| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Robyn |
Indestructible (Acoustic) |
Body Talk Pt II |
Konichiwa |
Viva Fave of 2010 |
| LCD Soundsystem |
I Can Change |
This Is Happening |
DFA/Virgin |
Viva Fave of 2010 |
| Joanna Newsom |
Good Intentions Paving Co. |
Have One On Me |
Drag City |
Viva Fave of 2010 |
| Jack Rose |
Woodpiles On The Side Of The Road |
Luck In The Valley |
Thrill Jockey |
|
|
| Fall |
O.F.Y.C. Showcase |
Your Future Our Clutter |
Domino |
2010 |
| Endless Boogie |
New Pair of Shoes |
Full House Head |
No Quarter |
2010 |
| Bill Callahan |
America! |
Apocalypse |
Drag City |
2011 |
| Group Inerane |
Deran Deran |
Guitars from Agadez Vol. 3 |
Sublime Frequencies |
2010 |
| Spacelab |
Triple XXX (Nine Xs) |
s/t |
Blastco |
2010 |
| Betty Davis |
It's So Good |
Is It Love or Desire |
Light in the Attic |
2009 (1976) |
|
| Gang Gang Dance |
Mindkilla |
Eye Contact |
4AD |
Viva Fave of 2011 |
| tUnE-yArDs |
Bizness |
whokill |
4AD |
2011 |
| The Psychic Paramount |
N5 CODA |
II |
No Quarter |
2011 |
| SubRosa |
Whippoorwill |
No Help for the Mighty Ones |
Profound Lore |
2011 |
| Destroyer |
Blue Eyes |
Kaputt |
Merge |
Viva Fave of 2011 |
| Kate Bush |
Wild Man |
50 Words for Snow |
Fish People/Anti |
Viva Fave of 2011 (honorary KB Pick) |
| Dirtbombs |
Sharevari |
Party Store |
In the Red |
2011 |
| Kurt Vile |
Puppet to the Man |
Smoke Ring for My Halo |
Matador |
2011 |
|
| Hunx & his Punx |
He's Coming Back |
Too Young to be in Love |
Hardly Art |
2011 |
| Shannon and the Clams |
You Will Always Bring Me Flowers |
Sleep Talk |
1-2-3-4 Go! |
2011 (Stephen's artist of the decade pick) |
| Shannon and the Clams |
Hey Willy |
Dream In the Rat House |
Hardly Art |
2013 |
| Shannon and the Clams |
It's Too Late |
Gone by the Dawn |
Hardly Art |
2015 |
| Shannon and the Clams |
If You Could Know |
Onion |
Easy Eye Sound |
2018 |
|
| Julia Holter |
Goddess Eyes II |
Ekstasis |
RVNG INTL |
Viva Fave of 2012 |
| Lonnie Holley |
Here I Stand Knocking At Your Door |
Just Before Music |
Dust to Digital |
Viva Fave of 2012 |
| Scott Walker |
The Day The 'Conducator' Died (An Xmas Song) |
Bish Bosch |
4AD |
Viva Fave of 2012 |
| Rhyton |
Obligation |
The Emerald Tablets |
Three Lobed Recordings |
2012 |
| Jess & the Ancient Ones |
Sulpher Giants (Red King) |
Jess & the Ancient Ones |
Svart |
2012 (reissued in 2014) |
| Royals Baths |
Map of Heaven |
Better Luck Next Life |
Kanine |
2012 |
| Naked Gods |
Popsicle Swamp |
No Jams |
Funny/Not Funny Records |
2012, Boone NC! |
| Paint Fumes |
999 |
Uck Life |
Slovenly |
2012, NC |
|
| Cate Le Bon |
Fold the Cloth |
Cyrk |
Control Group |
|
| Cate Le Bon |
Duke |
Mug Museum |
Wichita |
Viva Fave of 2013 |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
Jubilee Street |
Push the Sky Away |
Bad Seed Ltd. |
Consensus pick! |
| David Bowie |
God Bless The Girl |
The Next Day (bonus track from Japanese version) |
Columbia |
2013 |
| Chuck Johnson |
On A Slow Passing in Ghost Town |
Crows in the Basilica |
Three Lobed Recordings |
2013 |
| Wooden Wand |
Outsider Blues |
Blood Oaths of the New Blues |
Fire Records |
2013 |
| Rose Windows |
Native Dreams |
The Sun Dogs |
Sub Pop |
2013 |
| Brother JT |
T. Rex Blues |
The Svelteness of Boogietude |
Thrill Jockey |
2013 |
| Omar Souleyman |
Ya Yumma |
Wenu Wenu |
Ribbon Music |
2013 |
| Julia Holter |
Horns Surrounding Me |
Loud City Song |
Domino |
Viva Fave of2013 |
| Haxan Cloak |
Mara |
Excavation |
Tri Angle |
2013 |
|
| Whatever Brains |
What Makes a Man Make What Makes A Man Start Fire? |
Rappers Delight II 7" |
Sorry State Records |
2011 |
| Whatever Brains |
Up and Over We Go |
Trim Jeans and/or Gross Urge + 10 |
S/R |
2010 |
| Whatever Brains |
Eat Forever |
2012 EP |
self-released |
2012 |
| ISS |
(Dis)charge it to the Game |
ISS |
Loki Label |
2015 |
| Das Drip |
Public Drip |
Das Drip |
Sorry State Records |
2019 |
| Run The Jewels |
Oh My Darling Don't Cry |
RJT2 |
Mass Appeal |
2014 |
| Neneh Cherry |
Out of the Black (feat. Robyn) |
Blank Project |
Smalltown Supersound |
Viva Fave of 2014 |
| Lee Fields |
All I Need |
Emma Jean |
Truth & Soul |
2014 |
| Reigning Sound |
Falling Rain |
Shattered |
Merge |
2014 |
| Apache Dropout |
After the Space Age |
Heavy Window |
Magnetic South |
2014 |
| Lydia Loveless |
Wine Lips |
Somewhere Else |
Bloodshot |
Viva Fave of 2014 |
| Ashrae Fax |
Hurricanes in a Jar |
Never Really Been Into It |
Kernado |
Viva Fave of 2014 |
| Jane Weaver |
Don't Take My Soul |
The Silver Globe |
Finders Keepers |
Viva Fave of 2014 |
|
| Steve Gunn |
Tommy's Congo |
Way Out Weather |
Paradise of Bachelors |
2015 (Kelly's artist of the decade) |
| Gunn-Truscinski Duo |
Ocean Parkway |
Ocean Parkway |
Three Lobed Recordings |
2012 |
| Steve Gunn |
Stonehurst Cowboy |
The Unseen In Between |
Matador |
2019 |
| Lower Dens |
To Die in L.A. |
Escape From Evil |
Ribbon |
Viva Fave of 2015 |
| U.S. Girls |
Damn that Valley |
Half Free |
4AD |
2015 |
| Circuit des Yeux |
Fantasize the Scene |
In Plain Speech |
Thrill Jockey |
2015 Consensus pick! |
| Jessica Pratt |
Strange Melody |
On Your Own Love Again |
Drag City |
Viva Fave of 2015 |
| Meg Baird |
Back To You |
Don't Weigh Down the Light |
Drag City |
2015 |
| Sarah Shook & the Disarmers |
Keep the Home Fires Burnin' |
Sidelong |
s/r |
2015, NC! |
|
| Six Organs of Admittance |
Wax Chance |
Hexadic |
Drag City |
2015 |
| Pharmakon |
Body Betrays Itself |
Bestial Burden |
Sacred Bones |
2015 |
| Nest Egg |
Is It Still Considered Suicide if I Help You? |
Respectable |
Bathetic |
2015 |
| Ryley Walker |
Summer Dress |
Primrose Green |
Dead Oceans |
2015 |
| Julia Holter |
Sea Calls Me Home |
Have You in My Wilderness |
Domino |
Viva Fave of 2015 (& my artist of the decade) |
|
| David Bowie |
Lazarus |
Blackstar |
Columbia |
2016, Consensus pick! |
| Tindersticks |
Hey Lucinda |
The Waiting Room |
City Sland |
2016 |
| Jenks Miller and Rose Cross NC |
Yellowtail (Blues from WHAT) |
Blues from WHAT |
Three Lobed Recordings |
2016 |
| Heron Oblivion |
Your Hollows |
Heron Oblivion |
Sub Pop |
2016 |
| Mitski |
I Bet On Losing Dogs |
Puberty 2 |
Dead Oceans |
Viva Fave of 2016 |
| Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Suzanne Ciani |
Closed Circuit |
Sunergy |
RVNG INTL. |
Viva Fave of 2016 |
| Roy Montgomery |
Slow Heroes |
Headquarters |
Grapefruit |
2016 |
| Goat |
Goatfuzz |
Requiem |
Sub Pop |
2016 |
|
| Colleen |
Winter Dawn |
A Flame My Love, A Frequency |
Thrill Jockey |
2017 |
| Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith |
An Intention |
The Kid |
Western Vinyl |
Viva Fave of 2017 |
| Rolling Blackouts C.F. |
Wide Eyes |
Talk Tight |
Sub Pop |
2017 |
| Drug Yacht |
The Chest of a Christian Woman |
The Van Warmer |
s/t |
2017, NC |
| The Body & Full of Hell |
Master's Story |
Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light |
Thrill Jockey |
2017 |
| Unsane |
Abberation |
Sterilize |
Southern Lord |
2017 |
|
| Laraaji |
Reborn in Virginia |
Bring on the Sun |
All Saints |
Viva Fave of2017 |
| Aldous Harding |
Imagining My Man |
Party |
4AD |
Viva Fave of 2017 |
| Rosali |
Hangin' |
Out of Love |
Siltbreeze |
(2016) |
| House & Land |
False True Lover |
House & Land |
Thrill Jockey |
2017 |
| Mount Eerie |
Real Death |
A Crow Looked At Me |
PW Elverum and Sun |
2017 |
| Mount Eerie |
Crow |
A Crow Looked At Me |
PW Elverum and Sun |
2017 |
| Mount Eerie |
Crow Pt. 2 |
Now Only |
PW Elverum and Sun |
2018 |
|
| Sleep |
Giza Butler |
The Sciences |
Third Man |
2018 (4/20) |
| Windhand |
Pilgrim's Rest |
Eternal Return |
Relapse |
2018 |
| Body/Head |
You Don't Need |
The Switch |
Matador |
2018 |
| Daniel Bachman |
Invocation (excerpt) |
The Morning Star |
Three Lobed Recordings |
2018 |
| Die Wilde Jagd |
2000 Elefanten |
Uhrwald Orange |
Bureau B |
Viva Fave of 2018 |
| Robyn |
Human Being (feat. Zhala) |
Honey |
Konichiwa |
Viva Fave of 2018 |
| Kamasi Washington |
Street Fighter Mas |
Heaven and Earth |
Young Turks |
Viva Fave of 2018 |
| Damien Jurado |
Percy Faith |
The Horizon Just Laughed |
Secretly Canadian |
2018 |
| Hailu Mergia |
Addis Nat |
Lala Belu |
Awesome Tapes From Africa |
2018, Consensus pick |
| Sunwatchers |
Nose Beers |
II |
Trouble in Mind |
2018 |
| David Nance Group |
Poison |
Peaced and Slightly Pulverized |
Trouble in Mind |
2018 |
| Tropical Fuck Storm |
Who's My Eugene? |
Braindrops |
Joyful Noise |
Viva Fave of 2019! |
| Cate Le Bon |
Miami |
Reward |
Mexican Summer |
Viva Fave of 2019! |
| Sharon Van Etten |
Stay |
Remind Me Tomorrow |
Jagjaguwar |
Viva Fave of 2019! |
| Purple Mountains |
Snow is Falling in Manhattan |
s/t |
Drag City |
2019, rest in peace |
| Bill Orcutt |
Already Old |
Odds Against Tomorrow |
Palilalia |
2019 |
| Gong Gong Gong |
Inner Reaches |
Phantom Rhythm |
Wharf Cat |
2019 |
|
| Fitness Womxn |
KADZRIFF |
New Age Record |
Sorry State Records |
2019 |
| Long Hots |
Give & Take |
"Nickle & Dime" b/w "Give & Take" |
Third Man |
2019 |
| Dan Melchior Group |
Police Dog |
Ruins |
Heel Turn |
2019 |
| 75 Dollar Bill |
Every Last Coffee or Tea |
I Was Real |
Thin Wrist Recordings |
2019 |
