so it's mid-July and I thought now might be a time to play catch-up and do a run-down of my favorite albums so far this year.
(um, I just know that as soon as I post this I'll remember 5 other records...oh, and this is not necessarily a definitive order)

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot


2. Paul Westerberg / Grandpaboy - Stereo / Mono (yes I know they are two separate records but I usually listen to them as one)


3. Mirah - Advisory Committee


4. Puffy AmiYumi - An Illustrated History of ...


5. Badly Drawn Boy - About a Boy (soundtrack)


6. Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel


7. Departure Lounge - Too Late to Die Young


8. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow


9. Ben Kweller - Sha Sha


10. The Mooney Suzuki - Electric Sweat

Also in heavy rotation (many left over from last year): records by the White Stripes (all three of 'em), Pink, Le Tigre, the Hives, the Avalanches, Damien Jurado, Jay Bennett & Edward Burch, Scout Niblett and Ed Harcourt. Still warming up to: the Flaming Lips, Rilo Kelly, DJ Shadow, Sonic Youth and Aimee Mann