BEST OF THE YEAR: Albums

#1: Pernice Brothers Goodbye, Killer

#2: Allo Darlin' s/t

#3: Teenage Fanclub Shadows
#4: Old 97's The Grand Theatre Volume One
#5: Wild Nothing Gemini
#6: Wavves King of the Beach
#7: Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
#8: The Vaselines Sex With An X
#9: Tender Trap Dansette Dansette
#10: The Clientele Minotaur (EP)
#11: Magnetic Fields Realism
#12: Love Language Libraries
#13: Crocodiles Sleep Forever
#14: Best Coast Crazy For You
#15: Elf Power s/t

#16: Let's Wrestle In the Court of Wrestling Let's
#17: Sonny & The Sunsets Tomorrow is Alright
#18: Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern Essex Arms
#19: Math and Physics Club I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do
#20: Outrageous Cherry Seemingly Solid Reality
#21: Gorillaz Plastic Beach
#22: Dean & Britta 13 Most Beautiful
#23: Elvis Costello National Ransom
#24: Jonathan Richman O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth
#25: Smith Westerns s/t
#26: Harlem Hippies
#27: Stornoway Beachcombers Windowsill
#28: Robyn Hitchcock Propellor Time
#29: Superchunk Majesty Shredding
#30: Surfer Blood Astro Coast

Also worth mentioning are the records put out by The Walkmen, The Thermals, Ty Segall, Deer Tick, Beach House, Miles Kurosky, Deerhunter, Tracey Thorn, and The Black Angels. ETC.

BEST OF THE YEAR: Songs

#1: Someday Soon by Harlem
#2: Horophones by Love Language
#3: I Didn't See It Coming by Belle & Sebastian
#4: The Great Depression by Pernice Brothers
#5: You Must Be Out of Your Mind by Magnetic Fields
#6: Baby Lee by Teenage Fanclub
#7: Champaign, Illinois by Old 97's
#8: Twenty Miles by Deer Tick
#9: Watching Birds by Stornoway
#10: Something For You by Pernice Brothers

#11: Green Eyes by Wavves
#12: Too Young To Burn by Sonny & The Sunsets
#13: I'll Keep It With Mine by Dean & Britta
#14: Kiss Your Lips by Allo Darlin'
#15: On Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz
#16: Suddenly by Tender Trap
#17: Stranger in the Window by Elf Power
#18: When I'm With You by Best Coast
#19: Hearts of Love by Crocodiles
#20: Live in Dreams by Wild Nothing
#21: Sex with an X by The Vaselines
#22: If Loneliness Was Art by Allo Darlin'
#23: Five Small Words by Elvis Costello
#24: These Bodies That Came To Cavort by Jonathan Richman
#25: Learned To Surf by Superchunk

#26: Down On Loving by The Soft Pack
#27: Brittany's Back by Love Language
#28: When I Still Have Thee by Teenage Fanclub
#29: I Saw You Blink by Stornoway
#30: Dog In The Burning Building by Miles Kurosky
#31: Post Acid by Wavves
#32: Chinatown by Wild Nothing
#33: Giving Up On Love by Slow Club
#34: Jimmy Had a Polaroid by Math & Physics Club
#35: Rhinestone Eyes by Gorillaz
#36: Nothing's Changed by Outrageous Cherry
#37: Catholic Pagans by Surfer Blood
#38: Sleep Forever by Crocodiles
#39: 2 to the N by Tender Trap
#40: Angela Surf City by The Walkmen
#41: Such a Fool by The Vaselines
#42: My Arms Don't Bend That Way, Damn It! by Let's Wrestle
#43: My Heart by Smith Westerns
#44: Nothing You Can Do About It by Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern
#45: Paul Verlaine by The Clientele
#46: The Afterlight by Robyn Hitchcock
#47: He Would Have Laughed by Deerhunter
#48: Telephone by The Black Angels
#49: Hormones by Tracey Thorn
#50: Highlife by Southern Culture on the Skids

BEST OF THE YEAR: Shows

#1: 14 ICED BEARS!!! at Popfest New England in November in Northampton, Mass

#2: Elvis Costello in April in Scottsdale, AZ
#3: Dean Wareham doing Galaxie 500 in September in Atlanta, GA
#4: Old 97's in December in Oxford, MS
#5: Jonathan Richman in January in Pensacola, FL
#6: ATHENS POPFEST (especially Wedding Present, Oh-OK, Raymilland, & Mission of Burma) in August in Athens, GA
#7: Drive-By Truckers in January in Mobile, AL

Also:

Skip Heller/Tallulah Records release show in May in Mobile, AL
Wavves in October in Oxford, MS
Woven Bones and The Fresh & Onlys in March in Mobile, AL
Paul Collins in July in Mobile, AL
Heartless Bastards in July in Mobile, AL
Tennis and Dent May in September in Oxford, MS

YEAR END LISTS part three: Best Albums Of The Year

1. Papercuts You Can Have What You Want
2. Built To Spill There Is No Enemy
3. Jay Reatard Watch Me Fall
4. The Clientele Bonfires On The Heath
5. The Bats The Guilty Office
6. The Clean Mister Pop
7. Yo La Tengo Popular Songs
8. Robyn Hitchcock Goodnight Oslo
9. Liechtenstein Survival Strategies in a Modern World
10. Outrageous Cherry Universal Malcontents
11. Those Darlins s/t
12. Rhett Miller s/t
13. The King Khan & BBQ Show Invisible Girl
14. Wilco Wilco (The Album)
15. Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career

I Also Enjoyed: Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard's 'Em Are I, Elvis Costello's Secrets, Profane, & Sugarcane, Atlas Sound's Logos, The xx's xx, Echo & The Bunnymen's The Fountain, Telekinesis!'s s/t, Bad Lieutenant's Never Cry Another Tear, & Justin Townes Earle's Midnight at the Movies

My Favorite Reissues Were:
1. The Feelies Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth
2. Stones Roses s/t
3. R.E.M. Reckoning

& My Favorite EP Was:
1. Superchunk Leaves in the Gutter

YEAR END LISTS part two: Best Shows Of The Year

1. BLOODSHOT BBQ with WACO BROTHERS (best live band ever), SILOS, Rosie Flores, etc. @ The Sail Inn in Tempe, AZ
2. Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power @ 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA
3. Jay Reatard @ AMB in Mobile, AL
4. Music Tapes & Nana Grizol @ The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
5. Rhett Miller @ Wine Loft in Mobile, AL
6. Cats On Fire & Liechtenstein during NY POPFEST @ Don Hill's in NY, NY
7. Heartless Bastards & Jenny Lewis @ AMB in Mobile, AL
8. Pine Hill Haints @ AMB in Mobile, AL
9. Blue Mountain @ Moe's in Daphne, AL
10. My Teenage Stride & Folklore & Still Flyin' @ Cake Shop in NY, NY
11. Those Darlins @ Modified in Phoenix, AZ
12. Starlight Mints @ AMB in Mobile, AL
13. The Metric Mile & The Ballet & MTS & Knight School during NY POPFEST @ Cake Shop in NY, NY
14. Camera Obscura @ The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
15. Pants Yell! @ Dead Herring in Brooklyn, NY

YEAR END LISTS part one: Best Songs Of The Year

1. Walkabout by Atlas Sound
2. Before I Was Caught by Jay Reatard (Bradford Cox & Jay had my top 2 songs of last year too!)
3. Future Primitive by Papercuts
4. Slogans by Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
5. Castle Lights by The Bats
6. Red Light Love by Those Darlins
7. Coast of Carolina by Telekinesis!
8. Planting Seeds by Built To Spill
9. If It's True by Yo La Tengo
10. Learned To Surf by Superchunk
11. In The Dream Life You Need a Rubber Soul by The Clean
12. Can't Hardly Wait by Justin Townes Earle
13. Aisle 13 by Built To Spill
14. Dictator's Lament by Papercuts
15. I'll Fight by Wilco
16. Rotten Mind by Jay Reatard
17. Dreams Come True Girl by Cass McCombs
18. French Navy by Camera Obscura
19. Your Head Here by Robyn Hitchcock
20. VCR by The xx
21. Sink Or Swim by Bad Lieutenant
22. Factory Man by The Clean
23. Sheila by Atlas Sound
24. Tomorrow by Built To Spill
25. Hidden Shame by Elvis Costello
26. Jennifer & Julia by The Clientele
27. More Stars Than There Are In Heaven by Yo La Tengo
28. Broken Broken Broken Heart by Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
29. I'm Falling by Robyn Hitchcock
30. It Ain't Gonna Save Me by Jay Reatard
31. Caroline by Rhett Miller
32. You Never Know by Wilco
33. Walking In The Park by The Clientele
34. Hung Up On Me by Those Darlins
35. Lisztomania by Phoenix
36. It's Not Rock'n'Roll (and I Don't Like It) by Outrageous Cherry
37. Nothing To Hide by Yo La Tengo
38. The Wolf by Papercuts
39. Roses In The Park by Liechtenstein
40. Steppin' Out by The Bats
41. January Wedding by The Avett Brothers
42. I've Got It All (Most) by Modest Mouse
43. If It's Not Love by Rhett Miller
44. By Staying Here by Liechtenstein
45. I Wonder Who We Are by The Clientele
46. Slight Figure Of Speech by The Avett Brothers
47. 1901 by Phoenix
48. Once We Walked In The Sunlight by Papercuts
49. Another Girlfriend by Rhett Miller
50. No Place To Fall by Steve Earle

Old Year/New Year

2008 was pretty sweet. the last day of it & the first day of 2009 were spent in Athens, Ga. we saw Of Montreal. they rubbed blood on us & played a full set of covers, highlights being "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "American Girl" by Tom Petty, and the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't've Fallen In Love With." it ruled, a lot.

E & i post-champagne, pre-Of Montreal:


broken glass: new year's eve aftermath


playing guitar with an extra hand


so anyway, that was 2008. goodbye, year.

now i have some predictions for 2009. what you can look forward to:

COOL PLACES- Savannah, Ga; Memphis, Tn; Oxford, Ms; Gainesville, Fl

COOL VENUE- The Bottle Tree in Birmingham, Al

LEGENDARY BANDS THAT WILL BE COOL TO BE INFLUENCED BY- Tall Dwarfs (and all other New Zealand/Flying Nun people like The Clean, The Chills, The 3Ds, The Bats, etc.), Pavement, Guided By Voices, original Elephant 6 stuff, R.E.M.'s first two albums

FOOD PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIKE TO EAT- french fries (humble, yet easy to personalize & make more fancy; also, cool in a kitschy and also ironic, these-are-bad-for-me-but-i-don't-care kind of way)

COOL ART TO DO- Bookbinding

COOL ACTIVITY- categorizing all your favorite things in life into structured lists

DRUGS THAT WILL BE IN VOGUE- over the counter medications and the trusty, always readily available alcohol (especial hard liquor and cheap champagne)

COOL THINGS TO WEAR- glasses (preferably ones that make you look like Woody Allen), 80's-ish lace up ankle boots, sunglasses indoors, cropped t-shirts, t-shirts that are too big for you, things that are grey

SOCIAL-Y WEBSITE PEOPLE WILL GET EXCITED ABOUT- Yelp (see mine here! camillaaa.yelp.com)

COOL JOB- not actually having a job but finding creative ways to have enough money to live (i.e. selling cd's & lp's to your local independent record store, selling any items really on Ebay, getting your tax return back, spending your savings, having a birthday/graduating from high school or college or grad school/celebrating a holiday, making bets with people you know you'll win, etc.)

PHILOSOPHY/OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR- no nostalgia; being more excited about right now & the future than the past, not romanticising the past, not basing new experiences on old ones, making new friends, doing new things, memory loss.

End of the Year Lists: Part Three!

i saw SO SO MANY terrific shows this year, so it's really hard to cull them down into a concise list, but i've never been known for being concise, so here's my Top 20-ish Shows of 2008:

1. The Pogues & Billy Bragg in NYC
2. Justin Townes Earle in Mobile
3. King Khan & The Shrines in Phoenix
4. Circulatory System @ Athens Popfest
5. Elephant 6 extravaganza in NYC
6. Crystal Stilts & Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Bard College (my show, i rule)
7. The Feelies & Shrubs in Brooklyn
8. Jay Reatard & Women in Brooklyn (i broke my finger at this show, i kind of rule again)
9. Old 97's in New Orleans
10. My Teenage Stride @ Athens Popfest
11. Okkervil River in NYC
12. Old 97's in Mobile
13. Fat Planet @ Athens Popfest
14. Robert Forster in NYC
15. Jay Reatard @ the Matador offices
16. Dressy Bessy in Brooklyn
17. Meat Puppets in Flagstaff, AZ
18. Elf Power @ Athens Popfest
19. Dean & Britta in NYC
20. (BIG TIE) Deerhunter in Brooklyn/ King Khan & BBQ in Brooklyn/ Marshall Crenshaw @ a middle school fundraiser in a church in Rhinebeck, NY (!!)/ Bunnygrunt @ New England Popfest

End of the Year Lists: Part Two!

Now, time for the all important Top Albums of 2008:

[Best Reissues]

1. PAVEMENT- BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS
2. R.E.M.- Murmur
3. New Order- Movement, Power, Corruption, & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, and Technique

[Best Live/ish Releases]

1. Lou Reed- Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse
2. Belle & Sebastian- BBC Sessions

[Best EP]

1. The Clientele- That Night, A Forest Grew

[BEST BEST!]

1. Old 97's- Blame It On Gravity
2. Robert Forster- The Evangelist
3. Jay Reatard- Matador Singles: '08
4. Okkervil River- The Stand Ins
5. Silver Jews- Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
6. Fleet Foxes- s/t
7. Elf Power- In a Cave
8. The Raveonettes- Lust Lust Lust
9. Magnetic Fields- Distortion
10. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Real Emotional Trash
11. Times New Viking- Rip It Off
12. Music Tapes- Music Tapes For Clouds and Tornadoes
13. Pine Hill Haints- Ghost Dance

14. Billy Bragg- Mr. Love & Justice
15. Jonathan Richman- Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
16. R.E.M.- Accelerate
17. Elvis Costello- Momofuku [E.C. and R.E.M. are kind of only for sentimental/loyalty reasons, sorry boys]
18. Wolf Parade- At Mt. Zoomer
19. Deerhunter- Microcastle
20. Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, & The Amorphous Strums- Dark Developments
21. Shearwater- Rook
22. Justin Townes Earle- The Good Life
23. The Lucksmiths- First Frost
24. Bonnie Prince Billy- Lie Down un the Light
25. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping

and to add a touch of excitement to all the boring text, here is Lou Reed performing the incredible "Caroline Says Part II" from the brand new movie version of Berlin, directed by my arch nemesis Julian Schaebel.
enjoy!

End of the Year Lists: Part One!

i present to you my Top 25 Songs of 2008, in descending order:

1. "Trapped Here" by Jay Reatard (Song of the Year!!!)
2. "Never Stops" by Deerhunter
3. "Suffering Jukebox" by Silver Jews
4. "Welfare Bread" by King Khan & the Shrines
5. "Dance With Me" by Old 97's
6. "Let Your Light In, Babe" by Robert Forster
7. "Too Drunk To Dream" by Magnetic Fields
8. "The Grey Estates" by Wolf Parade
9. "Supernatural Superserious" by R.E.M.
10. "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes
11. "Starry Stairs" by Okkervil River
12. "Majesty" by Music Tapes
13. "Paralyzed" by Elf Power

14. "Ride" by Old 97's
15. "Screaming Hand" by Jay Reatard
16. "Lost Coastlines" by Okkervil River
17. "It Ain't Easy" by Robert Forster
18. "Calling and Not Calling My Ex" by Okkervil River
19. "Gardenia" by Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
20. "Hallucinations" by the Raveonettes
21. "Crystal Stilts" by Crystal Stilts
22. "Softly Through The Void" by Elf Power
23. "When You Fall" by Pine Hill Haints
24. "Time Goes By So Fast" by Jonathan Richman
25. "Farm Boy" by Billy Bragg

This Is The Day.

the last election four years ago was My First Vote. it was also my first year of college. so i was basically surrounded by zealous first-time voters in an incredibly idealistic & liberal bubble. i guess we really felt like we were in control for the first time. so when, around 2 am, things started going downhill very very quickly, it was utterly crushing. we took it personally. the next day, after the defeat was official, the whole campus was just sulking around. classes were cancelled. i remember showing up to my African Art class and our professor saying, "you all don't want to be here do you? everyone is too depressed." we all just morosely nodded "yes" and left.

SO ANYWAY! TOMORROW! HAPPY THOUGHTS! because despite the last election feeling huge, this one is unfathomably huger. a trillion times bigger. this is our last chance to get it right.

so in honor of November 4th, 2008, what else would i do but create a mixtape?

here you go, Election Day, enjoy.

1. Super Tuesday- vic chesnutt
2. Washington, D.C.- magnetic fields
3. November- the desert wolves
4. America Is- violent femmes
5. Politics- girls at our best!
6. Christ for President- billy bragg & wilco
7. Heroes & Villains- the beach boys
8. George Says He Has Lost His Way In This World- the clientele
9. Leader of Men- let's active
10. Until the Poorest of People Have Money to Spend- west coast pop art experimental band
11. Welfare Bread- king khan & the shrines
12. Workin' in the Coalmine- lee dorsey
13. I Fought the Law- the crickets
14. Running the World- jarvis cocker
15. The Greedy Ugly People- hefner
16. We Are All Bourgeois Now- mccarthy
17. Don't Worry About the Government- talking heads
18. Never Been in a Riot- mekons
19. Police & Thieves- the clash
20. Government Center- the modern lovers
21. Middle Class- pointed sticks
22. Help Save the Youth of America- billy bragg
23. 2 Little Hitlers- elvis costello
24. Exhuming McCarthy- r.e.m.
25. Dear God- xtc
26. Finally Free- elf power
27. Change the World All Around- vulgar boatmen
28. Dismantled King is Off the Throne- felt
29. Freedom- the housemartins
30. Glad To See You Go- ramones

Ode to Summer 2008 (part one).

well it seems, all of the sudden, the summer is coming to an end. i've got to pack up my things & move to the big city for a little while. Matador & sleeping on floors & Robert Forster & trying to make money awaits me. The Summer of 2008 was pretty great it turns out. Maybe not as surreal as some summers, or as monumental as others, but I don't know, it was pretty fantastic. Pretty high up on the list of All Time Greatest Summers. i saw a ton of amazing shows & listened to incredible tunes & bought a lot of dresses at thrift stores & worked at the record shop & travelled &... did other things. Those are all good things.

what better way to pay tribute to and sum up the Summer of 2008 than with a multitude of lists?! okay, here goes.

top shows of the summer of 2008:
1. justin townes earle
2. king khan & the shrines with the jacuzzi boys
3. old 97's twice
4. meat puppets
5. ATHENS POPFEST in which i saw too many bands to name, but the highlights were circulatory system, fat planet, thee american revolution, elf power, my teenage stride, roky erickson, great lakes, and big fresh.

top bands of the summer of 2008:
1. vulgar boatmen
2. circulatory system
3. my teenage stride
4. the squalls
5. the cuban heels
6. 13th floor elevators
7. elf power
8. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS, duh
9. fleet foxes
10. cats on fire

top vacations of the summer of 2008:
1. athens, georgia
2. phoenix & mexico
3. new orleans twice

top activities of the summer of 2008:
1. applying for jobs
2. making sno-cones
3. making films about sno-cones, Popfests, & Elvis Costello
4. redecorating my room
5. recording my double album on cassette
6. ATHENS POPFEST
7. watching really really good tv (Mad Men, Rescue Me, The Wire)
8. having dinner parties with friends
9. making lists
10. going to see bands

top thing of the whole summer of 2008:
1. the Athens Popfest

and here is a mixtape i made in honor of the summer of 2008. it might seem similar to other mixes made throughout the summer, but this one is different & special, believe me. these are the only songs you need to know about my summer.

1. i had to tell you- 13th floor elevators
2. one wink at a time- the replacements
3. white winter hymnal- fleet foxes
4. paralyzed- elf power
5. up the junction- squeeze
6. to live and die by the airport lounge- my teenage stride
7. when you're near me i have difficulty- xtc
8. starry stairs- okkervil river
9. ride- old 97's
10. welfare bread- king khan & the shrines
11. margaret says- vulgar boatmen
12. morning of my life- great lakes
13. the grey estates- wolf parade
14. joy- circulatory system
15. falling slowly- glen hansard & marketa irglova
16. everyday i write the book- elvis costello
17. higher grounds- cats on fire
18. i tell myself- the seeds
19. fisherman's blues- the waterboys
20. i don't care- justin townes earle
21. haunted- shane macgowan & the popes
22. don't drop out- dolly parton
23. i can't stay mad at you- jonathan richman
24. nananana- the squalls

summer & sandy.

i guess i should say something non-music related here. but nothing's coming to me, as all i ever think about or DO is music. well along with one or two other things. but i digress. i have a phone interview with Matador Records in two days & i've been thinking lots about music. it's really the best thing we've got, you know.

i'm coming out with a double album on cassette soon. one side (songs written in 2007) is called Broken Tailbone and the other side (songs written in 2008) is called Twangy & Jangly.

this is a list of random good songs i've been loving this summer. isn't LIFE GOOD?!

1. nite club... old 97's
2. i don't care... justin townes earle
3. got my mind set on you... george harrison
4. fisherman's blues... the waterboys
5. auntie alice... okkervil river
6. falling slowly... glen hansard & marketa irglova
7. shut down... the beach boys
8. sayonara... the pogues
9. some of shelley's blues... great lakes
10. welfare bread... king khan & the shrines
11. i tell myself... the seeds
12. i can't stay mad at you... jonathan richman
13. actors' colony... my teenage stride
14. rain king... counting crows (L-O-L, i know right? whatever, this song is GOOD ok! i am not ashamed.)
15. big tears... elvis costello & the attractions
16. you don't love me yet... vulgar boatmen
17. he doesn't know why... fleet foxes
18. crying in the rain... dave edmunds with nick lowe
19. up the junction... squeeze (especially fun to sing at dinner parties)
20. the grey estates... wolf parade
21. everyday i write the book... elvis costello & the attractions
22. you're so good to me... the beach boys
23. when you fall... pine hill haints
24. my heart... gene vincent
25. hands off... old 97's
26. mouth almighty... elvis costello & the attractions


i can't believe how many good shows i've seen this summer: old 97's x's 2, meat puppets, king khan & the shrines, justin townes earle, billy bob thornton & the boxmasters. that's in addition to the pogues and billy bragg, crystal stilts and pains of being pure at heart, dean & britta, marshall crenshaw, and stephen malkmus earlier this year...

fin de siecle/kind of an end-of-the-year list

2007 was weird. it was real bad at times, but also mindblowingly amazing sometimes too.
all i really need to remember about 2007 was that

i had a superbowl party called "Colts vs. Bears: Who Cares?"


i got way into Buddy Holly.


i played tambourine with the Ladybug Transistor.


i met my idol, Daniel Pinkwater, and he liked me.

i sat on the floor of the Bowery Ballroom, chatting with Amy Linton, Stuart Murdoch, and various Ladybugs and Greats Lakes one insane summer night.

i drove from New York State to Alabama State (and listened to Tom Petty along the way).


i went to the Athens Popfest and met cute boys and saw fanstastic bands and got my leg caught on a fence which lead to stitches in that leg. (pictures just won't suffice. you had to be there)

i saw Dean Wareham play "Ceremony" and he told me he remembered my face.


for Halloween, i went as a little kid from the 50's playing dress up.


i took my skirt off during St. Christopher's set at the New England Popfest.
pre-skirt removal:


i think they liked me!


and i saw The Clean !!

the first of many (many) end-of-the-year lists.

My Top Albums of 2007:

1. Intermission by Robert Forster & Grant McLennan (it's a "best of" of sorts, so i suppose it shouldn't really count, but WHO CARES because it is INSANELY AMAZING)
2. The Stage Names by Okkervil River
3. Can't Wait Another Day by Ladybug Transistor
4. The Miracle Inn by Euros Childs
5. God Save The Clientele by The Clientele
6. Back Numbers by Dean & Britta
7. The Kiss by Bikeride
8. Places Like This by Architecture in Helsinki
9. Boxer (or is it The Boxer?) by The National
10. Night Falls Over Kortedala by Jens Lekman

i also liked releases by voxtrot, David Kilgour!, the papercuts, jarvis cocker, and the terrific ep that the Pains of Being Pure At Heart put out.