This was an extremely difficult year to pick a top ten, as so many artists produced excellent work. So I expanded the list this year to 25. Even then a handful of really deserving artists didn’t make the list. So here is the whole enchilada for you to chew on this weekend:
- Cirrone – Uplands Park Road
- The Wellingtons – In Transit
- Marco Joachim – Hidden Symphonies
- Robbers On High Street – Hey There Golden Hair
- Mike Viola – Electro De Perfecto
- The Bangles – Sweetheart Of The Sun
- Pugwash – The Olympus Sound
- The Red Button – As Far As Yesterday Goes
- Sloan – The Double Cross
- Fountains of Wayne – Sky Full Of Holes
- Skeleton Staff – Psychomorphism
- Tally Hall – Good & Evil
- David Mead – Dudes
- Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils – El Sonido Neuvo
- Miles Zuniga – These Ghosts Have Bones
- Beady Eye – Different Gear Still Speeding
- The Davenports – Why The Great Gallop?
- Supraluxe – The Super Sounds of Supraluxe
- The Genuine Fakes – The Striped Album
- The Turnback – Drawn In Chalk
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- Kelly’s Heels – Playing Into Your Hands
- The Secret Powers – What Every Rose-Grower Should Know
- Michael Oliver & The Sacred Band – Yin & Yanxiety
- Peter Baldarachi – Tomorrow Never Knows