1. iron and wine: the creek drank the cradle: i was completely bowled over by iron and wine this year, especially by my reaction to what is essentially an album of similar-sounding songs that have the feel of home recordings produced by a guy with an 8-track in his basement (probably because they were). but the songs are so incredibly sweet and poetic without ever feeling cliched and, more amazingly, without unleashing my usually merciless inner cynic. 2. cat power: you are free: my reaction to cat power's albums are usually similar to my reaction this year to iron and wine. i'm just stunned at how simple the songs are and yet how splendid.
3. shins: chutes too narrow: even better than the first album.
4. postal service: give up: indie rock goes a bit techno.
5. the notwist: neon golden: techno goes a bit indie.
6. american analog set: promise of love: there's just something about these guys.
7. grandaddy: sumday: and they're from modesto!
8. benjamin gibbard and andrew kenny: home: volume 5: this is an interesting album in which gibbard (of death cab) and kenny (of american analog set) cover each other's songs.
9. bonnie "prince" billy: master and everyone: this, for me, was the year of indie folk, as my new love for iron and wine and bonnie billy proves.
10. belle and sebastian: dear catastrophe waitress: good to see b&s finally have another great album after a few lackluster products.
special mention: (smog), whose albums i discovered recently and have come to love (indie-folk-type stuff, again, but with more instruments), but no one album in particular.
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