I know we're not quite at the halfway mark yet, but I think this year has already been a fantastic year for new music (and the new Spoon album hasn't even come out yet). Right now, my pick for best album is: Le Butcherettes - Cry is for the Flies I cannot get enough of it and it is easily the most excited I've been about a new album in a few years. Other great albums so far: St. Vincent - St. Vincent Lykke Li - I Never Learn Liars - Mess Wye Oak - Shriek La Sera - Hour of the Dawn Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams Beck - Morning Phase EMA - The Fut