Annual albums list

I listen to a lot of music and people often ask for recommendations. This is a running list of my favorite records over the past few years, where each list is set on December 31st. Check back next year for more albums, or see what I’m listening to now on last.fm.

2021

1. Once Twice Melody EP; Beach House
2. Wilds; Andy Shauf
3. Yasuke; Flying Lotus
4. Sympathy For Life; Parquet Courts
5. True Love; Hovvdy
6. Things Take Time, Take Time; Courtney Barnett
7. Music For Psychedelic Therapy; Jon Hopkins
8. Shade; Grouper
9. Infinite Granite; Deafheaven
10. I Want The Door To Open; Lala Lala
11. Buds, Ovlov
12. View No Country; Kraus
13. Deep End EP; Tearjerker
14. JOY; Dusky
15. Tread; Ross From Friends
16. Mirrors; DJ Seinfeld
17. Smothered; Oberhofer
18. Alter Echoes; Triptides
19. The Shadow I Remember; Cloud Nothings

Honorable_Mention:
- Jubilee; Japanese Breakfast
- Donda; Kanye West
- Half A Human; Real Estate
- Promises; Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders
- Long Lost; Lord Huron
- Future Past Life; STRFKR

2020

1. Neon Skyline, Andy Shauf
2. Making a Door Less Open , Car Seat Headrest
3. Mystic Familiar, Dan Deacon
4. The Great Dismal, Nothing
5. Inner Song, Kelly Lee Owens
6. The Universal Want, Doves
7. Sundowner, Kevin Morby
8. Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was; Bright Eyes
9. The Slow Rush, Tame Impala
10. Purple Noon, Washed Out
11. Virga I, Eluvium
12. RTJ4, Run The Jewels
13. Music For Silence, Nick Murphy
14. Sixteen Oceans, Four Tet
15. Continuous Portrait, Inventions
16. Simulcast, Tycho
17. Atlas Vending, Metz
18. Sleep On The Wing, Bibio
19. Articulation, Rival Consoles
20. Depressedelica, Elvis Depressedly
21. The New Abnormal, The Strokes

Honorable Mention:
- Royal Green, Royal Green
- Capricorn, Trevor Powers
- Cry , Cigarettes After Sex
- Suddenly, Caribou
- The Main Thing, Real Estate
- Love + Light, Daniel Avery
- Muzz, Muzz
- Hazel, Dukes Of Chutney
- Empty, Nils Frahm
- In Decay, Too; Com Truise

2019

1. IGOR, Tyler, the Creator
2. Oh My God, Kevin Morby
3. All Mirrors, Angel Olsen
4. ANIMA, Thom Yorke
5. My Finest Work Yet, Andrew Bird
6. Deceiver, Diiv
7. fabric presents Bonobo (DJ mix), Bonobo
8. Crush, Floating Points
9. Father of the Bride,  Vampire Weekend
10. Pianoworks, Eluvium
11. House of Sugar, (Sandy) Alex G
12. Weather, Tycho
13. Faded, Tearjerker
14. Smooth Big Cat, DOPE LEMON
15. Here Comes The Cowboy , Mac Demarco
16. Forever Turned Around, Whitney
17. Ribbons, Bibio
18. Love Is Here, Crocodiles
19. Closer To Grey, Chromatics
20. Better Oblivion Community Center, Better Oblivion Community Center
21. Life Metal, Sun 0))))
22. Seeker, Mikal Cronin

2018

1. C'est La Vie, Phosphorescent
2. And Nothing Hurt, Spiritualized
3. Singularity, Jon Hopkins
4. Parallel Universe Blues, Papercuts
5. Dance On The Blacktop, Nothing
6. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, Deafheaven
7. Path, Kraus
8. Magick Songs, JEFF The Brotherhood
9. Infinite Moment, The Field
10. Twin Fantasy, Car Seat Headrest (Re-recording)
11. Tell Me ow You Really Feel, Courtney Barnett
12. Wide Awake!, Parquet Courts
13. Family Portrait, Ross From Friends
14. ye, Kanye West
15. DAYTONA, Pusha T
16. re:member, Olafur Arnalds
17. There's A Riot Going On, Yo La Tengo
18. Bottle It In, Kurt Vile
19. 7, Beach House
20. Fudge Sandwich, Ty Segall
21. Harnessed to Flesh, Tomorrows Tulips
22. Living In Symbol, Astronauts, etc.
23. Winter, Ethereality
24. Superorganism, SUPERORGANISM
25. Aset Forever EP, Dusky
26. Mulberry Violence, Trevor Powers
27. Night Drive (Instrumental Edition), Timecop 1983
28. Boxer Live In Brussels, The National
29. All That Must Be, George Fitzgerald
30. Knock Knock, DJ Koze
31. 2012-2017, Against All Logic
32. Bunny, Matthew Dear
33. Kingdoms In Colour, Maribou State
34. Just Business, Bass Drum Of Death
35. In The Break, Night Shop
36. hoodratscumbags, Beach Goons
37. Quit The Curse, Anna Burch
38. All Melody, Nils Frahm
39. Freedom, Amen Dunes
40. Ultraviolet, Kelly Moran
41. Someday Everything Will Be Fine, Spider Bags
42. Sleep, The Sciences
43. The Whole Thing Is Just There, Young Jesus

2017

1. New Energy, Four Tet
2. Somersault, Beach Fossils
3. Damage And Joy, The Jesus & Mary Chain
4. City Music, Kevin Morby
5. Shuffle Drones, Eluvium
6. Flower Boy, Tyler, the Creator
7. In Between, The Feelies
8. Sleep Well Beast, The National
9. Iteration, Com Truise
10. A Crow Looked At Me, Mount Eerie
11. Migration, Bonobo
12. Night Shop, Night Shop
13. Mister Mellow, Washed Out
14. Nothing Yet, Surf Curse
15. Rocket, Sandy (Alex) G
16. Big Fish Theory, Vince Staples
17. Love What Survives, Mount Kimbie
18. Joli Mai, Daphni
19. Weather Diaries, Ride
20. Slowdive, Slowdive
21. The OOZ, King Krule
22. The Greatest Gift, Sufjan Stevens
23. Lotta Sea Lice, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
24. Semper Femenina, Laura Marling
25. Light Information, Chad Van Gaalen
26. Echolocations:River, Andrew Bird
27. B-Sides and Rarities, Beach House
28. american dream, LCD Soundsystem
29. DAMN., Kendrick Lamar
30. A Sentimental Education, Luna
31. Planetarium, James McAlister, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly
32. Soft Sounds From Another Planet, Japanese Breakfast
33. Antisocialites, Alvvays
34. SunnMoonnEclippse, Radical Face
35. In Space, Saiko
36. Taster, Hovvdy
37. In Mind, Real Estate
38. The Days We Had, Day Wave
39. Youngish American, Dams of the West
40. Beyond The Outer Loop, Ochre
41. ken, Destroyer
42. Afterglow, Triptides

Honorable Mention:
- The Tourist, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Abysmal Thoughts, The Drums
- A Deeper Understanding, The War On Drugs
- Anything by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

2016

1. Teens Of Denial, Car Seat Headrest
2. Singin Saw, Kevin Morby
3. Is the Is Are, DIIV
4. The Wilderness, Explosions in the Sky
5. 22, A Million; Bon Iver
6. Malibu, Anderson .Paak
7. Tearjerker, I'm Really Into You
8. Are You Serious, Andrew Bird
9. Atrocity Exhibition, Danny Brown
10. Calico Review, Allah Las
11. This Is Gap Dream, Gap Dream
12. iNdy rock royalty comb, Tommorows Tulips
13. Preoccupations, Preoccupations
14. Hypatia, Wray
15. The Odd Tape, Oddisee
16. Ruminations, Conor Oberst
17. Run The Jewels 3, Run The Jewels
18. LNZNDRF, LNZNDORF
19. Leave Me Alone, Hinds
20. The Family Tree: The Leaves, Radical Face
21. More Rain, M. Ward
22. Epoch, Tycho
23. Tired Of Tomorrow, Nothing
24. Andrew Applepie, Andrew Applepie

Honorable Mention:
 -A-OK!, Cosmonauts
 -Pool, Porches
 -Prima Donna, Vince Staples
 -The Ship, Brian Eno
 -We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service, A Tribe Called Quest
 -Next Thing, Frankie Cosmos
 -The Life Of Pablo, Kanye West
 -City Club, The Growlers
 -Winter Wheat, John K. Samson
 -Dusk, Ultimate Painting
 -Innocence Reaches, Of Montreal
 -Nonagon Infinity, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

2015

[Artist] - [Album]

1. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style
2. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3. Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
4. Viet Cong - Viet Cong
5. Youth Lagoon - Savage Hills Ballroom
6. Oberhofer - Chronovision
7. The Memories - Home Style
8. Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
10. Foals - What Went Down
11. Elvis Depressedly - New Alhambra
12. Run The Jewles - Run The Jewels 2
13. Deafheaven - New Bermuda
14. Ringo Deathstarr - Pure Mood
15. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
16. Crocodiles - Boys
17. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
18. Jamie xx  - In Colour
19. Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood
20. Ducktails - St. Catherine
21. Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm going down
22. Mikal Cronin - MCIII
23. EL VY - Return to the Moon
24. Martin Courtney - Many Moons
25. Twerps - Range Anxiety
26. Telekinesis - Ad Infinitum
27. Triptides - Azur
28. Wavves & Cloud Nothings - No Life For Me