The Strokes - Is This It

9.5

New York, cool incarnate, clouded mind, don't care, solitary company

Standouts:

"Someday"

"Hard to Explain"

"Soma"

Passion Pit - Kindred

8.8

finding your way, fulfilled, digitized, up above, keep on trying

Standouts:

"Lifted Up (1985)"

"All I Want"

"Until We Can't (Let's Go)"

Galaxie 500 - Today

9.1

dreamy, tranquil, got it bad, exuberance, arbor

Standouts:

"Temperature's Rising"

"Tugboat"

"It's Getting Late"

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs

9.3

primal, Zen-like, spring, cathartic, Korinesque

Standouts:

"Winters Love"

"Who Could Win a Rabbit"

"Mouth Wooed Her"