OUR MUSIC WRITERS’ YEAR-END TOP TENS 

Mike Conklin

1 Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2 Chris Mills
The Wall to Wall Sessions
3 Mazarin
We’re Already There
4 The Clientele
Strange Geometry
5 Bright Eyes
I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
6 The National
Alligator
7 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Self-Titled
8 Ryan Adams
Jacksonville City Nights
9 The Mountain Goats
The Sunset Tree
10 The Hold Steady
Separation Sunday

Jocelyn Hoppa

1 Mountain Goats
The Sunset Tree
2  Pelican
The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
3 Jennifer Gentle
Valende
4 The National
Alligator
5 Black Mountain
Self-Titled
6 Against Me!
Searching For a Former Clarity
7 DangerDoom
The Mouse & the Mask
8 Petra Haden
Sings the Who Sells Out
9 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
10. Modey Lemon
Curious City

Pete D’Angelo

1 The Hold Steady
Separation Sunday
2 The Occasion
Cannery Hours
3 The Mountain Goats
The Sunset Tree
4 Black Mountain
Self-Titled
5 Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow
6 Dr. Dog
Easy Beat
7 My Morning Jacket
Z
8 The Evens
Self-Titled
9 Pelican
The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
10 Bright Eyes
I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning

Mike Dougherty 

1 Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2 Emperor X
Central Hug/Friendarmy Fractaldunes
3 Deerhoof
The Runners Four
4 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
5 Silver Jews
Tanglewood Numbers
6 Sam Prekop
Who’s Your New Professor?
7 Jens Lekman
Oh You’re So Silent Jens
8 The Evens
Self-Titled
9 Bright Eyes
I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
10 Stephen Malkmus
Face the Truth

 

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