Avalanche Top 20 albums of the year so far

 The two big sellers of the year battling it out at the top ! 

1.  Withered Hand – New Gods 

2.  Mogwai – Rave Tapes

3.  PAWS – Youth Culture Forever

4.  Broken Records – Weights and Pulleys

5.  Jack White – Lazaretto

6.  Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes

7.  Hamish James Hawk – Aznavour

8.  Temples – Sun Structure

9.  Warpaint – Warpaint

10. Young Fathers – Dead

11. Swans – To Be Kind

12. Phantom Band – Strange Friend

13. Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain

14. Beck – Morning Phase

15. Eels – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

16. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream

17. Bwani Junction – Tongue Of Bombie

18. Damien Jurado – Brothers + Sisters of Eternal Son 

19. Sun Kil Moon – Benji

20. The Black Keys – Turn Blue

Good to see a new Scottish artist can still sell well when we get behind a release with Hamish James Hawk at number 7 but generally there are no big surprises with established Scottish bands doing well followed by the “indie” big boys.