Logan K. Young is a morally ambivalent freelance writer with a penchant for Disney tween superstars and Jews.

1. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Loyauté/Glassnote)
2. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca (Domino)
3. Passion Pit, Manners (Columbia/French Kiss)
4. Nirvana, Live at Reading (Geffen)
5. Sonic Youth, The Eternal (Matador)
6. Washed Out, Life of Leisure (Mexican Summer)
7. Eric Copeland, Alien in a Garbage Dump (Paw Tracks)
8. St. Vincent, Actor (4AD)
9. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Up from Below (Rough Trade/Vagrant)
10. Matt & Kim, Grand (Fader)

Honorable Mention:
Jim O’Rourke, The Visitor (Drag City)
Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
YACHT, See Mystery Lights (DFA)