POPMATTERS:
80. Ought – Sun Coming Down
79. U.S. Girls – Half Free
78. Cam – Welcome to Cam Country
77. Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf
76. Rae Sremmurd – Sremm Life
75. Ruby Amanfu – Standing Still
74. Dawn Richard – Blackheart
73. Girl Band – Hold Hands with Jamie
72. Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy
71. Jaga Jazzist – Starfire
70. Dungen – Allas Sak
69. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
68. Shamir – Ratchet
67. Clarence Clarity – No Now
66. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
65. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
64. Jlin – Dark Energy
63. Heems – Eat Pray Thug
62. Battles – La Di Da Di
61. Deradoorian – The Expanding Flower Planet
60. Omar Souleyman – Bahdeni Nami
59. Doldrums – The Air Conditioned Nightmare
58. DJ Spooky with Kronos Quartet – Rebirth of a Nation
57. John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
56. Max Richter – Sleep
55. Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls
54. Bell Witch – Four Phantoms
53. Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss
52. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green
51. Bully – Feels Like
50. Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
49. Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls
48. C Duncan – Architect
47. Rhiannon Giddens – Tomorrow is My Turn
46. Future Brown – Future Brown
45. Dâm-Funk – Invite the Light
44. Florence and the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
43. Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone?
42. Chvrches – Every Open Eye
41. FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
40. Beach House – Depression Cherry
39. Skylar Spence – Prom King
38. Ashley Monroe – The Blade
37. Holly Herndon – Platform
36. Deafheaven – New Bermuda
35. Torres – Sprinter
34. Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
33. Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic
32. Josh Ritter – Sermon on the Rocks
31. Lupe Fiasco – Tetsuo & Youth
30. Miguel – Wildheart
29. The Mountain Goats – Beat the Champ
28. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass
27. Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase.
26. Houndmouth – Little Neon Limelight
25. Jamie xx – In Colour
24. John Moreland – High on Tulsa Heat
23. Arca – Mutant
22. Tame Impala – Currents
21. Björk – Vulnicura
20. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment – Surf
19. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
18. Joanna Newsom – Divers
17. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
16. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
15. Grimes – Art Angels
14. Julia Holter – Have You in My Wilderness
13. Algiers – Algiers
12. Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material
11. Carly Rae Jepsen – E·MO·TION
10. Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
9. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
8. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
7. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete
6. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
5. Chris Stapleton – Traveller
4. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
3. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
2. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
90. Panda Bear – No Mans Land
89. Shigeto – Pulse
88. Murder by Death – Send Me Home
87. Gary Clark Jr. – The Healing
86. Speedy Ortiz – Raising the Skate
85. Viet Cong – March of Progress
84. Sleater-Kinney – A New Wave
83. Hiatus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater
82. Blur – Go Out
81. Delta Rae – Run
80. Christopher Paul Stelling – Scarecrow
79. Death – Look at Your Life
78. Charli XCX feat. Rita Ora – Doing It
77. Björk – Stonemilker
76. Blood Orange – Sandra’s Smile
75. Braids – Taste
74. Bully – Six
73. Father John Misty – The Ideal Husband
72. Jake Xerxes Fussell – Raggy Levy
71. Lera Lynn – SONG
70. U.S. Girls – Damn that Valley
69. The Go! Team – What’d You Say
68. Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July
67. Miranda Lambert – Little Red Wagon
66. Holly Herndon – An Exit
65. Young Thug – Check
64. Alessia Cara – Here
63. Ruby Amanfu – Cathedrals
62. Deafheaven – Brought to the Water
61. Swervedriver – Autodidact
60. Ashley Monroe – On to Something Good
59. Drake – Know Yourself
58. Algiers – Blood
57. John Moreland – Sad Baptist Rain
56. Hot Chip – Need You Now
55. Cam – My Mistake
54. Quiet Company – Understand the Problem
53. Joanna Newsom – Time, As a Symptom
52. Tobias Jesso, Jr. – How Could You Babe
51. The Dead Weather – I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
50. Fleur East – Sax
49. Sun Kil Moon – Garden of Lavender
48. The Tallest Man on Earth – Sagres
47. Run the Jewels – Rubble Kings Theme (Dynamite)
46. Natalie Prass – My Baby Don’t Understand Me
45. Jill Scott – Closure
44. Travis Scott feat. Kanye West – Piss On Your Grave
43. Rizzla feat. Odie Myrtil – Iron Cages
42. Protomartyr – Why Does It Shake?
41. Majical Cloudz – Downtown
40. FKA Twigs – Figure 8
39. Freddie Gibbs – Fuckin’ Up the Count
38. Everything Everything – Distant Past
37. Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s
36. Julia Holter – Feel You
35. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Piss Crowns Are Trebled
34. Death Grips – On GP
33. Rival Consoles – Looming
32. Jason Isbell – If It Takes a Lifetime
31. Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
30. Kacey Musgraves – Biscuits
29. Chelsea Wolfe – Carrion Flowers
28. Skylar Spence – Can’t You See
27. And So I Watch You From Afar – Animal Ghosts
26, Dâm-Funk – Missing U
25. Belle and Sebastian – Nobody’s Empire
24. Autre Ne Veut – World War Pt. 2
23. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
22. Rabit – Snow Leopard
21. The Mountain Goats – The Legend of Chavo Guerrero
20. Battles – The Yabba
19. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment – Sunday Candy
18. Grimes – Realiti
17. Joanna Newsom – Sapokanikan
16. FKA Twigs – Glass & Patron
15. Titus Andronicus – Dimed Out
14. BØRNS – Electric Love
13. Oneohtrix Point Never – Mutant Standard
12. Rudimental – We the Generation feat. Mahalia
11. Tame Impala – Let It Happen
10. Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
9. Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
8. Carly Rae Jepsen – Run Away With Me
7. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
6. Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
5. Chvrches – Leave a Trace
4. Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey
3. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best
2. Jamie xx feat. Young Thug & Popcaan – I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)
1. Kendrick Lamar – Alright
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