My Top Picks
Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest. I love this album for all its perfectly sonically sounding pop, rock and earthly impressions. Seemingly, a labor of love for these Brooklyn-based boys. “Foreground,” you complete me. Big thumbs up!
For some, the Temper Traps’ Conditions did not quite make the list. I disagree. The songs are airtight with lovely melodies and rhythms, each track different from the other really giving perspective on how wide their range is. Saw them in SF in October and was blown away by their live performance. Top pick off this album would be Fools, a union of Bee Gees and early Radiohead.
My 3rd pick – The Resistance. My Favorite band – Muse. This album is a complete triumph. It’s no doubt that Muse wants us to feel, and with this impulse being so genuine, listeners are left with exactly that. The album is masterfully uplifting. Hard to pick a favorite, but “Unnatural Selection” has been on repeat for some time now 
