- Big Thief - Double Infinity
- James McMurtry - The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
- SG Goodman - Planting By the Signs
- Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
- Florry - Sounds Like…
- Robert Plant with Suzi Dian - Saving Grace
- Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
- Fust - Big Ugly
- Kathleen Edwards - Billionaire
- The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie
Honorable Mentions
- Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman
- Caroline Spence - Heart Go Wild
- Snocaps
- Lilly Hiatt - Forever
- Winter - Adult Romantix
- Wishy - Planet Popstar (EP)
- The Salt Collective - A Brief History of Blindness
- Various Artists - Let’s Go Dancing: Split A Mountain in Two With a Flake of Snow
- Various Artists - Let's Go Dancing: Said The Falling Rain To The Open Flame
- Briscoe - Heat of July
- Otis Gibbs - The Trust of Crows
- Jeff Tweedy - Twilight Override
- Michael Hurley - Broken Homes and Gardens
- A. Lee Edwards - Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. I
- Will Stewart - Moon Winx
- Throwing Muses - Moonlight Concessions
- John Howie, Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff - The Return of John Howie, Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff
- Julien Baker and Torres - Send A Prayer My Way
- Anna Tivel - Animal Poem
- Janet Simpson - Can I See You Tonight?
- Murray Attaway - Tense Music Plays
- Mavis Staples - Sad and Beautiful World
- Drive-By Truckers - The Definitive Decoration Day
- Wet Leg - moisturizer
- Hayes Carll - We’re Only Human
- Case Oats - Last Missouri Exit
- Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
Bedroom rising from an old growth tree
Bringing out the sawmill, cutting the 12 inch beams
Building a pattern, the reservoir to fill with dreams
Rings like Saturn telling their old story…
Big Thief “Red Moon”
Nice to see Michael Hurley mentioned, so sad he passed on last year. and that Otis Gibbs album deserves more attention.
Good list! I thought Double Infinity was a return to form and I very much liked the Florry and the Fust albums too. I’m still loving the recent Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band album… my top pick for the year. They were great live too.
It is always impossible to effectively grade the best albums as it is too subjective, but you got quite a few good ones there, Joe.
