This was a great year in music. There were comeback releases from veterans (David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Daft Punk, Elvis Costello, Dismemberment Plan), solid releases from many established indie bands (Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire, Low, Yo La Tengo, The National) and some great new emerging artists (Haim, Foxygen, San Fermin). All and all, exciting things happening.
- Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
- Low – The Invisible Way
- Caveman – Caveman
- Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork
- Yo La Tengo – Fade
- The Spinto Band – Cool Cocoon
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – The Speed of Things
- Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze
- Arcade Fire – Relfektor
- Sigur Ros – Kveikur
- The Dodos – Carrier
- Charles Bradley – Victim of Love
- Paul McCartney – New
- Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe
- The National – Trouble Will Find Me
- San Fermin – San Fermin
- Elvis Costello and The Roots – Wise Up Ghost
- Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
- Volcano Choir – Repave
- Dismemberment Plan – Uncanney Valley
- Dr. Dog – B-Room
- Telekinesis – Dormarion
- Haim – Days Are Gone
- Paramore – Paramore
- Washed Out – Paracosm
- Local Natives – Hummingbird
- Joshua James – Well Then I’ll Go to Hell
- Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love
- Toro Y Moi – Anything In Return
- Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience Pt. 1
- Drew Danburry – Becoming Bastian Salazar
- Phosphorescent – Muchacho
- James Blake – Overgrown
- Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
- The Smith Westerns – Soft Will
- Man Man – On Oni Pond
- She & Him – Volume 3
- Grouplove – Spreading Rumors
- Atoms For Peace – AMOK
- The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
- The Avett Brother s – Magpie And The Dandelion
- What Mae Milwaukee Famous – You Can’t Fall off the Floor
- Tennis – Small Sound
- Andrew Bird – I Want to See Pulaski at Night
- The Moth & The Flame – &
- John Vanderslice – Dagger Beach
- Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors Of…
- Tegan And Sara – Hearthrob
- David Bowie – The Next Day
- Okkervil River – The Silver Gymnasium
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