24. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death
23. Jehnny Beth - To Love Is to Live
22. Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
21. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
20. Man Man - Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between Watch: "Future Peg" Watch: "Cloud Nein" |
19. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison Watch: "One More Second" Watch: "Distant Axis" Watch: "Serpentine Prison" |
18. Thundercat - It Is What It Is Watch: "Dragonball Durag" Watch: "Black Qualls" (featuring Steve Lacy & Steve Arrington) |
17. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Watch: "Break My Heart" Watch: "Hallucinate" Watch: "Physical" Watch: "Don't Start Now" |
16. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light Watch: "IOU" Watch: "And Yet It Moves / Y Se Mueve" Watch: "4 American Dollars" Watch: "Overtime" |
15. Fleet Foxes - Shore Watch: "Can I Believe You" Watch: "Sunblind" |
14. Helena Deland - Someone New Watch: "Pale" Watch: "Comfort, Edge" Watch: "Truth Nugget" Watch: "Someone New" |
13. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension Watch: "Sugar" Watch: "Video Game" Watch: "America" |
12. Woods - Strange to Explain Watch: "Strange to Explain" Watch: "Where Do You Go When You Dream?" |
11. Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter Watch: "Fortune" Watch: "Song for Our Daughter" |
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10. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Always personal, Mike Hadreas brings in all of the genres for his fifth, and maybe best, record. Watch: "Some Dream" Watch: "Without You" Watch: "On the Floor" Watch: "Describe" |
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9. HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III As these sisters expand their influences, they get better with every album. Watch: "Man from the Magazine" Watch: "Don't Wanna" Watch: "I Know Alone" Watch: "The Steps" Watch: "Hallelujah" Watch: "Now I'm in It" Watch: "Summer Girl" |
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8. Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia This Colombian-Canadian singer makes me wish I had stuck with Spanish lessons. Watch: "Te Quería" Watch: "Nada" (featuring Li Saumet) Watch: "Eso Que Tu Haces" |
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7. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline Obama likes it, too! This album feels like reading a good book. Watch: "Neon Skyline" Watch: "Living Room" Watch: "Try Again" |
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6. Run the Jewels - RTJ4 Few albums have felt more timely, Jaime and Mike reflect our frustrations of 2020 and sound so damned good doing it. Watch: "Walking in the Snow" Watch: "yankee and the brace (ep. 4)" Watch: "Out of Sight" (featuring 2 Chainz) Watch: "JU$T" (featuring Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha) Watch: "Ooh LA LA" (featuring Greg Nice & DJ Premier) |
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5. Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor This is my surprise for the year. I've not been much in Paramore, but Hayley Williams' first solo outing is too good to pass up! Watch: "Sugar on the Rim" Watch: "Watch Me While I Bloom" Watch: "Dead Horse" Watch: "My Friend" Watch: "Why We Ever" Watch: "Over Yet" Watch: "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris" Watch: "Cinnamon" |
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4. Moses Sumney - græ Just gorgeous, spectacular debuts are rarely followed by something even better, and Moses did so in two parts. Watch: "Me in 20 Years" Watch: "and so I come to isolation" Watch: "Bystanders" Watch: "Bless Me" Watch: "Cut Me" Watch: "Polly" Watch: "Virile" |
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3. Hamilton Leithauser - The Loves of Your Life This is my not surprise for the year. I love everything that this former frontman for the Walkmen does. Watch: "Isabella" Watch: "Here They Come" |
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2. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters I mean...this woman is amazing. She makes the waits between her records well worth it. Watch: "Shameika" |
1. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
This was one of those rare albums that immediately hits. Waxahatchee had been on my radar for quite a few years, mainly following the love of her 2013 sophomore album Cerulean Salt. Like many of my favorites this year, she's an artist I consider to get better with every album.
Watch: "Can't Do Much"
Watch: "Lilacs"
Watch: "Fire"
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