1) Mastodon - The Hunter
2) Low - C'mon
3) Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
4) Today Is The Day - Pain Is A Warning
5) Destroyer - Kaputt
6) Cults - Cults
7) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
8) Yuck - Yuck
9) Boris - Heavy Rocks/New Album
10) 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
11) Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines
12) Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
13) Daniel Romano - Sleep Beneath the Willows
14) Josh T. Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen
15) Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
16) The Drums - Portamento
17) Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
18) Centro-Matic - Candidate Waltz
19) Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
20) Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
21) Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
22) Dirty Beaches - Badlands
23) Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere
24) Grooms - Prom
25) Del McCoury Band and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band - American Legacies

solid list, mike

that smith westerns almost cracked my top 20 - same with daniel romano

Must need pictures? Boring?

PABPAH will probably be on my list, depending on how far I extend it. I think it's got a great sound, and a handful of good tracks. "Even In Dreams" is one of the best things I've heard this year, period.

I see them on a bunch of lists here and everywhere this year, but just didn't dig Yuck or The Drums (even though I loved the Drums EP from a year or two ago).

edit - also, Low is my #2, too!

I consider you to have the most similar tastes as mine so I will spend Friday checkin out your list on spotify

Unintended omission:

12) Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

Nah, premature ejaculation. You guys all shot at once.

I guess I need to check out this Yuck record? A lot of people seem to like it.

Great list, Mike. Mastodon and Low will both make my list, though a bit lower.

Only been a week, but the more I play Kaputt, the higher I think it should be. Can you say Al Stewart "Year of the Cat"?

I was thinking the same thing.