Shame
This year’s list includes a number of new names, including impressive debuts from Shame, Ethers and Bonny Doon, as well as excellent offerings from longtime favorites, such as Iceage.
Meanwhile, the stalwarts of Low reinvented themselves with a captivating new sound.
The list …
1. Shame – Songs of Praise
2. Timmy’s Organism – Survival of the Fiendish
3. Iceage – Beyondless
4. Ethers – Ethers
5. Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
6. Low – Double Negative
7. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
8. Jeff Rosenstock – Post
9. Clearance – At Your Leisure
10. Bonny Doon – Longwave
11. Jeff Tweedy – Warm
12. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
13. Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog
14. Oh Sees – Smote Reverser
15. Flasher – Constant Image
16. Sam Evian – You, Forever
17. Blood Orange – Negro Swan
18. Beach House – 7
19. White Denim – Performance
20. No Age – Snares Like a Haircut
And the rest …
21. Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
22. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
23. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
24. Noname – Room 25
25. Amen Dunes – Freedom
26. Rolling Blackouts – Coastal Fever
27. Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
28. Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
29. J. Mascis – Elastic Days
30. GØGGS – Pre Strike Sweep
31. Snail Mail – Lush
32. Shopping – The Official Body
33. Superchunk – What a Time to Be Alive
34. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
35. Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going On
36. Sleep – The Sciences
37. The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
38. Preoccupations – New Material
39. Anderson .Paak – Oxnard
40. Ohmme – Parts
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