Top 50 Albums of the Year Part 1 of 5: Pop

So another year is coming to an end, and that means best music lists will be popping up everywhere including Killing Sasquatch. I'm going to do it a little differently. I'll have 4 categories of great music then a top 15 list at the end.

So to start it off is the world renown genre of pop. Pop music is music that everyone can enjoy, no matter where you are from. It always has a catchy beat with lyrics and themes that embodies people's emotions. I feel like these albums have not only embraced those ideas, but pushed popular music into a great direction. This list is alphabetical order.

Alexander - Alexander

Alexander - Awake My Body by tosbagasırtı

The Antlers - Burst Apart

The Antlers - I Don't Want Love by Transgressive Records

Atlas Sound - Parallax

Atlas Sound - Terra Incognita by stopshakehoneygo

Big Troubles - Romantic Comedy

Big Troubles - Misery by Slumberland Records

Cults - Cults

Cults - Go Outside by underhisempire2

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It's A Corporate World

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Morning Thought by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues by subpop

Gauntlet Hair - Gauntlet Hair

Gauntlet Hair - Top Bunk by felixnicklas

Hooray For Earth - True Loves

Hooray for Earth - True Loves by memphisindustries

Jared Mees & The Grown Children - Only Good Thoughts Can Stay

Hungry Like A Tiger by Jared Mees And TGC

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83 - Wait by Reike

Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud

Portugal. The Man- So American by MMMusic

Starfucker - Reptilians

Bury Us Alive by starfucker_usa

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation

Cannons by Youth Lagoon

Some Really Cool Music

So this week has been quiet on the new release front (Feist Metals, We Were Promised Jet Packs In the Pit of the Stomach, and Zola Jesus Conatus) so I went out to do some research. What I found is pure awesome music.

First off is Crocodiles with their second album Sleep Forever. This is a sweet post-punk pop album with lots of fuzzy guitars, groovy keyboards, and cool reverberated vocals. Check it out here.

Next up is the one-man band Delicate Steve. Wondervisions is an instrumental album with high flying guitars that are so upbeat that it's impossible not to smile while listening to it. With easy to follow drum beats that chug through some tracks, this album is everything happy. So listen to it all here.

Last but not least is Youth Lagoon. They are a more melancholy synth-pop band though just as good as the other two bands. Their debut album The Year of Hibernation is really good, with the synths and bells playing a dream while the vocals come through the haze to add an extra layer to it all. Now it took me a while to find where you can stream for free so if you are reading this, you should definitely listen to it here.