It's that time of year...

[zephyr_42]

As the year approaches its end, it's about time Simon, being the rampant music geek he is, posted his...


1. Return To Cookie Mountain, TV On The Radio
2. Game Theory, The Roots
3. Destroyer’s Rubies, Destroyer
4. Shut Up I Am Dreaming, Sunset Rubdown
5. News And Tributes, The Futureheads
6. Blood Mountain, Mastodon
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, Arctic Monkeys
8. First Impressions Of Earth, The Strokes
9. The Life Pursuit, Belle & Sebastian
10. Bang Bang Rock & Roll, Art Brut
11. Return To The Sea, Islands
12. The Eraser, Thom Yorke
13. Black Holes And Revelations, Muse
14. Young Machetes, The Blood Brothers
15. The Drift, Scott Walker

Also, I'm giving out a couple of awards this year:

---Song Of The Year: "Mr. Ambulance Driver", At War With The Mystics, The Flaming Lips
---Musician Of The Year: Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown/Swan Lake/Islands)
---Coolest Music Video Of The Year: “Knights Of Cydonia”, Black Holes And Revelations, Muse
---Biggest Disappointment: The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, The Streets