Spotify just showed me my top artists/albums of the decade, but stats don’t always tell the real story. I can’t exactly call the San Diego News Matters Podcast my favorite artist of the year.
Here’s probably a more realistic top albums list for me:
25. James Blake
24. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
23. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
22. Maggie Rogers – Heard It In a Past Life
21. Anderson.Paak – Oxnard
20. Jónsi – Go
19. The Lone Bellow
18. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN
17. James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical
16. S. Carey – Range of Light
15. The Civil Wars
14. The War and Treaty – Healing Tide
13. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
12. William Fitzsimmons – Gold in the Shadows
11. Sufjan Stevens – Age of Adz
10. Freelance Whales – Weathervanes
9. Johnnyswim – Georgica Pond
8. Gallant – ology
7. Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
6. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
5. Noah and the Whale – Last Night on Earth
4. thenational – Trouble Will Find Me
3. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
2. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
1. Run River North – Run River North