I worked at the Pop back in like 2006-7 and I’ve been addicted to making these lists ever since. I really liked a ton of music this year, but I tried to feature records I hadn’t seen on here yet. Also worth a mention:

Bardo Pond – Peace on Venus (Doomy psych rock flute jam of the year IMO)
Oneohtrix Point Never – R plus 7
BEYONCE – duh.
Burial – Rival Dealer (finally!)
The Haxan Cloak – Excavation (the most terrifying drone music I’ve ever heard)
Chelsea Wolfe – Pain is Beauty (the best live show I saw this year)
King Krule – 6 feet beneath the moon (oh but maybe this was the best live show I saw this year, at least tied for first)
Savages – Silence yourself (Siouxsie should be proud that her vocal stylings are being carried on so awesomely!)
Deaf Heaven – Sunbather (Metal for people who don’t like metal but really want to like metal because all of their coolest friends do. No, but this record is really good, everybody likes it.)
Waxahatchee – Cerulean
Tim Hecker – Virgins
Le1f – Fly Zone mixtape
oOoOO – Without Your Love (I really wish they had a better name, is all)
Wavves – Afraid of Heights
Mount Eerie – Prehuman Ideas