The Musical Advent Calendar - A Quick Recap

Yep, we made it. Or almost, anyhow. Join us tomorrow for our overall top 10, but in the meantime, here's a quick recap of all the top 24s so you can mock those that missed off the essentials, and congratulate those who threw in the hidden gems.

Pranam Mavahalli
1. Caribou ­­– Swim (City Slang)
2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Mercury)
3. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest (4AD)
4. Gonjasufi – A Sufi And A Killer (Warp)
5. Vampire Weekend – Contra (XL Recordings)
6. Bob Dylan – Bootleg Series Volume 8: The Witmark Demos 1962-64
7. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening (EMI)
8. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me (Drag City)
9. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (Parlaphone)
10. Phantom Band – The None of One (Chemikal Underground)
11. Flying Lotus – Pattern And Grid World (Warp)
12. Medicine Show 1 – Ode To The Ghetto (2010 Now Again Records)
13. Warpaint – The Fool (Rough Trade)
14. Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise)
15. Huun Huur Tu – Ancestor's Call (World Village)
16. Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat (Bombay Connection)
17. Liars – Sisterworld (Mute)
18. Janelle Monae – The Archandroid (Atlantic)
19. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Before Today (4AD)
20. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Republic of Music)
21. Grinderman – Grinderman II (Mute)
22. Ali Farke Toure – Ali and Toumani (World Circuit)
23. Konono No.1 – Assume Crash Position (Crammed Discs)
24. John Adams - I Am love OSM (Nonesuch)

John Skilbeck
1. Allo Darlin’ - Allo Darlin’ (Fortuna Pop)
2. This Many Boyfriends - Getting A Life With EP (The Sheffield Phonographic Corporation)
3. Best Coast - Crazy for You (Wichita)
4. Shrag - Life! Death! Prizes! (Where It's At Is Where You Are)
5. The School - Loveless Unbeliever (Elefant Records)
6. Sleigh Bells - Treats (Mom & Pop Music)
7. Lucky Soul - A Coming of Age (Ruffa Lane)
8. Neverever - Angelic Swells (Slumberland Records)
9. Summer Camp - Young EP (Moshi Moshi)
10. Quasi - American Gong (Domino)
11. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts (Sub Pop)
12. Nina Nastasia - Outlaster (FatCat Records)
13. Warpaint - The Fool (Rough Trade)
14. MGMT - Congratulations (Columbia)
15. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart (Jagjaguwar)
16. Betty & The Werewolves - Tea Time Favourites (Damaged Goods)
17. Standard Fare - The Noyelle Beat (Melodic)
18. Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern (Souterrain Transmissions)
19. The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years (Kill Rock Stars)
20. Robyn - Body Talk pt 1 (Island)
21. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be (Sub Pop)
22. Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why (Memphis Industries)
23. She & Him - Volume Two (Double Six Records)
24. Shonen Knife - Fun! Fun! Fun! (Tomato Head)

Steve Pill
1. Steve Mason - Boys Outside (Double Six)
2. Caribou - Swim (City Slang)
3. The Foals - Total Life Forever (Warner)
4. National - High Violet (4AD)
5. Yeasayer - Odd Blood (Mute)
6. Washed Out - Life of Leisure (Mexican Summer)
7. !!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It? (Warp)
8. Houses - All Night (Lefse Records)
9. Julian Lynch - Mare (Olde English Spelling Bee)
10. The War On Drugs - Future Weather (Secretly Canadian)
11. How To Dress Well - Love Remains (Lefse)
12. Aloe Blacc - Good Things (Epic)
13. The Album Leaf - A Chorus of Storytellers (Sub Pop)
14. Hot Chip - One Life Stand (EMI)
15. Four Tet - There Is Love In You (Domino)
16. Morning Benders - Big Echo (Rough Trade)
17. Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This (Carpark)
18. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Mercury)
19. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (City Slang)
20. Grinderman - Grinderman II (Mute)
21. Walls - Walls (Kompakt)
22. The Walkmen - Lisbon (Bella Union)
23. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon (Polydor)
24. I Am Kloot - Sky At Night (Shepherd Moon)

Matt Collins
1. The National - High Violet (4AD)
2. The Climbers - The Good Ship (Willkommen Records)
3. I Am Kloot - Sky At Night (Shepherd Moon)
4. Larsen B - Musketeer (Old Radio Tunes)
5. Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights (Songs For Lulu) (Polydor)
6. Jonsi - Go (EMI)
7. First Aid Kit - The Big Black And The Blue (Wichita)
8. The Acorn - No Ghost (Co-operative Music)
9. The Miserable Rich - Of Flight & Fury (Humble Soul)
10. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (Fat Cat Records)
11. Anna Kashfi - Survival (Little Red Rabbit)
12. Beach House - Teen Dream (Bella Union)
13. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (Parlaphone)
14. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (City Slang)
15. James Yuill - Movement In A Storm (Co-operative Music)
16. Kathryn Williams - The Quickening (One Little Indian)
17. Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (Island)
18. Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now (Names Records)
19. Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From (Fiction)
20. Sea of Bees - Song For The Ravens (Crossbill Records)
21. Lone Wolf - The Devil And I (Bella Union)
22. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms (Columbia)
23. Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin' (Fortuna Pop)
24. The Mystery Jets - Serotonin (Rough Trade)

Andy Welch
1. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can (EMI)
2. Janelle Monae – Archandroid (Atlantic)
3. Best Coast – Crazy For You (Wichita)
4. The Coral – Butterfly House (Deltasonic)
5. Warpaint – Exquisite Corpse (Manimal Vinyl)
6. Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation (Island)
7. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Republic Of Music)
8. Grinderman – Grinderman 2 (Mute)
9. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma (Warp)
10. Rose Elinor Dougall – Without Why (Memphis Industries)
11. Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man (Columbia)
12. Laura Veirs – July Flame (Bella Union)
13. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (EMI)
14. Stornoway – Beachcomber’s Windowsill (4AD)
15. Darwin Deez – Darwin Deez (Lucky Number)
16. Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner (Notown)
17. Sarah Blasko – As Day Follows Night (Dramatico)
18. Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love (Rough Trade)
19. Band Of Horses – Infinite Arms (Columbia)
20. Goldheart Assembly – Wolves & Thieves (Fierce Panda)
21. First Aid Kit – The Big Black And Blue (Wichita)
22. Beach House – Teen Dream (Bella Union)
23. Toro Y Moi – Causers Of This (Carpark)
24. Tracey Thorn – Love And Its Opposite (Strange Feeling)

Guy Atkinson
1. Deftones - Diamond Eyes (Warner Bros)
2. Pulled Apart By Horses - Pulled Apart By Horses (Transgressive)
3. The National - High Violet (4AD)
4. Foals - Total life Forever (Warner Bros)
5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Mercury)
6. Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise (Atlantic)
7. Against Me! - White Crosses (Sire)
8. Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This (V2)
9. The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever (Rough Trade)
10. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang (Side One Dummy)
11. Alkaline Trio - This Addiction (Hassle)
12. Los Campesinos - Romance is Boring (Polydor)
13. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway (Hassle)
14. Your Demise - The Kids We Used To Be (Visible Noise)
15. Yeasayer - Odd Blood (Mute)
16. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (EMI)
17. Les Savy Fav - Root For Ruin (Wichita)
18. Tokyo Police Club - Champ (Memphis Industries)
19. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II (Polydor)
20. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (City Slang)
21. Errors - Come Down With Me (Rock Action)
22. Sky Larkin - Kaleide (Polydor)
23. Interpol - Interpol (Soft Limit)
24. Jonsi - Go (Parlophone)

Dom Farrell
1. The National - High Violet (4AD)
2. Dangermouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul (Parlaphone)
3. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can (Virgin)
4. Beach House - Teen Dream (Bella Union)
5. The Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light And Trees (V2)
6. The Coral - Butterfly House (Deltasonic)
7. Neil Young - Le Noise (Reprise)
8. Grinderman - Grinderman II (Mute)
9. Massive Attack - Heligoland (Virgin)
10. The Morning Benders - Big Echo (Rough Trade)
11. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (EMI)
12. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (Parlaphone)
13. The Family Band - Miller Path (Family Band)
14. Broken Bells - Broken Bells (Columbia)
15. The Chemical Brothers - Further (Parlaphone)
16. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards (Third Man Records)
17. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo (V2)
18. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be (Sub Pop)
19. The Strange Death of Liberal England - Drown Your Heart Again (The Strange Death of Liberal England)
20. The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Mercury)
21. Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (Island)
22. Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love (Rough Trade)
23. Best Coast - Crazy For You (Wichita)
24. I Am Kloot - Sky At Night (Shepherd Moon)

Ian Parker
1. Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light And Trees (V2)
2. The Mynabirds - What We Lost In The Fire We Gain In The Flood (Saddle Creek)
3. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can (Virgin)
4. Admiral Fallow - Boots Met My Face (Lo-Five)
5. The National - High Violet (4AD)
6. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards (Third Man Records)
7. Dylan LeBlanc - Pauper's Field (Lost Highway)
8. Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (Righteous Babe)
9. Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks (Third Man Records)
10. Mary Gauthier - The Foundling (Proper)
11. The Duke & The King - Long Live The Duke & The King (Silva Oak)
12. Best Coast - Crazy For You (Wichita)
13. Warpaint - The Fool (Rough Trade)
14. Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now (Names Records)
15. Johnny Flynn - Been Listening (Transgressive)
16. The Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of A Friend (Acony)
17. Allo Darlin' - Allo' Darlin' (Fortuna Pop)
18. She & Him - Volume Two (Double Six)
19. Frazey Ford - Obidah (Nettwerk)
20. Neil Young - Le Noise (Reprise)
21. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (Merok)
22. Chief - Modern Rituals (Domino)
23. Pete Molinari - A Train Bound For Glory (Clarksville)
24. Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards - Shakes (Editions)

Rory Dollard
1. Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (Righteous Babe)
2. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me (Drag City)
3. Bruce Springsteen – The Promise (Columbia)
4. The National – High Violet (4AD)
5. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening (EMI)
6. Beach House – Teen Dream (Bella Union)
7. She and Him – Volume Two (Double Six)
8. Massive Attack - Heligloland (Virgin)
9. Jenny and Johnny – I’m Having Fun Now (Warner)
10. Foals – Total Life Forever (Warner Bros)
11. Tunng - ...And Then We Saw Land (Full Time Hobby)
12. Dylan LeBlanc – Paupers Field (Rough Trade)
13. Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)
14. Grinderman – Grinderman II (Mute)
15. Tricky – Mixed Race (Domino)
16. Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner (Notown)
17. The Roots – How I Got Over (Def Jam)
18. Janelle Monae – The Archandroid (Bad Boy)
19. Chemical Brothers – Further (Virgin)
20. Best Coast – Crazy For You (Wichita)
21. Black Keys – Brothers (V2)
22. Meursault – All Creatures Will Make Merry (Song, By Toad)
23. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam)
24. Bonnie “Prince” Billy and the Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show of the World (Domino)

Ali Mason
1. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo (Sub Pop)
2. She & Him – Volume Two (Double Six)
3. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can (Virgin)
4. Mountain Man – Made The Harbor (Bella Union)
5. Anais Mitchell – Hadestown (Righteous Babe)
6. Peggy Sue – Fossils And Other Phantoms (Wichita)
7. The National – High Violet (4AD)
8. Fyfe Dangerfield – Fly Yellow Moon (Polydor)
9. Warpaint – The Fool (Rough Trade)
10. Sleigh Bells – Treats (Columbia)
11. Sky Larkin – Kaleide (Wichita)
12. Bombay Bicycle Club – Flaws (Island)
13. Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light And Trees (V2 Coop)
14. Kate Nash – My Best Friend Is You (Polydor)
15. Broken Records – Let Me Come Home (4AD)
16. Broadcast 2000 – Broadcast 2000 (Groenland)
17. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Mercury)
18. Caitlin Rose – Dead Flowers (Names)
19. Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring (Wichita)
20. Pearly Gate Music – Pearly Gate Music (Bella Union)
21. Dark Night Of The Soul (Parlophone)
22. Eliza Doolittle – Eliza Doolittle (Parlophone)
23. Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love (Rough Trade)
24. Curl up with a cup of tea and a good book