“I hate music. What is it worth?
Can’t bring anyone back to this earth.
But fill in the space between all the notes,
And I’ve got nothing else so I guess here we go.”
– “Me and You and Jackie Mittoo,” Superchunk
This list goes to eleven:

Jason Isbell – Southeastern. Just a perfect alt country album.
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Kurt Vile – Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze. Love him and he’s just getting better and better.
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Steve Earle – The Low Highway. One of his very best.
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Deerhunter – Monomania. Headphones + Deerhunter = Love.
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Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City. Undeniably solid song craft and very fun.
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Daft Punk – Random Access Memories. A great homage to the early age of synth pop from the real McCoys.
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Phosphorescent – Muchacho. Hippy. Dippy. Trippy.
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The Naked and the Famous – In Rolling Waves. Great bombastic electro pop.
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The National – Trouble Will Find Me. Hipster easy listening music. But good.
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Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt. Reminds me of Boston 1994 and musicians like Jen Trynin.
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Superchunk – I Hate Music. See above.