Here are the top 35 or so CD's I have been listening to this year.

The Album Leaf – In A Safe Place - Sub Pop Records

The Arcade Fire – Funeral - Merge Records

Aspects of Physics – Marginalized Information Forms One: Ping – imputor? Records

Battles – EP C – Monitor Records

Boards of Canada – Music Has The Right to Children – Warp Records

Brian Eno – Another Green World – Island Records

The Court and Spark – Bless You – Absolutely Kosher Records

DJ Shadow – The Private Press – Island Records

DNTEL – Life is Full of Possibilities – Plug Research Records

The Extra Glenns – Martial Arts Weekend - Absolutely Kosher Records

Four Tet – Rounds, Pause, - Domino Records

Grandaddy – Sumday – V2 Records -

Interpol – Antics – Matador Records

Iron and Wine – The Creek that Drank the Cradle – Sub Pop

Joanna Newsome – The Milk-Eyed Mender – Drag City

Japancakes – Belmondo – Darla Records

John Vanderslice – Cellar Door – Barsuk Records

Les Savy Fav – Go Forth – French Kiss Records

Mice Parade – Obrigado Suadade – Bubble Core Records

Mojave 3 – Spoon and Rafter – 4AD Records

The Mountain Goats – Essential Mountain Goats vII – Agwerks Recordings (A mix of essential John) - favorite MG piece as of right this minute is “Send Me an Angel” - off Sweden

Pan American – Quiet City – Kranky Records

Papa M – Live From Shark Cage

Peter Peter Hughes – One Hundred Thousand Songs of Peter Peter Hughes

Pinback – Summer in Abadon - “Rob Kicks Ass!”

Plaid – Double Figure

Plastikman – Closer

The Postal Service – Give up

Salvatore – Fresh

Songs:Ohia – Didn’t It Rain

Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid – Kranky

Stereolab – Margarine Eclipse

Tortoise – It’s All Around You – Thrill Jockey

Tristeza – Espuma

Yasume – Where were from the birds sing s pretty song