Here’s my totally unqualified, completely arbitrary top 10 lists of my favorite albums of the year. Enjoy!
- Tune-Yards, Whokill (I know it’s supposed to be “tUnE-yArDs” but I feel stupid typing it that way.)
- Wye Oak, Civilian
- TV on the Radio, Nine Types of Light
- Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes
- P.J. Harvey, Let England Shake
- Bon Iver, Bon Iver
- Steve Earle, I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive
- The Black Lips, Arabia Mountain
- The Decemberists, The King is Dead
- Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
Honorables: The Weeknd, Jay-Z and Kanye, Wilco, the Roots, M83, Foster the People, Iron and Wine
Best Comedy Albums:
- Amy Schumer, Cutting
- Patton Oswalt, Finest Hour
- Sklar Brothers, Hendersons and Daughters
- Natasha Leggero, Coke Money
- Tig Notaro, Good One