1. lany - lany 2. the maine - lovely little lonely 3. bleachers - gone now 4. paramore - after laughter 5. john mayer - the search for everything 6. coin - how will you know if you never try 7. imagine dragons - evolve 8. rise against - wolves 9. ryan adams - prisoner 10. betty who - the valley 11. curses - chapter 1: introspect 12. new found glory - makes me sick 13. lorde - melodrama 14. steve moakler - steel town 15. motionless in white - graveyard shift 16. grayscale - adornment
Not numbered because I can't rank things. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound Matthew Ryan - Hustle Up Starlings Craig Finn - We All Want the Same Things Conor Oberst - Salutations Justin Townes Earle - Kids in the Street Lorde - Melodrama Bleachers - Gone Now Ryan Adams - Prisoner
1. Paramore - After Laughter 2. David Bazan - Care 3. Portugal. The Man - Woodstock 4. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 5. Charly Bliss - Guppy 6. Bleachers - Gone Now 7. Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound 8. Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape 9. The Menzingers - After the Party 10. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 11. Tigers Jaw - Spin 12. MUNA - About U 13. Misterwives - Connect the Dots 14. Smidley - Smidley 15. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds 16. Emperor X - Oversleepers International 17. Lorde - Melodrama 18. Satchmode - Love Hz 19. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 20. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
1. The Menzingers - After the Party 2. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 3. Jason Isbell - Nashville Sound 4. Paramore - After Laughter 5. Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude 6. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv 7. Lorde - Melodrama 8. Matthew Ryan - Hustle Up, Starlings 9. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 10. Natalie Hemby - Puxico
1. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage 2. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me 3. Jay Z - 4:44 4. The Menzingers - After The Party 5. Oddisee - The Iceberg 6. G Perico - All Blue 7. Jonwayne - Rap Album 2 8. DJ Quik - Rosecrans 9. Big Sean - I Decided. 10. J Hus - Common Sense 11. Syd - Fin 12. Fat Joe x Remy Ma - Plata O Plomo 13. MC Eiht - Which Way Iz West 14. Snoop Dogg - Neva Left 15. Joey Badass - All Amerikkkan Badass 16. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 17. Career Crooks - Good Luck With That 18. Higher Brothers - Black Cab (Chinese Hip Hop) 19. Nadia Rose - Highly Flammable 20. Nicky Jam - Fenix You all should listen to the Kehlani album.
Don't think I've even listened to 10 albums this year. Gonna go through the thread and check some stuff out.
Put together 10 of my favs. It's been a good year of music, I know I have much to listen to, but these are all pretty fantastic. 1. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket 2. Violents & Monica Martin - Awake and Pretty Much Sober 3. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness 4. Fleet Foxes - Crack Up 5. Craig Finn - We All Want the Same Thing 6. Can't Swim - Fail You Again 7. Blackbear - Digital Druglord 8. The Shins - Heartworms 9. Aviator - Loneliness Leaves The Light On For Me 10. Japandroids - Near to The Wild Heart of Life
Subbing to read later, Big Thief, Tennis, Kendrick, Ratboys, Nnamdi, and Choker albums come to mind I'll list more later
Ok I'm going tiers: AOTY: Big Thief - Capacity AOTY contenders: Kendrick - Damn Tennis - Yours Conditionally Ratboys - GN Albums I enjoy at a very high level: Choker - Peak Nnamdi Ogbonnaya- Drool Cayetana - New Kind of Normal Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory Crumb - Locket Other Very Good Albums: Alex Napping - Mise En Place Girlpool - Powerplant Captain We're Sinking - King of No Man Smino - blkswn Mykele Deville - Peace, Fam Vagabon - Infinite Worlds And then there are a bunch of other albums in the spotify playlist I made for stuff I listened to and liked this year, but I need to listen to those more.
I'm having issues placing a few different ones, so I'm just going to list a general top 10 without numbers. But here is mine! Sorority Noise Swordfish Lights & Motion Kid Koala Captain We're Sinking Cayetana Dia Frampton Diet Cig The Bombpops And I'll reserve one spot for the upcoming Katie Ellen album because there's no way that ex-Chumped members are not going to make it in my top 10, plus I love the singles released so far.
1. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 2. Acceptance - Colliding By Design 3. Gorillaz - Humanz 4. Paramore - After Laughter 5. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 6. AFI - AFI (The Blood Album) 7. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand 8. Have Mercy - Make the Best of It 9. Real Estate - In Mind 10. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 11. Phoenix - Ti Amo 12. Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark 13. Lorde - Melodrama 14. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 15. Hundredth - Rare
Just caught up on the thread, downloaded Cigarettes After Sex, Dryjacket, Planetarium, Midnight Reruns, Uyama Hiroto, and Wild Pink to check out later, thanks ya'll Also I completely forgot Drake released an album this year
This year has been just ok for me so far but here is everything that has stuck with me to some capacity. Theres a bunch of albums I need to spend more time with to see if they'll grow on me over time. Also in no particular order: Paramore - After Laughter (Easily my favorite of the year so far) Northlane - Mesmer The Menzingers - After the Party Hundredth - Rare White Reaper - The World's Best American Band Head North - The Last Living Man... Ryan Adams - Prisoner Free Throw - Bear Your Mind Elder - Reflections of a Floating World Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark Also heres some releases I'm hyped/hoping for in the second half of the year: Turnover - Good Nature Cloakroom - Time Well Queens of the Stone Age - Villains Foo Fighters - Concrete & Gold Thy Art is Murder - Dear Desolation Mansions - TBA Seahaven - TBA Foxing - TBA Citizen - TBA Circa Survive - TBA Veil of Maya - TBA My Ticket Home - TBA Prawn - TBA