The Year in Music: My Favorite Albums of 2016

50. Dawes: We're All Gonna Die

Genre: Americana | From: Los Angeles, CA
Spotify | Videos: When the Tequila Runs Out

49. Heron Oblivion: Heron Oblivion

Genre: Psychedelic Rock | From: San Francisco, CA
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48. GOAT: Requiem

Genre: Psychedelic Rock | From: Gothenburg, Sweden
Spotify | Videos: Union of Mind and Soul

47. Hiss Golden Messenger: Heart Like a Levee

Genre: Americana | From: Durham, NC
Spotify | Videos: Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer

Tell Her I'm Just Dancing

46. Japanese Breakfast: Psychopomp

Genre: Dream Pop | From: Philadelphia, PA
Spotify | Videos: In Heaven

Everybody Wants to Love You

45. The Slow Show: Dream Darling

Genre: Art Rock | From: Manchester, UK
Spotify | Videos: Ordinary Lives

Breaks Today

44. Nico Muhly & Teitur: Confessions

Genre: Modern Classical | From: New York, NY
Spotify | Videos: Don't I Know You From Somewhere?

43. Lost Under Heaven: Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing

Genre: Art Pop | From: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Spotify | Videos: I&I

Lament

42. Weezer: Weezer (White Album)

Genre: Alternative Rock | From: Los Angeles, CA
Spotify | Videos: King of the World

LA Girlz

41. Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere

Genre: Hip-Hop | From: New York, NY
Spotify | Videos: T5

40. Sioux Falls: Rot Forever

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Portland, OR
Spotify | Videos: Dom

39. Kevin Morby: Singing Saw

Genre: Folk Rock | From: Los Angeles, CA
Spotify | Videos: Dorothy

I Have Been to the Mountain

38. Nothing: Tired of Tomorrow

Genre: Shoegaze | From: Philadelphia, PA
Spotify | Videos: Vertigo Flowers

Eaten by Worms
A.C.D.
Curse of the Sun

37. King Gizard & the Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity

Genre: Psychedelic Rock | From: Melbourne, Australia
Spotify | Videos: Robot Stop

People-Vultures

36. DMA's: Hills End

Genre: Britpop | From: New South Wales, Australia
Spotify | Videos: Timeless

Step Up the Morphine
Delete
Too Soon
Play It Out
In the Moment

35. Cymbals Eat Guitars: Pretty Years

Genre: Indie Rock | From: New York, NY
Spotify | Videos: 4th of July, Philadelphia (Sandy)

34. The Lucid Dream: Compulsion Songs

Genre: Psychedelic Rock | From: Cumbria, UK
Spotify | Videos: Bad Texan

33. Glass Animals: How To Be a Human Being

Genre: Indietronica | From: Oxfordshire, UK
Spotify | Videos: Life Itself

Youth
Season Two Episode Three

32. Clair Morgan: New Lions & The Not-Good Night

Genre: Indie Pop | From: Richmond, VA
Spotify | Videos: How to Set Your Bed on Fire

31. Wilco: Schmilco

Genre: Alternative Country | From: Chicago, IL
Spotify | Videos: Someone to Lose

30. PJ Harvey: The Hope Six Demolition Project

Genre: Alternative Rock | From: London, UK
Spotify | Videos: The Community of Hope

The Wheel

29. Lucy Dacus: No Burden

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Richmond, VA
Spotify | Videos: I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore

28. James Blake: The Colour In Anything

Genre: Art Pop | From: London, UK
Spotify | Videos: I Need a Forest Fire

27. Drive-by Truckers: American Band

Genre: Southern Rock | From: Athens, GA
Spotify | Videos: Surrender Under Protest

Guns of Umpqua

26. Whitney: Light Upon the Lake

Genre: Indie Folk | From: Chicago, IL
Spotify | Videos: No Woman

Golden Days
No Matter Where We Go

25. Angel Olsen: My Woman

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Chicago, IL
Spotify | Videos: Sister

Shut Up and Kiss Me

24. Kendrick Lamar: untitled unmastered

Genre: Hip-Hop | From: Compton, CA
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23. Sturgill Simpson: A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Genre: Outlaw Country | From: Nashville, TN
Spotify | Videos: In Bloom

Brace For Impact
Breaker's Roar

22. The Avalanches: Wildflower

Genre: Plunderphonics | From: Melbourne, Australia
Spotify | Videos: Because I'm Me

Subways
Frankie Sinatra

21. Minor Victories: Minor Victories

Genre: Shoegaze | From: United Kingdom
Spotify | Videos: A Hundred Ropes

  Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)
  Folk Arp
  Breaking My Light

20. Black Mountain: IV

Genre: Psychedelic Rock | From: Vancouver, Canada
Spotify | Videos: Mothers of the Sun

Florian Saucer Attack

19. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam: I Had a Dream That You Were Mine

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Washington, D.C.

Spotify | Videos: A 1000 Times

1959

18. Thee Oh Sees: A Weird Exits

Genre: Psychedelic Rock | From: San Francisco, CA

Videos: Dead Man's Gun

17. Mitski: Puberty 2

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Brooklyn, NY

Spotify | Videos: Your Best American Girl

Happy

16. Preoccupations: Preoccupations

Genre: Post-Punk | From: Calgary, Canada

Spotify | Videos: Anxiety (NSFW)

Continental Shelf (NSFW)
Memory
Degraded

15. Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Philadelphia, PA

Spotify | Videos: Wedding Singer

14. Big Thief: Masterpiece

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Brooklyn, NY
Spotify | Videos: Masterpiece
Humans

13. DIIV: Is the Is Are

Genre: Post-Punk | From: Brooklyn, NY
Spotify | Videos: Mire (Grant's Song)

12. Kate Tempest: Let Them Eat Chaos

Genre: Hip-Hop | From: London, UK

Spotify | Videos: Europe is Lost

11. Pinegrove: Cardinal

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Montclair, NJ

Spotify | Videos: Cadmium

Recycling

10. David Bowie: Blackstar

Genre: Art Rock | From: London, UK

Spotify | Videos: Lazarus

Blackstar

09. Black Foxxes: I'm Not Well

Genre: Alternative Rock | From: Devon, UK

Spotify | Videos: I'm Not Well

Whatever Lets You Cope

Husk

08. Parquet Courts: Human Performance

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Brooklyn, NY

Spotify | Videos: Berlin Got Blurry

Human Performance

Dust

07. Anderson .Paak: Malibu

Genre: Neo-Soul | From: Oxnard, CA

Spotify | Videos: The Season / Carry Me / The Waters

Come Down

06. Bon Iver: 22, A Million

Genre: Indie Folk | From: Eau Claire, WI

Spotify | Videos: 22 (Over Soon)

05. A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service

Genre: Hip-Hop | From: Queens, NY

Spotify | Videos: We the People...

04. Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

Genre: Chamber Pop | From: Oxfordshire, UK

Spotify | Videos: Burn the Witch

Daydreaming

03. Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial

Genre: Lo-Fi | From: Seattle, WA

Spotify | Videos: Vincent

Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales

02. Aseop Rock: The Impossible Kid

Genre: Abstract Hip-Hop | From: New York, NY

Spotify | Videos: Kirby

Rings

Shrunk

Lotta Years

Blood Sandwich

Lazy Eye

01. The Hotelier: Goodness

Genre: Indie Rock | From: Worcester, MA

Spotify | Videos: Piano Player