This list is a tough one to tackle. Hard to know where to look but my past playlists and nostalgic memories. I was battling my nostalgia vs. what I thought still holds up over time from my favorite artists. Hope there wasn’t too many auto-corrects in here or wrong dates because AI likes to change names, years, and titles. If you haven’t heard these albums, I’d peep them, and I can’t wait to hear other DJ’s picks!
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label | Release Year |
| 1 | Sisyphus | Sisyphus | Asthmatic Kitty | 2014 |
| 2 | The Strokes | Is this It? | Rough Trade/RCA, | 2001 |
| 3 | Aesop Rock | Labor Days | Definitive Jux | 2001 |
| 4 | Dawes | Stories Don’t End | ATO | 2013 |
| 5 | Cannibal Ox | Cold Vein | Definitive Jux | 2000 |
| 6 | Young Fathers | DEAD | anticon/Big Dada | 2014 |
| 7 | Avett Brothers | Emotionalism | Ramseur Records | 2007 |
| 8 | milo | So the Flies don’t come | Ruby Yacht | 2014 |
| 9 | Medium Build | Country | self-released | 2024 |
| 10 | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago | Jagjaguwar | 2007 |
| 11 | Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisian Records | 2010 |
| 12 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | Asthmatic Kitty | 2005 |
| 13 | Radiohead | Kid A | Capitol/Parlophone | 2000 |
| 14 | Photay | Onism | Asthmatic Kitty | 2017 |
| 15 | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup | 4AD | 2007 |
| 16 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid Mad City | Aftermath | 2012 |
| 17 | El-P | Fantastic Damage | Definitive Jux | 2002 |
| 18 | The Mountain Goats | Tallahassee and Sunset Tree | 4AD | 2004 |
| 19 | Bo Burnam | Inside | Republic Records | 2021 |
| 20 | Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop | 2003 |
| 21 | Busdriver | Perfect hair / Thumbs | Big Dada | 2015/2016 |
| 22 | Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna are you the Destroyer | Polyvinyl | 2007 |
| 23 | Vince Staples | Hell Can Wait (EP) | ARTium/Def Jam | 2014 |
| 24 | MF DOOM | Madvillainy | Stones Throw Records | 2004 |
| 25 | TV on the Radio | Return to Cookie Mountain | Interscope | 2006 |
