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Kevin Morby – City Music [Dead Oceans]
Love the chill vibe of this whole album and some tasty interwoven guitar work.

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Queens of the Stone Age – Villains [Matador]
The singles spoon-fed out really tingled my brain and fortunately the whole album is another solid delivery from Josh and his cast of hired guns.

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The Feelies – In Between [Bar/None]
Out of all the bands from that era, no one (well, perhaps Wire) does it quite as inspired as these cats.

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Happyness – Write In [Bar/None]
Bar/None delivered many solid releases this year and these relative unknowns from the UK put forth a beauty.

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The Replacements – For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986 [Rhino]
Wish I was old enough to have gotten to Hoboken to see them but this is about as good as one can ask for. RIP Maxwells.

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Roger Waters – Is This The Life We Really Want? [Columbia]
Mr. Doom and Gloom delivered quite the downer but it was appropriate for the times we find ourselves in.

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The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding [Atlantic]
Gotta hand it to Mr. Granduciel for not falling victim to that major label cash grab and dishing out a sub-par album.

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Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun [Temporary Residence]
Them proggy Scots are back with another groovy moody album peppered in with a couple of unnecessary vocals.

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Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice [Matador]
Took me a little while to warm up to it but it sure has a lotta charm to it.

Fleet Foxes – Crack Up [Nonesuch]
Between FF and Father John Misty, the former is the less pompous and overall more appealing to my ears. Have no idea what they’re singing about but that’s ok.

Black Sabbath – The End [Eagle Rock]
You just can’t dispute the greatness of this epitaph to a 40+ year career in the metal business.