1. Portugal. The Man
Evil Friends
2. Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
3. Rouge Wave
Nightingale Floors
4. Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City
5. Camera Obscura
Desire Lines
6. Mavis Staples
One True Vine
7. The National
Trouble Will Find Me
8. Bronze Radio Return
Up, On & Over
9: Afrolicious
California Dreaming
10. Smith Westerns
Soft Will
This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2013.
That headline has been stuck on “July 21, 2013” for some time.