My Favorite Records Of The Year (Local):

Tim O'Reagan, "Tim O'Reagan" (released this year on House Of Mercy Recordings; available in April on Lost Highway)
The Gleam, "The Chisago County EP"
Low, "The Great Destroyer"
Gao Hong, Li Jia Xing, and Zhang Ying, "Music Of China"
The Hypstrz, "Live at the Longhorn: The Complete Recordings"
Atmosphere, "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having"
Cloud Cult, "Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus"
Matt Jennings, "Two Become One"
Robert Skoro, "That These Things Could Be Ours"
Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs, "Last Album"