Addendum: 20 Albums That Didn’t Make Our Unison List, and Then a Bunch of No Big Hair Stuff We Didn’t Get a Chance to Write About Either, We’re Only Human

A Sunny Day in Glasgow :: Sea When Absent (Lefse)

Actress :: Ghettoville (Werk Discs)

Against Me! :: Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble Music)

Aphex Twin :: Syro (Warp)

Arca :: Xen (Mute)

Black Milk :: If There’s a Hell Below (Computer Ugly)

Clark :: Clark (Warp)

Cymbals Eat Guitars :: LOSE (Barsuk)

Dirty Beaches :: Stateless (Zoo Music)

Ben Frost :: A U R O R A (Mute/Bedrooom Community)

Nmesh :: Dream Sequins® (AMDISC)

Perfume Genius :: Too Bright (Matador)

Pharmakon :: Bestial Burden (Sacred Bones)

Isaiah Rashad :: Cilvia Demo (TDE)

Real Estate :: Atlas (Domino)

Spoon :: They Want My Soul (Loma Vista)

Vince Staples :: Shyne Coldchain, Vol. 2 mixtape (Self-released)

Teebs :: E S T A R A (Brainfeeder)

The War on Drugs :: Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)

Lucinda Williams :: Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20 Music)

No Big Hair

Gordon Ashworth :: S.T.L.A. (Orindal)

Ian William Craig :: Theia and the Archive (Self-released)

Jenny Gillespie :: Chamma (Narooma)

The Gotobeds :: Poor People Are Revolting (12XU)

Holly Herndon :: Chorus / Home EPs (RVNG Intl.)

.L.W.H. :: Aero-world Prelude EP + Untitled Trilogy: Director’s Cut (Self-released)

Fatima Al Qadiri :: Asiatisch (Hyperdub)

Saint Pepsi :: Gin City EP (Self-released)

t e l e p a t h テレパシ :: 能力者- 向かい合って (Self-released)

Weaves :: Weaves EP (Buzz Records)

Staff Lists

Brent Ables

01. The War on Drugs :: Lost in the Dream
02. Swans :: To Be Kind
03. Noah23 :: Street Astrology
04. Moonface :: City Wrecker
05. Clark :: Clark
06. Each Other :: Being Elastic
07. FKA Twigs :: LP1
08. The Men :: Tomorrow’s Hits
09. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty
10. Run the Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
11. Teebs :: E S T A R A
12. Grouper :: Ruins
13. Ian William Craig :: A Turn of Breath
14. Future :: Honest
15. Spoon :: They Want My Soul

Mark Abraham

01. Klara Lewis :: Ett
02. Nmesh :: Dream Sequins®
03. Holly Herndon :: Chorus
04. White Lung :: Deep Fantasy
05. Lydia Ainsworth :: Right from Real
06. Adult Jazz :: Gist Is
07. yMusic :: Balance Problems
08. Arca :: Xen
09. Boogie :: Thirst 48
10. Pharmakon :: Bestial Burden
11. FKA Twigs :: LP1
12. Isaiah Rashad :: Cilvia Demo
13. Run the Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
14. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead
15. D. Tiffany :: D. Tiffany
16. Lydia Loveless :: Somewhere Else
17. Perfume Genius :: Too Bright
18. Ought :: More Than Any Other Day
19. Weaves :: Weaves
20. Dej Loaf :: Sell Sole mixtape

Christopher Alexander

01. Run The Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
02. Against Me! :: Transgender Dysphoria Blues
03. Swans :: To Be Kind
04. FKA Twigs :: LP1
05. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
06. Sun Kil Moon :: Benji
07. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
08. Cymbals Eat Guitars :: LOSE
09. Actress :: Ghettoville
10. EMA :: The Future’s Void

Conrad Amenta

1. War on Drugs :: Lost in the Dream
2. Alvvays :: Alvvays
3. Clark :: Clark
4. Grouper :: Ruins
5. Ricardo Donoso :: A Song for Echo
6. Aphex Twin :: Syro
7. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
8. Fennesz :: Bécs
9. Ben Frost :: A U R O R A
10. Swans :: To Be Kind
11. Thee Silver Mt Zion :: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
12. Adult Jazz :: Gist Is
13. Teebs :: E S T A R A
14. Spoon :: They Want My Soul
15. Jennifer Castle :: Pink City
16. Wild Beasts :: Present Tense

Alan Baban

01. Ariel Pink :: Pom Pom
02. The Cats :: Relax on Everyone
03. Ben Frost :: A U R O R A
04. A Sunny Day in Glasgow :: Sea When Absent
05. Dean Blunt :: Black Metal
06. Vessel :: Punish, Honey
07. The Gotobeds :: Poor People Are Revolting
08. Bing and Ruth :: Tomorrow was the Golden Age
09. Real Estate :: Atlas
10. Run the Jewels 2 :: Run the Jewels 2

Corey Beasley

1. Wild Beasts :: Present Tense
2. Future Islands :: Singles
3. The Twilight Sad :: Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
4. Lykke Li :: I Never Learn
5. Alvvays :: Alvvays
6. Caribou :: Our Love
7. Spoon :: They Want My Soul
8. Taylor Swift :: 1989
9. Torn Hawk :: Let’s Cry and Do Pushups at the Same Time
10. Priests :: Bodies and Control and Money and Power
11. Ben Frost :: A U R O R A
12. Hundred Waters :: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
13. Hospitality :: Trouble
14. Weaves :: Weaves
15. Clark :: Clark
16. Your Old Droog :: Your Old Droog
17. Grouper :: Ruins
18. Ex Hex :: Rips
19. Fennesz :: Bécs
20. FKA twigs :: LP1

Chet Betz

01. Hundred Waters :: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
02. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
03. Noah23 :: Street Astrology
04. Jenny Gillespie :: Chamma
05. Ought :: More Than Any Other Day
06. Boogie :: Thirst 48
07. Ricky Eat Acid :: Three Love Songs
08. FKA Twigs ::LP1
09. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty
10. Your Old Droog :: Your Old Droog

Jordan Cronk

01. Swans :: To Be Kind
02. Pharmakon :: Bestial Burden
03. How to Dress Well :: “What Is This Heart?”
04. Aphex Twin :: Syro
05. Hundred Waters :: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
06. Real Estate :: Atlas
07. Todd Terje :: It’s Album Time
08. Wild Beasts :: Present Tense
09. Merchandise :: After the End
10. Angel Olsen :: Burn Your Fire for No Witness
11. Ben Frost :: A U R O R A
12. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
13. Ought :: More Than Any Other Day
14. Arca :: Xen
15. Grouper :: Ruins
16. Millie & Andrea :: Drop the Vowels
17. The Antlers :: Familiars
18. A Sunny Day in Glasgow :: Sea When Absent
19. Ariel Pink :: Pom Pom
20. Andy Stott :: Faith In Strangers
21. Ian William Craig :: A Turn of Breath
22. Amen Dunes :: Love
23. Fennesz :: Bécs
24. Good Willsmith :: The Honeymoon Workbook
25. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty
26. Adult Jazz :: Gist Is
27. Have a Nice Life :: The Unnatural World
28. Dirty Beaches :: Stateless
29. Chad VanGaalen :: Shrink Dust
30. Jenny Hval & Susanna :: Meshes of Voice

Adam Downer

1. t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 :: 向かい合って
2. Ratking :: So It Goes
3. The Hotelier :: Home, Like No Place is There
4. Alvvays :: Alvvays
5. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
6. NMesh :: Dream Sequins
7. Azealia Banks :: Broke With Expensive Taste
8. Joyce Manor :: Never Hungover Again
9. Stag Hare :: Angel Tech/Pongdools/Gazer
10. Todd Terje :: It’s Album Time
11. A Sunny Day in Glasgow :: Sea When Absent
12. Adult Jazz :: Gist Is
13. Ricky Eat Acid :: Three Love Songs
14. 断片化された友人:: Ｆｒａｇｍｅｎｔｅｄ Ｍｅｍｏｒｉｅｓ
15. Thom Yorke :: Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
16. M&O :: Almost Us
17. Against Me! :: Transgender Dysphoria Blues
18. Angel Olsen :: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
19. Weezer :: Everything Will Be Alright In The End
20. Grouper :: Ruins

Joel Elliott

1. Hundred Waters :: The Moon Rang Like A Bell
2. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty
3. Todd Terje :: It’s Album Time
4. New Pornographers :: Brill Bruisers
5. Eno & Hyde :: High Life
6. yMusic :: Balance Problems
7. Amen Dunes :: Love
8. Alice Gerrard :: Follow the Music
9. Jennifer Castle :: Pink City
10. Pharmakon :: Bestial Burden
11. Xiu Xiu :: Angel Guts: Red Classroom
12. Fennesz :: Becs
13. Marissa Nadler :: July
14. War on Drugs :: Lost in the Dream
15. Chad VanGaalen :: Shrink Dust
16. Dirty Beaches :: Stateless
17. Angel Olsen :: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
18. Have a Nice Life :: The Unnatural World
19. Tinariwen :: Emmaar
20. Circulatory System :: Mosaics Within Mosaics
21. David Lang :: Love Fail
22. Ian William Craig :: A Turn of Breath
23. Aphex Twin :: Syro
24. OOIOO :: Gamel
25. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
26. Swans :: To Be Kind
27. Shackleton :: Freezing Opening Thawing
28. Wreck & Reference :: Want
29. Morgan Delt :: Morgan Delt
30. Millie & Andrea :: Drop the Vowels

David M. Goldstein

1. Real Estate :: Atlas
2. The War on Drugs :: Lost in the Dream
3. Sturgill Simpson :: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
4. Lucero :: Live from Atlanta
5. The New Pornographers :: Brill Bruisers
6. Lydia Loveless :: Somewhere Else
7. Ryan Adams :: Ryan Adams
8. St. Vincent :: St. Vincent
9. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers :: Hypnotic Eye
10. Pallbearer :: Foundations of Burden
11. Cloud Nothings :: Here and Nowhere Else
12. Future Islands :: Singles
13. Restorations :: LP3
14. Steve Gunn :: Way Out Weather
15. TVOTR :: Seeds
16. Run the Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
17. Ex-Hex :: Rips
18. Hiss Golden Messenger :: The Lateness of Dancers
19. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks :: Wigout at Jagbags
20. Umphrey’s McGee :: Similar Skin
21. Budos Band :: Burnt Offering
22. White Lung :: Deep Fantasy
23. YOB :: Clearing the Path to Ascend
24. Cory Brannan :: The No-Hit Wonder
25. Phish :: Fuego

Kaylen Hann

01. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
02. Saint Pepsi :: Gin City
03. Arca :: Xen
04. Swans :: To Be Kind
05. Each Other :: Being Elastic
06. Noah23 :: Street Astrology
07. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
08. Moonface :: City Wrecker
09. Black Milk :: If There’s a Hell Below
10. Ratking :: So It Goes
12. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty
13. Future :: Honest
14. Chad VanGaalen :: Shrink Dust
15. FKA twigs :: LP1
16. Sun Kil Moon :: Benji

Maura McAndrew

1. Lucinda Williams :: Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
2. Stephen Malkmus :: Wig Out at Jagbags
3. Lydia Loveless :: Somewhere Else
4. Sturgill Simpson :: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
5. Angel Olsen :: Burn Your Fire for No Witness
6. Purling Hiss :: Weirdon
7. John Wesley Coleman :: The Love That You Own
8. Jennifer Castle :: Pink City
9. The Men :: Tomorrow’s Hits
10. Hiss Golden Messenger :: Lateness of Dancers
11. Half Japanese :: Overjoyed

Clayton Purdom

01. Boogie :: Thirst 48
02. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
03. Pallbearer :: Foundation of Burdon
04. Run The Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
05. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib :: Pinata
06. Your Old Droog :: Your Old Droog LP
07. FKA twigs :: LP1
08. Actress:: Ghettoville
09. Open Mike Eagle :: Dark Comedy
10. Isaiah Rashad :: Cilvia Demo
11. Vince Staples :: Shyne Coldchain, Vol. 2
12. Ratking :: So It Goes
13. Clark :: Clark
14. Grouper :: Ruins
15. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty

Scott Reid

01. Swans :: To Be Kind
02. Ian William Craig :: A Turn of Breath
03. Shabazz Palaces :: Lese Majesty
04. Hundred Waters :: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
05. Each Other :: Being Elastic
06. Aphex Twin :: Syro
07. Run the Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
08. Adult Jazz :: Gist Is
09. Chad VanGaalen :: Shrink Dust
10. FKA twigs :: LP1
11. New Pornographers :: Brill Bruisers
12. Jenny Hval & Susanna :: Meshes of Voice
13. Vince Staples :: Shyne Coldchain, Vol. 2 / Hell Can Wait
14. Jennifer Castle :: Pink City
15. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
16. Ought :: More Than Any Other Day
17. Boogie :: Thirst 48
18. Andy Stott :: Faith in Strangers
19. Ben Frost :: A U R O R A
20. Alvvays :: Alvvays
21. Fennesz :: Bécs
22. Lucinda Williams :: Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
23. Nmesh :: Dream Sequins
24. Angel Olsen :: Burn Your Fire for No Witness
25. Ricky Eat Acid :: Three Love Songs _ / _Sun Over Hills
26. Lydia Ainsworth :: Right from Real
27. Teebs :: E S T A R A
28. Weaves :: Weaves
29. Perfume Genius :: Too Bright
30. Isaiah Rashad :: Cilvia Demo

Dom Sinacola

01. Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead!
02. Adult Jazz :: Gist Is
03. Zola Jesus :: Taiga
04. Hundred Waters :: Moon Rang Like A Bell
05. Chad VanGaalen :: Shrink Dust
06. Swans :: To Be Kind
07. Boogie :: Thirst 48
08. Bleach Blonde Dudes :: Prismo Beach Tape
09. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
10. Lydia Ainsworth :: Right From Real
11. Perfume Genius :: Too Bright
12. Run the Jewels :: Run the Jewels 2
13. Zammuto :: Anchor
14. Ian William Craig :: A Turn of Breath
15. Andy Stott :: Faith In Strangers
16. Alvvays :: Alvvays
17. Arca :: Xen
18. Rome Fortune :: Small VVorld
19. Ought :: More Than Any Other Day
20. Black Milk :: If There’s A Hell Below
21. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues
22. Aan :: Amor Ad Nauseum
23. Noah23 :: Street Astrology
24. Mr Twin Sister :: Mr Twin Sister
25. Foxes In Fiction :: Ontario Gothic
26. White Lung :: Deep Fantasy
27. Moonface :: City Wrecker
28. Vince Staples :: Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2
29. Saint Pepsi :: Gin City
30. Gordon Ashworth :: S.T.L.A.

Robin Smith

1. Ian William Craig :: A Turn of Breath
2. Ian William Craig :: Theia and the Archive
3. Thou :: Heathen
4. Against Me! :: Transgender Dysphoria Blues
5. Pharmakon :: Bestial Burden
6. Sharon Van Etten :: Are We There
7. Andrew Jackson Jihad :: Christmas Island
8. The Smith Street Band :: Throw Me In The River
9. Lil Herb :: Welcome To Fazoland
10. Punch :: They Don’t Have To Believe
11. Christina Vantzou :: No. 2
12. Cymbals Eat Guitars :: LOSE
13. Angel Olsen :: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
14. Total Control :: Typical System
15. Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra :: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything
16. Copeland :: Because I’m Worth It
17. Chad VanGaalen :: Shrink Dust
18. Moonface :: City Wrecker
19. Fatima Al Qadiri :: Asiatisch
20. Cooly G :: Wait ‘Til Night
21. Dean Blunt :: Black Metal
22. St. Vincent :: St. Vincent
23. Perfume Genius :: Too Bright
24. Martha :: Courting Strong
25. Lykke Li :: I Never Learn