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?
