Slaughter Beach, Dog - Welcome: Want more Modern Baseball? Get this now.

John Samson - Winter Wheat: Following Oberst and Price, the singer-songwriter fatigue began to set in.

Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Country album of the year.

Preoccupations - Preoccupations: Expecations can tamper with a first listen. Such is the case here.

The Pixies - Head Carrier: Another in the streak of consistency.

Conor Oberst - Ruminations: A slow burner, but ultimately worth it.

Nurse - EP: Still searching for a great modern hardcore band.

Mono - Requiem For Hell: Been a while since a post-rock kept me as engaged as this did.

The Monkees - Good Times!: Calling it a Monkees album seems like a stretch, but calling it good is not.

Microwave - Much Love: More nuanced than their debut.

Paul McCartney - Pure McCartney: A single disc is all that is needed.

Led Zeppelin - The Complete BBC Sessions: Required for fans.

Kings of Leon - WALLS: Continuing their trajectory towards arena, radio-friendly rock.

Joyce Manor - Cody: Their best album yet.

Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues: Another great album.

Gringo Starr - The Sides and In Between: Good in a sea of great this year.

Green Day - Revolution Radio: Not revulationary, but certainly radio friendly. But, still, Green Day is great.

Kevin Devine - Instigator: A few podcasts later and I am fully invested in his music.

Dear Hunter - Act 5: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional: I need to listen to them more. Or all the time.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition: Hip-hop album of the year.

Bon Iver - 22, A Million: Their time away has allowed me to grow with them sonically.

Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings: Not sure I get all the hype.

Animal Flag - LP: Looking forward to a lot more.

American Television - Reaction: Great opener for Piebald with a great record.

American Football - LP2: Good enough.

Self Defense Family - Colicky: Post-punk with a definite Joy Division affinity.

Dolly Parton - Pure & Simple: Sounds so genuine, even after all these years.

Okkervil River - Away: Sounds, for the first time, complacent.

Frank Ocean - Blond: Listening to an artist at the top of his craft.

Lydia Loveless - Real: Good, but not worth the hype.

Garrett Klahn - Garrett Klahn: It is not Back and to the Left, but still worth a listen.

Kindling - Everywhere Else: Shoegaze, if that is your thing.

Sam Coomes - Bugger Me: Great beginning but quickly looses steam.

clipping - Splendor & Misery: Space rap opera needs more than one, or two, listens.

AJJ - The Bible 2: Earnest folk-punk that is something above the rest.

Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me: New Wave:White Crosses :: TGDB:SSWM

Wreck and Reference - Indifferent Rivers Romance End: Cool concept, but wears thin quickly.

Hank Wood and the Hammerheads - Stay Home!!: Great punk songs to be heard live.

Various - Hamilton Broadway Cast Recording: Great execution, but hard to keep focus for 2+ hours.

Tragically Hip - Man Machine Poem: Disappointed they broke up, but excited to dig into the back catalog.

Thank You, Scientist - Stranger Heads Prevail: A bit superfluous in places, but they should tour with Kamasi Washington.

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog: Interesting pedigree but I could not get into it.

Chaim Tennenbaum - Chaim Tannenbaum: Sounds like something out of the '50s.

Son House - Heroes Of The Blues: Blues, to me, is always in the shadow or Robert Johnson, but this is still worth a listen.

Skipjack - A Soundtrack To A Eulogy: Boring, formulaic pop-punk.

Shai Hulud - Just Can't Hate Enough: Always breaking the rule that the singer defines the band.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Blind Worms, Pious Swine: 12 albums released this year. Can someone make a best of?

Pkew Pkew Pkew - Pkew Pkew Pkef: If fratcore is not a thing already, they just invented it.

Of Montreal - Innocence Reaches: Always worth a listen.

100 Demons - In The Eyes of the Lord: Recommended to me as a fan of early Hatebreed. Did not disappoint.

NOFX - The Decline: Pretty much all I need.

The Lippies - The Lippies: Excellent, relentless modern punk.

Jellyfish - Spilt Milk Given the reverence, I think I need more time with it.

The I.L.Y.s - Scum With Boundaries: Interesting, pop-oriented turn.

Hella - The Devil Isn't Red: Moments of greatness, just not enough of them.

Faintest Idea - Increasing The Minimum Rage: Nope, too much ska for one album.

Explorer's Club - Together: Do you miss 60s pop? Then this is for you.

Evans the Death - Vanilla: I found the vocals to be distracting.

Dinosaur Jr - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not: A lot better than expected.

Cold World - Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First: It works.

Cold World - Ice Grillz: There is no way this should work.

Cables and Arms - Framing Defeat: Easy to lose in the sea of similar, and sometimes better, bands.

Brand New - 3 Demos, Reworked: More please.

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve: Soft Bounce: Weird amalgamation of electronic psychedelia.

Anohni - Hoplessness: What an apt title.

YG - Still Brazy: Offering little-to-nothing to the genre.

NOFX - Coaster: Alright, fine, I now like NOFX. Took them long enough.

NOFX - Wolves in Wolves' Clothing: Not bad, really growing on me.

NOFX - Never Trust A Hippy: You're Wrong is my favorite song of theirs, even if I do not agree with all of it.

Venerea - Last Call For Adderall: The best pop-punk album of the year.

Urban Waste - Urban Waste: Excellent hardcore from the beginning.

Ray Rocket - Do You Wanna Go To Tijuana: Drums and Vampire Weekend are big influences.

PUP - The Dream Is Over: A punk(er) Hold Steady.

The Professionals - I Didn't See It Coming: Early-80s punk that is more Clash than Pistols.

Kate Pierson - Guiters and Microphones: Such a great, fun, pop/punk/rock record.

NOFX - War On Errorism: Love the message behind it.

NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum: I have no doubt that their live show would be the best medium for their music.

NOFX - Heavy Petting Zoo: Starting to run together.

NOFX - Punk In Drublic: This is the album I could see listening to the most.

NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean: And we are back to being difficult to take seriously.

NOFX - The Longest Line: Starting to warm up.

NOFX - Maximum Rocknroll: This is something I could get behind.

NOFX - Ribbed: Too many sub-genres of punk to really sink my teeth into.

NOFX - S&M Airlines: Not exactly revelatory, but the closing cover ruins the whole experience.

Marilyn Manson - Pale Emperor: Solid, but hard to differentiate.

Marilyn Manson - Born Villain: One of the better albums in their catalog.

Marilyn Manson - High End of Low: Certainly an improvement.

NoFX - Liberal Animation: I mistakenly assumed they were a joke band all this time.

Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me: Starting to lose me.

Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque: Easily my favorite so far.

Nice As Fuck - Nice As Fuck: The drums are hypnotic like '80s rap.

Nerf Herder - Rockingham:

Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood: Has its ups and downs.

Maren Morris - Hero: For fans of Kacey Musgraves.

Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost: A grown-up Front Bottoms.

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals: More restrained, almost subdued in comparison.

Mitski - Puberty 2: Outstanding album of pop/rock/alt-R&B.

Martha - Blisters in The Pit Of My Heart: My favorite summer album of the year.

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar: The Beautiful People barely scratches the surface of this great album.

Marilyn Manson - Portrait Of An American Family: Good enough to keep digging.

Late! - Pocketwatch: Culturally fascinating, objectively skippable.

Julie Ruin - Hit Reset: I would listen to almost anything with Katleen's vocals on it.

Invisible - Patience: Once touted as a TVOTR sound alike, but this is far from it.

Ink & Dagger - The Fine Art Of Original Sin: Late '90s hardcore was such a weird time.

Hotelier - Goodness: Not as good as Home, but still good enough.

G.L.O.S.S. - Trans Day Of Revenge: Very much looking forward to what is next.

Brian Fallon - Painkillers: The difference between this and Gaslight is slim.

The Falcon - Gather Up The Chaps: Feels disjointed.

Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels: No familiarity with the originals makes for a wonderful listen.

Dirty Nil - Higher Power: Such tension in the vocals make it compelling.

Direct Hit - Wasted Mind: Above average pop-punk.

Dikembe - Hail Something: Gritty post-punk.

Converge - You Fail Me Redux: Either I forgot how good the album was, or this mix is really that much better.

Camp Cope - Camp Cope: Indie rock with punk influences married to earnestness.

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book: Still do not get the fascination.

Big Thief - Masterpiece: Chameleonic pop-punk.

Belvedere - Revenge Of The Fifth: Good, but not great, modern pop-punk.

Avalanches - Wildflower: Time to go back a revisit the debut, because this was really great.

The Apostles - Punk Obituary: Punk in the '80s was such a fascinating thing and this is a centerpiece.

Anderson .Paak - Malibu: Not really my thing, but damn if it is not tempting to go down the road.

Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere: Songs meant for the stag fall flat on disc.

The Avalanches - Wildflower: Awesome follow-up that will make me revisit their beloved debut.

$eth - A Rehearsal For The Great Uprising: A huge, progressive, leap forward. Post-punk/metal/rock all in one.

$eth - The First Snack/Akorex B: More of the same.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway: Feels completely uninspired.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens In Denial: No denying an album of the year contender. Great Titus Andronicus tour partner.

Bob Dylan - The 1985 Rehearsal Tape: I think there is one really good disc here.

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound: Not really my style, but a first step to becoming a convert.

Blink-182 - California: My first Blink album, and I liked it.

$eth - Acoustic Rage: Name dropped as an influence by Laura Jane Grace, justifiably.

Bob Dylan - After The Empire: A compelling case that even when down, Dylan is still better than most.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity: I could listen to this on repeat, as intended.

Yeasayer - Amen And Goodbye: I want to like it.

Wire - Nocturnal Koreans: Aging well.

White Lung - Paradise: Incredibly compelling punk.

Henry Threadgill - In For A Penny: A little long, but otherwise hard to complain about.

Slipknot - Iowa: Great metal album, last track aside.

Slipknot - Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat: Too much nu going on.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool: Really strong, has a Sigur Ros vibe going on.

Miracle Legion - Portrait Of A Damaged Family: I had a lovely time.

LUH - Spiritual Songs: The desperation in the vocal delivery will keep me coming back for more.

Islands - Taste: Initially not as good, but I remember being wrong about Digital Ash, too.

Islands - Should I Remain Here At Sea: Yes, if further albums sound this good.

PJ Harvey - The Hope Six: Pulling in a vast array of influences makes for a fairly compelling album.

Hallelujah The Hills - A Band Is Something: Some great songs here, but it falls flat as an album.

Flatbush Zombies - 3001- A Laced Odyssey: A lot of hype, but little to back it up.

Drake - Views: I just do not care.

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit: Almost had me thinking their run was over, but the second half was strong.

Dalek - Abandoned Language: Have to give them credit for trying to push the genre forward.

Burn - ...From The Ashes: Still trying to get into them with the same fervor as everyone else.

boysetsfire - After The Eulogy: This is a really great melodic/hardcore/metal album.

boysetsfire - The Day The Sun Went Out: Not really sure who they are yet.

Beyonce - Lemonade: Have I been missing out or is this her first really good album?

Wham! - Make It Big: Thank you, Deadpool.

Weezer - Weezer (White): Really surprised by how much I enjoyed this.

M. Ward - More Rain: Most compelling album by him in a long time.

Savages - Adore Life: Feels oddly contrived.

Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light: Undeniably dance-pop, but really good at being that.

Pears - Green Star: Something for everyone into punk/hardcore.

Parquet Courts - Human Performance: They are a modern day Talking Heads.

Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow: Good for what it is, just not for me right now.

Madder Rose - Hello June Fool: A best-of will suffice.

Madder Rose - Tragic Magic: Diminished returns.

Madder Rose - Panic On: No need to panic as it is more of the same.

Madder Rose - Bring It Down: Beautiful John is an unbelievably great song the rest of the album cannot match.

Korn - Korn: Thirty minutes too long, but not as bad as anticipated.

Killswitch Engage - Incarnate: Best album in nearly a decade.

Elton John - Wonderful Crazy Nights: Over-produced songs detract from its potential.

Into It. Over It. - Standards: Culmination of everything he has been working towards.

Hotel Year - It Never Goes Out: Glimpses of what they would become.

Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness: I just cannot get into it.

Face to Face - Face to Face: Really great street punk with pop sensibilities.

Deftones - Around the Fur: I should have listened to this long ago.

John Congleton and Nighty Nite - Until the Horror: I missing the pAper chAse.

David Bowie - Blackstar: When the dust settles, really curious to see its place in history.

Andrew Bird - Are You Serious: Really solid as always, but no Armchair.

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo: Between it and the demos, there is a good-possibly-great album here.

Weerd Science - Red Juliet Broadcast 3: Nothing to change anyone's mind.

Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered: At the top of his game.

Bl'ast - For Those Who've Graced The Fire: I really need to get into the older stuff.

Animal Collective - Painting With: It feels over-constructed.

World Be Free - The Anti-Circle: Like a melodic '80s hardcore classic.

Wingnut Dishwashers Union - Towards a World Without Dishwashers: Love most of the message, but delivery starting to wear thin.

Saul Williams - MartyrLoserKing: Always look forward to what he does, but never enamored with it.

Ramshackle Glory - Live The Dream: Not exactly polished, but certainly contains higher fidelity.

Johnny Hobo and Freight Trains - Chaos Infiltration Squad: Starting to grow on me.

Johnny Hobo and Freight Trains - Caught in Act of Not Being Awesome: Not exactly not awesome.

Johnny Hobo and Freight Trains - Anarchy Means I Hate You: Hate is a strong word.

Attickiss - Chasing Time: Not afraid to wear its influences on its sleeve.

Weerd Science - Red Light Juliet Broadcast 2: Stronger.

Weerd Science - Red Light Juliet: Worth a casual listen for Coheed fans, but not great on its own.

Laddio Bolocko - As If By Remote: Weirder yet.

Laddio Bolocko - In Real Time: Shorter and more traditional.

Get Up Kids - The EPs: Certainly worth listening to.

Laddio Bolocko - Strange Warnings: More jazz than post-rock, more avant garde than jazz, more post-rock than avant garde.

Kamasi Washington - The Epic: Not sure where to cut, because it all teeters on good-to-great, but there is probably an extra disc of material here.

They Might Be Giants - Why: Exactly.

Vince Staples - Summertime '06: Much better first half than second, but what a first half!

Reggie And The Full Effect - X-Mas Mini EP: Feels like not enough and too much at the same time.

Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free: Always weird when critics finally catch up to a great thing.

Free - Demo: Glad they are back, even if under a different name.

Dwarfstarr - Agnus: Atlanta-based rock band not afraid to wear their influences on their sleeve.

Baroness - Purple: So glad they did not hang it up.

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think: I can see why it ended up on so many lists, but I need more time.