(Note: I am not being paid to write this and these are not Amazon referral links, I just want to share music I like with people.)

I can recommend the following:

A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio (aka the only Christmas album you need to own)
I Will Be by Dum Dum Girls
Lungs by Florence + The Machine
Civilian by Wye Oak
How I Got Over by The Roots
Volume Two by She & Him
Artificial Heart by Jonathan Coulton
I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight of the Conchords
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Odelay by Beck
Room for Squares by John Mayer (Note: I know he is a complete juicebox and the two radio singles from this album were overplayed, but there are a ton of songs on here that I listened to non-stop in college so I would feel remiss to leave it off.)
Kid A – Radiohead
Of the Blue Color of the Sky by OK Go
Feels Like Home by Norah Jones
The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
Green by R.E.M.

I am going to listen to the following on Spotify and possibly buy:
Little Voice by Sara Bareilles
The Book of Mormon by the Original Broadway Cast

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