Wrapping up my eighth year of doing this dumb website, I'm really impressed by how many great records came out this year. While it felt like a slow year for a while, it really picked up in the latter half. Any year where Snuff and Steve Adamyk Band don't make the top ten is a pretty incredible year of music (and both of those records were great, I think they would be easy top ten most years).
To be completely honest, my favorite record of the year was probably the one I helped put out on PopKid:
Shoplifters - Secret Free World - PopKid /Brassneck / Waterslide / Bartolini / White Russian
That said, I feel weird ranking records I released, so I'm going to disqualify them from the official ranking. It would have been a tough battle for first place as I think I listened to Foxhall Stacks, Shoplifters and Warp Lines more than any other records this year. Potty Mouth was right up there as well. Denomi and Turncoat represented Japan this year, though I didn't actually write about the Turncoat record as a vinyl version is going to come out next year, so I'll take pictures of that one once it's out.
It was also great to hear the hitmakers from years past still kicking ass this year. The Subjunctives, Bob Mould and J. Robbins all put out records just as good as any of their former bands put out in the 90s.
01 - Foxhall Stacks - The Coming Collapse - Snappy Little Numbers (Listen)
02 - Warp Lines - Human Fresh - Dirt Cult (Listen)
03 - Potty Mouth - SNAFU - Get Better (Listen)
04 - Denomi - It's Never Too Late, Go Forward - With One Accord (Listen)
05 - The Subjunctives - Sunshine And Rainbows - Top Drawer (Listen)
06 - Turncoat – My Dear Ex - Waterslide (Listen)
07 - Jacob Turnbloom - Cemetery Luau - Cheddar Goblin (Listen)
08 - Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock - Merge (Listen)
09 - J. Robbins - Un-Becoming - Dischord (Listen)
10 - More Kicks - More Kicks - Dirt Cult / Snap / Beluga / Wanda / Adrenalin Fix (Listen)
11 - Steve Adamyk Band - Paradise - Dirtnap
12 - Snuff - There's A Lot Of It About - Fat Wreck
13 - Notches - New Kinda Love - Dead Broke / Salinas
14 - Adult Magic - Adult Magic - Dead Broke
15 - Chilton - Little Birds - Dead Broke
16 - Laika's Orbit - Chosen No Ones - Dead Broke
17 - Good Shade - Way Out - Dirtnap
18 - Crocodile God - Thirteen - Brassneck / Crackle
19 - Hidden Spots - New Me / New You - Dead Broke
20 - Unlikely Friends - We Blast Last - Bill Clinton
Other Records I Picked Up This Year:
Abolitionist - Ugly Feeling - 1859 Records/No Time Records/Between The Days/Different Kitchen
A Giant Dog - Neon Bible - Merge
Brat Curse - Brat Curse - Just Because
Flashlights - Shadows and Lights - Secret Mission
Herzog - Me vs. You - Exit Stencil
Mike Krol - Power Chords - Merge
The Pretty Flowers - Golden Beat Sessions - Self Released / Dirt Cult
Spit-take - Falling Star - Dead Broke
State Drugs - Takings & Leavings - Snappy Little Numbers / Toxic Pop
Superchunk - AF - Merge
Previously:
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
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