Year-End Lists

Lotus

2. Best Albums of 2025: KCRW
3. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
5. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
7. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
8. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
11. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
13. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
13. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo
14. 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: Drowned in Sound
18. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
20. The Best Albums of 2025: No Ripcord
22. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Complex
32. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
33. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
34. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
35. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
36. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
38. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
45. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone

• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• The Best Albums of 2025: Chris Willman: Variety

Drop 7

31. Best International Albums of 2024: Mondo Sonoro

No Thank You

27. The Best Albums Of 2023: Complex
43. 51 Best Albums of 2022: Gigwise
44. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

• The Best Music of 2022: Steve Erickson: GCN

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

1. Albums of the Year 2021: Clash
1. The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism
1. Top Ten Albums of 2021: The Skinny
1. The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
1. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters
1. Top 10 Albums of 2021: BBC Radio 6 Music
1. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
2. 50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music
2. Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021: Vinyl Factory
2. The Best Albums of 2021: Dazed
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: NME
2. 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Guardian
3. The Best Albums of 2021: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
3. The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five
4. Best Albums of 2021: DIY
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Paste
4. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Northern Transmissions
5. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Brooklyn Vegan
5. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Consequence
6. The Best Albums of 2021: Chris Willman: Variety
6. Top 10 Albums of 2021: Kitty Empire: Observer
8. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Far Out
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Our Culture
8. 51 Best Albums of 2021: Gigwise
9. Albums of the Year 2021: Loud And Quiet
9. The 20 Best Albums of 2021: A.V. Club
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: The Fader
12. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
17. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Treble
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Billboard
21. 75 Best Albums of 2021: Uncut
23. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Slant
26. Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar
27. Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus
28. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: Mojo
29. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Pitchfork
36. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Rolling Stone

• The Best Albums Of 2021: Uproxx
• The Best Albums of 2021: Vinyl Me, Please
• The Best Albums of 2021: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• US Albums of the Year 2021: Rough Trade
• The 8 Best Albums of 2021: Jason Parham: Wired
• Best of 2021: AllMusic
• The Best Albums of 2021: Esquire
• Albums of 2021: Dork

GREY Area

1. The Best Albums of 2019: The Line of Best Fit
3. Albums of the Year 2019: Clash
4. Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade
4. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Q
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: NME
6. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
11. The 70 Best Albums of 2019: PopMatters
12. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Brooklyn Vegan
12. Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire
14. The 20 Best Albums of 2019: A.V. Club
14. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Guardian
20. Top Music Albums of 2019: Complex
21. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Consequence
26. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Albumism
28. Favorite Albums of 2019: Gorilla vs. Bear
33. The 100 Best Albums of 2019: Vice: Noisey
35. Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau
44. Best Albums of 2019: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
46. The Top 50 Albums of 2019: Treble
54. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
100. Top 100 Albums of 2019: Under the Radar

• 50 of the Best Hop-Hop Projects of 2019: XXL
• The Best Albums of 2019: Vinyl Me, Please
• 20 Best Albums of 2019: Our Culture

Stillness in Wonderland

37. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pigeons & Planes

• Best Albums of 2016: gal-dem

A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons

7. Top 20 Albums of 2015: gal-dem
21. Albums of the Year 2015: Clash
38. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Time Out London