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Top 100 Albums of 2023

100. Ibex Clone - All Channels Clear

99. Squirrel Flower - Tomorrow's Fire

98. Wild Nothing - Hold

97. The Natvral - Summer of No Light

96. Mutual Benefit - Growing at the Edges

95. Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers

94. White Reaper - Asking for a Ride

93. bar italia - The Twits

92. The Hold Steady - The Price of Progress

91. The Tallest Man on Earth - Henry St.

90. Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed

89. Danny Brown - Quaranta

88. Drop Nineteens - Hard Light

87. Luggage - Hand Is Bad

86. Parannoul - After the Magic

85. Beach Fossils - Bunny

84. Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard

83. CIVIC - Taken By Force

82. Squid - O Monolith

81. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony

80. Kevin Morby - More Photographs

79. Frankie Rose - Love As Projection

78. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

77. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V

76. Helena Deland - Goodnight Summerland

75. Country Westerns - Forgive the City

74. Greg Mendez - Greg Mendez

73. Pure Bathing Culture - Chalice

72. Andy Shauf - Norm

71. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions

70. Woods - Perennial

69. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

68. Wilco - Cousin

67. The American Analog Set - For Forever

66. Slow Pulp - Yard

65. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord

64. Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert

63. Daniel Bachman - When the Roses Come Again

62. Indigo De Souza - All of This Will End

61. Overmono - Good Lies

60. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)

59. Stuck - Freak Frequency

58. Blur - The Ballad of Darren

57. Alan Palomo - World of Hassle

56. Home Is Where - The Whaler

55. Ratboys - The Window

54. Avery Tare - 7s

53. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

52. Shame - Food for Worms

51. The New Pornographers - Continue as Guest

50. Hotline TNT - Cartwheel

49. Feeble Little Horse - Girl With Fish

48. Keep - Happy In Here

47. Devendra Banhart - Flying Wig

46. Oneohtrix Point Never - Again

45. m83 - Fantasy

44. MSPAINT - Post-American

43. The Men - New York City

42. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics

41. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

40. King Krule - Space Heavy

39. Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly

38. Roosevelt - Embrace

37. Tim Hecker - No Highs

36. Gia Margaret - Romantic Piano

35. Terry - Call Me Terry

34. The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein

33. Deeper - Careful!

32. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

31. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation

30. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven

29. Cindy - Why Not Now

28. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes

27. Cut Worms - Cut Worms

26. Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings

25. ANOHNI and the Johnstons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross

24. Westerman - An Inbuilt Fault

23. The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore

22. Fiddlehead - Death Is Nothing to Us

21. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

20. Albert Hammond Jr. - Melodies On Hiatus

19. Home Front - Games of Power

18. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

17. Slowdive - Everything Is Alive

16. Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen a Way

15. Thee Oh Sees - Intercepted Message

14. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

13. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

12. bar italia - Tracey Denim

11. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple

10. Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun

9. Bonnie Prince Billy - Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You

8. Animal Collective - Isn't It Now?

7. Geese - 3D Country

6. The Golden Dregs - On Grace & Dignity

5. The National - Laugh Track

4. Lewsberg - Out and About

3. Beirut - Hadsel

2. The Tubs - Dead Meat

1. Billy Woods, Kenny Segal - Maps

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Top 100 Albums of 2022

100. Guerrilla Toss - Famously Alive

99. Romero - Turn It On!

98. Battle Ave. - I Saw the Egg

97. Silverbacks - Archive Material

96. Gang of Youths - Angel In Realtime

95. Jana Horn - Optimism

94. Sunflower Bean - Headful of Sugar

93. Spiral Stairs - Medley Attack

92. Disq - Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet

91. Widowspeak - The Jacket

90. Anxious - Little Green House

89. Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed

88. Ty Segall - Hello, Hi

87. Kevin Morby - This Is a Photograph

86. The Dead Tongues - Dust

85. Phoenix - Alpha Zulu

84. Preoccupations - Arrangements

83. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season

82. Wild Pink - ILYSM

81. Nick Hakim - COMETA

80. Toro y Moi - Mahal

79. Peel Dream Magazine - Pad

78. Titus Andronicus - The Will To Live

77. Built To Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name

76. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava

75. Martin Courtney - Magic Sign

74. Caracara - New Preoccupations

73. Duster - Together

72. Tony Molina - In the Fade

71. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn

70. String Machine - Hallelujah Hell Yeah

69. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance

68. Cloakroom - Dissolution Wave

67. Band of Horses - Things Are Great

66. Drowse - Wane Into It

65. Sam Prekop, John McEntire - Sons Of

64. Daniel Bachman - Almanac Behind

63. Death Cab for Cutie - Asphalt Meadows

62. Cass McCombs - Heartmind

61. Young Jesus - Shepherd Head

60. Wilco - Cruel Country

59. Cola - Deep In View

58. Mount Kimbie - MK3.5 Die Cuts / City Planning

57. black midi - Hellfire

56. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork

55. Florist - Florist

54. S.C.A.B. - S.C.A.B.

53. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

52. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Changes

51. Show Me the Body - Trouble the Water

50. Daphni - Cherry

49. of Montreal - Freewave Lucifer f<ck f^ck f>ck

48. Pinegrove - 11:11

47. Dehd - Blue Skies

46. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

45. Daniel Rossen - You Belong There

44. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

43. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To the Sky

42. Tomberlin - I Don’t Know Who Needs To Hear This...

41. Babehoven - Light Moving Time

40. Joyce Manner - 40 oz. to Fresno

39. Arcade Fire - We

38. Yard Act - The Overload

37. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms

36. Papercuts - Past Life Regression

35. Bonny Light Horseman - Rolling Golden Holy

34. Thee Oh Sees - A Foul Form

33. The Range - Mercury

32. Gold Panda - The Work

31. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release

30. High Vis - Blending

29. Nilufer Yanya - Painless

28. Aldous Harding - Warm Chris

27. Bloc Party - Alpha Games

26. SPICE - Viv

25. Destroyer - Labyrinthitis

24. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves)

23. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful

22. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs

21. Crime of Passing - Crime of Passing

20. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

19. Drugdealer - Hiding in Plain Sight

18. Belle and Sebastian - A Bit of Previous

17. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum

16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down

15. caroline - caroline

14. MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs

13. Beach House - Once Twice Melody

12. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

11. Arctic Monkeys - The Car

10. Alvvays - Blue Rev

9. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii

8. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

7. Friendship - Love the Stranger

6. Wet Leg - Wet Leg

5. Panda Bear, Sonic Boom - Reset

4. Real Lies - Lad Ash

3. Alex G - God Save the Animals

2. Knifeplay - Animal Drowning

1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

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Top 100 Albums of 2021

100. Midnight Sister - Painting the Roses

99. Mush - Lines Redacted

98. Lambchop - Showtunes

97. Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It

96. Mogwai - As the Love Continues

95. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember

94. New Pagans - The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All

93. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy

92. Meatbodies - 333

91. James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart

90. Snail Mail - Valentine

89. The Natvral - Tethers

88. Tune-Yards - Sketchy

87. Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space

86. Andy Stott - Never the Right Time

85. Crumb - Ice Melt

84. The Chisel - Retaliation

83. Madlib - Sound Ancestors

82. Ben Seretan - Cicada Waves

81. The Spirit of the Beehive - Entertainment, Death

80. Shannon & The Clams - Year of the Spider

79. Kings of Convenience - Peace or Love

78. In A Daydream - This Side of Purgatory

77. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?

76. Steve Gunn - Other You

75. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time

74. Chvrches - Screen Violence

73. Jose Gonzalez - Local Valley

72. Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azu

71. Roosevelt - Polydans

70. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet

69. Aeon Station - Observatory

68. Wednesday - Twin Plagues

67. Alexis Taylor - Silence

66. Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights

65. Darkside - Spiral

64. Pond - 9

63. Ty Segall - Harmonizer

62. The Black Keys - Delta Kream

61. UV-TV - Always Something

60. Devendra Banhart, Noah Georgeson - Refuge

59. Jon Hopkins - Music For Psychedelic Therapy

58. Grouper - Shade

57. Holy Other - Lieve

56. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows

55. The Goon Sax - Mirror II

54. The Weather Station - Ignorance

53. Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream

52. CIVIC - Future Forecast

51. Home Is Where - I Became Birds

50. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee

49. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage

48. Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers

47. Museum of Love - Life of Mammals

46. Liars - The Apple Drop

45. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life

44. Helado Negro - Far In

43. Matt Sweeney, Bonnie Prince Billy - Superwolves

42. My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket

41. Fruit Bats - The Pet Parade

40. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You

39. Ovlov - Buds

38. Cold Cave - Fate in Seven Lessons

37. Iceage - Seek Shelter

36. Dean Wareham - I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A.

35. Vision Video - Inked In Red.

34. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000

33. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Pono

32. The Killers - Pressure Machine

31. Joy Orbison - Still Slipping Vol. 1

30. Wavves - Hideaway

29. Cool Ghouls - At George’s Zoo

28. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny Haha

27. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

26. Daniel Bachman - Axacan

25. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World

24. Black Marble - Fast Idol

23. The Antlers - Green to Gold

22. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature

21. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink

20. Bicep - Isles

19. Hovvdy - True Love

18. Chubby and the Gang - The Mutt’s Nuts

17. Black Midi - Cavalcade

16. The War On Drugs - I Don’t Live Here Anymore

15. Cindy - 1:2

14. Squid - Bright Green Field

13. Turnstile - Glow On

12. Idles - Crawler

11. Geese - Projector

10. Nation of Language - A Way Forward

9. Lightning Bug - A Color of the Sky

8. Foxing - Draw Down the Moon

7. slowthai - TYRON

6. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

5. Fiddlehead - Between the Richness

4. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg

3. Low - Hey What

2. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

1. Black Country, New Road - For the First Time

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Top 100 Albums of 2020

100. Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal

99. Deradoorian - Find the Sun

98. Nick Hakim - Will This Make Me Good

97. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

96. Holy Motors - Horse

95. Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner

94. The Men - Mercy

93. Tobacco - Hot Wet & Sassy

92. Widowspeak - Plum

91. Nothing - The Great Dismal

90. Bully - Sugaregg

89. Disq - Collector

88. Bent Arcana - Bent Arcana

87. Disclosure - Energy

86. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One

85. Car Seat Headrest - Making A Door Less Open

84. I Break Horses - Warnings

83. Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas

82. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy

81. Bill Callahan - Gold Record

80. Metz - Atlas Vending

79. William Basinski - Lamentations

78. Sorry - 925

77. of Montreal - Ur Fun

76. Snarls - Burst

75. Surfer Blood - Carefree Theatre

74. Tops - I Feel Alive

73. Black Lips - Sing In A World That's Falling Apart

72. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension

71. Bartees Strange - Live Forever

70. Real Estate - The Main Thing

69. Against All Logic - 2017 - 2019

68. Salem - Fires In Heaven

67. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall II

66. Various Artists (Italians Do It Better) - After Dark 3

65. The Dead Tongues - Transmigration Blues

64. Woods - Strange to Explain

63. Fuzz - III

62. The Lemon Twigs - Songs for the General Public

61. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - K.G.

60. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

59. Hypoluxo - Hypoluxo

58. Bright Eyes - Down In the Weeds, Where the World Once Was

57. Cindy Lee - What's Tonight To Eternity

56. Barely Civil - I'll Figure This Out

55. Soccer Mommy - color theory

54. Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today

53. Autechre - Sign

52. The Neverly Boys - Dark Side of Everything

51. North Americans - Roped In

50. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

49. Moses Sumney - Grae

48. Ultraista - Sister

47. King Krule - Man Alive!

46. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions

45. Country Westerns - Country Westerns

44. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter

43. Wolf Parade - Thin Mind

42. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

41. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage

40. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King

39. Thee Oh Sees - Protean Threat

38. Pinegrove - Marigold

37. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans

36. Thundercat - It Is What It Is

35. Helena Deland - Someone New

34. Kevin Morby - Sundowner

33. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind

32. Porridge Radio - Every Bad

31. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You

30. Run the Jewels - RTJ4

29. Dogleg - Melee

28. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song

27. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison

26. Muzz - Muzz

25. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

24. Deeper - Auto-Pain

23. The Flaming Lips - American Head

22. Molchat Doma - Monument

21. Pure X - Pure X

20. Future Islands - As Long As You Are

19. Spectres - Nostalgia

18. Destroyer - Have We Met

17. Adrianne Lenker - songs / instrumentals

16. Julianna Barwick - Healing Is a Miracle

15. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

14. Young Jesus - Welcome To Conceptual Beach

13. Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never

12. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

11. Pottery - Welcome To Bobby's Motel

10. Cut Worms - Nobody Lives Here Anymore

9. Peel Dream Magazine - Agitprop Alterna

8. Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman

7. Caribou - Suddenly

6. Moaning - Uneasy Laughter

5. Hum - Inlet

4. The Strokes - The New Abnormal

3. Fleet Foxes - Shore

2. Westerman - Your Hero Is Not Dead

1. Nation of Language - Introduction, Presence

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Top 100 Albums of 2019

100. Pixies - Beneath the Eyrie

99. Chastity Belt - Chastity Belt

98. Drugdealer - Raw Honey

97. Foxygen - Seeing Other People

96. Lust For Youth - Lust For Youth

95. machinegum - Conduit

94. Turnover - Altogether

93. Lower Dens - The Competition

92. The Futureheads - Powers

91. Whitney - Forever Turned Around

90. TR/ST - The Destroyer

89. Charly Bliss - Young Enough

88. Operators - Radiant Dawn

87. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

86. Mac DeMarco - Here Comes The Cowboy

85. Priests - The Seduction of Kansas

84. The Drums - Brutalism

83. Ty Segall - First Taste

82. Hatchie - Keepsake

81. Girlpool - What Chaos Is Imaginary

80. PUP - Morbid Stuff

79. Lambchop - This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)

78. Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet

77. The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru The Passion

76. Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender

75. m83 - DSVII

74. Calexico / Iron & Wine - Years to Burn

73. The Dove & The Wolf - Conversations

72. Black Mountain - Destroyer

71. Pure Bathing Culture - Night Pass

70. Hand Habits - placeholder

69. Pond - Tasmania

68. Fennesz - Agora

67. Mannequin Pussy - Patience

66. Kevin Morby - Oh My God

65. Wand - Laughing Matter

64. Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires Club

63. Chain Cult - Shallow Grave

62. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest

61. Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls

60. Florist - Emily Alone

59. Hovvdy - Heavy Lifter

58. Jim James - The Order Of Nature

57. Sheer Mag - A Distant Call

56. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

55. William Tyler - Goes West

54. The Tallest Man On Earth - I Love You. It's a Fever Dream.

53. Toro y Moi - Outer Peace

52. Oso Oso - basking in the glow

51. Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe

50. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center

49. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

48. Belle & Sebastian - Days of the Bagnold Summer

47. Twin Peaks - Lookout Low

46. Flying Lotus - Flamagra

45. Omni - Networker

44. Steve Gunn - The Unseen In Between

43. William Basinski - On Time Out of Time

42. Caroline Polachek - Pang

41. The New Pornographers - In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights

40. Greet Death - New Hell

39. Holy Ghost! - Work

38. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow

37. Ex Hex - It's Real

36. Beirut - Gallipoli

35. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies

34. Big Thief - Two Hands

33. Panda Bear - Buoys

32. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors

31. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains

30. White Reaper - You Deserve Love

29. DIIV - Deceiver

28. Cate le Bon - Reward

27. Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy

26. Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

25. Bon Iver - i, i

24. Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs

23. Thee Oh Sees - Face Stabber

22. Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond

21. Westkust - Westkust

20. Titus Andronicus - An Obelisk

19. Black Marble - Bigger Than Life

18. Diane Coffee - Internet Arms

17. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

16. Devendra Banhart - Ma

15. Wilco - Ode to Joy

14. James Blake - Assume Form

13. black midi - Schlagenheim

12. Aldous Harding - Designer

11. Chromatics - Closer To Grey

10. Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken

9. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

8. Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile

7. (Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar

6. The National - I Am Easy to Find

5. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel

4. Thom Yorke - Anima

3. American Football - American Football (LP3)

2. Cass McCombs - Tip of the Sphere

1. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

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Top 100 Albums of 2018

100. Barely Civil - We Can Live Here Forever

99. Bonny Doon - Longwave

98. Mark Kozalek - Mark Kozalek

97. Steve Hauschildt - Dissolvi

96. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

95. Shannon and The Clams - Onion

94. Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop

93. The Field - Infinite Moment

92. Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

91. Nils Frahm - All Melody

90. How To Dress Well - The Anteroom

89. Jeff Tweedy - WARM

88. Leon Bridges - Good Thing

87. Pllush - Stranger To the Pain

86. Sun Kil Moon - This Is My Dinner

85. Lucy Dacus - Historian

84. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of

83. Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive

82. Natalie Prass - The Future And The Past

81. Interpol - Marauder

80. Holy Motors - Slow Sundown

79. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

78. Mr. Twin Sister - Salt

77. Hinds - I Don’t Run

76. Caroline Says - No Fool Like an Old Fool

75. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard

74. The Decemberists - I’ll Be Your Girl

73. Shopping - The Official Body

72. John Maus - Addendum

71. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound

70. Gorillaz - The Now Now

69. The Men - Drift

68. Peter Bjorn and John - Darker Days

67. serpentwithfeet - soil

66. Grouper - Grid of Points

65. Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands of Love

64. Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita

63. Hookworms - Microshift

62. Fred Thomas - Aftering

61. Forth Wanderers - Forth Wanderers

60. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

59. Wild Nothing - Indigo

58. Thom Yorke - Suspiria (Original Soundtrack)

57. Blood Orange - Negro Swan

56. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Sex & Food

55. Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough

54. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Panic Blooms

53. Marissa Nadler - For My Crimes

52. Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning

51. Albert Hammond, Jr. - Francis Trouble

50. GØGGS - Pre-Strike Sweep

49. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

48. Julia Holter - Aviary

47. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo

46. Preoccupations - New Material

45. Tomberlin - At Weddings

44. Matthew Dear - Bunny

43. Ought - Room Inside the World

42. Jim James - Uniform Distortion

41. of Montreal - White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood

40. Iceage - Beyondless

39. Mutual Benefit - Thunder Follows the Light

38. Roosevelt - Young Romance

37. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited

36. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

35. Tim Hecker - Konoyo

34. Tune-Yards - I can feel you creep into my private life

33. Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie

32. Jon Hopkins - Singularity

31. Flasher - Constant Image

30. American Pleasure Club - A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This

29. Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

28. Snail Mail - Lush

27. Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine

26. Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now

25. Wooden Shjips - V

24. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt

23. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears

22. Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today

21. Thee Oh Sees - Smote Reverser

20. Yo La Tengo - There’s A Riot Going On

19. Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017

18. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In

17. The Dead Tongues - Unsung Passage

16. Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef

15. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

14. Mitski - Be the Cowboy

13. Shame - Songs of Praise

12. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

11. The Voidz - Virtue

10. Papercuts - Parallel Universe Blues

9. Amen Dunes - Freedom

8. MGMT - Little Dark Age

7. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Merrie Land

5. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

4. Foxing - Nearer My God

3. Advance Base - Animal Companionship

2. Beach House - 7

1. Low - Double Negative

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Top 100 Albums of 2017

100. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

99. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Tourist

98. Metz - Strange Peace

97. Arcade Fire - Everything Now

96. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman

95. Milk Music - Mystic 100′s

94. First Hate - A Prayer for the Unemployed

93. Death From Above 1979 - Outrage! Is Now

92. Avey Tare - Eucalyptus

91. Foxygen - Hang

90. Jay Som - Everybody Works

89. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

88. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Echo of Pleasure

87. Gorillaz - Humanz

86. Laura Marling - Semper Femina

85. Joe Goddard - Electric Lines

84. Future Islands - The Far Field

83. Austra - Future Politics

82. Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life

81. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds

80. Meatbodies - Alice

79. Conor Oberst - Salutations

78. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

77. Washed Out - Mister Mellow

76. Happyness - Write In

75. Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble

74. Century Palm - Meet You

73. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe

72. The Shins - Heartworms

71. Real Estate - In Mind

70. Yumi Zouma - Willowbank

69. Pond - The Weather

68. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors

67. Nick Hakim - Green Twins

66. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

65. White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band

64. Thunder Dreamer - Capture

63. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

62. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm

61. Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow

60. Turnover - Good Nature

59. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

58. Black Lips - Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?

57. Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound

56. TOPS - Sugar at the Gate

55. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

54. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Dedicated To Bobby Jameson

53. Liars - TFCF

52. The Drums - Abysmal Thoughts

51. Communions - Blue

50. Fred Thomas - Changer

49. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana

48. Pawns - The Gallows

47. Chastity Belt - I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone

46. Brand New - Science Fiction

45. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love

44. Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry

43. Perfume Genius - No Shape

42. Ty Segall - Ty Segall

41. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet

40. Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent

39. Talaboman - The Night Land

38. The xx - I See You

37. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator

36. Daphni - Joli Mai

35. Toro y Moi - Boo Boo

34. The Horrors - V

33. Rainer Maria - S/T

32. Big Thief - Capacity

31. Spoon - Hot Thoughts

30. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now

29. John Maus - Screen Memories

28. Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens

27. The Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles

26. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions

25. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder

24. Cut Copy - Haiku From Zero

23. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East

22. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural

21. LCD Soundsystem - american dream

20. Hoops - Routines

19. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

18. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins

17. Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives

16. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket

15. Destroyer - ken

14. Thee Oh Sees - Orc

13. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic

12. Kevin Morby - City Music

11. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

10. Thundercat - Drunk

9. Four Tet - New Energy

8. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

7. Phoenix - Ti Amo

6. King Krule - The OOZ

5. Alvvays - Antisocialites

4. The National - Sleep Well Beast

3. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

2. Slowdive - Slowdive

1. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

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Top 100 Albums of 2015

100. Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood

99. Helen - The Original Faces

98. EL VY - Return To the Moon

97. A Place To Bury Strangers - Transfixiation

96. Death Cab for Cutie - Kintsugi

95. Twin Shadow - Eclipse

94. Martin Courtney - Many Moons

93. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon

92. Blur - The Magic Whip

91. Toro y Moi - What For?

90. Purity Ring - another eternity

89. Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, girl

88. Mikal Cronin - MCIII

87. Steve Hauschildt - Where All Is Fled

86. Nite Fields - Depersonalisation

85. Christopher Owens - Chrissybaby Forever

84. Ducktails - St. Catherine

83. American Wrestlers - American Wrestlers

82. Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance

81. Mac Demarco - Another One

80. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

79. The Dodos - Individ

78. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love

77. Battles - La Di Da Di

76. Metz - II

75. Bully - Feels Like

74. No Joy - More Faithful

73. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Harmlessness

72. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon

71. Salad Boys - Metalmania

70. Mount Eerie - Sauna

69. Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer

68. Built To Spill - Untethered Moon

67. Four Tet - Morning / Evening

66. Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer

65. Wilco - Star Wars

64. Tanlines - Highlights

63. Pure Bathing Culture - Pray For Rain

62. Youth Lagoon - Savage Hills Ballroom

61. Widowspeak - All Yours

60. Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms

59. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

58. The King Khan & BBQ Show - Bad News Boys

57. Beirut - No No No

56. Eternal Summers - Gold and Stone

55. Fuzz - II

54. The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

53. Albert Hammond Jr. - Momentary Masters

52. Foals - What Went Down

51. Twerps - Range Anxiety

50. Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last

49. Hot Chip - Why Make Sense?

48. Braids - Deep In the Iris

47. Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There

46. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle

45. The Mantles - All Odds End

44. of Montreal - Aureate Gloom

43. Breakfast In Fur - Flyaway Garden

42. Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars

41. Lower Dens - Escape From Evil

40. The Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home

39. Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp

38. Laura Marling - Short Movie

37. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

36. Pale Blue - The Past We Leave Behind

35. Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again

34. Deerhunter - Fading Frontier

33. Chvrches - Every Open Eye

32. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love

31. Empress Of - Me

30. Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect

29. Kamasi Washington - The Epic

28. Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass

27. Shamir - Ratchet

26. White Reaper - White Reaper Does It Again

25. Turnover - Peripheral Vision

24. Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect

23. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall

22. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

21. Royal Headache - High

20. Destroyer - Poison Season

19. Diane Coffee - Everybody’s A Good Dog

18. Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes

17. Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky

16. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

15. Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?

14. Neon Indian - VEGA Intl. Night School

13. Leon Bridges - Coming Home

12. Kurt Vile - b’lieve i’m goin’ down…

11. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style

10. Beach House - Depression Cherry

9. Viet Cong - Viet Cong

8. Grimes - Art Angels

7. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness

6. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

5. Fred Thomas - All Are Saved

4. Jamie xx - In Colour

3. Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy

2. Tame Impala - Currents

1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

[shculley]

Top 100 Albums of 2015

100. Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood

99. Helen - The Original Faces

98. EL VY - Return To the Moon

97. A Place To Bury Strangers - Transfixiation

96. Death Cab for Cutie - Kintsugi

95. Twin Shadow - Eclipse

94. Martin Courtney - Many Moons

93. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon

92. Blur - The Magic Whip

91. Toro y Moi - What For?

90. Purity Ring - another eternity

89. Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, girl

88. Mikal Cronin - MCIII

87. Steve Hauschildt - Where All Is Fled

86. Nite Fields - Depersonalisation

85. Christopher Owens - Chrissybaby Forever

84. Ducktails - St. Catherine

83. American Wrestlers - American Wrestlers

82. Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance

81. Mac Demarco - Another One

80. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

79. The Dodos - Individ

78. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love

77. Battles - La Di Da Di

76. Metz - II

75. Bully - Feels Like

74. No Joy - More Faithful

73. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Harmlessness

72. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon

71. Salad Boys - Metalmania

70. Mount Eerie - Sauna

69. Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer

68. Built To Spill - Untethered Moon

67. Four Tet - Morning / Evening

66. Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer

65. Wilco - Star Wars

64. Tanlines - Highlights

63. Pure Bathing Culture - Pray For Rain

62. Youth Lagoon - Savage Hills Ballroom

61. Widowspeak - All Yours

60. Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms

59. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

58. The King Khan & BBQ Show - Bad News Boys

57. Beirut - No No No

56. Eternal Summers - Gold and Stone

55. Fuzz - II

54. The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

53. Albert Hammond Jr. - Momentary Masters

52. Foals - What Went Down

51. Twerps - Range Anxiety

50. Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last

49. Hot Chip - Why Make Sense?

48. Braids - Deep In the Iris

47. Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There

46. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle

45. The Mantles - All Odds End

44. of Montreal - Aureate Gloom

43. Breakfast In Fur - Flyaway Garden

42. Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars

41. Lower Dens - Escape From Evil

40. The Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home

39. Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp

38. Laura Marling - Short Movie

37. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

36. Pale Blue - The Past We Leave Behind

35. Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again

34. Deerhunter - Fading Frontier

33. Chvrches - Every Open Eye

32. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love

31. Empress Of - Me

30. Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect

29. Kamasi Washington - The Epic

28. Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass

27. Shamir - Ratchet

26. White Reaper - White Reaper Does It Again

25. Turnover - Peripheral Vision

24. Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect

23. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall

22. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

21. Royal Headache - High

20. Destroyer - Poison Season

19. Diane Coffee - Everybody’s A Good Dog

18. Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes

17. Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky

16. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

15. Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?

14. Neon Indian - VEGA Intl. Night School

13. Leon Bridges - Coming Home

12. Kurt Vile - b’lieve i’m goin’ down…

11. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style

10. Beach House - Depression Cherry

9. Viet Cong - Viet Cong

8. Grimes - Art Angels

7. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness

6. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

5. Fred Thomas - All Are Saved

4. Jamie xx - In Colour

3. Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy

2. Tame Impala - Currents

1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

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100. Dum Dum Girls – Too True

99. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Only Run

98. The Black Keys - Turn Blue

97. Fresh & Onlys - House of Spirits

96. Tweedy – Sukierae

95. Phantogram – Voices

94. Hospitality – Trouble

93. Damon Albarn - Everyday...

[shculley]

The Top Albums of 2014

100.  Dum Dum Girls – Too True

99.  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Only Run

98.  The Black Keys - Turn Blue

97.  Fresh & Onlys - House of Spirits

96.  Tweedy – Sukierae

95.  Phantogram – Voices

94.  Hospitality – Trouble

93.  Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots

92.  Greylag – Greylag

91.  Beck - Morning Phase

90.  Foxes In Fiction - Ontario Gothic

89.  Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business

88.  Ramona Lisa – Arcadia

87.  Damaged Bug - Hubba Bubba

86.  I Break Horses – Chiaroscuro

85.  Warpaint – Warpaint

84.  S. Carey - Range of Light

83.  Karen O - Crush Songs

82.  Dirty Beaches – Stateless

81.  Mr Twin Sister – Mr Twin Sister

80.  SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land

79.  Black Lips - Underneath the Rainbow

78.  The Notwist - Close to the Glass

77.  Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter the Slasher House

76.  The Drums – Encyclopedia

75.  Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea

74.  Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags

73.  Meatbodies – Meatbodies

72.  Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love

71.  Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

70.  Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours

69.  Jack White – Lazaretto

68.  Craft Spells – Nausea

67.  Lykke Li - I Never Learn

66.  Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World

65.  Marrisa Nadler – July

64.  Quilt - Held In Splendor

63.  Mark McGuire - Along the Way      

62.  Pure X – Angel

61.  Beverly – Beverly

60.  Woods - With Light & With Love

59.  Tobacco - Ultima II Massage

58.  Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

57.  Twin Peaks - Wild Onion

56.  Liars – Mess

55.  The Horrors – Luminous

54.  Papercuts - Life Among the Savages

53.  Bear In Heaven - Time Is Over One Day Old

52.  Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny

51.  Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

50.  How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart?

49.  tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack

48.  The Men - Tomorrow's Hits

47.  Nils Frahm – Spaces

46.  FKA Twigs - LP1

45.  Thee Oh Sees – Drop

44.  Owen Pallet - In Conflict

43.  Strand of Oaks – HEAL

42.  Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want

41.  Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold

40.  ceo - Wonderland

39.  Trust – Joyland

38.  Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers

37.  Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right

36.  The Antlers – Familiars

35.  Total Control - Typical System

34.  EMA - The Future's Void

33.  Interpol - El Pintor

32.  Wye Oak – Shriek

31.  Eagulls – Eagulls

30.  Perfume Genius - Too Bright

29.  Grouper – Ruins

28.  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Days of Abandon

27.  Swans - To Be Kind

26.  TV On the Radio – Seeds 

25.  Wild Beasts - Present Tense

24.  Ty Segall – Manipulator

23.  Angel Olsen - Burn Fire For No Witness

22.  Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

21.  Spoon - They Want My Soul

20.  Aphex Twin – Syro

19.  Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

18.  Ought - More Than Any Other Day

17.  Mac Demarco - Salad Days

16.  St. Vincent - St. Vincent

15.  Real Estate – Atlas

14.  Sun Kil Moon – Benji

13.  Caribou - Our Love

12.  Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

11.  The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

10.  Fear of Men – Loom

9.  Foxygen - ...And Star Power

8.  Alvvays – Alvvays

7.  Amen Dunes – Love

6.  Merchandise - After the End

5.  Todd Terje - It's Album Time

4.  Future Islands – Singles

3.  Adult Jazz - Gist Is

2.  Ariel Pink - Pom Pom

1.  The War on Drugs - Lost In the Dream

[shculley]

The Top 100 Albums of 2013

100. Inc. - No World

99. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

  98. Delorean – Apar

  97. Palma Violets – 180

  96. No Joy - Wait to Pleasure

  95. The Flaming Lips - The Terror

  94. Haim - Days Are Gone

  93. Mister Lies – Mowgli

  92. Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live

  91. Surfer Blood – Pythons

  90. Holy Ghost! – Dynamics

  89. Phoenix - Bankrupt!

  88. Widowspeak – Almanac

  87. Baths – Obsidian

  86. Son Lux – Lanterns

  85. Washed Out – Paracosm

  84. Weekend – Jinx

  83. Indians - Somewhere Else

  82. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds

  81. Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return

  80. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt

  79. Ex Cops - True Hallucinations

  78. Smith Westerns - Soft Will

  77. Mikal Cronin – MCII

  76. Milk Music - Cruise Your Illusion

  75. White Fence - Cyclops Reap

  74. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind

  73. Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind

  72. Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

  71. Jonathan Rado - Law and Order

  70. Charli XCX - True Romance

  69. Austra – Olympia

  68. Thundercat – Apocalypse

  67. Frankie Rose - Herein Wild

  66. Akron/Family - Sub Verses

  65. Sigur Ros – Kveikur

  64. Atoms For Peace – Amok

  63. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

  62. The Mary Onettes - Hit the Waves

  61. Burial - Rival Dealer

  60. Savages - Silence Yourself

  59. Deerhunter – Monomania

  58. AlunaGeorge - Body Music

  57. Bill Callahan - Dream River

  56. Night Beds - Country Sleep

  55. Arctic Monkeys – AM

  54. Julia Holter - Loud City Song

  53. The Men - New Moon

  52. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

  51. Mutual Benefit - Love's Crushing Diamond

  50. Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat

  49. Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides

  48. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle

  47. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven

  46. The Haxan Cloak – Excavation

  45. Yuck - Glow & Behold

  44. Ducktails - The Flower Lane

  43. Fuzz – Fuzz

  42. The Field - Cupid's Head

  41. Darkside – Psychic

  40. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'

  39. Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse

  38. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety

  37. Yo La Tengo – Fade

  36. Devendra Banhart – Mala

  35. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus

  34. Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir

  33. Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium

  32. Majical Cloudz – Impersonator

  31. Tim Hecker – Virgins

  30. Factory Floor - Factory Floor

  29. Mountains – Centralia

  28. Forest Swords – Engravings

  27. Ty Segall – Sleeper

  26. of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar

  25. Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day

  24. Volcano Choir – Repave

  23. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

  22. Arcade Fire – Reflektor

  21. Various Artists - After Dark 2

  20. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic

  19. Jon Hopkins – Immunity

  18. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II

  17. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

  16. Foals - Holy Fire

  15. Rhye – Woman

  14. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

  13. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe

  12. Dirty Beaches - Drifter / Love Is the Devil

  11. James Blake – Overgrown

  10. my bloody valentine – mbv

  9. The Strokes - Comedown Machine

  8. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin

  7. Kurt Vile - Wakin' On a Pretty Daze

  6. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others

  5. Local Natives – Hummingbird

  4. Phosphorescent – Muchacho

  3. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

  2. Disclosure – Settle

  1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

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Top 75 Albums of 2012

                                      75. Metz- Metz

                                                                               74. Dan Deacon- America

                                                                                         73. The Very Best- MTMTMK

                                                                                       72. Crystal Castles- III

                                                                                      71. Yeasayer- Fragrant World

                                                                                      70. Porcelain Raft- Strange Weekend

                                                                                     69. Sigur Ros- Valtari

                                                                                    68. Cat Power- Sun                              

                                                                                            67. A Place To Bury Strangers- Worship

                                                                                 66. Bear In Heaven- I Love You, It's Cool

                                                                                 65. The XX- Coexist

                                                                               64. David Byrne & St. Vincent- Love This Giant

                                                                                   63. Cloud Nothings- Attack on Memory

                                                                                   62. The Fresh & Onlys- Long Slow Dance

                                                                                   61. Matthew Dear- Beams

                                                                                   60. Emeralds- Just To Feel Anything

                                                                                    59. Ty Segall and White Fence- Hair

                                                                                     58. The Men- Open Your Heart

                                                                                      57. Mac Demarco- 2

                                                                                      56. Jack White- Blunderbuss

                                                                                      55. Symmetry- Themes For an Imaginary Film

                                                                                      54. Daphni- Jiaolong

                                                                                      53. Jens Lekman- I Know What Love Isn't

                                                                                      52. The Tallest Man On Earth- There's No Leaving Now

                                                                                        51. Animal Collective- Centipede Hz

                                                                                        50. Hot Chip- In Our Heads

                                                                                        49. Trust- TRST

                                                                                        48. Passion Pit- Gossamer

                                                                                        47. Father John Misty- Fear Fun

                                                                                        46. Ultraista- Ultraista

                                                                                         45. Sleigh Bells- Reign of Terror

                                                                                         44. Grimes- Visions

                                                                                        43. Sun Kil Moon- Among the Leaves

                                                                                        42. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Mature Themes

                                                                                         41. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

                                                                                         40. Tanlines- Mixed Emotions

                                                                                         39. Divine Fits- A Thing Called Divine Fits

                                                                                         38. Lambchop- Mr. M

                                                                                         37. Lower Dens- Nootropics

                                                                                         36. Holy Other- Held

                                                                                          35. John Talabot- fin

                                                                                         34. Black Moth Super Rainbow- Cobra Juicy

                                                                                         33. Thee Oh Sees- Putrifiers II

                                                                                         32. Mount Eerie- Clear Moon

                                                                                          31. Perfume Genius- Put Your Back N 2 It

                                                                                          30. The Shins- Port of Morrow

                                                                                          29. Sharon Van Etten- Tramp

                                                                                          28. Bat For Lashes- The Haunted Man

                                                                                          27. Purity Ring- Shrines

                                                                                            26. Andy Stott- Luxury Problems

                                                                                            25. How To Dress Well- Total Loss

                                                                                            24. Frankie Rose- Interstellar

                                                                                            23. Japandroids- Celebration Rock

                                                                                            22. Wild Nothing- Nocturne 

                                                                                            21. Ty Segall Band- Slaughterhouse

                                                                                             20. Liars- WIXIW

                                                                                              19. Jessie Ware- Devotion

                                                                                               18. DIIV- Oshin

                                                                                               17. Lotus Plaza- Spooky Action At a Distance

                                                                                               16. Swans- The Seer

                                                                                                15. Ty Segall- Twins

                                                                                                  14. Twin Shadow- Confess

                                                                                                    13. Kendrick Lamar- good kid, m.A.A.d. city

                                                                                                    12. Flying Lotus- Until the Quiet Comes

                                                                                                     11. Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Screw & Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

                                                                                                       10. Spiritualized- Huh?

                                                                                                          9. The Walkmen- Heaven

                                                                                                            8. Julia Holter- Ekstasis

                                                                                                            7. Frank Ocean- channel ORANGE

                                                                                                            6. Grizzly Bear- Shields

                                                                                                            5. Chromatics- Kill For Love

                                                                                                             4. Beach House- Bloom

                                                                                                             3. Chairlift- Something

                                                                                                             2. Tame Impala- Lonerism

                                                                                                             1. Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan