Decided this morning I could mess around with the order & which last 3-5 to include for another couple of weeks, or I could just post this already. As with last year’s, I’m curious to see which of these hold up as year-end favorites.

1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (amz|ins|mysp)
2. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (amz|ins|mysp)
3. Mos Def - The Ecstatic (amz|ins|mysp)
4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (amz|ins|mysp)
5. White Denim - Fits (amz|hmv|mysp)
6. St Vincent - Actor (amz|ins|mysp)
7. Crocodiles - Summer of Hate (amz|ins|mysp)
8. Metric - Fantasies (amz|ins|mysp)
9. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic (amz|ins|mysp)
10. Handsome Furs - Face Control (amz|ins|mysp)
11. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (amz|ins|mysp)
12. Woods - Songs of Shame (amz|ins|mysp)
13. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules (amz|ins|mysp)
14. Foreign Born - Person to Person (amz|ins|mysp)
15. White Rabbits - It’s Frightening (amz|ins|mysp)