This was the first year that I felt out of touch with music. I feel like I spent a lot less time discovering music that in many years previous. This was the year that my monthly music mixes died, which is a real bummer. I miss spending the time on them. I am working on one to accompany this list, but I didn’t want to hold out on publishing. I seem to always do these things late. In any case, these are the best albums of the year. Hopefully you’ll discover something you didn’t know about previously.
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Django Django – Django Django
Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
Metz – Metz
Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
Neil Young – Psychedelic Pill
Twin Shadow – Confess
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Death Grips – The Money Store
Jessie Ware – Devotion
Yeasayer – Fragrant World
The Walkmen – Heaven
Purity Ring – Shrines
School of Seven Bells – Ghostory
Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
Torche – Harmonicraft
Beach House – Bloom
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber
Did I miss anything?