10. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches (Sub Pop)
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Jason Davidson - Webmaster (Year-End Blog Post)
The Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (V2)
Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence (Zero Summer)
Wolfmother - Wolfmother (Modular/Interscope)
The Thermals - The Body The Blood The Machine (Sub Pop)
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse (New West)
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time (Sub Pop)
Catfish Haven - Tell Me (Secretly Canadian)
The Village Green - Feeling the Fall (spinART)
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador)
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