5. Because I did one last year, and in looking back, most of my choices were crap that I haven't listened to since (I mean, the Kaiser Chiefs? Come on! What the fuck was I thinking?)
4. Because there are more than enough self-styled rock journos, hacks, bloggers and geeks out there composing their own dumb-ass lists, why should I add to that pungent dung heap?.
3. Because these days, I tend to buy more re-mastered re-issues than new albums by actual new artists.
2. Because I can only think of four genuinely great new releases this year (Age of Winters by the Sword, The Horrors E.P. by the Horrors, Blood Mountain by Mastodon and The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New -- which I think I truly undersold in my last post. It really is a great record, and the first record in a long time that I want to listen to in its sprawling, dense entirety. Go buy it. Honest, it rocks.)
1. Because, honestly, who the hell cares?
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