1. Queens of the Stone Age - "... Like Clockwork"


2. Russian Circles - "Memorial"


3. Arctic Monkeys - "AM"


4. Deafheaven - "Sunbather"


5. Kanye West - "Yeezus"


6. Earl Sweatshirt - "Doris"


7. Danny Brown - "Old"


8. CHVRCHES - "The Bones of What You Believe"


9. Tomahawk - "Oddfellows"


10. Disclosure - "Settle"


11. Elvis Costello & The Roots - "Wise Up Ghost"
12. Vampire Weekend - "Modern Vampires of the City"
13. Pearl Jam - "Lightning Bolt"
14. J. Roddy Walston & the Business - "Essential Tremors"
15. Thundercat - "Apocalypse"
16. HAIM - "Days Are Gone"
17. Lorde - "Pure Heroine"
18. KEN mode - "Entrench"
19. The National - "Trouble Will Find Me"
20. Savages - "Silence Yourself"
21. The Knife - "Shaking the Habitual"
22. Bombino - "Nomad"
23. Neko Case - "The Worse Things Get..."
24. Charles Bradley - "Victim of Love"
25. Daft Punk - "Random Access Memories"

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Arcade Fire - "Reflektor"
Coliseum - "Sister Faith"
Mikal Cronin - "MCII"
Hanni El Khatib - "Head in the Dirt"
Foals - "Holy Fire"
Kylesa - "Ultraviolet"
The Melvins - "Tres Cabrones"
Janelle Monae - "The Electric Lady"
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks"
San Fermin - "San Fermin"
The Thermals - "Desperate Ground"

HAVEN'T HEARD ENOUGH YET:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Push the Sky Away"
Chance the Rapper - "Acid Rap"
Drenge - "Drenge"
El-P/Killer Mike - "Run the Jewels"
Future of the Left - "How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident"
The Haxan Cloak - "Excavation"
In Solitude - "Sister"
My Bloody Valentine - "mbv"
Phosphorescent - "Muchacho"
Shining - "One One One"
Speedy Ortiz - "Major Arcana"
SubRosa - "More Constant Than the Gods"
Thee Oh Sees - "Floating Coffin"

nice list...lots of crossovers!

good call on the arctic monkeys and j. roddy

QOTSA is good, eh? I'm luke warm on their previous efforts, is there something better/different this time around?

this. and no powerwolf?

i still need to hear Russian Circles!

This... and make sure you spend enough time with Nick Cave and Haxan Cloak, Scott.

I think "Memorial" is better than "Empros", but a friend of mine strongly disagrees with me. We both agree they are both pretty good albums, though.

And I will, Colin! I'm thinking of going on a year-end music purchase spree with any Christmas money I get, and these two are high on my list to get!

I didn't realize Tomahawk was still a thing.

I like that KEN Mode record a lot.

I see more stuff I like in your "haven't heard enough yet" list so get on those. Especially MBV, Thee Oh Sees, Run the Jewels, Nick Cave, and Haxan Cloak.

I thought this pick was questionable and then I listened to an 8 year old's ipod.

Highlights:

Let's go down to the tennis court and talk it up like yeah.
and talk it up like yeah
and talk it up like yeah
yeah

we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams

i've never felt so alone
feels so scary getting home

I'm kinda older than I was rebelled without a care
so there

You can try to take us
The victory's contagious
I don't ever think about death but if you do okay that's fine

I think I like hotels but I think that'll change

My patience was spent after the 8th track.
But I surmise you just like the beat?

What'd I miss?

The Powerwolf record is tons upon tons of fun!