Mitski - Be The Cowboy: Album of the year contender.

Illuminati Hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies: Excellent indie pop.

Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today: Understated is not something I associate with DCFC.

DBS - Tales From The Crib: Dime-a-dozen punk from the mid-90s.

The Coup - Steal This Album: Not sure how I skipped this group, but course correcting now.

Birds In Row - We Already Lost The World: Much better than the deceptive singles.

Kanye West - Ye: Not sure what all the hate is for as this is still pretty good.

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues: Could have skipped the singing and focused on the guitar playing.

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth: I found it less engaging as a whole than The Epic.

M. Ward - What A Wonderful Industry: What a wonderful album.

Vein - Errorzone: Going to give it another go, given the hype.

Townes Van Zandt - Live At the Old Quarter: Essential singer songwriter.

Two Gallants - We Are Undone: My time away has renewed my faith.

Three Shade of Dirty - Paper Roses: Fun little pop demo.

Stil Life - From Angry Heads with Skyward Eyes: What an amazing album!

Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides: Very Lynchian.

Pusha T - Daytona: Seven tracks is perfect.

No Right - Unjustified: Classic straight edge hardcore.

Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch: I have enjoyed this run of EPs more than any of their albums.

Nausea - Extinction: Not really my thing.