10.) The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa (Buy)

Label: Green Owl
Key Tracks: Mfumu, Kamphopo, Warm Heart Of Africa (Featuring Ezra Koenig), Chalo, Nsokoto, Kada Manja, Yalira

9.) The xx – xx (Buy)

Label: Young Turks
Key Tracks: VCR, Crystalised, Islands, Heart Skipped A Beat, Intro, Basic Space

8.) Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions (Buy)

Label: World Village
Key Tracks: Lulla, Tahult In, Chabiba, Ere Tasfata Adounia, Imidiwan Afrik Temdam, Enseqi Ehad Didagh, Imazeghen n Adagh

7.) The Low Anthem – Oh My God Charlie Darwin (Buy)

Label: Nonesuch
Key Tracks: To Ohio, Charlie Darwin, Ticket Taker, Cage The Songbird, Don’t Tremble, To The Ghosts Who Write History Books, OMGCD, To Ohio (Reprise)

6.) Real Estate – Real Estate (Buy)

Label: Woodsist
Key Tracks: Beach Comber, Snow Days, Lets Rock The Beach, Suburban Beverage, Green River, Fake Blues, Suburban Dogs, Pool Swimmers

5.) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Buy)

Label: Warp Records
Key Tracks: Cheerleader, While You Wait For The Others, Two Weeks, Southern Point, Ready, Able, About Face

4.) Megafaun – Gather, Form and Fly (Buy)

Label: Hometapes
Key Tracks: The Fade, Kaufman’s Ballad, Guns, Solid Ground, The Longest Day, Impressions of the Past

3.) White Denim – Fits (Buy)

Label: Downtown Records
Key Tracks: Say What You Want, I Start To Run, Regina Holding Hands, Mirrored and Reversed, I’d Have It Just The Way We Were, Everybody Somebody

2.) Lee Fields And The Expressions – My World (Buy)

Label: Truth & Soul Records
Key Tracks: Honey Dove, Last Ride, My World, Ladies, Love Comes And Goes, Money I$ King, Expressions Theme, These Moments, The Only One Loving You, My World (Instrumental), Truth, Deception, & Lies (Aloe Blacc Remix)

1.) Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid (Buy)

Label: Nonesuch
Key Tracks: Heartbroken, In Disrepair, Trouble Weighs a Ton, When the Night Comes, The Prowl, I Want Some More, My Last Mistake, Street Walkin’, Goin’ Home, Whispered Words

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