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every year this gets a little less relevant, but here are some of my favourite albums and songs of the year. shockingly, 15 of 20 albums, and 20 of 25 songs are canadian. i await your criticism.

favouritest albums
1. rural alberta advantage - hometowns
2. think about life - family
3. winter gloves - about a girl
4. st. vincent - actor
5. joel plaskett - three
6. timber timbre - timber timbre
7. white rabbits - it’s frightening
8. sports: the band - sports: the band ep
9. the lodge - take that, devil!
10. zeus - sounds like zeus ep
11. the xx - xx
12. cuff the duke - way down here
13. lovely feathers - fantasies of the lot
14. japandroids - post-nothing
15. ryan dahle - irrational anthems
16. clues - clues
17. little girls - concepts
18. maximo park - quicken the heart
19. hidden cameras - origin:orphan
20. brendan benson - my old, familiar friend

honourable mentions: by divine right - mutant message, ohbijou - beacons, ac newman - get guilty, apostle of hustle - eats darkness, young galaxy - invisible republic, hey rosetta! - into your lungs

favouritest songs
1. rural alberta advantage - don’t haunt this place
2. pomplamoose - single ladies
3. think about life - sweet sixteen
4. joel plaskett - through & through & through
5. st. vincent - actor out of work
6. winter gloves - factories
7. apostle of hustle - soul unwind
8. brendan benson - a whole lot better
9. the xx - crystalised
10. the lodge - world in me
11. timber timbre - magic arrow
12. clues - cave mouth
13. ryan dahle - chop chop
14. sports: the band - warn me
15. hidden cameras - in the na
16. zeus - how does it feel
17. white rabbits - right where they left
18. the lovely feathers - long walks
19. two hours traffic - territory
20. julie doiron - consolation prize
21. most serene republic - heavens to purgatory
22. ohbijou - black ice
23. library voices - step off the map & float
24. young galaxy - destroyer
25. metric - gimme sympathy

honourable mentions: gentleman reg - you can’t get it back, by divine right - i love a girl, maximo park - wraithlike, cuff the duke - promises, the national - so far around the bend, ac newman - like a hitman, like a dancer, spoon - well alright, phoenix - 1901, hey rosetta! - new goodbye, arkells - pullin’ punches, flaming lips - convinced of the hex, animal collective - my girls, rock plaza central - (don’t you believe the words of) handsome men, analog bell service - i guess