1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. Restorations - LP3
3. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
4. It Looks Sad. - It Looks Sad.
5. Alvvays - Alvvays
6. Real Estate - Atlas
7. Kishi Bashi - Lighght
8. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
9. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
10. Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso

Spotify playlist: https://play.spotify.com/user/twogunsho ... POL6j7PT3l

Others receiving votes: D’Angelo - Black Messiah, Late Bloomer - Things Change, Strand of Oaks - Heal, Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness of Dancers, Mark McGuire - Along the Way, Tycho - Awake, Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty

Adding a few videos:

Restorations - "Separate Songs" - very Constantines-ish


It Looks Sad. - "Fingers" - local band whose sound I love


Alvvays - "Archie, Marry Me" - just love her voice


Kishi Bashi - "Philosophize In It! Chemicalize In It!" - insanely talented violinist


Sylvan Esso - "Play It Right" - love the combo of her voice with the beats

That Alvvays album is great. "Archie, Marry Me" is such a great, simple song.

Real Estate, Run the Jewels, and Shabazz Palaces are also good choices. I should check out that Mark McGuire album, and I will probably listen to D'Angelo eventually.

Thought maybe I was the only one around here who really dug that Ryan Adams - nice, TC!

not as much crossover as previous years.

i heard a couple tunes i liked from Sylvan Esso when i had a rental car with Sirius recently.

Agreed, that is by far my favorite. And there are a lot of other great songs too. I just love her voice.

I will say that while I've enjoyed songs off the last couple of Ryan Adams albums, none of them have been end of year favorites-worthy. But this one definitely is for me, and at times it has been my favorite album of the year. I love the little Ryan Adams renaissance that's been happening lately.

It's not groundbreaking, but the pairing of the voice with the beats just works for me.

Real Estate... another band I like against all my better instincts. I even saw them live and realized what shot-stuff dweebs they were, and I still listen to that.