1. Waxahatchee
2. Biffy Clyro
3. Deerhunter
4. Vampire Weekend
5. Purson
6. The Dear Hunter
7. Local Natives
8. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
9. David Bowie
10. Wavves
11. The National
12. Kurt Vile
13. Rogue Wave
14. The Front Bottoms
15. Yo La Tengo
16. Guided By Voices
17. The Joy Formidable
18. These New Puritans
19. Baths
20. Thee Oh Sees
21. Suuns
22. The Besnard Lakes
23. Foxygen
24. Daughter
25. Popstrangers

How do you like them apples?

Monomania is a dud. Noisy, uninspired and almost unlistenable at times. Such a disappointment coming on the heels of Halcyon Digest, Spooky Action and Parallax. Maybe it will grow on me.

That being said, The Missing is pretty great.

Do The Collapse is way better than people think. Earthquake Glue needs to be higher as well. Other than that, this list is pretty good. I think it’s safe to say that Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes are two of the best albums ever recorded and deserve the top spots.

1. Now, Now “Threads”
2. Guided By Voices “The Bears For Lunch”
3. Cursive “I Am Gemini”
4. Fang Island “Major”
5. Deerhoof “Breakup Song”
6. Animal Collective “Centipede Hz”
7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!”
8. Pinback “Information Retrieved”
9. Grizzly Bear “Shields”
10. Motel Beds “Dumb Gold”
11. Clinic “Free Reign”
12. The Sea And Cake “Runner”
13. Imperial Teen “Feel The Sound”
14. Thee Oh Sees “Putrifier II”
15. Ty Segall “Twins”
16. Coheed And Cambria “The Afterman – Ascension”
17. Menomena “Moms”
18. Yellow Ostrich “Strange Land”
19. Robert Pollard “Jack Sells The Cow”
20. Baroness “Yellow And Green”
21. Liars “WIXIW”
22. John K. Samson “Provincial”
23. Cloud Nothings “Attack On Memory”
24. Dirty Projectors “Swing Lo Magellan”
25. Tame Impala “Lonerism”

Big disappointment. Yellow House and Veckatamist were way better.