Year-End Lists

End of the Middle

3. Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus
5. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
11. Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
13. Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire
14. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo
24. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
37. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
50. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound

The Ruby Cord

4. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
13. Albums of the Year 2022: Loud And Quiet
16. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Uncut
41. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop

• 2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

2020

2. Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus
3. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
10. Favorite Albums of 2019: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
14. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Far Out
14. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
15. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Guardian
22. Favorite Albums of 2019: Jeremy D. Larson
51. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Mojo
78. Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade

Peasant

1. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Quietus
2. Top 50 Albums of 2017: The Wire
2. 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017: Hanif Abdurraqib
6. 75 Best Albums of 2017: Uncut
9. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine
10. Best Albums of 2017: Guardian
19. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
20. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Mojo
36. 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017: Tiny Mix Tapes

Nothing Important

2. Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire
15. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Mojo
28. 30 Best Albums of 2014: Time Out London
69. Albums of the Year 2014: Crack Magazine

The Glass Trunk

4. Top 50 Albums of 2013: The Wire