Year-End Lists

Double Infinity

4. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo
8. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
10. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
12. Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
12. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
13. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
15. Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
16. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
17. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
17. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
19. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
20. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
23. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
26. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
29. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
34. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
48. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
48. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
65. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork

• The Best Albums of 2025: Economist
• The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

1. Favorite Albums of 2022: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Paste
1. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Beats Per Minute
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Slant
2. Best Albums of 2022: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
2. Favorite Music of 2022: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Our Culture
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Treble
2. The 10 Best Albums of 2022: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
3. 50 Best Albums of 2022: Exclaim
3. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau
3. Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022: Julie Gentile: Autostraddle
3. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Northern Transmissions
4. The Top 50 Albums Of 2022: Still Listening
4. The 10 Best Albums of 2022: Entertainment Weekly
4. The Best Albums of 2022: Flood
4. Best Albums of 2022: NPR: NPR Music
5. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Uncut
6. Top 20 Albums of 2022: Spectrum Culture
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Far Out
6. Top 25 Albums of 2022: Magnet
7. Top 100 Albums of 2022: Under the Radar
7. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Consequence
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Pitchfork
7. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Brooklyn Vegan
8. Albums Of The Year 2022: Clash
8. The 50 Best Albums Of 2022: Stereogum
9. Albums of 2022: DIY
9. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
12. The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
12. Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Alternative
23. The 33 Best Albums of 2022: The Ringer
24. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: NME
24. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Guardian
24. Albums of the Year 2022: Loud And Quiet
33. Best Albums of 2022: Billboard
35. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Rolling Stone
56. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Mojo

• Top 20 Albums of 2022: Sheldon Pearce: NPR: NPR Music
• 2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
• The Best Music of 2022: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Our Favorite Albums, 2022: Tone Glow
• The Best Albums Of 2022: Uproxx
• 20 Best Albums of 2022: Glide
• Favorite Music of 2022: Raina Douris: NPR: NPR Music
• The Best Albums of 2022: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• Best Pop Music Albums of 2022: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Boston Globe
• The 60 Best Albums of 2022: Josh Terry
• The 25 Best Albums of 2022: Esquire

Two Hands

1. The 10 Best Albums of 2019: Spin
1. Best Albums of 2019: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music
2. Top Ten Albums of 2019: The Skinny
3. Favorite Albums of 2019: Gorilla vs. Bear
3. Top 25 Albums of 2019: Magnet
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Paste
4. The Year in Music: Steve Erickson: GCN
9. The Best Albums of 2019: Jem Aswad: Variety
9. The Best Albums of 2019: Flood
11. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Brooklyn Vegan
12. Top 20 Albums of 2019: Northern Transmissions
13. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Pitchfork
14. Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau
15. Top 100 Albums of 2019: Under the Radar
15. Top 30 Albums of 2019: The Wild Honey Pie
17. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Rolling Stone
25. Top 30 Albums of 2019: Jordan Cronk
25. Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade
30. The 100 Best Albums of 2019: Vice: Noisey
31. Best Albums of 2019: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
37. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Guardian

• The Best Music of 2019: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
• The Best Albums of 2019: Carl Wilson: Slate

U.F.O.F.

1. Favorite Albums of 2019: Jeremy D. Larson
2. Best Albums of 2019: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music
3. Favorite Albums of 2019: Gorilla vs. Bear
3. Top 25 Albums of 2019: Magnet
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Pitchfork
3. The 10 Best Albums of 2019: Time
4. The Year in Music: Steve Erickson: GCN
4. The 50 Best Albums Of 2019: Stereogum
6. The Best Albums Of 2019: Uproxx
7. Top Ten Albums of 2019: The Skinny
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Far Out
9. Top 100 Albums of 2019: Under the Radar
9. The Best Albums of 2019: Jem Aswad: Variety
9. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
9. The 70 Best Albums of 2019: PopMatters
11. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Brooklyn Vegan
13. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Consequence
16. Best Albums of 2019: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
17. The Top 50 Albums of 2019: Treble
19. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Q
20. The 25 Best Albums of 2019: Slant
22. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Mojo
24. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Paste
25. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Guardian
25. Top 30 Albums of 2019: Jordan Cronk
29. Albums of the Decade: Gorilla vs. Bear
30. The 100 Best Albums of 2019: Vice: Noisey
33. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
55. Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau
79. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
84. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx
99. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant

• The Best Albums of 2019: Vinyl Me, Please
• 20 Best Albums of 2019: Our Culture

Capacity

1. Top 30 Albums of 2017: The Wild Honey Pie
1. Best Albums of 2017: Flood
1. Top 12 Albums of 2017: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music
2. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Spin
3. Best 50 Albums of 2017: NPR: NPR Music
3. Top 10 Albums of 2017: Robin Hilton: NPR: NPR Music
3. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s: The Wild Honey Pie
4. Top 10 Albums of 2017: Stephen Thompson: NPR: NPR Music
6. Top 20 Albums of 2017: 405
6. Favorite Albums of 2017: Jeremy D. Larson
8. Best Albums of 2017: Vinyl Me, Please
9. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Uproxx
10. Top 50 Releases of 2017: The Alternative
10. 100 Best Albums of 2017: Earbuddy
11. The Top 50 Albums of 2017: Treble
12. Top 50 Albums of 2017: The Skinny
13. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Brooklyn Vegan
21. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Under the Radar
23. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Pitchfork
24. The 50 Best Albums of 2017: Far Out
27. 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017: Tiny Mix Tapes
34. 62 Favorite Albums of 2017: Gorilla vs. Bear
36. Albums of the Year 2017: Clash
39. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
43. 60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters
53. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine
73. Best Albums of 2017: Les Inrocks
75. 100 Favourite Albums of 2017: Drowned in Sound
85. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Paste

• 10 Best Albums of 2017: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
• The Best Albums of 2017: Carl Wilson: Slate
• Top 50 Albums of 2017: Austin Town Hall
• Top Ten Albums of 2017: Stranger

Masterpiece

2. Top 30 Albums of 2016: The Wild Honey Pie
17. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s: The Wild Honey Pie
31. Best 50 Albums of 2016: NPR: NPR Music