This is the sixth year we've shared our lists of favorite new music. Here's mine :) Post yours too, of any genre!
1. Surfer Blood, Astro Coast
2. Spoon, Transference
3. Drive-By Truckers, The Big To-Do
4. Frightened Rabbit, The Winter of Mixed Drinks
5. Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
6. The Black Keys, Brothers
7. Widespread Panic, Dirty Side Down
8. Blitzen Trapper, Destroyer of the Void
9. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Mojo
10. Shout Out Louds, Work
11. Nada Surf, If I Had a Hi-Fi
12. Tired Pony, The Place We Ran From
13. Deer Tick, The Black Dirt Sessions
14. Annuals, Count the Rings
15. Lower Dens, Twin-Hand Movement
16. Menomena, Mines
17. Dead Heart Bloom, Strange Waves
18. The Zephyrs, Fool of Regrets
19. Neil Young, Le Noise
20. Belle & Sebastian, Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
21. The Posies, Blood / Candy
22. Bad Books, Bad Books
23. James, The Morning After The Night Before
24. A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Autumn, Again
25. Wolf Parade, Expo 86
Honorable mentions:
1. Annuals, Sweet Sister (EP)
2. Wye Oak, My Neighbor / My Creator (EP)
3. Megafaun, Heretofore (EP)
4. Santana, Guitar Heaven
5. Eric Clapton, Clapton
Have you checked out a band called Truth and Salvage? I think they would be right up your alley.
The Gorillaz, Plastic Beach.
Broken Bells, Self Titled.
Vampire Weekend, Contra.
MGMT, Congratulations.
The Black Keys, Brothers.
Gogol Bordello, Trans-Continental Hustle.
Scissor Sisters, Night Work
M.I.A, Maya.