Year-End Lists

Glory

4. The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
7. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
8. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
12. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
15. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
15. Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
19. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
21. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
23. The Best Albums of 2025: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
23. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
27. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
30. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
32. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
32. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
36. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
37. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
39. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
48. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
69. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
85. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar

Ugly Season

1. Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022: Julie Gentile: Autostraddle
16. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Our Culture
19. Top 20 Albums of 2022: Spectrum Culture
23. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Paste
26. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Pitchfork
26. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Northern Transmissions
43. The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
69. Top 100 Albums of 2022: Under the Radar

• 2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones
• The Best Music of 2022: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Top 10 Albums of 2022: Marissa Lorusso: NPR: NPR Music

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

2. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Beats Per Minute
2. 51 Best Albums of 2020: Gigwise
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Guardian
4. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Consequence
4. The 30 Best Albums of 2020: Spin
4. The Best Albums of 2020: Flood
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Our Culture
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Paste
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Pitchfork
5. Top 55 Albums of 2020: Brooklyn Vegan
6. Best Albums of 2020: Time
6. Top 20 Albums of 2020: Spectrum Culture
6. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble
7. Top 100 Albums of 2020: Under the Radar
7. The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
7. The Top 30 Albums of 2020: Jordan Cronk
8. Albums of the Year 2020: Clash
9. The Best Albums of 2020: Jem Aswad: Variety
9. The 45 Best Albums of 2020: The Forty-Five
10. Best Albums of 2020: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Far Out
10. Top 30 Albums of 2020: Northern Transmissions
11. Albums of 2020: DIY
13. The 15 Best Albums of 2020: Entertainment Weekly
15. The 50 Best Albums Of 2020: Stereogum
15. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Slant
17. Top 30 Albums of 2020: The Wild Honey Pie
18. The 60 Best Albums of 2020: PopMatters
20. The 20 Best Albums of 2020: A.V. Club
21. Albums of the Year 2020: Quietus
26. The Best Albums Of 2020: Uproxx
26. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Billboard
26. Best Albums of 2020: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
30. 50 Best Albums of 2020: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
30. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Vice: Noisey
35. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NPR: NPR Music
54. 75 Best Albums of 2020: Uncut
72. Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks

• My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020: Sheldon Pearce: New Yorker
• The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Vinyl Me, Please
• The Best in 2020 Music: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic

No Shape

3. Favorite Albums of 2017: Jordan Cronk
3. Top 10 Albums of 2017: Raisa Bruner: Time
4. Top 50 Albums of 2017: The Skinny
4. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Stereogum
5. Top 20 Albums of 2017: 405
5. Best Albums of 2017: Guardian
6. Best 50 Albums of 2017: NPR: NPR Music
6. 100 Best Albums of 2017: Earbuddy
9. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Brooklyn Vegan
10. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
12. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine
13. 20 Best Albums of 2017: Pretty Much Amazing
15. 26 Best Albums of 2017: Entertainment Weekly
15. Best Albums of 2017: In Review Online
16. Best Albums of 2017: Vinyl Me, Please
16. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Pitchfork
17. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Consequence
18. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Under the Radar
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2017: Far Out
18. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
19. 60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters
20. Top 25 Albums of 2017: Magnet
24. Top 30 Albums of 2017: The Wild Honey Pie
24. Top 25 Albums of 2017: American Songwriter
24. 50 Best Albums of 2017: NME
25. 100 Favourite Albums of 2017: Drowned in Sound
26. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Spin
27. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Billboard
28. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Uproxx
29. Best Albums of 2017: Les Inrocks
29. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Mojo
36. The Top 50 Albums of 2017: Treble
43. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
50. 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017: Tiny Mix Tapes
60. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
66. The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Billboard
70. 75 Best Albums of 2017: Uncut
70. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
89. Albums of the Year 2017: Clash

• Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones
• Top 10 Albums of 2017: Kitty Empire: Observer

Too Bright

1. 30 Best Albums of 2014: Flavorwire
3. 10 Best Albums of 2014: Entertainment Weekly
7. 60 Best Albums of 2014: Pretty Much Amazing
11. Top 50 Albums of 2014: Pitchfork
15. 100 Best Albums of 2014: Les Inrocks
16. Top 50 Albums of 2014: American Songwriter
16. Top 50 Albums of 2014: Treble
17. 20 Best Albums of 2014: A.V. Club
17. 30 Best Albums of 2014: Time Out London
20. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Paste
20. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Complex
22. Top 50 Albums of 2014: Consequence
23. Top 25 Albums of 2014: Magnet
23. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Stereogum
25. Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014: Tiny Mix Tapes
26. Top 50 Albums of 2014: NME
26. Top 140 Albums of 2014: Under the Radar
28. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
37. 51 Favourite Albums of 2014: Drowned in Sound
42. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Rolling Stone
67. 75 Best Albums of 2014: Uncut
90. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx

• 50 Most Impressive Albums of 2014: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker
• 50 Favorite Albums of 2014: NPR: NPR Music
• Top 14 Albums of 2014: Carl Wilson: Slate
• 50 Best Albums of 2014: AllMusic

Put Your Back N 2 It

11. 50 Albums of the 2012: Gigwise
15. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Beats Per Minute
15. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound
23. Top 50 Albums of 2012: WUOG
27. Top 40 Albums of 2012: Clash
30. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Treble
33. Top 100 Albums of 2012: musicOMH
46. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Cokemachineglow
60. 60 Best Albums of 2012: Pretty Much Amazing