Best? But I already own it!

So, "Best Albums of the Year" lists seem to be on a similar timeline to "Christmas Season," in that they start happening months before they're necessary or anyone's in the mood for them.

As such I will not be doing one. This is more about the problem I've discovered. See, this is the first full year that I've had an active emusic subscription, and that is due in part to the joy I had last year downloading everything in sight from all the more obscure best-of lists (though I'll admit, I only stray "obscure" in lists as far as Dr. Ladysounds, and John Allison's taste hasn't quite jived with mine since Of Montreal started releasing really crazy crap okay the rest of the list is fine I just hated Skeletal Lamping. The rest of the lists I tend to read are just technically "indie").

But guys, see, here's the problem. Pitchfork is super-busy sucking up to...actually, I can't figure out what Pitchfork is up to, but their "Best of the Decade" thing was tear-jerkingly bad and things like All Songs Considered's list cover everything I already have. There is no way, guys, no way at all, that I already own almost all the best albums of the year. Recommend me something I probably missed! Recommend something everyone else missed! Recommend... anything. Seriously, even if it's backwards and in Albanian. I need new stuff!

In return, I have loved these albums this year, though I don't expect them to make any of the obvious lists: Bruce Peninsula's A Mountain is a Mouth (worth it for Inside/Outside, and the rest of the album lives up to it) and La Stada's self-titled EP (worst drawback to this: it's just an EP. Sigh. I hope they don't let me down like Tacks, the Boy Disaster did and release just one really good EP and then disappear.) And who am I kidding? I'll probably do a list at the end of the year anyway, because already there are like, five other albums I want to mention and that detracts from the point.

And the point is to tell me what to listen to. Please.