Year in Music review

In Random order, my twenty favorite releases this year.
To be whittled down to a top ten at some point this month.

Menomena - friend and foe
Battles - mirrored
Jens Lekman - night falls on kortedala
Beirut - the flying club cup
Iron & Wine - the shepherd's dog
LCD Soundsystem - sound of silver
Arcade Fire - neon bible
the Teeth - you're my lover now
Spoon - ga ga ga ga ga
Bon Iver - for emma, forever ago
!!! - myth takes
St Vincent - marry me
Man Man - six demon bag
Okkervil River - the stage names
Radiohead - in rainbows
Andrew Bird - armchair apocrypha
the New Pornographers - challengers
Patrick Wolf - the magic position
Alaska in Winter - dance party in the balkans
Sunset Rubdown - random spirit lover

I think those are all the albums released this year that I would consider putting in my top 10. Time to start listening closely, I guess.