10. Joywave - Koda Vista

9. Ben Kweller - Go Fly a Kite

8. Passion Pit - Gossamer

7. The Tallest Man on Earth - There’s No Leaving Now

6. fun. - Some Nights

5. Japandroids - Celebration Rock

4. The Early November - In Currents

3. Sigur Rós - Valtari

2. John K. Samson - Provincial

1. The Chariot - One Wing

20. The Shins - Port of Morrow

19. Regina Spektor - What We Saw from the Cheap Seats

18. The Lumineers - The Lumineers

17. Stepdad - Wildlife Pop

16. Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear

15. Good Old War - Come Back as Rain

14. Oberhofer - Time Capsules II

13. Vacationer - Gone

12. Every Time I Die - Ex Lives

11. Everyone Everywhere - Everyone Everywhere

30. Miike Snow - Happy to You

29. Netherfriends - Middle America

28. Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon

27. The Daredevil Christopher Wright - The Nature of Things

26. Miniature Tigers - Mia Pharoah

25. Jack White - Blunderbuss

24. Bahamas - Barchords

23. Reptar - Body Faucet

22. P.O.S. - We Don’t Even Live Here

21. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

40: The Asteroid’s Galaxy Tour - Out of Frequency

39: Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll

38: Toro Y Moi - June 2009

37: Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It

36: First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar

35: Shovels and Rope - O’ Be Joyful

34: Lazerbeak - Lavabangers

33: Tame Impala - Lonerism

32: Titus Andronicus - Local Business

31: Kishi Bashi - 151a

50. Lambchop - Mr. M

49. Sea Wolf - Old World Romance

48. The Big Pink - Future This

47. M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion

46. Death Grips - The Money Store

45. Brother Ali - The Bite Marked Heart

44. Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim

43. Yellow Ostrich - Strange Land

42. Now, Now - Threads

41. Swans - The Seer

My list is more or less finalized (or as finalized as it will get), and I’m itching to share it, so I’ve decided to go ahead and push it out this week.

This year’s list will be my to 50 albums.  I’ll push out 10 a day, every day this week at noon.  Because I think I’m some sort of big shot that can do things like that.

Even though I’ve been working on this project since June, I like to think of these lists as works in progress.  There are a lot of albums that came out this year that I still don’t think I’ve had enough time to let sink in.  So this list will be reviewed and revised in December 2013, just as I did for last year’s list.

I’ve also decided to use my supreme authority as author of this list and not write an explanation for each one.  I’ll post one track with each submission, which will give a thumbnail sample of the sound of each album.  I think that, paired with where it falls in the rankings, will give everyone a decent idea of what I may have put in paragraph form.  I’m also thinking I might do a quick post at the end with some general thoughts to add to the mix.

And, as always, I welcome feedback.  I’m excited to share!

I can think of very few EPs that I listened to this year, so I’m just going to go ahead and declare the Person L / Weatherbox Split the champion.  I don’t anticipate anything topping it.

Also rans:

S. Carey - Hoyas

Kate Nash - Death Proof

But I am a little disappointed in myself for not being on top of the EPs this year.  Anyone have any suggestions?