Some bloggers work very hard to compile a unique year end list that doesn’t match the hundreds of others out there.  They’ll scratch every musical surface and leave no stone unturned.  They’ll abandon the surefire indie hits for the pursuit of their own personalized favorites.  They’ll go to the World section of their local cd store and write down names of African tribal artists and then go home and download those albums off bittorent.

Luckily for me, I don’t really have to put much effort into this thing at all.  Naturally and easily, my list will always be pretty different from everything else out there in music blog internet land.  For starters, I don’t get nearly as many promos as other blogs, which means there are dozens of great albums I’ll never have to worry about avoiding due to ‘Best Of’ over-saturation (ignorance is bliss!).  I can just post the 5, 6 or 9 albums that I really enjoyed that year and move on.

The other reason why this list will be a little varied from what one might see on other blogs is that I am a unique, insightful, enlightened music listener.

So with that, let’s dive in! Continue Reading »