Chumbawumba - The Singles '82-'87: So great, and so much more than getting back up again.

Christie Front Drive - Stero: More likely to play this than Anthology.

Christie Front Drive - Anthology: Have to contextualize to what emo was in the early '90s.

The Chills - Kaleidoscope World: Worth at least one listen to see if anything sticks.

Cassie - Cassie: A great R&B/hip-hop album that seems lost to time.

Car Seat Headrest - Non-Teens of Denial Discography: http://uproxx.com/music/car-seat-headrest-bandcamp-albums/

Career Suicide - Anthology 1 and 2: Decent, but not particularly special when taken all at once.

Cannae - Demo: I wish there was more.

Campaign - Enemies: Still not sure why these guys are not bigger.

Buffalo Clover - Test Your Love: A little too much deviation from their winning formula.

Buffalo Clover - Low Down Time: An improvement on a good debut.

Buffalo Clover - Pick Your Poison: I will pick her over him.

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club: A bit long, but enough to warrant repeat listens.

Jeff Buckley - Grace: So much more, and better, than what is a great cover.

Boxer - The Hurt Process: Kid Dyanmite/Lifetime-influenced and awesome.

Blitz - Voice of a Generation: Classic oi! album.

Dropkick Murphys - 11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory: The transition from street punk to arena rock has been fascinating.

Birthmark - Antibodies: Can probably skip it, but glad I listened.

Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle: Hauntingly beautiful.

Bad Brains - Into The Future: Pretty good

Bad Brains - Build A Nation: Not bad, but relative to their few before it.

Bad Brains - I And I Survived: I almost did not.

Bad Brains - God Of Love: So bad.

Bad Brains - Rise: If you did not know it was Bad Brains it would not be so bad.

Bad Brains - Quickness: Is with how I will skip over this one in the future.

Bad Brains - I Against I: The non-reggae tracks are great

Bad Brains - Bad Brains: WOW!

At The Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement: Early ATDI and early Coheed share more similarities than I realized.

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders: Leaps and bounds above the latest.

Atlantic Pacific - Meet You New Love: I like the concept, but executing is flawed.

The Assistant - In The Year of The Dawg: Not as desperate sounding as their debut.

Animal Flag - Everything Will Be Okay: An improvement, but not as good as their newest.

Animal Flag - Flood of Sunlight: Glad I listened to the newest album first because I might have otherwise tuned out.

Ryan Allen - Basement Punk: I think we have a difference of opinion on both punk and basement.

52 Hertz - Demo/Somnolence/Twosome: Mostly forgettable but not worthless alternative(?) rock.

Neil Young - Peace Trail: I could get behind more of this.

You Blew It! - 2016 - Abendrot: '90s emo lives!

Wovenhand - Star Treatment: Always worth a listen.

Jack White - Acoustic Recordings: What a great collection.

Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat To Earth: A little slow moving for where I was at the time.

Watsky - x Infinity: Keep making music please.

Turnstile - Move Thru Me: Unsurprising hardcore. Sometimes that is just fine.

Touche Amore - Stage Four: I always forget about how great they are between album cycles.

Super Unison - Auto: Worth listening to on a regular basis.

Suffocate For Fuck Sake - In My Blood: Cribbing parts of City of Caterpillar and Converge is one way to get my attention.

Somos - First Day Back: Some strong tracks, but the production holds it back a bit.

Solange - Seat At The Table: Could not get into it.

Smoke DZA & Pete Rock: Don'e Smoke Back: Best old-school hip-hop album of 2016?

Sleigh Bells - Jessica Rabbit: How the music industry has changed since they came on the scene. They now sound dated.

Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat: I can skip it.

Rolling Stones - Blue And Lonesome: Wow!

Planes Mistaken For Stars - Prey: Decent return.

Pinegrove - Cardinal: Really surprised this made so many year end lists. Deserving, just surprising.

Papa M - Highway Songs: Sounds like demos to a new Slint album. Please?

Angel Olsen - My Woman: Such an incredibly haunting voice.

Neurosis - Fires Within Fires: Mostly as expected.

Kevin Morby - Singing Saw: Really want to give it a second listen.

Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct: Runs too long, but even shorter would not be very interesting to me.

Cass McCombs - Mangy Love: Not sure why I tried.

Leithause and Batmanglij - I Had A Dream: Make more please.

Mikey Erg - Tentative Decisions: Loved this album despite no context for who he is.

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years: Play it really loud.

Culture Abuse - Peach: One of the best punk-related albums of 2016.

Common - Black America Again: Musically safe, lyrically adventurous.

Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love: I am not a big funk listener, but this was so good.

Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here: Not familiar with their classic work probably hurt my enjoyment of this.

Youth Funeral - I Would Do It All Again: Screamo is alive and well.

Vanishing Life - Exile/Surveillance: I love Walter, but this is my least favorite project of his.

Two Tongues - Two Tongues Two: What a disappointment, first single aside.

Trash Talk - Tangle: Monotonous.

Teenage Fanclub - Here: On the list of bands I should like based on other's opinions but I struggle to get into.

Strokes - Future Present Past: A return to form was the billing. Not sure I cared the first time around.

Vince Staples - Prima Donna: Not sure I can justify the hype.

Regina Spektor - Remember Us To Life: Not her strongest outing.

Jeff Rosenstock - Worry: Never has album art resembled so closely how I feel listening to the album.

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.