Ballard

1. Arcade Fire “Suburbs” (Merge)
2. Live At KEXP Vol 6 (self released)
3. The Head and the Heart “self titled” (self released)
4. Sword “Warp Riders” (Kemado)
5. Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan “Hawk” (Vanguard)
6. Ray Lamontagne “God Willin & the Creek..” (RCA)
7. Black Keys “Brothers” (Nonesuch)
8. Mt St Helens Vietnam Band “Where the Messengers” (Dead Oceans)
9. Edward Sharpe “Up From Below” (Vagrant)
10. Gainsbourg/Birkin “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus” (Lightintheattic)
11. Best Coast “Crazy For You” (Kemado)
12. Eels “Tomorrow Morning” (Vagrant)
13. Roots “How I Got Over” (Def Jam)
14. !!! “Strange Weather Isn’t It?” (Warp)
15. M.I.A. “MAYA” (Interscope)
16. Brad “Best Friends?” (self released)
17. John Mellencamp “No Better Than This” (Rounder)
18. Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse “Dark Night of the..” (Capitol/Lex)
19. Jaill “That’s How We Burn” (Subpop)
20. LCD Soundsystem “This is Happening” (Capitol)
21. Sun Kil Moon “Admiral Fell Promises” (Caldo Verde)
22. Morcheeba “Blood Like Lemonade” (Pias)
23. Mumford & Sons “Sigh No More” (Glassnote)
24. Scott Pilgrim vs the World sndtk (Abkco/Universal)
25. Eminem “Recovery” (Aftermath)

Almost: Ra Ra Riot, Ravenna Woods, Katy Perry, Stars, Mogwai, Gov’t Mule, Cave Singers, Los Lobos, Iron Maiden, Band of Horses, Sharon Jones

In Store Play: Young Evils, Kate Tucker, Moondoggies, Wolf Parade, The Heavy, The National, Admiral Radley, Books, Cotton Jones, Budos Band, Uffie

Capitol Hill

1. Head & the Heart “S/T” (Self Released)
2. Arcade Fire “Suburbs” (Merge)
3. Live at KEXP “Vol. 6” (KEXP)
4. Serge Gainsbourg “Jane Birkin” (Light in the Attic)
5. Menomena “Mines” (Barsuk)
6. Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan “Hawk” (Vanguard)
7. Ray Lamontagne “God Willing & the Creek Don’t Rise” (RCA)
8. Intelligence “Males” (In the Red)
9. Sword “Warp Riders” (Kemado)
10. Katy Perry “Teenage Dream” (Capitol)
11. Mogwai “Special Moves” (Rock Action)
12. Eels “Tomorrow Morning” (e Works)
13. Wolf Parade “Expo 86” (Sub Pop)
14. Foals “Total Life Forever” (Sub Pop)
15. Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse “Dark Night of the Soul” (Capitol)
16. Ra Ra Riot “Orchard” (Barsuk)
17. Black Keys “Brothers” (Nonesuch)
18. Blitzen Trapper “Destroyer of the Void” (Sub Pop)
19. Zoroaster “Matador” (E1)
20. Best Coast “Crazy for You” (Mexican Summer)
21. Edward Sharpe “Up From Below” (Community)
22. St Vincent “Actor” (Beggars)
23. Lower Dens “Twin Hand Movement” (Gnomonsound)
24. Damien Jurado “Saint Bartlett” (Secretly Canadian)
25. Perfume Genius “Learning” (Matador)

Almost: Love language, Young Evils, Wavves, BXI, TL Barrett, darker My Love, Fitz & the Tantrums, Band of Horses, Mumford & Sons, Wheedle’s Groove & Gil Scott-Heron.

Hot Picks: Interpol, Arcade Fire, Mogwai, No Age, Superchunk, Wavves, Head & the Heart.

In Store Play: Arcade Fire, Seu Jorge, Vaselines, Wolf Parade, Best Coast, Thee Oh Sees, Budos Band, Live at KEXP vol.6.