My favorite albums of the decade:
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, SKELETON TREE
2. Mount Eerie, NOW ONLY
3. Purple Mountains, S/T
4. Joanna Newsom, HAVE ONE ON ME
5. Sharon Van Etten, TRAMP
6. Julien Baker, SPRAINED ANKLE
7. Leonard Cohen, YOU WANT IT DARKER
8. Kanye West, MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY
9. Tom Waits, BAD AS ME
10. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
11. Lucinda Williams, DOWN WHERE THE SPIRIT MEETS THE BONE
12. Jason Isbell, SOUTHEASTERN
13. Bob Dylan, TEMPEST
14. Angel Olsen, MY WOMAN
15. Richmond Fontaine, YOU CAN’T GO BACK IF THERE’S NOTHING TO GO BACK TO
16. Fiona Apple, THE IDLER WHEEL…
17. Charles Bradley, CHANGES
18. Bill Callahan, APOCALYPSE
19. John Prine, THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS
20. Damien Jurado, MARAQOPA
21. Courtney Marie Andrews, MAY YOUR KINDNESS REMAIN
22. Phoebe Bridgers, STRANGER IN THE ALPS
23. Water Liars, WYOMING
24. Titus Andronicus, THE MONITOR
25. Sun Kil Moon, BENJI
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My favorite songs of the decade:
1. “Working Titles,” Damien Jurado
2. “Riding for the Feeling,” Bill Callahan
3. “Serpents,” Sharon Van Etten
4. “Margaritas at the Mall,” Purple Mountains
5. “Higgs Boson Blues,” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
6. “Rejoice,” Julien Baker
7. “Scott Street,” Phoebe Bridgers
8. “Shut Up Kiss Me,” Angel Olsen
9. “Emmylou,” First Aid Kit
10. “You Want it Darker,” Leonard Cohen
11. “Table for One,” Courtney Marie Andrews
12. “On a Good Day,” Joanna Newsom
13. “Ways of This World,” Kelly Hogan (written by Vic Chesnutt)
14. “Relatively Easy,” Jason Isbell
15. “Hell Broke Luce,” Tom Waits
16. “Depreston,” Courtney Barnett
17. “When I Get to Heaven,” John Prine
18. “Head,” Lydia Loveless
19. “Foolishness,” Lucinda Williams
20. “Change for the World,”’Charles Bradley
