A funny year for music. Records that kinda sneak up on you and linger instead of smacking you right in the face. So here goes:
1) Johnny Marr - The Messenger
2) The Besnard Lakes - Until in Excess
3) Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
4) The Dead Tongues - Desert
5) Shearwater - Fellow Travelers
6) His Golden Messenger - Haw
7) Scout Niblet - It's up to Emma
8) Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
9) Arcade Fire - Reflektor
10) The Love Language - Ruby Red
Next Few Down:
Don Dixon - High, Filthy and Borderline
Michael Rank - Mermaids
Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up From Bones