I’m only ranking my top 5 this year With that said, you’ll still find more of my favorites listed after my top 5. I hope you enjoy my selections and find a few new favorites to add to yours. Cheers.
5 – Run The Jewels//Run the Jewels 3
♩ Call Ticketron
[runthejewels.com]
4 – LCD Soundsystem//american dream
♩ oh baby
[lcdsoundsystem.com]
3 – The xx//I See You
♩ On Hold
[thexx.info]
2 – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein//Stranger Things 2
♩ Eulogy
[survive.bandcamp.com]
1 – Future Islands//The Far Field
The rest of my favorites (in alphabetical order)…
Alvvays//Antisocialites
Arcade Fire//Everything Now
♩ Everything Now
[everythingnow.com]
Cigarettes After Sex//Cigarettes After Sex
♩ Apocalypse
[cigarettesaftersex.com]
Cults//Offering
♩ Offering
[cultscultscults.com]
David Bazan//Care
Gordi//Reservoir
♩ Heaven I Know
[gordimusic.com]
Gorillaz//Humanz
♩ Ascension (feat. Vince Staples)
[gorillaz.com]
Hazel English//Just Give In / Never Going Home
♩ Fix
[hazelenglish.com]
Jay Som//Everybody Works
♩ 1 Billion Dogs
[jaysom.bandcamp.com]
Julien Baker//Turn Out the Lights
♩ Appointments
[julienbaker.bandcamp.com]
Kendrick Lamar//DAMN.
Lana Del Rey//Lust For Life
♩ Love
[lanadelrey.com]
Mura Masa//Mura Masa
♩ Blu (feat. Damon Albarn)
[muramasa.me]
Sound of Ceres//The Twin
♩ Humaniora
[soundofceres.com]
St. Vincent//MASSEDUCTION
♩ Hang On Me
[ilovestvincent.com]
Sufjan Stevens • Nico Muhly • Bryce Dessner • James McAlister//Planetarium
♩ Mercury
[planetariumalbum.com]
Swells//What Are You Gonna Do?
Sylvan Esso//What Now
♩ Just Dancing
[sylvanesso.com]
Tom Adams//Silence
♩ Come On, Dreamer
[tomadams.eu]
White Reaper//The World’s Best American Band
♩ Judy French
[whitereaperusa.com]