1. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
2. The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
3. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
4. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
5. Justin Townes Earle – Nothing’s Gonna Change the way You Feel About Me Now
6. Jack White – Blunderbuss
7. Patti Smith – Banga
8. Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
9. Kelly Hogan – I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
10. Cat Power – Sun
11. Dr. John – Locked Down
12. Amy Stroup & Trent Dabbs – Sugar + the High-Lows
13. Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
14. Best Coast – the Only Place
15. Howlin Rain – The Russian Wilds
16. Diamond Rugs – Diamond Rugs
17. Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
18. Tennis – Young and Old
19. Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
20. Alejandro Escovedo – Big Station

Of course this is a work in progress and will be shifting like sand in a wind storm.

1. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
2. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
3. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
4. Justin Townes Earle – Nothing’s Gonna Change the way You Feel About Me Now
5. Jack White – Blunderbuss
6. Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
7. Dr. John – Locked Down
8. Amy Stroup & Trent Dabbs – Sugar + the High-Lows
9. Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
10. Best Coast – the Only Place
11. Howlin Rain – The Russian Wilds
12. Diamond Rugs – Diamond Rugs
13. Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
14. Tennis – Young and Old
15. Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts

Coming soon to the blog – the critics have submitted their best of the year lists and the committee is sequestered in an undisclosed location working on the tally.