 | Broken Bells by Broken Bells
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.09 Shins fans will not be disappointed - twisting and turning melodies lit up by a galaxy of sounds
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 | Contra by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $5.83 The Finest Anglo Afro Pop since Paul Simon from the preppiest band since Haircut 100, but with a signature that is all their own. The love grows with each listen - fancier arrangements reveal themselves.
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![Teen Dream [CD + DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oEUD8dfDL._AA75_.jpg) | Teen Dream [CD + DVD] by Beach House
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $4.98 The Baltimoreans allow some sunshine to sneak through the melancholy clouds- much more dynamic- their best release. "10 Mile Stereo."
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 | Transference by Spoon
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $4.49 The Best in unShow - less emphasis on pop hooks - uncut demo-like sound. A musical timewarp to the band's early days, but older and wiser. The roughness is misleading, as this one was not slapped together.
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 | Courage of Others by Midlake
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $3.39 Indie British folk via Texas with a touch of 70s prog thrown in. Intense beauty.
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 | One Life Stand by Hot Chip
Buy new: $9.84 / Used from: $2.84 Who said electropop has to have the shelf life of a sugar rush. A mature, rounded sound - like the waltz-tempo track "Slush."
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 | July Flame by Laura Veirs
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.08 The voice from the Decemberists' Yankee Bayonet releases folk pop with an indie twist.
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 | Falling Down a Mountain by Tindersticks
Buy new: $14.65 / Used from: $5.97 Known for a big, bleak baroque pop sound - Tindersticks show a playful side here. Check out the handclappin' "Harmony Around the Table"
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 | Heartland by Final Fantasy
Buy new: $7.86 / Used from: $2.97 The man behind the string arrangements for Arcade Fire, Beirut, and Grizzly Bear comes with a straight orchestral concept album about a farmer and his creator.
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 | Odd Blood by Yeasayer
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.35 The comfort of "Blue Monday" era New Order with the 21st Century experimentalism of Animal Collective.
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 | Erland & the Carnival by Erland & the Carnival
Buy new: $24.26 / Used from: $6.05 Slightly freaky British folk. Recalls Ennio Morricone, The La's, The Doors but with a new spin - includes covers of ancient English folk standards
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 | Realism by The Magnetic Fields
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.78 A tip of the hat to 60's baroque/folk pop - with a sense of humor. The last of the "no-synth" series is no disappointment.
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 | Irm by Charlotte Gainsbourg
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.95 Teamed up with Beck, she takes on new roles effortlessly on an always changing musical landscape. Check out her T-Rex boogie track "Dandelion."
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 | There Is Love in You by Four Tet
Buy new: $13.47 / Used from: $8.11 Blends jazz, electronica and classical influences to create dreamy soundscapes. Current favorites: "Circling" and "Angel Echos"
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 | Minor Love by Adam Green
Buy new: $13.89 / Used from: $3.03 Former Moldy Peach shows signs of growing up with the not so hidden influences of Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Lee Hazlewood, Al Green and the 60s rock band Love. However, there are still some lyrics that make you cringe.
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 | Field Music (Measure) by Field Music
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.94 Classic English guitar pop with a definite XTC influence.
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 | Gorilla Manor by Local Natives
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $5.70 Elements of Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, and Dodos - cover of "Warning Sign" points to the enormous influence of David Byrne and the Talking Heads on many of today's new artists.
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 | Black Noise by Pantha Du Prince
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.22 German producer/dj casts a spell on his listeners- enchanting- teams up with Panda Bear on "Stick to My Side"
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 | Fight Softly by Ruby Suns
Buy new: $14.13 / Used from: $0.01 If Graceland era Paul Simon and Smile era Brian Wilson produced a electronica album
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 | The Meat of Life by Clem Snide
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.70 The most memorable tracks combines darkly comic lyrics and an artistic take ob 70's "dad rock" sound
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 | Magic Chairs by Efterklang
Buy new: $13.01 / Used from: $2.61 Triumphant orchestral indie pop from Denmark - shines with intelligence and care
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 | Congratulations by MGMT
Buy new: $8.68 / Used from: $4.57 Playful neopsychedelic music similiar to the Flaming Lips, of Montreal, T Rex, and Syd Barrett. This latest release shows that MGMT prefer old vinyl over glitzy fashion.
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 | Golden Archipelago (Deluxe) by Shearwater
Buy new: $10.82 / Used from: $3.89 Epic beauty with castaway atmospherics and a treasure chest of rewards for the patient listener
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 | El Turista by Josh Rouse
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.21 Rouse emerges from the cold blue night into the golden dawn - on a smaller scale doing for Spanish music what Paul Simon did for African guitar based pop
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 | European by Sambassadeur
Buy new: $11.75 / Used from: $3.50 Phil Spectoresque- with prominent strings on the right side of syrupy - just in time for Spring
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 | Rat a Tat Tat by Jason Collett
Buy new: $10.57 / Used from: $4.25 Broken Social Scene Solo project -late '60s Dylan era, early '70s Coldwater Canyon sound, and blue-eyed soul are but a few places that Collett could call home.
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 | She & Him - Volume Two by She & Him
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.62 Timeless AM gold - he's a little bit folky, she's a little bit indie twee - together it's the perfect balance
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 | Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $13.98 The elfin princess harpist give us her early 70s California singer-songwriter album, citing influences like Joni Mitchells For the Roses and Graham Nashs Songs for Beginners."
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 | You and Me by Kevin Barker
Buy new: $10.55 / Used from: $0.73 Vetiver guitarist's solo debut - influences include both early 70s Americana & British folk.
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 | We Built a Fire by Seabear
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.95 Seabear show that they can do more than the hushed Iron & Wine style folk of their previous release - a must hear for Sufjan Stevens and Arcade Fire fans
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 | Shame, Shame by Dr. Dog
Buy new: $14.85 / Used from: $7.48 Dr. Dog has a PHD in Musicology. A band with their head in the clouds (Brian Wilson, Beatles) and their feet in the mud (The Band, Bob Dylan.
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 | Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons
Buy new: $8.80 / Used from: $7.14 Part of the new British folk movement - amped up hootenanny
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 | Go by Jonsi
Buy new: $10.84 / Used from: $8.00 Joyful indie baroque pop release
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 | White Fence by White Fence
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $9.65 Like a lost 60s treasure from the Nuggets collection-lo fi psychedelic garage indie rock
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 | Take a Vacation! by The Young Veins
Buy new: $13.71 / Used from: $4.18 From the ashes of the once tween loved band "Panic at the Disco," the Young Veins return us squarely to the mid-1960s, when every teen band in America was hunkered down in the garage trying to play catch-up to the British Invasion.
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 | Travellers in Space & Time by The Apples in Stereo
Buy new: $12.59 / Used from: $6.99 More ELO than Beach Boys - plenty of 80s synths - a good time - let the sun shine in
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 | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood by Mynabirds
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.99 Produced by Richard Swift - not just the classic influence of Dusty, but the new school of Jenny Lewis, Feist, Cat Power, & Fiona Apple.
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 | Together by New Pornographers
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.18 Another good collection from the indie supergroup - catchier than their previous album "Challengers," Neko Case and Dan Bejar contributions come off particularly well
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 | Destroyer Of The Void by Blitzen Trapper
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $4.71 BT go from folk rock to prog, psychedelic pop to southern rock with grace.
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 | Brothers by The Black Keys
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $8.18 More polished than previous efforts, but they still boogie with the ghosts of blues and soul
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