Best Albums of 2018

1. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt

2. BRONCHO – Bad Behavior

3. Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed

4. Cat Power - Wanderer 

5. Phosphorescent – C’est la vie

6. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

7. Wooden Shjips - V.

8. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

9. Jeremy Jay - Demons

10. Dean Wareham, Cheval Sombre - Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre

11. Gold Star - Uppers & Downers

12. Papercuts - Parallel Universe Blues

13. Decemberists - I’ll Be Your Girl

14. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

15. Jeff Tweedy - Warm

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12 Best Albums of 2017

1. The Horrors – V

2. Slowdive – Slowdive

3. Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock

4. LCD Soundsystem – American Dreams

5. Paul Weller – A Kind of Revolution

6. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy

7. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains

8. Songhoy Blues – Resistance

9. The Clientele – Music for the Middle Age of Miracles

10. Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex

11. Hiss Golden Messenger – Hallelujah Anyhow

12. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy 

Top 10 Albums of 2016

This year's albumy goodness

10. Wilco - Schmilco



9. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth



8. David Bowie - Blackstar



7. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial




6. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love



5. Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker



4. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression




3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree




2. Andrew Bird - Are You Serious

1. Damien Juardo - Visions of Us on the Land

20 Bestest Albums of 2015

1. Blur - The Magic Whip 

2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

3. Here We Go Magic - Be Small

4. Wilco - Star Wars

5. Kurt Vile - B’lieve I’m Goin Down

6. Leon Bridges - Coming Home





7. Tame Impala - Currents




8. EL VY - Return to the Moon





9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear





10. Care Seat Headrest - Teens of Style 

11. Jamie xx - In Colour

12. Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun




13. Deerhunter - Fading Frontier 





14. Sweet Baboo - The Boombox Ballads

15. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs

16. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Mini Album Thingy Wingy






17. Bill Ryder-Jones - West Kirby County Primary




18. Beirut - No No No




19. Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People





20. Faith Healer - Cosmic Troubles

Butch Slap's Best Albums of 2014

1. Papercuts - Among the Savages

 


2. Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son



3. Perfume Genius - Too Bright



4. Beck - Morning Phase



5. Real Estate - Atlas



6. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There 




7. Spoon - They Want My Soul 



8. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream




9. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 



10. Foxygen - …And Star Power



11. ALT-J - This is All Yours



12. The Men - Tomorrow's Hits



13. Black Keys - Turn Blue 



14. Black Lips - Underneath the Rainbow



15 Strand of Oaks - Heal 



16. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days 



17. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit



18. Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust



19. The Fresh & Onlys - House of Spirits 



20. Temples - Sun Structures

Listen to the whole playlist at 2014's Best Albums

Top 20 Albums of 2013

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1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho 

2. Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork

3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

4. Iron and Wine - Ghost On Ghost

5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

6. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

7. Jagwar Ma - Howlin

8. Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait 

9. Washed Out - Paracosm

10. Dean Wareham - Emancipated Hearts

11. The James Hunter Six - Minute By Minute 

12. Mazzy Star - Seasons Of Your Day

13. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others

14. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

15. Wooden Shjips - Back To Land

16. Johnathan Rice - Good Graces

17. Of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar

18. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum

19. My Bloody Valentine - m b v 

20. Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir