In no particular order, our staff’s top 10 albums are as follows.
Cole Billings
- Dead Horse – Bummer
- RULES – D.Y.E.
- Presents Sudden Hex – Helvetia
- New Plateau – Carter Ward
- … and i’m all out of shit to fuck up – Big Water
- My Life on the Silicone Prairie – Silicone Prairie
- Piecework – Kowloon Walled City
- Super What! – CZARFACE
- Live! – Ronda Spectacular
- Flooding – Flooding
Meaghan Boyd
- to hell with it – Pink Panthress
- Something for thee Hotties – Megan thee Stallion
- CMIYGL – Tyler, the creator
- Planet Her – Doja Cat
- SOUR – Olivia Rodrigo
- MONTERO – Lil Nas X
- Civilisation – KKB
- Red (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
Becca Cooke
- CMIYGL – Tyler, the Creator
- Sour – Olivia Rodrigo
- Juno – Remi Wolf
- Planet Her – Doja Cat
- Donda – Kanye
- Montero – Lil Nas X
- Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
- Sling – Clairo
- Solar Power – Lorde
- Heavy Hitting Hurts My Head – Christian Leave
Wyatt Hall
- Mood Valiant – Hiatus Kaiyote
- The House is Burning – Isaiah Rashad
- Vince Staples – Vince Staples
- Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert – Little Simz
- CMIYGL – Tyler the Creator
- MONTERO – Lil Nas X
- When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time – Giveon
- An Evening with Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic
- Planet Her – Doja Cat
- DRONES – Terrace Martin
Cooper Hart
- THIB – Isaiah Rashad
- CMIYGL – Tyler, The Creator
- Life of a DON – Don Toliver
- Vince Staples – Vince Staples
- DOG BOY – ZillaKami
- An Evening with Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic
- USEE4YOURSELF – IDK
- The Melodic Blue – Baby Keem
- Not for Sale – Femdot
- Pyrex Picasso – Benny the Butcher
Naomi James
- FLOWERS for VASES / descansos – Hayley Williams
- Melchor Lullaby Hotline, Vol. 1 – Adam Melchor
- Collapsed in Sunbeams – Arlo Parks
- Any Shape You Take – Indigo de Souza
- Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
- MONTERO – Lil Nas X
- SOUR – Olivia Rodrigo
- Jubilee – Japanese Breakfast
- A Beginner’s Mind – Sufjan Stevens, Angelo de Augustine
- Woman on the Internet – Orla Gartland
Clara Ketchell
- Valentine – Snail Mail
- Jubliee – Japanese Breakfast
- A Beginner’s Mind – Sufjan Stevens, Angelo de Augustine
- Sweep It Into Space – Dinosaur Jr.
- Planet Her – Doja Cat
- Home Video – Lucy Dacus
- Any Shape You Take – Indigo de Souza
- The Golden Casket – Modest Mouse
- CMIYGL – Tyler The Creator
- An Evening with Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic
Bella Koscal
- Women on the Internet – Orla Gartland
- Build a Problem – dodie
- Strangers Forever EP – Maude Latour
- Home Video – Lucy Dacus
- Sour – Olivia Rodrigo
- Summer’s Over – TV Girl & Jordana
- Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night – Bleachers
- Juno – Remi Wolf
- Del Water Gap – Del Water Gap
Alex Kroenke
- Bright Green Field – Squid
- Mood Valiant – Hiatus Kaiyote
- LW – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
- Flooding – Flooding
- There are Leeches in Denton Lake – Everyone’s Worried About Owen
- Muscle Memory – Mel Bryant
- Self-Titled – Midwest Telegram
- CMIYGL – Tyler, the Creator
- Dream Popped – Loudness War
- SCREAMING IN THE MIRROR – Sunday Cruise
Betsey Lewis
- Mood Valiant – Hiatus Kaiyote
- An Evening With Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic
- Valentine – Snail Mail
- Jubilee – Japanese Breakfast
- I Know I’m Funny haha – Faye Webster
- A Beginner’s Mind – Sufjan Stevens, Angelo de Augustine
- Home Video – Lucy Dacus
- Dandelion – The Greeting Committee
- Sling – Clairo
- CMIYGL – Tyler the Creator
Natalie Lindsey
- Dark & Beautiful Secrets – Normandie
- Below – Beartooth
- Earth Is A Black Hole – Teenage Wrist
- Eternal Blue – Spiritbox
- XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time – The Maine
- Umbra – Grayscale
- For Those That Wish To Exist – Architechts
- SUCKAPUNCH – You Me At Six
- Life In Your Glass World – Citizen
- Welcome to Horrorwood – Ice Nine Kills
Cate Manning
- Blue Weekend – Wolf Alice
- New Long Leg – Dry Cleaning
- Nine – SAULT
- Promises – Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders
- As the Love Continues – Mogwai
- Bright Green Field – Squid
- Valentine – Snail Mail
- Vulture Prince – Arooj Aftab
- For the first time – Black Country, New Road
- ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH – Spirit of the Beehive
Mazzy Martinez
- Almas Conectadas by Quantic & Nidia Gongora
- Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz
- Smiling With No Teeth by Genesis Owusu
- Super What! by MF DOOM and CZARFACE
- BLACK METAL 2 by Dean Blunt
- Loving In Stereo by Jungle
- Something for Thee Hotties by Megan Thee Stallion
- Cheater by Pom Poko
- All In by Skepta
- Crooked Machine by Róisín Murphy
Ellynn Mayo
- Amperland, NY – Pinegrove
- Upstream Dream – Slow Meadow
- Local Valley – José González
- Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
- Solar Power – Lorde
- Home Video – Lucy Dacus
- Terra Firma – Tash Sultana
- Wait – Cigarettes for Breakfast
- KID A MNESIA – Radiohead
- Menagerie – Eat My Head
Shane Price
- Celestial Blues – King Woman
- GLOW ON – Turnstile
- SINNER GET READY – Lingua Ignota
- The Romance of Affliction – SeeYouSpaceCowboy…
- Bloodmoon I – Converge & Chelsea Wolfe
- Bury Me Beneath This Rotten Earth – Body Void
- Comfort To Me – Amyl & The Sniffers
- Valentine – Snail Mail
- ULTRAPOP – The Armed
- THE FUTURE BITES – Steven Wilson
Fabian Rosales
- Any Shape You Take – Indigo De Souza
- Jubliee – Japanese Breakfast
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix- Injury Reserve
- Flooding – Flooding
- Aa – Pirli
- I Know I’m Funny haha – Faye Webster
- Vince Staples – Vince Staples
- Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – Little Simz
- Going Going Gone- Mild High Club
- 30 – Adele
Kade Schoenfeldt
- GLOW ON – Turnstile
- For the first time – Black Country, New Road
- New Long Leg – Dry Cleaning
- Smiling With No Teeth – Genesis Owusu
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Injury Reserve
- Vince Stpales – Vince Staples
- Seek Shelter – Iceage
- Call Me if You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator
- volcanic bird enemy and the voiced concern – Lil Ugly Mane
- HEY WHAT – Low
Patrick Sullivan
- Pray for Haiti- Mach-Hommy
- CMIYGL- Tyler, The Creator
- GLOW ON- Turnstile
- Snail Mail- Valentine
- Mood Valiant- Hiatus Kaiyote
- Haram- Armand Hammer
- Sometimes I Might Be Intrvert- Little Simz
- A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2- Common
- The Long Term Effects of Suffering- $uicideBoy$
- Elephant In the Room- Mick Jenkins
Abbey Todd
- Mood Valiant- Hiatus Kaiyote
- Break the Wall- MF Robots
- Turbo- Dirty Loops
- Distance Keeps Me Distant- Juniper
- An Evening With Silk Sonic- Silk Sonic
- How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last- Big Red Machine
- Inside- Bo Burnham
- RAZZMATAZZ- I Don’t Know How But They Found Me
- The Push and The Pull- The Wonderlands
- A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2)- Common
Keller Welton
- Mood Valiant – Hiatus Kaiyote
- Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – Little Simz
- A Shrug Of The Shoulders – Traffik Island
- Geist – Shannon Lay
- Helvetia – Presents Sudden Hex
- ALEXALONE – ALEXALONE WORLD
- Mouth Full Of Glass – Macie Stewart
- Comfort To Me – Amyl & The Sniffers
- A Beautiful Revolution Prt 2 – Common
- Headsoup – Goat