Here are the albums that kicked my ass and kept me sane throughout this difficult and disastrous year, in no particular order:
Drive-By Truckers- The Unravelling/The New Ok
Waxahatchee- Saint Cloud
Bob Mould- Blue Hearts
Joel Plaskett- 44
Pearl Jam- Gigaton
Jeff Tweedy- Love is the King
Sarah Jarosz- World on the Ground
Jason Isbell- Reunions
Bruce Springsteen- Letter to You
American Aquarium- Lamentations
Ron Hawkins & the Do Good Assassins- 246
The Jayhawks- XOXO
Gord Downie- Away is Mine
Andy Maize & Michael Timmins- Townies
Lucinda Williams- Good Souls Better Angels
Sarah Harmer- Are You Gone
AC/DC- Power Up
Steve Earle & the Dukes- Ghosts of West Virginia
Mark Lenegan- Straight Songs of Sorrow
Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Mike Cooley/Patterson Hood/Jason Isbell- Live at the Shoals Theater 2014
Midnight Oil- The Makarrata Project
Kathleen Edwards- Total Freedom
Brian Fallon- Local Honey
Old 97s- Twelfth
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