"You don't get over a broken heart/You just learn to carry it gracefully," sings Jens Lekman. Which is just what Lekman does on this quietly epic breakup album. On I Know What Love Isn't, the Swedish pop savant refines his sound, enveloping the catchy, eccentric melodies in piano, strings, and the occasional sax solo — a beautifully melancholy folk-lounge blend. Lekman is one of indiedom's sharpest (and gentlest, and funniest) storytellers, whether proposing a sham marriage so the he can get Australian citizenship ("I've always liked the idea of it/A relationship that doesn't lie/About its intensions and shit"), or homing in on the devastating details of a love on the rocks (the girl who puts her hand in her pocket to avoid holding her boyfriend's hand). In the end, Lekman decides "a broken heart is not the end of the world" — a sensible conclusion, sung, of course, to a heartbreaking tune.

“My President”

Young Jeezy teams up with Nas on this track, in which he compare his own success with the idea of an African-American winning the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2008 presidential election. "When I pulled up in my car, that s--- was unbelievable to people in my neighborhood because they were like, 'We grew up with him. How the hell did he accomplish this?'" he told Rolling Stone. "I feel like it was the same way with Obama. I grew up all this time, but I've never seen a black man this close to running this country."