Top 50

1. Mitski – “Be The Cowboy” [Dead Oceans]
2. SOPHIE – “Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides” [MSMSMSM/Future Classic]
3. U.S. Girls – “A Poem Unlimited” [4AD]
4. Earl Sweatshirt – “Some Rap Songs” [Tan Cressida]
5. Kero Kero Bonito – “Time ‘N’ Place” [Polyvinyl]
6. Melody’s Echo Chamber – “Bon Voyage” [Fat Possum]
7. Kali Uchis – “Isolation” [Rinse/Virgin EMI]
8. MGMT – “Little Dark Age” [Columbia]
9. Charles Bradley – “Black Velvet” [Daptone]
10. Pool Kids – “Music To Practice Safe Sex To” [self-released]
11. Death Grips – “Year of the Snitch” [Third Worlds]
12. Courtney Barnett – “Tell Me How You Really Feel” [Mom+Pop/Marathon/Milk!]
13. Snail Mail – “Lush” [Matador]
14. Various Artists – “Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground” [Numero Group]
15. Car Seat Headrest – “Twin Fantasy” [Matador]
16. DJ Taye – “Still Trippin'” [Hyperdub]
17. Parquet Courts – “Wide Awake!” [Rough Trade]
18. Screaming Females – “All At Once” [Sub Pop]
19. ADULT. – “This Behavior” [Dais]
20. Yves Tumor – “Safe In The Hands Of Love” [Warp]
21. Beach House – “7” [Sub Pop]
22. Tune-Yards – “I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life” [4AD]
23. Aphex Twin – “Collapse” [Warp]
24. SSION – “O” [Dero Arcade]
25. Against All Logic – “2012 – 2017” [Other People]
26. Jeff Rosenstock – “Post-” [Polyvinyl]
27. Miss Red – “K.O.” [Pressure]
28. Khruangbin – “Con Todo El Mundo” [Dead Oceans]
29. Half Waif – “Lavender” [Cascine]
30. Hop Along – “Bark Your Head Off, Dog” [Saddle Creek]
31. Oneohtrix Point Never – “Age Of” [Warp]
32. Palm – “Rock Island” [Carpark]
33. Makaya McCraven- “Universal Beings” [International Anthem]
34. Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program – “Stargate Music” [Leaving]
35. Prince – “Piano and a Microphone 1983” [NPG/Warner]
36. RP Boo – “I’ll Tell You What!” [Planet Mu]
37. Fever Ray – “Plunge” [Mute]
38. Amen Dunes – “Freedom” [Sacred Bones]
39. Low – “Double Negative” [Sub Pop]
40. Tirzah – “Devotion” [Domino]
41. Connan Mockasin – “Jassbusters” [Mexican Summer]
42. The Go! Team – “Semicircle” [Memphis Industries]
43. Sumac – “Love in Shadow” [Thrill Jockey]
44. Sunun – “Ooid” [Bokeh Versions]
45. Idles – “Joy as an Act of Resistance” [Partisan]
46. The Garden – “Mirror Might Steal Your Charm” [Epitaph]
47. Julia Holter – “Aviary” [Domino]
48. Popcaan – “Forever” [Mixpak]
49. Sleep – “The Sciences” [Third Man]
50. Tim Hecker – “Konoyo” [Kranky]

Superlatives

Best Punk: Idles – “Joy as an Act of Resistance” [Partisan]
Best Electronic: SOPHIE – “Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides” [MSMSMS/Future Classic]
Best Local: Pool Kids – “Music To Practice Safe Sex To” [Stack Your Roster]
Best Singer-Songwriter/Folk: Amen Dunes – “Freedom” [Sacred Bones]
Best Metal + Best Comeback: Sleep – “The Sciences” [Third Man]
Best Soul/Funk/R&B: ????
Best Latin: Kali Uchis – “Isolation” [Rinse/Virgin EMI]
Best Obscuro: Beanpole – “All My Kin” [Chimera]
Best Experimental: Low – Double Negative [Sub Pop]
Best Jazz: John Coltrane – “Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album” [Verve]
Best Blues: Andrea & Mud – “Easy, Sleazy & Greazy” [self-released]
Best Reissue: Jonah Dan – “Intergalactic Dub Rock” [Bokeh Versions]
Best Hip-Hop: Earl Sweatshirt – “Some Rap Songs” [Tan Cressida]
Best World Music: Miss Red – K.O. [Pressure]
Best Compilation: ????
Best Debut: Snail Mail – “Lush” [Matador]
Best EP: Aphex Twin – “Collapse” [Warp]
Best Reggae: Popcaan – “Forever” [Mixpak]
Most Annoying: Death Cab For Cutie – “Thank You For Today” [Atlantic]
Most Disappointing: Joyce Manor – “Million Dollars To Kill Me” [Epitaph]
Best Album Artwork: ????
Worst Band Name: ?????

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