Neil Young - Colorado: New Neil is good Neil.

Kanye West - Jesus Is King: Clipse!

Strange Ranger - Remembering the Rockets: Not sure the hype is justified.

Saves the Day - Through Being Cool (20th Anniversary Edition): Nice to have, but not particularly gripping.

Jeff Rosenstock - Thanks, Sorry!: Great document of his live experience.

Restraining Order - The World is Too Much: My favorite hardcore release of the year.

Origami Angel - Somewhere City: Such a great emo album.

Refused - War Music: Easily skipped.

Piebald - A Musical Christmas Adventure: Hoping there is more in the (near) future.

New Pornographers - In The Morse Code of Brake Lights: Completely acceptable.

Les Rallizes Denudes - Heavier Than a Death in the Family: This will hit right when the in the mood.

Les Rallizes Denudes - '77 Live: The type of album that will get you banned from picking the playlist in public.

Hold Stead - Thrashing Thru the Passion: Glad to have them back.

Futureheads - Powers: Some good singles.

FKA Twigs - Magdalene: Boundary pushing mainstream pop.

Fiddlehead - Get My Mind Right: Love this band.

Fear Before the March of Flames - The Always Open Mouth: Way better than expectations, especially in light of my previous dismissal.

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?: I liked portions of this quite a bit.

Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series, Vol. 15: The volume I will revisit the least.

Cursive - Domestica: More subtlety than I was expecting.

Billy Corgan - Cotillions: Not sure why his solo work does not get more attention.

Coldplay - Everyday Life: I appreciate the attempt and major step up from the last few albums.

David Ackles - American Gothic: Sgt. Pepper of folk is apt, if not accurate.

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury: Feels like a classic album.

Ramallah - The Last Gasp of Street Rock 'n' Roll: Feels more like Sinners 'n' Saints, even ignoring the cover, which is a great thing.

Powerhouse - No Regrets: Has a little Youth of Today at moments.

Outspoken - A Light in the Dark: I would love to hear a better recorded version of this album.

No Right - Senescence: Great little EP with some Indecision vibes.

Menzingers - Hello Exile: Bordering on adult contemporary.

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!: Deserved hype.

Kero Kero Bonito - Civilisation I: Bite size. I like it.

Jimmy Eat World - Surviving: Pretty safe.