Year-End Lists

Dan's Boogie

20. Top Albums of 2025: Emilie Hanskamp
20. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
21. Favorite Albums of 2025: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
23. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
23. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
30. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound

• The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly

Labyrinthitis

14. The Top 30 Albums of 2022: Jordan Cronk
14. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Northern Transmissions
16. Top 25 Albums of 2022: Magnet
17. 50 Best Albums of 2022: Exclaim
19. Top 100 Albums of 2022: Under the Radar
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Pitchfork
34. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Paste
36. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Our Culture
40. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Beats Per Minute

• 2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Have We Met

7. Favorite Albums of 2020: Jeremy D. Larson
17. The Top 30 Albums of 2020: Jordan Cronk
17. 50 Best Albums of 2020: Exclaim
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Pitchfork
20. Top 100 Albums of 2020: Under the Radar
28. Top 30 Albums of 2020: Northern Transmissions
35. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble
36. 75 Best Albums of 2020: Uncut
37. Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks
39. Albums of the Year 2020: Quietus
42. Top 55 Albums of 2020: Brooklyn Vegan
49. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Guardian

• Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade
• 20 Best Albums of 2020: Glide

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16. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Spin
75. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Under the Radar
78. 100 Favourite Albums of 2017: Drowned in Sound

• Top 50 Albums of 2017: Austin Town Hall
• The Best Albums of 2017: Carl Wilson: Slate

Poison Season

7. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Diffuser
18. Top 25 Albums of 2015: Magnet
23. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pretty Much Amazing
24. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
25. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: The Skinny
36. 75 Best Albums of 2015: Uncut
41. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: Treble
43. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Pitchfork
45. 100 Favourite Albums of 2015: Drowned in Sound
57. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
65. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar

• 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones
• 55 Best Albums of 2015: AllMusic
• Top 25 Albums of 2015: Carl Wilson: Slate

Kaputt

1. Best Albums of 2011: Obscure Sound
1. 25 Records Loved in 2011: Jason Diamond: Impose
2. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Pitchfork
2. Top 15 Albums of 2011: MagicRPM
2. Top Albums of 2011: Prefix
2. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Bradford Cox: Brooklyn Vegan
3. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Margaret Wappler: Los Angeles Times
4. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Nitsuh Abebe: New York
5. 30 Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2011: Exclaim
7. Top 100 Albums of 2011: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
9. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Consequence
9. Favorite 50 Albums of 2011: Tiny Mix Tapes
9. 30 Best Albums of 2011: I Guess I’m Floating
12. Top 20 Albums of 2011: Eric R. Danton: Hartford Courant
12. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Treble
13. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Cokemachineglow
14. 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
17. Best Music of 2011: A.V. Club
18. 25 Best Albums of 2011: Slant
19. Top 40 Albums of 2011: Epitonic
20. Favourite Albums of 2011: Drowned in Sound
21. 40 Best Albums of 2011: Pretty Much Amazing
22. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
24. Top 80 Albums of 2011: Under the Radar
24. 75 Best Albums of 2011: PopMatters
25. Albums of 2011: DIY
27. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Stereogum
29. Albums of the Year 2011: Quietus
30. Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade: Tiny Mix Tapes
33. Best Albums of 2011: Guardian
41. Best Albums of 2011: Mojo
42. 50 Best Albums of 2011: Rolling Stone
43. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Austin Town Hall
44. Best Albums of 2011: NME
55. Albums of 2011: Piccadilly Records
70. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Paste
90. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant
98. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s: Consequence