by Sean Morris
I made my first Best Albums of the Year list twenty-five years ago. When I was eleven, my music preferences were almost entirely dictated by MTV and pop radio. Nowadays, I discover new favorites via live shows, blogs, and even a random Twitter follow. I’ve had a list-making fetish since the days of Casey Kasem’s Top 40. Beyond acknowledging cultural zeitgeists, revealing music snobbery, and instigating bickering, for me, 'Best of' lists collect memories just as vividly as any camera roll.
Dum Dum Girls-Too True
Letting Up Despite Great Faults-Neon
Liars-Mess
Miniature Tigers-Cruel Runnings
MØ-No Mythologies to Follow
Sweet Valley-F.A.N.G.
White Lung-Deep Fantasy
Wu-Tang Clan-A Better Tomorrow
Wye Oak-Shriek
#37 Thee Oh Sees-Drop
#36 Little Dragon-Nabuma Rubberband
#35 NehruvianDOOM
#34 PRhyme
#33 Bibio-The Green EP
#32 Coldplay-Ghost Stories
#31 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib-Piñata
#30 Antemasque
#29 Open Mike Eagle-Dark Comedy
#28 Ty Segall-Manipulator
#27 Thievery Corporation-Saudade
#26 Perfect Pussy-Say Yes to Love
#25 Snowmine-Dialects
#24 The Drums-Encyclopedia
#23 DaVinci & Sweet Valley-Ghetto Cuisine
#22 pizza boy.-no tip necessary.
#21 Warpaint
#20 Gangsta Boo & La Chat-Witch
#19 Kate Tempest-Everybody Down
#18 Baths-Ocean Death
#17 Yellow Ostrich-Cosmos
#16 Phantogram-Voices
#15 Mr Little Jeans-Pocketknife
#14 Beck-Morning Phase
#13 D’Angelo & The Vanguard-Black Messiah
#12 Nocando-Jimmy the Burnout
#11 Vacationer-Relief
#10 Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks-Enter the Slasher House
#9 Run the Jewels 2
#8 The Roots-…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
#7 Vaniish-Memory Work
#6 tUnE-yArDs-Nikki Nack
#5 pizza boy.-futility.
#4 Li Xi-Meet Me Somewhere
#3 St. Vincent
#2 Lykke Li-I Never Learn
#1 Caribou-Our Love
Keep your feet off my lawn, and keep reaching for the stars.
Zestyverse's resident Music Geek Sean Morris is an SF Bay Area native with a photographic memory and encyclopedic knowledge of popular culture. He is a graduate of UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television, a former Los Angeles Slam Team member, part of the collective Art 4 A Democratic Society, and a music blogger for The Owl Mag. Find him on Twitter, SoundCloud, and YouTube.
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