I pretty much ignored music most of the year. I find I do that more that I'm married and alone a lot less and tend to really only enjoy music if I can really listen to it. So here's what I think made me the happiest this year where music is concerned. Enjoy
Nine Types of Light - TV on the Radio
From release day until October 3rd, this was in my car's CD player. Actually, I think it's still in there.
Recommended track: "
Second Song"
No Color - The Dodos
I smile from ear to ear every single time I listen to this. Every time.
Recommended tracks: "
Black Night" and "
Don't Stop"
The Rip Tide - Beirut
Unique without being different for different's sake. A better use of accordion I have not heard.
Recommended track: "
Vagabond"
Circuital - My Morning Jacket
Got back to what made me fall in love with them in the first place.
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
For the smelly, hacky-sack playing hippy in all of us.
Recommended track: "
Someone You'd Admire"
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
They're just great, aren't they?
The Year of Hibernation - Youth Lagoon
Far away, earnest and melancholy, reaching out to you from inside a winter dream.
Days - Real Estate
Dreamy floating tune after dreamy floaty tune.
Recommended track: "
Wonder Years"
Kaput - Destroyer
Some people may not enjoy Daniel Bejar outside of New Pornographers but I've became an even bigger fan when I heard the album Destroyer's Rubies for the first time.
Tomboy - Panda Bear
Loops and reverb and happiness and sadness and echo and loops and it just puts me in the zone.
Torches - Foster the People
It's not perfect but I have a lot of fun with it when I'm in the right mood.
Honorable Mention:
Collapse Into Now - R.E.M.
I'll miss you Michael, Mike, Bill, and Peter.
What were your favorites?
