Apart from being featured in an Apple commercial, The Submarines released a wonderfully ambitious and enjoyable album this year, as did fellow indie artists like San Francisco’s The Botticellis, Swedish indie pop sensation Lykke Li and Syracuse, New York’s exuberant pop masters Ra Ra Riot.
“In A Cave” by The Tokyo Police Club from Elephant Shell
“I’m Good, I’m Gone” by Lykke Li from Youth Novel
“Old Home Movies” by The Botticellis from Old Home Movies
“You, Me & The Bourgeoisie” by The Submarines from You Me & The Bourgeoisie
“Dying Is Fine” by Ra Ra Riot from The Rhumb Line