Exceptional examples of their genre:
Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night (Country)
Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi (Jazz)
The Dream – Love vs Money (R&B)
Baroness – Blue Record (Metal)
Intend to listen to these more / That said, they didn’t grab me:
The Clientele – Bonfires on the Heath
Japandroids – Post-nothing
Converge – Axe to Fall
Yacht – See Mystery Lights
Why? – Eskimo Snow
White Denim – Fits
Mixed/Good, not great:
Matt & Kim – Grand
Discovery – LP
jj – jj nº 2
The Dead Weather – Horehound
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains of Bein Pure at Heart
The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
Death Cab for Cutie – The Open Door EP
Holopaw - Oh Glory, Oh Wilderness
P.O.S. – P.O.S.
Conor Oberst – Outer South
Beirut – Realpeople Holland/Zapotec
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Dangerhorse/Sparklemouse – Dark Night of the Soul
Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
Cass McCombs – Catacombs
Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
Various Artists – New Moon OST
Real Estate – Real Estate
Modest Mouse – No One’s First and You’re Next EP
Atlas Sound – Logos
Mew - No More Stories…
Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
