ALBUMS (10 each)
1. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy
4. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
5. Lacey Brown - Waking Holding Dreaming Dying
6. Thelittlestillnotbigenough - Thebignooneunderstandsme
7. Broken Letters - I: (EP)
8. Radiohead - In Rainbows
9. Lonely China Day - Lonely China Day
10. Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim

TRACKS
1. Rihanna - Umbrella
2. Bjork - Earth Intruders
3. Feist - 1234
4. Iron and Wine - Boy with a Coin
5. Rivers Cuomo - Blast Off!
6. Of Montreal - Miss Blone Your Papa is Failing
7. The Luckless Pedestrian - A Trafalmordian Carol
8. Stars - My Favorite Book
9. Arcade Fire - Intervention
10. The Weakerthans - Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure

REISSUES
1. The Trees Community - The Christ Tree
2. Judee Sill - Live in London

ARTISTS
1. My Bloody Valentine
2. Portishead
3. Radiohead

COMMENTS
I chose these three mysterious British bands as my top artists of the year not because of anything they did, music-wise — only Radiohead released any music this year — but because they managed to create a sense of genuine excitement and anticipation, so rare on the downloading know-it-all circuit which is pop music fandom these days. MBV and Portishead are making us want it, bad — claiming they'll release their first new material in years, but making us wait juuuust a little longer.