Vote or Die

As hard as it is to believe, the end of the year is here which means the "best of" lists are on their way. Here is Sasha Frere-Jones's list:

1. Lil Wayne “The Carter III” (Universal)
2. Radiohead “In Rainbows” (Radiohead)
3. Battles “Mirrored” (Warp)
4. No Age “Weirdo Rippers” (Fat Cat)
5. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver” (Capitol/DFA/EMI)
6. The Good, the Bad and The Queen (Honest Jons/EMI)
7. Feist “The Reminder” (Cherrytree/Interscope)
8. R. Kelly “Double Up” (Jive/Zomba)
9. “Skull Disco: Soundboy Punishments” (Skull Disco)
10. Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (Merge)
11. M.I.A. “Kala” (XL/Interscope)
12. The Cool Kids (internet)
13. Tobias Thomas “Please Please Please” (Kompakt)
14. Tracey Thorn “Out Of The Woods” (Virgin)
15. Miranda Lambert “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (Sony BMG)
16. Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings “100 Days, 100 Nights” (Dap-Tone)
17. Prodigy “Return Of The Mac” (The Infamous/Koch)

Here are ballots for NPR's and KEXP's forthcoming lists. Vote or Die.