1. The Monitor – Titus Andronicus
Epic and miniature in scope, it rides a personal journey into the mythic.
2. Contra – Vampire Weekend
A wave of third world influences on a bedrock of class consciousness where the only question left is one of sincerity and servitude. Plus? It rocks.
3. Animal – Ke$ha
“Show us your dick” as a war cry, sex as a pleasure zone and disco as just another excuse to dance the night away.
4. IRM – Charlotte Gainsbourg –
you might thing Beck would overwhelm the proceedings but this art-pop sound is all Charlotte.
5. Rebith – Lil Wayne – I appear to be completely alone on this one, but I love its scuzzy, hard rock ambition and sheer weirdness. I listen to it all the time. Also “Knockout” was the first time I really noticed Nicki Minaj