This Week's Soundtrack

Fleet Foxes: s/t and Helplessness Blues
Tinariwen: Tassili
Julia Holter: Tragedy (2)
The Caretaker: An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (2)
Nicolas Jaar: Space is Only Noise
Disappears: Guider
Nico: Chelsea Girl
Brian Eno: Music for Airports

Much of this week was spent listening to albums I came across via other people's end-of-year lists—Tinariwen, The Caretaker, Julia Holter, Nicolas Jaar. Probably the rest of the month is going to be spent doing the same. Some good stuff here, though I don't know yet if I'll need to revise my own rundown of my favorites of the year.

• Tinariwen: Tenere Taqqim Tossam