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Albums of the Year: 2016

Nick Cave – Let Love In

Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree (2016)

Andy Shauf – The Party (2016)

Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

Temples – Sun Structures

John K Samson – Winter Wheat (2016)

John Moreland – High on Tulsa Heat

Basic Nature – Circles and Lines

Varioius Artists – Native North America, Vol I (2016)

Kacy and Clayton – Strange Country (2016)

Big Thief – Masterpiece (2016)

Margaret Glaspy – Emotions and Math (2016)

Chris Cohen – As If Apart (2016)

Chixdiggit! – 2012 (2016)

Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate (2016)

Ancient Shapes – Ancient Shapes (2016)

Bully – Feels Like

Mo Kenney – In My Dreams

Albums of the Year: 2012

Tim Barry – 40 Miler

Propagandhi – Failed States

Andy Shauf – The Bearer of Bad News

OFF! – S/T

Title Fight – Floral Green

Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

In no particular order, these were the albums that mattered most this year. Top Ten lists are usually a crock, since there isn’t actually that much good music out there. Or at least that much different music out there. If it isn’t interesting, it isn’t in my ears. Other significant mentions: Fugazi. This band took up a lot of my time this year, I was only maybe a decade or two behind.

One of my picks was also a pick by The New York Times. Who the hell is Frank Ocean?

Balls of Rice Albums of the Year 2011