While the main "Year in Review" feature was picked entirely by Post-Trash editors, we wanted to give all of our contributors a chance to pick their favorite releases, regardless if the records are covered here on our site or not. Every contributor was able to pick their personal top 20 records from of the year and points were assigned based on rank. An album picked at #1 was given 20 points while an album selected at #20 was awarded a single point and so on. Our contributors' tastes range a bit wider than that of our editors, but there's also a connection to this particular site's vision. With 30 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 326 different records nominated and only 8 records to receive a score of 100 or higher. We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Best of 2016: Staff-Wide Top 50," as voted by the entire team (with individual contributor lists below).
50. FOND HAN | "Sham Cloud" (EIS Records)
49. WALL | "Wall" (Wharf Cat Records)
48. NINE OF SWORDS | "You Will Never Die" (Self Released)
47. LEAPLING | "Suspended Animation" (EIS Records)
46. FORTH WANDERERS | "Slop" (Father/Daughter Records)
45. WEYES BLOOD | "Front Row Seat To Earth" (Mexican Summer Records)
44. ITASCA | "Open To Chance" (Paradise of Bachelors Records)
43. CRYING | "Beyond The Fleeting Gates" (Run For Cover Records)
42. PUDGE | "Bad Land" (Self Released)
41. NAP EYES | "Thought Rock Fish Scale" (Paradise of Bachelors Records)
40. BUENO | "Illuminate Your Room" (Babe City/EIS Records)
39. GOBBINJR | "Vom Night" (JMC Aggregate)
38. FRANKIE COSMOS | "Next Thing" (Bayonet Records)
37. STOVE | "Is A Toad In The Rain" + "Is The Meat That Fell Out" (EIS Records)
36. BLOOD ORANGE | "Freetown Sound" (Domino Records)
35. DANNY BROWN | "Atrocity Exhibition" (Warp Records
34. WAREHOUSE | "Super Low" (Bayonet Records)
33. SNAIL MAIL | "Habit" (Sister Polygon Records)
32. BEYONCÉ | "Lemonade" (Columbia Records)
31. ANDERSON .PAAK | "Malibu" (Steel Wool Records)
ALEX WEXELMAN:
1. Kayne West - "The Life of Pablo"
2. Mitski - "Puberty 2"
3. Yohuna - "Patientness"
4. Bellows - "Fist & Palm"
5. Soccer Mommy - "For Young Hearts"
6. gobbinjr - "Vom Night"
7. Japanese Breakfast - "Psychopomp"
8. Solange - "A Seat at the Table"
9. Ian Sweet - "Shapeshifter"
10. Crying - "Beyond the Fleeting Gales"
11. Littler - "Of Wandering"
12. Sunshine Faces - "Quorum"
13. Blood Orange - "Freetown Sound"
14. Angel Olsen - "My Woman"
15. Foozle - "Romantic Comedies"
16. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
17. Teen Suicide - "It's the Big Joyous..."
18. Bedbug - "If I Got Smaller Grew Wings..."
19. Iji - "Bubble"
20. Chris Cohen - "As if Apart"
CATHERINE VIANALE:
1. Andy Shauf - "The Party"
2. Porches - "Pool"
3. Gouge Away - ", Dies"
4. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
5. Wild Pink - "4 Songs EP"
6. Pile - "Jerk Routine [reissue]"
7. Surface to Air Missive - "A V"
8. SALES - "SALES LP"
9. Jenny Hval - "Blood Bitch"
10. TTNG - "Disappointment Island"
11. Two Inch Astronaut - "Personal Life"
12. Mothers - "When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired"
13. Warehouse - "super low"
14. Slingshot Dakota - "Break"
15. Frankie Cosmos - "Next Thing"
16. Alex Cameron - "Jumping the Shark"
17. Drugdealer - "The End of Comedy"
18. Guerilla Toss - "Eraser Stargazer"
19. Florist - "The Birds Outside Sang"
20. Friendship - "You’re Going to Have to Trust Me"
CHARLES HOYT:
1. Peaer - "Peaer"
2. Porches - "Pool"
3. LVL UP - "Return to Love"
. Kal Marks - "Life Is Alright, Everybody Dies"
5. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
6. Nothing - "Tired of Tomorrow"
7. Space Mountain - "Big Sky"
8. Cat Be Damned - "Daydreams in a Roach Motel"
9. Touche Amore - "Stage Four"
10. David Bazan - "Blanco"
11. Trace Mountains - "Buttery Sprouts and Other Songs"
12. Mndsgn - "Body Wash"
13. Big Yawn/Marbling - "Big Yawn/ Marbling Split"
14. Blood Orange - "Freetown Sound"
15. Krill - "Krill"
16. Pavo Pavo - "Young Narrator in the Breakers"
17. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
18. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
19. gobbinjr - "vom night"
20. Told Slant - "Going By"
COLE KINSLER:
1. Big Thief - "Masterpiece"
2. Forth Wanderers - "Slop"
3. Nap Eyes - "Thought Rock Fish Scale"
4. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
5. Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
6. June Gloom - "Fake Problems"
7. Daniel Bachman - "Daniel Bachman"
8. Krill - "Krill"
9. LVL UP - "Return To Love"
10. Leapling - "Suspended Animation"
11. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
12. Andy Shauf - "The Party"
13. Peaer - "Peaer"
14. First Thought Worst Thought - "Buried in the Bed"
15. Florist - "The Birds Outside Sang"
16. A Tribe Called Quest - "We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service"
17. Wilco - "Schmilco"
18. J&L Defer - "No Map"
19. Dark Mtns - "Dark Mtns"
20. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
CONOR ROONEY:
1. Slothrust - "Everyone Else"
2. Angel Olsen - "My Woman"
3. Vomitface - "Hooray For Me"
4. Two Inch Astronaut - "Personal Life"
5. Deerhoof - "The Magic"
6. Mannequin Pussy - "Romantic"
7. Mass Gothic - "Mass Gothic"
8. Big Ups - "Before A Million Universes"
9. So Pitted - "Neo"
10. Washer - "Here Comes Washer"
11. Nine Of Swords - "You Will Never Die"
12. The Kills - "Ash & Ice"
13. Ghost Funk Orchestra - "Night Walker"
14. The Men - "Devil Music"
15. Mitski - "Puberty 2"
16. Kal Marks - "Life is Alright, Everybody Dies"
17. A Tribe Called Quest - "We got it from here…thank you 4 your service"
18. Show Me The Body - "Body War"
19. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
20. Bueno - "Illuminate Your Room"
COREY SUSTARICH:
1. Angel Olsen - "MY WOMAN"
2. The Terminal Orchestra - "Leave Home, Rabbit"
3. DARK MTNS - "DARK MTNS"
4. Snail Mail - "Habit"
5. The God Eaters - "Demo"
6. Washer - "Here Comes Washer"
7. Human Skull - "Human Skull"
8. The Felice Brothers - "Life in the Dark"
9. Krill - "Krill"
10. Patrick Jennings - "Careful Now"
11. Spit - "Dead Broke For Life"
12. Whitney - "Light Upon the Lake"
13. Congress - "Ugly Eye"
14. Conor Oberst - "Ruminations"
15. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Skeleton Tree"
16. Ty Segall - "Emotional Mugger"
17. Uranium Club - "All of Them Naturals"
18. Sheer Mag - "III"
19. Dog Chocolate - "Snack Fans"
20. Earwhig - "No Bad Days"
DAN MANNING:
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Skeleton Tree"
2. Merchandise - "A Corpse Wired For Sound"
3. Tim Hecker - "Love Streams"
4. Kanye West - "The Life of Pablo"
5. David Bowie - "Blackstar"
6. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
7. Whitney - "Light Upon The Lake"
8. Stove - "Is A Toad In The Rain" + "Is The Meat That Fell Out"
9. James Blake - "The Colour In Anything"
10. Danny Brown - "Atrocity Exhibition"
11. Lust For Youth - "Compassion"
12. Ian Sweet - "Shapeshifter"
13. Mothers - "When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired"
14. A Tribe Called Quest - "We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service"
15. Angel Olsen - "My Woman"
16. Porches - "Pool"
17. Alex Cameron - "Jumping The Shark"
18. Black Marble - "It’s Immaterial"
19. Kevin Morby - "Singing Saw"
20. Alex Hungtai - "Knave of Hearts"
DAN RICKERSHAUSER:
1. Kendrick Lamar - "untitled. unmastered."
2. Whitney - "Light Upon the Lake"
3. Hiss Golden Messenger - "Heart Like a Levee"
4. Blood Orange - "Freetown Sound"
5. Anderson .Paak - "Malibu"
6. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
7. Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
8. David Bowie - "Blackstar"
9. Night Moves - "Pennied Days"
10. Angel Olsen - "MY WOMAN"
11. Nick Cave - "Skeleton Tree"
12. Kaytranada - "99.9%"
13. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - "The Rarity of Experience"
14. Chance the Rapper - "Coloring Book"
15. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
16. case/lang/veirs - "case/lang/veirs"
17. Avalanches - "Wildflower"
18. A Tribe Called Quest - "We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service"
19. Dr. Dog - "Psychedelic Swamp"
20. William Tyler - "Modern Country"
ELI SHIVELY:
1. Pinegrove - "Cardinal"
2. Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
3. Beyoncé - "Lemonade"
4. Death Grips - "Bottomless Pit"
5. A Tribe Called Quest - "We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service"
6. Mitski - "Puberty 2"
7. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens Of Denial"
8. Chance The Rapper - "Coloring Book"
9. Mannequin Pussy - "Romantic"
10. Danny Brown - "Atrocity Exhibition"
11. Amygdala - "Population Control"
12. LVL UP - "Return To Love"
13. Solange - "A Seat At The Table"
14. Florist - "The Birds Outside Sang"
15. SOUL GLO - "Untitled LP"
16. The Hotelier - "Goodness"
17. Show Me The Body - "Body War"
18. Jeff Rosenstock - "WORRY."
19. Bon Iver - "22, A Million"
20. Kendrick Lamar - "untitled unmastered."
ELISABETH FUCHSIA:
1. leonard cohen - "you want it darker"
2. wren kitz - "for evelyn"
3. rick rude - "mind cook"
4. giving up - "10 song cassette created with intention to submit to warner bros. records in hopes of becoming famous enough to be placed on a tour opening up for alice cooper or the b-52's"
5. beyoncé - "lemonade"
6. fucko - "dealing with the weird"
7. mail the horse - "magnolia"
8. dweller on the threshold - "vol ii"
9. G.L.O.S.S. - "trans day of revenge"
10. half sour - "tuesday night live"
11. battle trance - "blade of love"
12. kal marks - "life is alright, everybody dies"
13. jenny hval - "blood bitch"
14. solange - "a seat at the table"
15. mitski - "puberty 2"
16. mal devisa - "kiid"
17. donny dinero - "runner"
18. kindling - "everywhere else"
19. christina schneider - "violence etcetera"
20. anohni - "hopelessness"
ETHAN JAYNES:
1. Bon Iver - "22, A Million"
2. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
3. David Bowie - "Blackstar"
4. Danny Brown - "Atrocity Exhibition"
5. Jeff Rosenstock - "Worry."
6. case / lang / veirs - "case / lang / veirs"
7. Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
8. PUP - "The Dream is Over"
9. Touché Amoré - "Stage Four"
10. Kal Marks - "Life is Alright, Everybody Dies"
11. The Body & Full of Hell - "One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache"
12. Soft Fangs - "The Light"
13. Washer - "Here Comes Washer"
14. The Conformists - "DIVORCE"
15. Wreck & Reference - "Indifferent Rivers Romance End"
16. Joyce Manor - "Cody"
17. Oathbreaker - "Rheia"
18. Aesop Rock - "The Impossible Kid"
19. Crying - "Beyond the Fleeting Gales"
20. Noname - "Telefone"
GGREGG STULL:
1. Pudge - "Bad Land"
2. Chris Cohen - "As if apart"
3. Mannequin Pussy - "Romantic"
4. Krill - "Krill"
5. J&L Defer - "No Map"
6. Two Inch Astronaut - "Personal Life"
7. Pudge - "Backstabber"
8. Chris Weisman - "Hi"
9. Hellier Ulysses - "Prime Example"
10. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
11. Dark Mtns - "Dark Mtns"
12. Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes - "Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes"
13. Stove - "Greatest Hits"
14. Guerilla Toss - "Eraser Stargazer"
15. Jake Tobin - "Accidentally on Purpose"
16. Nine of Swords - "You Will Never Die"
17. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
18. Leapling - "Suspended Animation"
19. Nate Henricks - "Crownlead Chorus"
20. Foster Body - "Moving Parts"
GILAD JAFFE:
1. Porches - "Pool"
2. Jenny Hval - "Blood Bitch"
3. Bueno - "Illuminate Your Room"
4. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
5. Francie Cool - "Francie Cool"
6. Turnip King - "Laika"
7. Kanye West - "The Life of Pablo"
8. SALES - "Sales"
9. ESPRIT 空想 - "virtua.zip"
10. Brandon Can’t Dance - "LXVE [reissue]"
11. Hovvdy - "Taster"
12. Krill - "Krill"
13. IAN SWEET - "Shapeshifter"
14. Gary Wilson - "It’s Christmas Time with Gary Wilson"
15. Forth Wanderers - "Slop"
16. Frankie Cosmos - "Next Thing"
17. Peaer - "Peaer"
18. Soccer Mommy - "for young hearts"
19. Leor Miller - "Tiny Shoes"
20. Blue Smiley - "ok"
HANNAH LIUZZO:
1. Rihanna - "ANTI"
2. Solange - "A Seat at the Table"
3. Tancred - "Out of the Garden"
4. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
5. Saccharine - "We Both Became the Sky "
6. Toro Y Moi - "Live from Trona"
7. Cloud Cover - "Mirror Me"
8. Elvis Depressedly - "Holo Pleasures/California Dreamin’ [reissue]"
9. Beyoncé - "Lemonade"
10. Angel Olsen - "MY WOMAN"
11. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
12. Pleasure Gap - "Scatter"
13. Porches - "Pool"
14. Animal Flag - "LP"
15. Florist - "The Birds Outside Sang"
16. Forth Wanderers - "Slop"
17. Quilt - "Plaza"
18. Superweaks - "Better Heavens"
19. Soft Fangs - "The Light"
20. Fond Han - "Sham Cloud"
IVAN KRASNOV:
1. Cate Le Bon - "Crab Day"
2. Warehouse - "super low"
3. So Pitted - "neo"
4. WALL - "WALL"
5. Andy Shauf - "The Party"
6. Jenny Hval - "Blood Bitch"
7. Sheer Mag - "III"
8. Pinegrove - "Cardinal"
9. Jessy Lanza - "Oh No"
10. Banned Books - "Banned Books"
11. Babyfather - "BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow"
12. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
13. ANOHNI - "HOPELESSNESS"
14. Angel Olsen - "My Woman"
15. Parquet Courts - "Human Performance"
16. Omni - "Deluxe"
17. Fraternal Twin - "Homeworlding"
18. Old Maybe - "Oblio"
19. Chris Cohen - "As If Apart"
20. Big Neck Police - "Don’t Eat My Friends"
JOE GUTIERREZ:
1. Nap Eyes - "Thought Rock Fish Scale"
2. Heaven For Real - "Kill Your Memory"
3. Little Star - "Being Close"
4. Peaer - "Peaer"
5. Boy Scouts - "Homeroom Breakfast"
6. Patio - "Luxury"
7. iji - "Bubble"
8. Frankie Cosmos - "Next Thing"
9. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
10. Dogbreth - "Second Home"
11. Truly - "Henry"
12. Tim Woulfe - "The Sleep Cycles"
13. Cat Be Damned - "Daydreams in a Roach Motel"
14. Dozer - "Words and Dreams and Memories"
15. Krill - "Krill"
16. Neighbors - "Very Rare Expensive Jewelry"
17. Outer Spaces - "A Shedding Snake"
18. Itasca - "Open To Chance"
19. Angel Olsen - "MY WOMAN"
20. Stephen Steinbrink - "Anagrams"
JON HADUSEK:
1. Nevada Greene/Scott Tuma - "Ragged Hollow"
2. Various Artists - "Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music"
3. Cian Nugent - "Night Fiction"
4. Itasca - "Open to Chance"
5. GYMSHORTS - "Wet Willy!"
6. Two Inch Astronaut - "Personal Life"
7. Mondo Drag - "The Occultation of Light"
8. Faux Ferocious - "Cloning the Rubicon"
9. Weird Vibers - "Squirm"
10. Eight Bells - "Landless"
11. Gojira - "Magma"
12. Ustalost - "The Spoor of Vipers"
13. Devin Frank - "The Vanishing Blues"
14. Jerusalem & the Starbaskets - "LA Freeze"
15. Wrekmeister Harmonies - "Light Falls"
16. It's Me: Ross - "It's Me: Ross"
17. Mary Lattimore - "At the Dam"
18. Trunkweed - "You are a nice surprise"
19. Cough - "Still They Prey"
20. Alcest - Kodama"
JONATHAN BANNISTER:
1. Two Inch Astronaut - "Personal Life"
2. In Letter Form - "Fracture. Repair. Repeat."
3. Warehouse - "Super Low"
4. Savages - "Adore Life"
5. Pity Sex - "White Hot Moon"
6. Eagulls - "Ullages"
7. Rob Crow's Gloomy Place - "You're Doomed. Be Nice."
8. Soft Fangs - "The Light"
9. Point Juncture, WA - "Me or the Party"
10. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
11. Washer - "Here Comes Washer"
12. Kal Marks - "Life is Alright, Everybody Dies"
13. Lithics - "Borrowed Floors"
14. Soft Kill - "Choke"
15. Less Win - "Trust"
16. Monographic - "Monographic"
17. Yeesh - "Confirmation Bias"
18. Space Mountain - "Big Sky"
19. Dark Mtns - "Dark Mtns"
20. Milk Teeth - "Vile Child"
JORDAN REYES:
1. Sapphogeist - "Sapphogeist"
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Skeleton Tree"
3. Weyes Blood - "Front Row Seat To Earth"
4. Mommy - "Songs About Children"
5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Nonagon Infinity"
6. Pye Corner Audio - "Stasis"
7. Itasca - "Open To Chance"
8. Flasher - "Flasher"
9. Ama Divers - "An Echo In The Sound"
10. Current 93 - "The Moons At Your Door"
11. Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
12. Repos - "Poser"
13. Bichkraft - "Shadoof"
14. Forma - "Physicalist"
15. Ablebody - "Adult Contemporaries"
16. Latishia's Skull Drawing - "Romanticized"
17. Puce Mary - "The Spiral"
18. Sarah Louise - "Solo Acoustic vol. 12"
19. Daniel Bachman - "Daniel Bachman"
20. Brainbombs - "Souvenirs"
JORDAN WEINSTOCK:
1. Naps - "The Most Beautiful Place on Earth is the Moon"
2. Jawbreaker Reunion - "Haha and Then What ;)"
3. Un Blonde - "Good Will Come to You"
4. Ruby Yacht Maker’s Guild - "Murkwood Estate Research Group, Study 01"
5. Trust Fund - "We have always lived in the Harolds"
6. Free Cake For Every Creature- "Talking Quietly Of Anything With You"
7. The Afterglows - "The Afterglows"
8. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
9. Mikey Erg - "Tentative Decisions"
10. LVL UP - "Return to Love"
11. Snail Mail - "Habit"
12. Cymbals Eat Guitars - "Pretty Years"
13. Diners - “Three”
14. Foozle - "Romantic Comedies"
15. Blowout - "No Beer, No Dad"
16. Whateverer - "Break"
17. Princess Nokia - "1992"
18. Turtlenecked - "Caveat"
19. Randal Bravery - "black.tetsuo"
20. Coolshark - "Darkshark"
JOSH GINSBERG:
1. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
2. Lost Boy ? - "Goose Wazoo"
3. Solange - "A Seat at the Table"
4. David Bowie - "Blackstar"
5. Japanese Breakfast - "Psychopomp"
6. Crying - "Beyond the Fleeting Gale"
7. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
8. Anderson .Paak - "Malibu"
9. Noname - "Telefone"
10. Sun Kin - "Moon for Days"
11. Leapling - "Suspended Animation"
12. Sam Evian - "Premium"
13. Kendrick Lamar - "Untitled. Unmastered."
14. D.R.A.M. - "Big Baby D.R.A.M."
15. J&L Defer - "No Map"
16. Mitski - "Puberty 2"
17. A Tribe Called Quest - "We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your service"
18. Mannequin Pussy - "Romantic"
19. Stove - "Is The Meat That Fell Out"
20. Miracle Sweepstakes - "Turn Heel"
JULIA LEIBY:
1. japanese breakfast - "psychopomp"
2. mal devisa - "kiid"
3. snail mail - "habit"
4. solange - "a seat at the table"
5. joy again - "how you feel/looking out for you"
6. pinegrove - "cardinal"
7. mitski - "puberty 2"
8. clique - "burden piece"
9. lvl up - "return to love"
10. big thief - "masterpiece"
11. porches - "pool"
12. andy shauf - "the party"
13. yours are the only ears - "low" (single)
14. soccer mommy - "for young hearts"
15. gobbinjr - "vom night"
16. whitney - "light upon the lake"
17. hoops - "hoops"
18. crying - "beyond the fleeting gates"
19. peaer - "peaer"
20. hovvdy - "taster"
KELLY JOHNSON:
1. A Tribe Called Quest - "We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service"
2. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
3. Sleepies - "Natural Selection"
4. Pudge - "Bad Land"
5. Washer - "Here Comes Washer"
6. Sun Organ - "People in the Distance in the Dark"
7. Dark Mtns - "Dark Mtns"
8. Pusha T - "King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude"
9. Fond Han - "Sham Cloud"
10. Guerilla Toss - "Eraser Stargazer"
11. Doe - "Some Things Last Longer Than You"
12. Hellrazor - "Satan Smile"
13. PJ Harvey - "Community of Hope"
14. Thee Oh Sees - "A Weird Exits"
15. Foul Tip - "Forever Driftin’"
16. Ty Segall - "Emotional Mugger"
17. Blue Smiley - "Return"
18. Iggy Pop - "Post Pop Depression"
19. Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes - "Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes"
20. JEFF the Brotherhood - "Zone"
LOREN DIBLASI:
1. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens Of Denial"
2. LVL UP - "Return To Love"
3. Kal Marks - "Life Is Alright, Everybody Dies"
4. Big Ups - "Before A Million Universes"
5. Washer - "Here Comes Washer"
6. Krill - "Krill"
7. WALL - "WALL"
8. Casper Skulls - "Devotion"
9. Greys - "Outer Heaven"
10. Ian Sweet - "Shapeshifter"
11. Weaves - "Weaves"
12. T-Rextasy - "Jurassic Punk"
13. Lisa Prank - "Adult Teen"
14. J&L Defer - "No Map"
15. Jackal Onasis - "Big Deal Party"
16. Happy Diving - "Electric Soul Unity"
17. Kanye West - "The Life Of Pablo"
18. Mitski - "Puberty 2"
19. Human People - "Veronica"
20. Phyllis Ophelia - "Analemma I"
MARCUS GAUTHIER:
1. LVL UP - "Return To Love"
2. Big Ups - "Before a Million Universes"
3. Stove - "Is a Toad in the Rain" + "Is The Meat That Fell Out"
4. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
5. Gobbinjr - "Vom Night"
6. Frankie Cosmos - "Next Thing"
7. David Bowie - "Blackstar"
8. The Hotelier - "Goodness"
9. Pinegrove - "Cardinal"
10. Angel Olsen - "My Woman"
11. Japanese Breakfast - "Psychopomp"
12. Modern Baseball - "Holy Ghost"
13. Bueno - "Illuminate Your Room"
14. A Tribe Called Quest - "We Got It From Here… Thanks 4 Your Service"
15. Dinosaur Jr - "Get a Glimpse of What Yer Not"
16. Super Unison - "Auto"
17. Peaer - "Peaer"
18. Crying - "Beyond the Fleeting Gales"
19. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
20. Krill - "Krill"
MAX FREEDMAN:
1. Angel Olsen - "My Woman"
2. Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial"
3. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - "A Man Alive"
4. Anderson .Paak - "Malibu"
5. Weyes Blood - "Front Row Seat to Earth"
6. Weaves - "Weaves"
7. Nicolas Jaar - "Sirens"
8. Mitski - "Puberty 2"
9. Big Thief - "Masterpiece"
10. Xenia Rubinos - "Black Terry Cat"
11. A Tribe Called Quest - "We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service"
12. Solange - "A Seat at the Table"
13. Tuff Love - "Resort"
14. Mothers - "When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired"
15. Guerilla Toss - "Eraser Stargazer"
16. Danny Brown - "Atrocity Exhibition"
17. Jessy Lanza - "Oh No"
18. Blood Orange - "Freetown Sound"
19. White Lung - "Paradise"
20. Deerhoof - "The Magic"
ROBERT CLEVELAND:
1. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
2. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – "I Had a Dream That You Were Mine"
3. Ty Segall – "Emotional Mugger"
4. Marching Church – "Telling It Like It Is"
5. BBNG - "IV"
6. James Blake – "Colour in Anything"
7. Wilco – "Schmilco"
8. Preoccupations - "Preoccupations"
9. Ian Sweet - "Shapeshifter"
10. Big Thief - "Masterpiece"
11. Solange – "A Seat at the Table"
12. Slow Mass – "Treasure Pains"
13. Avalanches – "Wildflower"
14. Blood Orange – "Freetown Sound"
15. Andy Shauf – "The Party"
16. Porches - "Pool"
17. Savages – "Adore Life"
18. Tortoise – "The Catastrophist"
19. Death Grips - "Bottomless Pit"
20. Pavo Pavo – "Young Narrator in the Breakers"
TORREY PROTO:
1. What Moon Things - "The SWIM Tape"
2. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
3. Two Inch Astronaut - "Personal Life"
4. Culture Abuse - "Peach"
5. Greys - "Outer Heaven" + "Warm Shadow"
6. Nikolas Escudero - "100"
7. Bambara - "SWARM"
8. Mall Walk - "Funny Papers"
9. Preoccupations - "Preoccupations"
10. Suuns - "Hold/Still"
11. Kal Marks - "Life is Alright, Everybody Dies"
12. A Tribe Called Quest - "We Got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service"
13. Nine of Swords - "You Will Never Die"
14. Sun Organ - "People in the Distance in the Dark"
15. Creative Adult - "Fear of Life"
16. Big Ups - "Before a Million Universes"
17. Jay Som - "Turn Into"
18. Street Sects - "End Position"
19. Noname - "Telefone"
20. Dark Mtns - "Dark Mtns"
*Niccolo Dante Porcello (Editor):
1. IAN SWEET - “Shapeshifter”
2. MOURN - “Ha, Ha, He”
3. Feed Me Jack - “Ultra Ego”
4. Krill - “Krill"
5. LVL UP - “Return To Love”
6. Jawbreaker Reunion - “haha and then what ;)”
7. Kal Marks - “Life is Alright”
8. Two Inch Astronaut - “Personal Life"
9. Fond Han - “Sham Cloud”
10. Forth Wanderers - “Slop”
11. Porches - “Pool”
12. Gay Sin - “Gay Sin"
13. Lady Bones - “Terse"
14. Microsoft Saint - “bubblegum bubblegum"
15. Horse Jumper of Love - “Horse Jumper of Love"
16. JACK - “resting places"
17. SHEER MAG - “III"
18. Dogbreth - “Second Home”
19. Guerilla Toss - “Eraser Stargazer"
20. Martha - “Blisters in the Pit of My Heart"
*DAN GOLDIN (Editor):
1. Krill - "Krill"
2. Horse Jumper of Love - "Horse Jumper of Love"
3. Big Business - "Command Your Weather"
4. Thee Oh Sees - "An Odd Exits" + "A Weird Entrances"
5. Peaer - "Peaer"
6. Nine of Swords - "You Will Never Die"
7. Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes - "Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes"
8. Mannequin Pussy - "Romantic"
9. Tall Friend - "Tawl Friend"
10. Future of the Left - "The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left"
11. LVL UP - "Return to Love"
12. Mal Devisa - "Kiid"
13. Dark Mtns - "Dark Mtns"
14. Weaves - "Weaves"
15. Melvins - "Basses Loaded"
16. Animal Lover - "Stay Alive"
17. Lower Plenty - "Sister Sister"
18. Ausmuteants - "Band of the Future"
19. Super Unison - "Auto"
20. Uranium Club - "All Of Them Naturals"
* both Niccolo Dante Porcello (Sad Cactus Records) and Dan Goldin (Exploding In Sound Records) submitted Top 20 lists that were taken into consideration for the staff pick total that included bands from their respective labels. In the interest of not publicly ranking their own bands, the lists submitted here are their favorite albums without inclusion of any Sad Cactus or EIS artists.