Year-End Lists

Dark Times

8. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of 2024
12. The Alternative: Best 50 Releases of 2024
14. Clash: Albums of the Year 2024
18. Flood: The Best Albums of 2024
19. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2024
19. Rolling Stone: Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2024
20. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2024
22. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2024
23. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2024
29. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2024
30. Billboard: Best Albums of 2024
32. Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
33. Grace Robins-Somerville: Favorite Albums of 2024
36. Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
49. Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
75. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2024

• Essence: The Best Albums Of 2024
• Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
• Uproxx: The Best Albums of 2024

Ramona Park Broke My Heart

2. Wired: Jason Parham: The 12 Best Albums of 2022
2. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2022
4. Okayplayer: 22 Best Albums of 2022
5. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2022
5. Clash: Albums Of The Year 2022
16. NPR Music: Ann Powers: Top 20 Albums Of 2022
16. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2022
19. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
33. The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022
37. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
76. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022

• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2022
• GCN: Steve Erickson: The Best Music of 2022
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca: Best Pop Music Albums of 2022

Vince Staples

2. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
6. Wired: Jason Parham: The 8 Best Albums of 2021
9. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
10. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
17. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2021
19. Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
21. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
22. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
22. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
24. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
28. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2021
34. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
37. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
41. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
42. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
45. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
53. PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
54. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
80. Hanif Abdurraqib: 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021

• Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2021
• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2021

FM!

4. Best Albums of 2018: The Ringer
6. Best Albums of 2018: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
12. Best Albums of 2018: Flood
13. 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018: Hanif Abdurraqib
14. Best Albums of 2018: Okayplayer
14. 50 Best Albums Of 2018: Stereogum
14. 25 Best Albums of 2018: Slant
18. 50 Best Albums of 2018: Rolling Stone
19. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Treble
21. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Consequence
26. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Brooklyn Vegan
26. 50 Best Albums of 2018: Pitchfork
30. Best Albums of the Year 2018: NME
31. Best Albums of 2018: Complex
32. Top 50 Albums of 2018: 405
36. 50 Best Albums of 2018: NPR: NPR Music
89. Top 100 Albums of 2018: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

• Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones
• Best Albums of 2018: AllMusic

Big Fish Theory

1. 10 Best Albums of 2017: Daily Beast
1. The Top 50 Albums of 2017: Treble
3. 25 Best Albums of 2017: Slant
4. 20 Best Albums of 2017: Pretty Much Amazing
4. 100 Best Albums of 2017: Earbuddy
4. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Consequence
6. The Best Albums Of 2017: Coup De Main
7. 26 Best Albums of 2017: Entertainment Weekly
7. 10 Best Albums of 2017: Rob Harvilla: The Ringer
7. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Pitchfork
8. Best Albums of 2017: In Review Online
8. Best Albums of 2017: Pigeons & Planes
8. Top 50 Albums of 2017: The Skinny
9. 20 Best Albums of 2017: A.V. Club
10. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Uproxx
10. 10 Best Albums of 2017: Jon Pareles: New York Times
10. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Sputnikmusic
12. 62 Favorite Albums of 2017: Gorilla vs. Bear
14. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Brooklyn Vegan
14. Albums of the Year 2017: Clash
14. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Complex
15. 50 Best Albums of 2017: NME
16. Favorite Albums of 2017: Jeremy D. Larson
17. Top 30 Albums of 2017: The Wild Honey Pie
17. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
17. Best 50 Albums of 2017: NPR: NPR Music
18. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Billboard
18. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Stereogum
19. Best Albums of 2017: Flood
20. Top 20 Albums of 2017: 405
21. 60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters
23. Best Albums of 2017: Guardian
26. 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017: Hanif Abdurraqib
28. 51 Best Albums of 2017: Rolling Stone
30. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Spin
30. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Quietus
34. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s: Consequence
55. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Under the Radar
66. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine
68. Dean's List 2017: Robert Christgau

• 25 Best Albums of 2017: Vibe
• 70 Best Albums of 2017: AllMusic
• Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones
• The Best Albums of 2017: Carl Wilson: Slate
• Top Ten Albums of 2017: Stranger
• Top 10 Albums of 2017: Kitty Empire: Observer

Prima Donna

21. 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib
42. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pitchfork

• 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Summertime ’06

4. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Pitchfork
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: Treble
4. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Stereogum
4. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Billboard
4. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Slant
5. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
6. 15 Best Albums of 2015: A.V. Club
6. 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: Gorilla vs. Bear
7. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
10. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Consequence
11. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pigeons & Planes
11. 50 Best Albums of 2015: FasterLouder
12. Top 50 Albums of 2015: The Wire
14. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pretty Much Amazing
20. 40 Best Albums of 2015: Entertainment Weekly
20. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Sputnikmusic
21. Albums of the Year 2015: Crack Magazine
22. 40 Favorite Albums of 2015: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
23. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Fact
23. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
26. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Paste
28. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx
31. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Complex
32. Albums of the Year 2015: Clash
32. 50 Best Albums of the Decade: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
34. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
35. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Rolling Stone
36. 40 Best Albums of 2015: Guardian
38. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant
47. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Paste
58. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar
61. 75 Best Albums of 2015: Uncut
73. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Quietus

• Top 20 Albums of 2015: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions
• 10 Favorite Albums of 2015: Cokemachineglow
• 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
• 55 Best Albums of 2015: AllMusic
• 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones

Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2

12. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2014

Hell Can Wait

13. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Complex
20. Top 50 Albums of 2014: Pitchfork
41. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Stereogum
82. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Quietus
87. Top 140 Albums of 2014: Under the Radar
100. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop