51. Blur – The Magic Whip

50. Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams

49. J.D. McPherson – Let the Good Times Roll

48. CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye

47. Pops Staples – Don’t Lose This

46. Shamir – Ratchet

45. Viet Cong – Viet Cong

44. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green

43. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Style

42. Mountain Goats – Beat the Champ

41. Glen Hansard – Didn’t He Ramble

40. Beirut – No No No

39. Wilco – Star Wars

38. Iron and Wine and Ben Bridwell – Sing into My Mouth

37. Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material

36. Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too

35. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love

34. Jose Gonzalez – Vestiges and Claws

33. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect

32. Tobias Jesso, Jr. – Goon

31. My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall

30. Ryan Adams – 1989

29. Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin Down…

28. Torres – Sprinter

27. Magical Cloudz – Are You Alone?

26. Purity Ring – another eternity

25. Kamasi Washington – The Epic

24. The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World

23. Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi

22. Hop Along – Painted Shut

21. Ben Folds – So There

20. Beach Slang – The Things We Do to Find People Who Like Us

19. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

18. Laura Marling – Short Movie

17. Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues

16. Leon Bridges – Coming Home

 

15. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment – Surf

14. Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

13. Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle

12. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free

11. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

10. Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy

09. Tame Impala – Currents

08. The Very Best – Makes a King

07. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06

06. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly

05. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass

04. Calexico – Edge of the Sun

03. Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color

02. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell

01. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

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