Number 40: Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Who Are They? A Veteran New Wave/ Dark Wave Trio from Basildon (13th album)
Why? Because they're still one of the most influencing bands in my life....
Listen: My Little Universe
Number 39: Low - The Invisible Way
Who Are They? A veteran American Indie Rock Trio from Minnestoa (10th album)
Why? Because of the great melodies and beautiful lyrics
Listen: Just Make It Stop
Number 38: Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
Who Is She? An Indie Folk singer from Illinois (2nd album)
Why? Because of her Folky attitude and personal songs
Listen: Singing Time
Number 37: Beacon - The Way We Separate
Who Are They? An Electronic Brooklyn-based duo (2nd album)
Why? Because if there is still trip hop, it must sound like this
Listen: Bring You Back
Number 36: She & Him - Volume 3
Who Are They? A collaboration of M. Ward and Zooey Daschanel (4th album)
Why? Because they are getting better from one recording to the other
Listen: Somebody Sweet To Talk To
Number 35: Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
Who Is He? An Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist (4th album)
Why? Because it's make me feel like I'm sitting next to a bonfire in the middle of Icelandic winter
Listen: Old Skin
Number 34: Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Who Are They? An English London-based Dubstep duo (2nd album)
Why? Because they where the second best Dubstep album so far this year
Listen: Meter, Pale, Tone
Number 33: Austra - Olympia
Who Are They? A Canadian Toronto-based Electronic band (2nd album)
Why? Because of the special voice of Katie Stelmanis and the 80's-like sound
Listen: Painful like
Number 32: Widowspeak - Almanc
Who Are They? An Indie Rock band from Brooklyn (2nd album)
Why? One of the new surprises of this year
Listen: Dyed In The Wool
Number 31: Iron & Wine
Who Is He? Talented Samuel Beam from South Carolina (5th album)
Why? Because everything he touches turn to gold (Even though he made better records before)
Listen: Joy
