LCD Soundsystem
	Definitely my fave of the year by far...the perfect marriage of indie and electronica...has become one of my most listened to bands.

	Best Coast
	What we think it sounded like at one indeterminate time.

	Surfer Blood
	Evocative of the Pixies, but firmly rooted in the aughts

	Phantogram
	Am finally warming to electronica, especially cool james like this.

	Arcade Fire
	Consistently fascinating.
	Ray LaMontagne
	Stirring, deep stuff from a master simplifier.
	Fitz and the Tatrums
	More neo-soul. I can never have enough!