The Independent Variable
Music Log
2019
Top Ten
- Almost Free - FIDLAR
- Heard it in a Past Life - Maggie Rogers
- Why Hasn’t Everythinf Already Disappeared? - Deerhunter
- Remind Me Tomorrow - Sharon Van Etten
- COMPLAINT - Watsky
- Outer Peace - Toro y Moi
- Lines in the Sand - Antonio Sanchez
- Encores 2 - Nils Frahm
- Power Chords - Mike Krol
- Teal Album - Weezer
2018
Top Ten
- How to: Friend, Love, Freefall - Rainbow Kitten Surprise
- Whack World - Tierra Whack
- Anthem of the Peaceful Army - Greta Van Fleet
- DAYTONA - Pusha-T
- Future Me Hates Me - The Beths
- Tearing at the Seams - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Can’t Wake Up - Shakey Graves
- Staying at Tamara’s - George Ezra
- Ezra Bell - Ezra Bell
- M A N I A - Fall Out Boy
Notables
- POST- - Jeff Rosenstock
- Wrong Creatures - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Let the Record Play - Moon Taxi
- Black Panther: The Album - Kendrick Lamar
- Twin Fantasy - Carseat Headrest
- Undercover Mixtape - ORGONE
- A Productive Cough - Titus Andronicus
- Mt. Joy - Mt. Joy
- Francis Trouble - Albert Hammond Jr.
- Bark Your Head Off - Hop Along
- Church of Scars - Bishop Briggs
- Call it Home Vol. 2 - The California Honeydrops
- Critical Equation - Dr. Dog
- Good Thing - Leon Bridges
- Be More Kind - Frank Turner
- Ring of Love - Doc Robinson
- Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barrett
- God’s Favorite Customer - Father John Misty
- Streams of Thought Vol. 1 - Black Thought
- Sparkle Hard - Stephen Malkmus
- Buck Meek - Buck Meek
- Flow State - Tash Sultana
- TPC - Tokyo Police Club
- Trench - Twenty One Pilots
- Swim Team - The Dirty Heads
- Room 25 - Noname
- Junkyard Samurai - ProbCause & The Palmer Squares
- Wide Awake - Ryland Baxter
- Alright - Spooky Mansion
- A Saftey Meeting - Manwolves
2017
- DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
- Out in the Storm - Waxahatchee
- MASSEDUCTION - St. Vincent
- Woodstock - Portugal. The Man
- reputation - Taylor Swift
- RELAXER - alt-J
- A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs
- Pure Comedy - Father John Misty
- The OOZ - King Krule
- Something to Tell You - HAIM
2016
Top Ten
- “Awaken, My Love!” - Childish Gambino
- Blonde - Frank Ocean
- We got it from Here… Thank you 4 Your service - A Tribe Called Quest
- Tidal Wave - Taking Back Sunday
- I Had A Dream That You Were Mine -Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
- Stranger Things: Original Soundtrack - S U R V I V E
- Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper
- untitled unmastered - Kendrick Lamar
- RR7349 - S U R V I V E
- White Album - Weezer