This list isn't ordered, and I'm not entirely sure it's comprehensive, either. But as I sat and considered which records stuck with me throughout the year, this is the list I was left with initially.
Superchunk - I Hate Music
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
MIA - Matangi
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Cave - Threace
Los Campesinos - No Blues
Bill Callahan - Dream River
Jim James - Regions of Light and Sound of God
Love - Black Beauty (the vinyl came out this year, so I'll count it)
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Deafheaven - Sunbather
The Stepkids - Troubadour
The So So Glos - Blowout
Dean Wareham - Emancipated Hearts
Old Baby - Love Hangover
Diarrhea Planet - I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Volcano Choir - Repave
Touche Amore - Is Survived By
Robert Pollard/Guided by Voices - Blazing Gentlemen/Honey Locust Honky Tonk/English Little League
William Tyler - Impossible Truth
Billy Bragg - Tooth and Nail
Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
Marnie Stern - The Chronicles of Marnia