unc

march

anni rossi "rockwell"

*bell orchestre "as seen through windows"

bibio "vignetting the compost"

bonnie 'prince' billy "beware"

brethren of the free spirit "the wolf shall also dwell with the lamb"

casiotone for the painfully alone "advance base battery life"

*dan deacon "bromst"

dm stith "heavy ghost"

fever ray, self titled

handsome furs "face control"

jeremy jay "slow dance"

lars horntveth "kaleidoscopic"

neko case "middle cyclone"

pan american "white bird release"

royksopp "junior"

swan lake "enemy mine"

*the yeah yeah yeahs "it's blitz!"

february

*beirut/real people "march of the zapotec/holland"

*black moth super rainbow "don't you want to be in a cult" single (jan)

faunts "feel.love.thinking.of"

giuseppe Ielasi "aix" (jan)

hauschka "snowflakes and car wrecks" ep

luke temple "here we go magic"

m ward "hold time"

pale young gentlement "black forest" (2008)

the pains of being pure at heart, self-titled

charlottesville/free union, va

january

andrew bird "noble beast"

*animal collective "merriweather post pavilion"

antony & the johnsons "the crying light"

ac newman "get guilty"

blackout beach "skin of evil"

bon iver "blood bank" ep

jolie holland "the living and the dead"

loney, dear "dear john"

matthew robert cooper "miniatures"

murcof "the versailles sessions" (2008)

monowi, ne

note: colors digitally enhanced

too cold to go outside these days; here's the view from my office window.