Most people could put a top 10 or 20 albums of the year together, but 50 best albums of the year there’s bound to be a few clunkers in there. I like to think I keep in touch with new music as much as the next music freak but a fair number of those had me.

Good to see some of my faves getting some recognition like War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Wye Oak, Civil Wars, Dawes, and Metronomy although as much as I like Metronomy I wouldn’t rate it so highly.

For me I would drop some of those clunkers and add Black Joe Lewis, Jamie Woon, Lanterns on the Lake, James Vincent McMorrow, Zola Jesus. And why no Stephen Malkmus surely a crime, he’s got just as much to say as other established names like Paul Simon, Bjork, Kate Bush or Tom Waites.

Cheers
Mike