These aren’t necessarily the best albums of the year, but are the ones that I most enjoyed.
- Big Thief - Capacity
- Cigarettes After Sex - s/t
- Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
- Jay Som - Everybody Works
- Chuck Johnson - Balsams
- Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
- Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet
- Kevin Morby - City Music
- Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
- Kikagaku Moyo - Stone Garden
- Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
- Michael Nau - Some Twist
- Milo - Who Told You to Think??!!?!?!?!
- Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
- Sampha - The Process
- Sandy (Alex G) - Rocket
- Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz (both albums)
- Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
- Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift
- SZA - Ctrl
- Jeff Tweedy - Together at Last
- Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference EP
- Jake Xerxes Fussel - What in the Natural World
- The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding