**I don't include any of our own releases in the lists for obvious reasons!**
2016
Top 20 Albums
- Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate
- Ignite - A War Against You
- Caskitt - Old Fires New Frontiers
- Wild Animals - Basements: Music to fight hypocrisy
- Make War - Developing A Theory Of Integrity
- Turkish Techno - Number Two
- Joyce Manor - Cody
- Shallow Cuts - Empty Beach Town
- Martha - Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart
- Pkew Pkew Pkew - S/T
- Mean Jeans - Tight New Dimension
- Arliss Nancy - Greater Divides
- Apologies I Have None - Pharmacie
- Sonic Avenues - Disconnector
- Great Apes - California Heart
- Low Culture - Places To Hide
- Touche Amore - Stage Four
- Toys That Kill - Sentimental Ward
- Basement Benders - Lydiad
- Face To Face - Protection
Just missed out: Problem Daughter, Murderburgers, Steve Adamyk Band, Get Dead, Ship Thieves, Joe McMahon, Pulley
2015
Top 20 Albums
- toyGuitar - In This Mess
- Night Birds - Mutiny At Muscle Beach
- Radioactivity - Silent Kill
- The Barreracudas - Can Do Easy
- Beach Slang - The Things We Do To Find...
- Red Dons - The Dead Hand Of Tradition
- Good Shade - S/T // Breakfast
- Western Settings - Yes It Is
- Make War - S/T
- Royal Headache - High
- No Weather Talks - Undoing Defeat
- Nervous Talk - S/T
- Atlas Losing Grip - Currents
- Legendary Wings - Do You See?
- Divers - Hello Hello
- Violent Reaction - Marching On
- Timeshares - Already Dead
- Worriers - Imaginary Life
- Strung Out - Transmission Alpha Delta
- Caskitt - This Machine Kills Sadness
Just missed out: Red City Radio, Widows Watch, Hollowpoints, Success, Lost Balloons
2014
Top 20 Albums
- Bear Trade - Blood & Sand
- Swingin Utters - A Fistful Of Hollow
- World Inferno Friendship Society - This Packed Funeral
- No Problem - We're Already Dead
- The Creeps - Eulogies
- Stay Clean Jolene - S/T
- Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again
- The Dwarves - Invented Rock & Roll
- Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
- Pears - Go To Prison
- The Brokedowns - Life Is A Breeze
- Martha - Courting Strong
- Sonic Avenues - Mistakes
- Needles // Pins - Shamebirds
- The Copyrights - Report
- Cheap Girls - Famous Graves
- Restorations - LP3
- Only Crime - Pursuance
- Hospital Job - The Believer
- Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River
Top 10 EPs
- Beach Slang - Who Would Ever Want Anything So Broken
- Shallow Cuts - Storm Watch
- Dead Bars - S/T
- RVIVR - Bicker & Breathe
- Prince - s/t
- Not Scientists - Leave Stickers On Our Graves
- Great Apes - Playland At The Beach
- Sundials - Kick
- Downtown Struts - Hope You're Dope
- Gateway District - Partial Traces
Top 5 Splits
- Madison Bloodbath / Worthwhile Way
- Dead Bars / Sunshine State
- Low Culture / Iron Chic
- Low Culture / Needles//Pins
- Joyce Manor / Toys That Kill
2013
Top 20 Albums
- THE BRONX - IV
- RESTORATIONS - LP2
- OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - Home
- CRUSADES - Perhaps You Deliver This Judgment...
- RED CITY RADIO - Titles
- ROUGH KIDS - The State I'm In
- NIGHT MARCHERS - Allez Allez
- ARLISS NANCY - Wild American Runners
- FUTURE VIRGINS - Late Republic
- LOW CULTURE - Screens
- DEAD MECHANICAL - OK Night
- NATO COLES & THE BLUE DIAMOND BAND - Promises To Deliver
- RADIOACTIVITY - S/T
- THE FLATLINERS - Dead Language
- GREAT APES - Thread
- WIL WAGNER - Laika
- CALVINBALL - Last Orders
- THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND - Third
- WRINGER - Bullfighter
- RVIVR - The Beauty Between
Top 10 EPs
- THE SMITH STREET BAND - Don't Fuck With Our Dreams
- GAMEDAY REGULARS - Nobody Likes A Quitter
- PAINT IT BLACK - Invisible
- THE CREEPS - Our Time
- THE MOMS - Viva
- BREAK UPS - It's Complicated
- DOWNTOWN STRUTS - Victory
- THE RED DONS - Notes On The Underground
- FAR FROM FINISHED - Let's Be Frank
- MUNCIE GIRLS - Sleepless
TOP 10 SPLIT 7"s (in no particular order)
- MAKE DO AND MEND / THE FLATLINERS
- FUTURE VIRGINS / TOYS THAT KILL
- MEAN JEANS / UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND
- DOWNTOWN STRUTS / NOTHINGTON
- NATO COLES / YOUR PEST BAND
- OLD FLINGS / BREAK UPS
- CITY MOUSE / WEEKEND DADS
- SHOOK ONES / DEATH IS NOT GLAMOROUS
- SLOW DEATH / BROKEDOWNS
- REAL DANGER / WINDOWSILL
- LIPSTICK HOMICIDE / TURKLETONS
2012
Top 20 Albums:
- Downtown Struts - Victoria!
- Arms Aloft - Sawdust City
- The Smith Street Band - Sunshine & Technology
- Masked Intruder - S/T
- Japandroids - Celebration Rock
- Mean Jeans - On Mars
- Classics of Love - S/T
- Dopamines - Vices
- Sonic Avenues - Television Youth
- The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
- The Victim Party - The Worst Party On Earth
- The Jealous Sound - A Gentle Reminder
- Hot Water Music - Exister
- White Wires - III
- Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
- Toys That Kill - Fambly
- Nude Beach - II
- The Sidekicks - Awkward Breeds
- Murder By Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
- Teenage Bottlerocket - Freak Out!
Top 20 EPs
- Post Teens - The Heat
- One Man Army - She's An Alarm
- Low Culture - S/T
- Crusades - Parables
- Martha - S/T
- Holy Fever - Ghost Story & S/T
- Warsong - Caravan
- Bad Advice - Do Not Resuscitate
- No Problem - Living In The Void
- Youth Avoiders - Time Flies
- Red Dons - Auslander
- Masked Intruder - First Offense
- The Creeps - AOTU 7"
- Holy Mess - Cold Goodbyes
- Swingin Utters - The Librarians Are Hiding Something
- Borderlines - Magical Paths
- Elway - Hence My Optimism
- Stay Clean Jolene - S/T
- Crashbangboom - S/T
- Heat Tape - S/T
Top 10 Splits (in no particular order)
- Dan Vapid / Jetty Boys
- Brokedowns / Wide Angles
- Criminal Culture / Rubrics
- Direct Hit / Haverchucks
- Credentials / Steelhorse
- City Mouse / Homewreckers
- Shang A Lang / Rumspringer
- People Watchin / Nona
- Dwarves / Riptides
- Sister Kisser / Rumspringer
2011
Top 20 Albums:
- Future Virgins - Western Problems
- Swingin Utters - Here, Under Protest
- Night Birds - The Other Side Of Darkness
- The Copyrights - North Sentinel Island
- Former Cell Mates - Presented As A Work Of Fiction
- Polar Bear Club - Clash Guilt Battle Pride
- Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
- Heat Tape - Raccoon Valley Recordings
- Hidden Spots - Hundred Million Voices
- Crusades - The Sun Is Down...
- Spraynard - Funtitled
- Tenement - Napalm Dream
- The Steve Adamyk Band - Forever Won't Wait
- Too Many Daves - Weekend At Dave's
- Cute Lepers - Adventure Time
- World Inferno Friendship Society - The Anarchy & The Ecstasy
- Joyce Manor - S/T
- Banner Pilot - Heart Beats Pacific
- Credentials - Goocher
- Samiam - Trips
Just Missed Out: Frenzal Rhomb, Banquets, House Boat, Red City Radio, The Dwarves, Elway, Sundials & Chuck Ragan
Top 10 EPs:
- Chixdiggit - Safeways, Here I Come
- Hot Water Music - The Fire, The Steel, The Thread
- Post Teens - S/T
- New Rochelles - It's New
- Nato Coles - Play Loud
- Teenage Bottlerocket - Mutialte Me
- The Haverchucks - S/T
- Slow Death - Mitch Clem Comix Series
- Captain We're Sinking - With Joe Riley
- Sainte Catherines - Dead Dogs
Just Missed Out: Dead North, The Biters, Make Do & Mend, Great Apes, Boilerman, Rational Anthem, Sainte Catherines, Wide Angles, Red Dons, This Is A Standoff, Weekend Dads, Armalite
Top 10 Splits
- Arms Aloft / The Manix
- Banquets / Mayflower
- Steve Adamyk Band / Sonic Avenues
- Decay / Wayfarer
- Dear Landlord / Dopamines
- Spraynard / Sundials
- Gamits / Red City Radio
- Criminal Culture / Wax Phantom
- Direct Hit / Tit Patrol
- Rumpsringer / Calvinball. Mayflower / Dauntless Elite
Top 20 Albums:
- The Arrivals - Volatile Molotov
- Iron Chic - Not Like This
- Off With Their Heads - In Desolation
- The National - High Violet
- Make Do & Mend - End Measured Mile
- The Menzingers - Chamberlain Waits
- The Hollowpoints - Old Haunts On The Horizon
- Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
- Sainte Catherines - Fire Works
- Leatherface - The Stormy Petrel
- The Gamits - Parts
- Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You...
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
- The Real Danger - Making Enemies
- The Great St Louis - In Your Own Time
- The Riot Before - Rebellion
- The Flatliners - Cavalcade
- The State Lottery - When The Night Comes
- Autistic Youth - Idle Minds
- Stephen Egerton - Seven Degrees Of...
Top 10 EPs
- The Biters - S/T
- Forgetters - S/T
- Swingin Utters - Brand New Lungs
- Pacer - No. 1
- Frontier(s) - The Plains
- Junior Battles - S/T
- Slow Death - Demo
- House Boat - Processing Complaints
- Direct Hit - #4
- The Manix - Van Activities
2009
Top 20 Albums:
- Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
- Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
- Shook Ones - The Unquotable A.M.H.
- Dear Landlord - Dream Homes
- Teenage Bottlerocket - They Came From The Shadows
- Banner Pilot - Collapser
- Nothington - Roads Bridges & Ruins
- A Death In The Family - Small Town Stories,
- Riverboat Gamblers - Underneath The Owl
- The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
- Strike Anywhere - Iron Front
- Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
- The Sidekicks - Weight Of Air
- Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
- House Boat - The Delaware Octopus
- Above Them - Blueprint For A Better Time
- The Hex Dispensers - Winchester Mystery House
- The Jetty Boys - Sheboygan
- Cheap Girls - My Roaring 20s
- Social Circkle - City Shock
Top 10 EPs
Top 10 EPs
- Make Do And Mend - Bodies Of Water
- Red City Radio - To The Sons & Daughters Of Woodie Guthrie
- The Menzingers - Hold On Dodge
- Defeater - Lost Ground
- A Wilhelm Scream - s/t
- Paint It Black - Amnesia / Surrender
- Deep Sleep - Paranoid Futures
- Lawrence Arms - Buttsweat And Tears
- Captain We're Sinking - It's A Trap
- Psyched To Die - Sterile Walls
Top 5 Splits
Top 5 Splits
- Brokedowns / Turkish Techno
- Jon Snodgrass / Cory Branan
- Copyrights / Brokedowns
- Los Di Maggios / McRackins
- Bangers / Break The Habit
2008
Top 20 Albums:
- Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
- Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
- Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom
- The Riot Before - Fists Buried In Pockets
- The Gaslight Anthem - '59 Sound
- Shorebirds - It's Gonna Get Ugly
- How Dare You - Comfort Road
- The Loved Ones - Build and Burn
- Banner Pilot - Resignation Day
- Casting Out - Go Crazy! Throw Fireworks
- Steinways - Gorilla Marketing
- The Copyrights - Learn The Hard Way
- LaGrecia - On Parallels
- Defeater - Travels
- The Bronx - III
- Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song
- Nada Surf - Lucky
- Shot Baker - Awake
- The Arkells - Jackson Square
- Scream Hello - Everything Is Always Still Happening
Just Missed Out: Sloppy Seconds, Ben Nicholls, Have Heart, The Tim Version, Deadly Sins, Foundation,Lemuria
Top 10 EPs:
- Iron Chic - Demo
- Scream Hello - Smart & Stupid
- The Gaslight Anthem - SOS Demos
- Deny Everything - Speaking Treason
- Sakes Alive - Act I
- Let Me Run - s/t
- Arms Aloft - Comfort At Any Cost
- Deep Sleep - Manic Euphoria
- Everybody Out - Struggle and Strife
- Young Offenders - Saints
2007
Top 20 Albums:
- The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
- Far From Finished - Living In The Fallout
- The Copyrights - Make Sound
- Crime In Stereo - Is Dead
- Attack In Black - Marriage
- A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
- Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
- The Flatliners - Great Awake
- Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship
- The National - Boxer
- The Methadones - This Won't Hurt
- Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times
- Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
- The Swellers - My Everest
- The Arrivals - Marvels Of Industry
- Capital - Homefront
- Nothington - All In
- The Sidekicks - So Long, Soggy Doggy
- Blueline Medic - 42:19
- Attica Attica - Dead Skin Dried Blood
Top 5 EPs
- Re-Volts - S/T
- Shorebirds - S/T
- Short Attention - Clever, Maddening
- Hour Of The Wolf - Waste Makes Waste
- The Humanoids - Are Born
Just Missed Out: Potboiler, Steinways, Death Is Not Glamorous,