Here are some of my favorite records from the past year (or so) in no particular order, plus 22 downloadable top picks from the Free Music Archive after the jump.
Purling Hiss - Untitled (Archive) - R-A-W-K | listen
Growing - Pumps! (Vice) - broken, hypnotic electronic pop | listen
Tonstartssbandht - Dick Nights (Does Are) - warped and pretty... this came out in late 2009, I'm a cheater | listen
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here? (Editions Mego) - bubbly composed magic | listen
Ozzie - The Parabolic Rock (S-S) - nerdy Sacramento proto punk | listen - reissued material
Death Sentence: Panda! / The Dreams - Split 10" (Bibimbap) - fun and loud with girly rage | listen
Procedure Club - Doomed Forever (Slumberland) - fuzzed out singalongs | listen
Low Red Center - Low Red Center (S-S) - minimal synth pop | listen
The Wipers - Out Takes (Jackpot) - unreleased takes, sounds great | listen
Various - Motown Meltdown, Vol. 2 (Gigante Sound) - mutant takes on the classics | listen
King Kong Ding Dong - Youth Culture Index (Dekorder) - rockish but paced | listen
Mantles - Pink Information (Mexican Summer) - garagey feel-good pop | listen
Zuby Nehty - Best of and Rarities (Indies) - Czech lady post-punk revived | listen
Dustin Wong - Infinite Love (Thrill Jockey) - layered guitar fluttering | listen
K-X-P - K-X-P (Smalltown Supersound) - glammy, dark, and synthetic | listen
Aias - A La Piscina (Captured Tracks) - modern Catalonian ye-ye | listen
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