onion's top 25

I love year end lists. Check out another one from The Onion.

There are write-ups and staff individual picks if you click the link, but here's a recap:

1. The Hold Steady, Boys And Girls In America (Vagrant)
2. TV On The Radio, Return To Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
3. Midlake, The Trials Of Van Occupanther (World's Fair/Bella Union)
4. Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
5. Belle & Sebastian, The Life Pursuit (Rough Trade/Matador)
6. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale (Def Jam)
7. The Decemberists, The Crane Wife (Capitol)
8. The Coup, Pick A Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
9. Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Anti-)
10. Band Of Horses, Everything All The Time, (Sub Pop)
11. Rhymefest, Blue Collar (J Records)
12. The Thermals, The Body The Blood The Machine (Sub Pop)
13. Mew, And The Glass Handed Kites (Columbia)
14. Make Believe, Of Course (Flameshovel)
15. The Dears, Gang Of Losers (Arts & Crafts)
16. Lupe Fiasco, Food and Liquor (Atlantic)
17. Phoenix, It's Never Been Like That (Astralwerks)
18. Ricardo Villalobos, Fizheuer Zieheuer (Playhouse)
19. Cold War Kids, Robbers & Cowards (Downtown)
20. Scott Walker, The Drift (4AD)
21. LCD Soundsystem, 45:33: Nike+ Original Run (no label)
22. Califone, Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey)
23. Pernice Brothers, Live A Little (Ashmont)
24. The Black Keys, Magic Potion (Nonesuch)
25. Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies (Merge)

Several in common with my list... But seriously, I think I need someone to explain the TV On The Radio album to me... because I clearly don't get it. Maybe I need to give it some more time, but the few times I did listen to it were downright painful!