De Sounds top 50 samengesteld uit de persoonlijke lijstjes van het Sounds-team en mede-muziekliefhebbers.
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1. The War on Drugs - A deeper understanding
2. LCD Soundsystem - American dream
3. The National - Sleep well beast
4. Jason Isbell - The Nashville sound
5. Steven Wilson - To the bone
6. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
7. Peter Perrett - How the west was won
8. Courtney Marie Andrews - Honest life
9. Warhaus - Warhaus
10. John Moreland - Big bad luv
11. Big Thief - Capacity
12. Gregg Allman - Southern blood
13. Protomartyr - Relatives in descent
14. Curtis Hardin - Face your fear
15. Jane Weaver - Modern kosmology
16. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a song
17. Ron Gallo - Heavy meta
18. The Manchester Orchestra - A black mile to the surface
19. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
20. The XX - I see you
21. Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller died for your sins
22. The Dream Syndicate - How did I find myself here
23. Melanie de Biasio - Lilies
24. J.W. Roy - A room full of strangers
25. Fleet Foxes - Crack up
26. Jade Jackson - Gilded
27. Moss - Strike
28. Mount Erie - A crow looked at me
29. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
30. Cigarettes after sex - Cigarettes after sex
31. Grizzly Bear - Painted ruins
32. Spoon - Hot thoughts
33. Roger Waters - Is this the life we really want?
34. JD McPherson - Undivided heart
35. Slowdive - Slowdive
36. Thundercat - Drunk
37. Deep Dark Woods - Yarrow
38. Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah anyhow
39. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
40. Nadia Reid - Preservation
41. Spinvis - Trein, vuur, dageraad
42. St. Vincent - Masseduction
43. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
44. Inna da Yard - Soul of Jamaica
45. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
46. Colter Wall - Colter Wall
47. Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
48. Sean Rowe - New lore
49. Alvvays - Antisocialites
50. Father John Misty - Pure comedy
Chris Hillman - Bidin' my time
Robin Borneman - Folklore II
Sam Outlaw - Tender heart
Son Volt - Notes of blue
Hallo Venray - Where's the funky party?