My favorite albums of 2024

1. Colouring — Love to You, Mate
2. The Decemberists — As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
3. Yasmin Williams—Acadia
4. Phosphorescent—Revelator
5. Wildflower—Green World
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds—Wild God
7. Kacey Musgraves—Deeper Well
8. NewDad—MADRA
9. Remi Wolf—Big Ideas
10. Kettcar—Gute Laune ungerecht verteilt

Other bangers:

• Adrianne Lenker—Bright Future
• Angélica Garcia—Gemelo
• Aurora—What Happened to the Heart?
• Bill Ryder-Jones—Iechyd Da
• Blaudzun—Better Days
• Bob Vylan—Humble As the Sun
• Bonny Light Horseman—Keep Me on Your Mind / See You Free
• Christopher Owens—I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
• Dog Unit—At Home
• Emel Mathlouthi—MRA
• Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra—Did You Do the Thing We Talked About?
• Fabiana Palladino — s/t
• Francis of Delirium—Lighthouse
• GIFT—Illuminator
• Guster—Ooh La La
• Hannah Frances—Keeper of the Shepherd
• Hi! Spencer—oben
• Hurray for the Riff Raff—The Past Is Still Alive
• Jack White—No Name
• Japandroids—Fate & Alcohol
• Johnny Blue Skies—Passage Du Desir
• Jónsi—First Light
• Kiely Connell—My Own Company
• Klez.e—Erregung
• The Last Dinner Party—Prelude to Ecstasy
• Les Amazones D'Afrique—Musow Danse
• The Libertines—All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade
• Madeline Juno—Nur zu Besuch
• Madi Diaz—Weird Faith
• The Marías—Submarine
• Mk.gee—Two Star & The Dream Police
• Ned Collette—Our Other History
• Prairiewolf—Deep Time
• Real Estate—Daniel
• The Secret Sisters—Mind, Man, Medicine
• SPRINTS—Letter to Self
• Strand of Oaks—Miracle Focus
• Tidiane Thiam—Africa Yontii
• Waxahatchee—Tigers Blood
• 16层—大快朵颐

My Favorite Albums of 2023

Top ten, ranked 

1. Peter Gabriel — i/o
2. The Mountain Goats — Jenny from Thebes
3. Olivia Rodrigo — Guts
4. Wilco — Cousin
5. We Are Scientists — Lobes
6. Tiny Ruins — Ceremony
7. Anohni and the Johnsons — My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
8. Molly Tuttle — City of Gold
9. The National — First Two Pages of Frankenstein
10. Lana Del Rey — Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

Rest of list, unranked:

• Alex Lahey — The Answer Is Always Yes
• Altin Gün — Aşk
• CMAT — Crazymad, For Me
• Der Assistant — Der Assistant
• Feine Sahne Fischfilet — Alles glänzt
• Gia Margaret — Romantic Piano
• Grace Potter — Mother Road
• Gregory Alan Isakov — Appaloosa Bones
• The Hold Steady — The Price of Progress
• Hugjiltu — Returning to Childhood
• Jason Isbell — Weathervanes
• Joseph — The Sun
• Julian le Play — TABACCO
• Juni Habel — Carvings
• Low Cut Connie — Art Dealers
• Lucero — Should've Learned By Now
• Mimi Webb — Amelia
• Mitski — The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
• Pippa — Blick
• Romy — Mid Air
• Sigur Rós — ÁTTA
• Sunny War — Anarchist Gospel
• William Lee Ellis — Ghost Hymns
• Woods — Perennial
• ZSK — HassLiebe

My Favorite Albums of 2022

 

Top ten, ranked

1. Wilco - Cruel Country
2. Camila Cabello - Familia
3. David Ford - Love & Death / May You Live in Interesting Times
4. Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
5. Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island
6. Kyla La Grange - While Your Heart's Still Beating
7. Bob Vylan - Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
8. Lissie - Carving Canyons
9. Titus Andronicus - The Will to Live
10. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Rest of list, unranked:

• Amenra / Cave In / Marissa Nadler - Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol III
• Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell
• Ashley McBryde - Lindeville
• Bear's Den - Blue Hours
• Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been
• Blaudzin - Lonely City Exit Wounds
• Bonny Light Horseman - Rolling Golden Holy
• Buck 65 - King of Drums
• Buddy Guy - The Blues Don't Lie
• The Cactus Blossoms - One Day
• caroline - caroline
• CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
• Dedicated Men of Zion - The Devil Don't Like It
• Gabriels - Angels & Queens - Part I
• Ghost - IMPERA
• Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live on Earth
• John Fullbright - The Liar
• Joyride - Miracle Question
• Kamaiyah - Divine Timing
• Let's Whisper - The In-Between Times
• Los Bitchos - Let the Festivities Begin!
• Lumbematz - Nichts Perfekt
• Lykke Li - EYEYE
• Medicine Singers - Medicine Singers
• Messa - Close
• Midlake - For the Sake of Bethel Woods
• Mitski - Laurel Hell
• The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out
• Noah Kahan - Stick Season
• Pup - The Unraveling of PupTheBand
• Quiet Hollers - Forever Chemicals
• Say Sue Me - The Last Thing Left
• Shearwater - The Great Awakening
• Shilpa Ray - Portrait of a Lady
• Sorcha Richardson - Hot Fuss
• Starcrawler - She Said
• The Weeknd - Dawn FM
• Wet Leg - Wet Leg
• WILLOW - <COPINGMECHANISM>
• V/A - Stór agnarögn

My Favorite Albums of 2021

Top ten, ranked:

1. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
2. Five Iron Frenzy - Until This Shakes Apart
3. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
4. Weezer - OK Human / Van Weezer
5. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
6. Black Fly - Black Fly 01
7. Lucero - When You Found Me
8. The Antlers - Green to Gold
9. Halsey - If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
10. Grandbrothers - All the Unknown

Rest of the list, unranked:

Afterlight - Afterlight
Altın Gün - Yin
Balmorhea - The Wind
Black Country, New Road - For the First Time
Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs)
The Burning Sun - Marrow
Clever Girls - Constellations
Dean McPhee - Witch's Ladder
Delta Rae - The Dark
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - I Told You So
Dornenreich - Du wilde Liebe sei
Erik Cohen - Northern Soul
girl in red - if i could make it go quiet
Goat Girl - On All Fours
Herzel - Le Dernier Rempart
The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
Korpiklaani - Jylhä
Lily Seabird - Beside Myself
Lorde - Solar Power
Lowland Hum - So Low
Marisa Anderson & William Tyler - Lost Futures
Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 2: The Golden Orb
My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
Palberta - Palberta5000
Pale Waves - Who Am I?
Rose City Band - Earth Trip
Ryley Walker - Course in Fable
Saint Sister - Shere I Should End
Steve Earle & The Dukes - J.T.
Strand of Oaks - In Heaven
Talons - new nightmare
Vapour Theories - Celestial Scuzz
Whitehorse - Modern Love
Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights
ZSK - Ende der Welt

My Favorite Albums of 2020

 Top Ten

1. Bob Dylan - Rough & Rowdy Ways
2. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage
3. Emel Mathlouthi - The Tunis Diaries
4. Low Cut Connie - Private Lives
5. Ásgeir - Sátt
6. Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You
7. Brian Fallon - Local Honey
8. Wolfhand - The Devil Arrives
9. Amy Macdonald - The Human Demands
10. David Ford - Quarantine Singles

#11-50, Unranked

• A2VT - Twenty Infinity
• Agnes Obel - Myopia
• Anachronist - Stay Late
• Arborist - A Northern View
• Arbouretum - Let It All In
• Ben Patton - The Swan, For Instance
• Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
• The Bubs - Cause a Fuss
• Community Gardens - Don't Sweat It
• Couchsleepers - Only When It's Dark
• Delta Rae - The Light
• Die Ärzte - Hell
• Don Bryant - You Make Me Feel
• EOB - Earth
• Francesca Blanchard - Make It Better
• Frazey Ford - U Kin B the Sun
• Gill Landry - Skeleton at the Banquet
• Gwenifer Raymond - Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
• Isobel Campbell - There Is No Other…
• James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions
• Jónsi - Shiver
• Lady Gaga - Chromatica
• Lily Wade - 5teen
• Little Big Town - Nightfall
• Local H - Lifers
• Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels
• The Magnetic Fields - Quickies
• The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin
• My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall II
• Ren Harvieu - Revel in the Drama
• Rosie Carney - The Bends
• Sam Amidon - Sam Amidon
• Sigur Rós - Odin's Raven Magic
• Steve Earle & the Dukes - Ghosts of West Virginia
• V/A - AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
• V/A - Saving for a Custom Van
• The War on Drugs - Live Drugs
• Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
• Wilsen - Ruiner

My Favorite Albums of 2019

#1: The National - I Am Easy to Find
#2: Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
#3: Rhiannon Giddens - There Is No Other
#4: Hallowell - Hallowell
#5: Strand of Oaks - Eraserland
#6: Nakane - You Will Not Die
#7: The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru the Passion
#8: Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
#9: Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
#10: Kristina Stykos - River of Light

Aldous Harding - Designer
Alex Lahey - The Best of Luck Club
Amy LaVere - Painting Blue
Bedouine - Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Bernard Fowler - Inside Out
Craig Finn - I Need a New War
Emel Mathlouthi - Everywhere We Looked Was Burning
Ernest - I'm Gonna Do It (Anyway)
Grace Potter - Daylight
Guster - Look Alive
Hand Habits - placeholder
Helium Horse Fly - Hollowed
Henry Jamison - Gloria Duplex
Jade Bird - Jade Bird
Jenn Champion - The Blue Album
Joseph - Good Luck, Kid
Josh Garrels - Chrysaline
Juliana Hatfield - Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police
Júniús Meyvant - Across the Borders
Kanye West - Jesus Is King
Lauren Jenkins - No Saint
Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life
Miriam Bernardo - Songs from the Well
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
Olivia Jean - Night Owl
Pedro the Lion - Phoenix
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
Reed Foehl - Lucky Enough
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution
Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
Strangled Darlings - American Pageant
Sunwatchers - Illegal Moves
Thea Gilmore - Small World Turning
Titus Andronicus - An Obelisk
The Well - Death and Consolation
Tom Pearo - I Am a Mountain
Wilco - Ode to Joy
William Tyler - Goes West

My Favorite Albums of 2018

1. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
2. Shannon Shaw - Shannon In Memphis
3. Moira Smiley - Unzip the Horizon
4. Lissie - Castle
5. Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden
6. Typh Barrow - Raw
7. Ben Patton - Meaning What
8. Niklas Paschburg - Oceanic
9. David Ford - Animal Spirits
10. Nils Frahm - All Melody
11. Stonefield - Far From Earth
12. Emma Back - Little World
13. Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You
14. Cedric Burnside - Benton County Relic
15. Nicki Bluhm - To Rise You Gotta Fall
16. Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance
17. The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
18. Mark Knopfler - Down The Road Wherever
19. V/A - When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt
20. Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
21. Stick in the Wheel - Follow Them True
22. Olden Yolk - Olden Yolk
23. Max O'Rourke - Disquiet
24. Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough
25. Motorcade - Motorcade
26. Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son
27. Santa Librada - Santa Librada
28. Lucero - Among the Ghosts
29. Muddy Gurdy - Muddy Gurdy
30. We Are Scientists - Megaplex
31. Field Report - Summertime Songs
32. Ver Sacrum - Stirrings Stil
33. Buddy Guy - The Blues Is Alive and Well
34. The Low Anthem - The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea
35. Danielle Nicole - Cry No More
36. Caudal - Fight Cry Fight
37. Marlon Williams - Make Way for Love
38. mewithoutYou - [Untitled]
39. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
40. Say Sue Me - When We Were Together
41. Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Up
42. Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism
43. Editors - Violence
44. Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends
45. Fatoumata Diawara - Fenfo (Something to Say)
46. God Is an Astronaut - Epitaph
47. James Kochalka Superstar - How to Tie a Tie on the Internet
48. Bombino - Deran
49. Dead Combo - Odeon Hotel
50. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past