Per usual, I never make any real claims for this business except that it represents what I've liked. Because of constraints on my time and budget, there's bound to be loads of stuff I've missed (or had and not listened to like I probably should have done, like the Battles album or Burial), and probably some of that stuff I'd like enough to list and ( Read more... )

30 Songs I Liked This Year
( Another list from which I'm sure I've accidentally omitted stuff... )

Nothing shocking here.

15 Albums I Liked This Year
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way Round
The Evens - Get Evens
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Grizzly Bear - Yellow ( Read more... )