I don't like to cast blame. It might be mostly Israel's fault, or it might be mostly Hezbollah's. Pointing fingers does nobody any good, and it doesn't change what is true now: my hard drive just crashed and I've lost a shit-ton of my favorite music.

I do have a lot of it backed up, and somewhere in all these boxes I can find the CDs I haven't yet gotten rid of, so some recovery is possible. But I'm not happy about it. If anybody reading this feels moved to action, please, don't let your better judgment stand in your…

10. Barzin, "My Life in Rooms"

9. Band of Horses, "Everything All the Time"

8. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, "Fear is on Our Side"

7. Built To Spill, "You in Reverse"

6. Mogwai, "Mr. Beast"

5. Junior Boys, "So This is Goodbye"

4. Takagi Masakatsu, "Journal for People"

3. Caroline, "Murmurs"

2. Gregor Samsa, "55:12"

1. Fell, "Fell"

1 Faunts - High Expectations/Low Results
2 Songs of Green Pheasant - (Self-titled)
3 Sigur Ros -Takk…
4 Gravenurst - Fires in Distant Buildings
5 Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn
6 Dalek - Absence
7 Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8 My Morning Jacket - Z
9 American Analog Set - Set Free

And tied for tenth…

South San Gabriel - The Carlton Chronicles
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
Pinetop Seven - The Night's Bloom
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

Plus, my favorite New Release of Old…