Let me just say that this has been the best year in music since 2005 in my opinion. It actually may even be a bigger in music this year than any since my inception into the underworld that is Indie Music, which was around 2001 (my Freshman year in High School). I decided to just do a Top 50 in one shot instead of doing tracks too and releasing it over the period of a week. So here it is!
50. Sepalcure - Sepalcure
49. TV On the Radio - Nine Types of Light
48. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
47. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
46. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
45. Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine
44. Adele - 21
43. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
42. Battles - Glass Drop
41. Smith Westerns - Dye It Blond
40. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
39. Radiohead - King of Limbs
38. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
37. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch The Throne
36. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
35. The Antlers - Burst Apart
34. The Horrors - Skying
33. Future Islands - On The Water
32. Zola Jesus - Conatus
31. Yuck - Yuck
30. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
29. Drake - Take Care
28. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
27. Washed Out - Within and Without
26. Real Estate - Days
25. Cults - Cults
24. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
23. Atlas Sound - Parallax
22. Destroyer - Kaputt
21. Tyler, The Creator - Goblin
20. Beirut - The Rip Tide
19. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
18. Iceage - New Brigade
17. Panda Bear - Tomboy
16. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
15. Wild Beasts - Smother
14. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
13. Neon Indian - Era Extrana
12. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
11. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
10. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
9. Tune-Yards - WHOKILL
8. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
7. Austra - Feel It Break
6. James Blake - James Blake
5. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
2. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
1. Girls - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost