It was a long journey, but we’ve made it to the top 10. Before you get upset that I excluded your favorite album, let me first give a shout out to this year’s honorable mentions: The War on Drugs’ A Deeper Understanding, Algiers’ The Underside of Power, Cigarettes After Sex’s self-titled record,…

If we as listeners have anything to learn from Björk’s decades-spanning career, it’s that her music is not something you can punctuate or spin simply as background music—that would be a slight against her prestigious artistry. In fact, her music mandates a complete surrender of the senses in order…