Wow! I certainly meant to update this a little more often. I need to come up with some sort of schedule. Right now, I thought I'd give you a list of my 20 favorite songs that I discovered this past year that I think you should hear. (Listed in alphabetical order by artist)

1. Anathallo - "The River"

2. The Avett Brothers - "Shame"

3. Arizona - "Heath"

4. Bon Iver - "Re: Stacks"

5. Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons - "Home in the Woods"

6. The Deep Vibration - "Oklahoma City Woman Blues (Veracruz)"

7. Dr. Dog - "From"

8. The Great Unknown - "Not Listening"

9. Greg Laswell - "How the Day Sounds"

10. Horse Feathers - "Curs in the Weeds"

11. Kristoffer Ragnstam - "Swing That Tambourine"

12. La Rocca - "Half Speed"

13. Matt Hires - "Honey Let Me Sing You a Song"

14. Miou Miou - "A Lete de la Saint-Martin 68"

15. Modern Skirts - "Soft Pedals"

16. Noah and the Whale - "Death By Numbers"

17. The Notwist - "Boneless"

18. Sigur Ros - "Vid Spilum Endalaust"

19. Soccer Team - "Traffic Patterns"

20. Whitley - "I Remember"


Runners-Up: Carney - "Testify," Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart," Denison Witmer - "Life Before Aesthetics," Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal," The Good Players - "David's Lamentation," Hayden - "Where & When," Jakob Dylan - "Will It Grow," Jamie Lidell - "Another Day," Josh Rouse - "Sad Eyes," Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - "Rattlin' Bones," Mudcrutch - "Shady Grove," Pictures and Sound - "It's You," The Whipsaws - "Jessi Jane"