#its new so ive literally just been drawing so many sharks

[bitchybylershipper]

OH MY GOD I FORGOT I DREW SHARKS

my favorite page so far

[ofcacthuxandkylosaur]

Are there any trans Kylo fics out there? I feel as if it's all only trans hux this or feminized hux that...

I think there is indeed more trans Hux than trans Kylo out there, but I still managed to find some. Beware that I haven’t read most of the fics and therefore cannot say anything about their content. I also recommend of course you read the autor’s warnings;)

Trans Kylo Art

https://croatomunchi.tumblr.com/post/142969291522/would-u-ever-draw-like-hux-and-trans-kylo - croatomunchi

http://artllama.tumblr.com/post/146236116396/i-did-a-transition-log-because-i-cant-not-spend - artllama

http://toiek.tumblr.com/post/141289851114/i-love-trans-kylo - toiek

http://rip-space-birdie.tumblr.com/post/141067487245/kylo-ren-is-trans-pass-it-on - rip-space-birdie

http://opens-up-4-nobody.tumblr.com/post/153044170134/stutter-iplier - opens-up-4-nobody

http://opens-up-4-nobody.tumblr.com/post/147354462721/nice - opens-up-4-nobody

http://angerydj.tumblr.com/post/169121106275 - angerydj

http://corvosfursona.tumblr.com/post/137737245113/they-fixed-him-up-but-hes-conked-and-phasma - corvosfursona

http://kiiiloren.tumblr.com/post/137138625403/coming-to-u-live-tiny-trans-padawan-ben-solo  - kiiiloren

+ There is also a blog whose name is Trans!Kylo

Trans Kylo headcanons/ideas

http://bygoneboy.tumblr.com/post/148311042452/hi-u-should-talk-abt-ur-trans-kylo-headcanons - bygoneboy

http://nbnightwing.tumblr.com/post/136272896831/anyway-ive-been-thinking-a-lot-about-trans-guy - nbnightwing

http://kremaclassii.tumblr.com/post/137459014170/whispers-more-trans-kylo-head-canons - kremaclassii

http://kiiiloren.tumblr.com/post/138435517778/ive-been-thinking-about-trans-hux-and-kylo + http://kiiiloren.tumblr.com/post/137141605853/since-leia-is-force-sensitive-imagine-her-being - kiiiloren

http://lilstarkiller.tumblr.com/post/141230802426/alright-alright-i-keep-thinking-weve-got-trans - lilstarkiller

http://generallyhorribleatlife.tumblr.com/tagged/trans%21kylo - generallyhorribleatlife

Trans Kylo Fics

“Almond”  - angry_android || Kylo likes to hang out at his local Starbucks and brood. Hux works there part-time while going to community college. Because of someone else’s sloppy handwriting, Hux accidentally calls out Kylo’s name as “Kylie,” and there is fallout. The fallout might include dating.

“pocketknife”  - angry_android || There’s a reason Kylo wears a crop top. Hux understands.

“Casanova, Fuck Me Over”  -  Anonymous || With another kiss, Hux glances up. “You promise try and keep your limbs to yourself?” Ren snorts. “I will try my best,” he says, placing his hands on the sheets, “If you promise to stick your face between my thighs sometime soon.”

“Tarine Tea and Lambro Shark”  -  armitageren || The First Order celebrates a recent victory on a luxurious planet and it’s the perfect setting for Kylo Ren and Armitage Hux’s first date. Hux struggles to survive the date with his anxiety putting him on edge because Ren doesn’t know he’s trans and he isn’t sure what that means for their future.

“all the noises (from your hateful little mouth)”  - bloomthefox || In which Kylo whines and puts off his feelings, Phasma calls it like she sees it, and Hux is a stone cold mystery. Or, the defense attorney AU that literally nobody asked for.

“care and control”  -  cracktheglasses (cormallen) ||  It’s a wide strip of dark brown leather, soft, already a bit worn at the edges, snapped shut over Ben’s wrist. It means Ben wants him. Ben needs him. He may not always be able to say it, but he means it every time he puts the cuff on, every time he puts himself into Hux’s care – I’m yours.

“juxtaposition”  - cracktheglasses (cormallen) || He hopes Hux makes it hurt. Hopes Hux is as mean and arrogant and smart here as he is everywhere else, the way Kylo tries to be.

“Changed” -   Davechicken || Kylo was sure from a young age that he wasn’t female. It’s not until he leaves home that he finds people who agree.

“Pushed”  - Davechicken || Hux has to push his boy a little, to get him through the discomfort. Kylo always appreciates it after.

“Control”  - DoctorNinjaSpy || Patience is Armitage’s most valued virtue. Sometimes, however, he falters.

“special delivery” - gonnapop || Hux had not intended to be present for this messy process. Rather, he’d imagined returning after his shift and being handed a clean, swaddled baby. But there was nothing for it now.He rolled up his sleeves.

“Heel, Beg, Speak”  - JulieCox || Emperor Hux has a new pet, and enjoys pushing him around. Kylo has secrets, and enjoys keeping them to his own damn self. But they won’t stay secrets for long.

“the Panty fic”  -  kyloskummies || Kylo and Hux are roommates. Kylo is trans and wears panties. It’s a hot day and the AC is broken. Y'all know where it goes from there.

“Bad Poet and Good Artist”  -  lovewashisname || Hux has moved schools before. He’s sure this time won’t be any different. He’ll keep to himself, make a few acquaintances, and put up with his father the best he can. But not even an hour into his first day and he’s shattered his phone, walked into a gorgeous boy, and had a very, very awkward conversation with said gorgeous boy. In other words, Hux meets the incredibly sad Ben Solo, and maybe he doesn’t want to leave this school so soon.

“Bad Poetry on Starlit Rooftops”  -  lovewashisname || Everywhere Kylo looks, high school is portrayed as either the best place you’ll ever be, or a shithole that will ruin four years of your life. For Kylo, it’s neither. High school has been a place to hide from his own body, and to get into fights every once in a while. So in one year, none of that will change, he thinks. How wrong could he be? told from Kylo’s point of view

“A Real Boy”  -  MosImagination || Ben solo is a transmale junior, he has a crush on a senior named Hux. Ben is too afraid to show off his real self, but Hux quickly accepts him. And loves him.

“Birth of a dream”  -  MosImagination || Ben solo is a transmale, hux has always wanted a child, Ben gives his body to have their child.

“Expectations”  -  MosImagination || Ben solo didn’t know what to expect coming home on Valentines Day.

“Shark in the Water”  -  SeraphicVictory || Kylo Ren was absolutely the best sailor there ever was. Or that’s what he liked people to believe anyway. In truth, he was no better than any other man at the mercy of the sea. With one fatal mistake, he and his ship were destroyed in a terrible storm, and Kylo was certain he would fall to the watery grave that most sailors met at the end. But then he wakes up to a handsome, red-headed man. His savior: The Mershark called ‘Hux’.

“Someone to come home to”  -  ShinigamiKnox || Hux is the supportive boyfriend and helps Kylo deal with his dysphoria. It was supposed to be a more serious piece of work, but I could not stop laughing at the infamous Ren quote. I’m so sorry.

“A morning at the gym”  -  SidMjkGc || Just another kind of workout.

“This Asshole”  - twinkyatta || Hux goes to a coffee shop every day, but there’s a new barista, and holy fuck does he hate him.

+ Trans Female Kylo fic

“Fate”  -  MosImagination || It was fate that they met. A beautiful transfemale Kylo ren. A handsome transmale Hux.

Trans Kylo series (of fics) 

“The Monsters We Keep”  -  AriMarris || Description: “The Monsters We Keep” is the story of Hux and Kylo, who fall in love and marry young and make many mistakes. Basically, the films rewritten through Kylo’s eyes with drastic changes. With extra one-shots thrown in the mix for fun.

“Bastards and Broken Things”  -  Bipolar_Armitage_Hux, kohoutek || No Description –> Resume of first work: A story of Armitage Hux’s childhood from the Bastards and Broken Things AU / Series.

“Caged by Monsters” (one work for now)  -  Bipolar_Armitage_Hux, kohoutek || No Description –> Resume of first work:  An introduction to the psychiatric ward AU - this is written by an actually neurodivergent person and thus there is a strong attempt to make it not remotely ableist. The “bad guys” in this are the abusive doctors and an ableist system. Hux meets Kylo Ren for the first time, or rather the other sees him in a therapy session with Dr. Brendol Hux and becomes fascinated by him.

“The Tired Raptor”  -  Kylux_TRASH || Description: “Hollywood, 1939. Amidst the glitz and the glitter of a bustling young movie talent at the height of its golden age, the Hollywood Tower Hotel was a star in its own right. A beacon for the show business elite. Now, something is about to happen that will change all that”Something did happen to change that. It happened, on October 31st, 1939, Hollywood California. Kayla-Rose and her male escort, Mr. Hux were riding in the elevator when they entered into a world unknown. They entered The Twilight Zone.

“when the lights are low”  -  transkylo (captainandor) || No Description –> Resume of first work: “Do your colleagues know how fucking possessive you are?” Kylo asks, canting his hips back, pressing into Hux’s touch as far as he can.Hux grins. “Does your mother know that you sleep with her political rivals?” Kylo’s laugh is breathy and uneven. “I don’t make a habit of it.” 

+ Trans Female Kylo series (of fic)

“She’s Just a Girl and She’s on Fire”  -   Kylo Hux (Loki_Likey_Thor_Odinson) || No Description –> Resume of first work: Hux and Phasma have been sent to a fundraiser for The First Order. Their uniforms have been changed for a smart military uniform and a glamorous ball gown. Everyone that should be here is – except for one person.Kylo Ren is absent, still on another planet, having surgery. She was supposed to be here, supposed to be on security detail for the night; Hux lost hope of seeing his girlfriend for the first time in months when he saw two Knights of Ren circling the room.

“from bby Finn to teenage heartthrob + Hux  (one work for now)  -  orphan_account || No Description –> Resume of first work: Mostly, Phasma loves her job. But sometimes, just sometimes, she really hates it. Meanwhile, Hux has a slight problem, and her name is Kylo Ren.

[askaguywholikesfatchicks]

2017 ALBUMS

93. Oddisee, The Iceberg Yes, “I’m from Black America it’s just another year,” but also “let me show you how to persevere” (“NNGE,” “Hold It Back”)

92. Craig Finn, We All Want the Same Things

Empathy for grieving misfits who outlived their nicknames and still have unfinished business roughly the size of a baseball (“God in Chicago,” “Preludes”)

91. Part Chimp, IV

More tuneful than Melvins and Girl Band combined (“Mapoleon,” “Namekuj”)

90. Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts, Milano

For the dreaded “soundtrack-rock,” a fair amount of it sounds like Pylon (“Talisa,” “Memphis Blues Again”)

89. Haram, بس اربحت- خسرت - When You Have Won, You Have Lost

Who better to inveigh against “American Police” than a riffy Lebanese-American who was forced to deal with Catholic school (“Who Am I, Who Are You?” “Your President, Not a President”)

88. Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

He’s gotten out of spoken word alive enough times that we can allow one honest-to-God pretentious record (“Uncle Skeleton,” “Circular Right as Rain”)

87. Brad Paisley, Love and War

Less fun than kissing a man named Heather (“Go to Bed Early,” “Last Time for Everything,” “Drive of Shame”)

86. Young Thug, Beautiful Thugger Girls

Melodies that shake out to half the transcendent pop gift we’ve been promised for too long, and half merely better than usual, but the real benchmark is zero mushmouthing (“Relationship,” “Do U Love Me,” “You Said”)

85. Priests, Nothing Feels Natural

Neither their previous rage nor their present tunes can compare to Katie Alice Greer’s ownership of the stage; here’s hoping she brings it to the Capitol steps (“JJ,” “No Big Bang”)

84. Homeboy Sandman, Veins

Hard to tell if the fame song is ironic (“A’s, J’s & L’s,” “Bamboo,” “Clarity”)

83. Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman, Triple Fat Lice [EP]

Even the fatophobic song is funky but nothing forgives Sand not voting (“Pins and Needles,” “Pizza and Burgers”)

82. Arto Lindsay, Cuidado Madame

At long last the unambitious lover’s no-wave has sex with, well, the sex (“Tangles,” “Grain by Grain”)

81. Thurst, Cut to the Chafe

The right kind of bored DIY grunge even if “Where are your parents?” is not something you ask a grown woman who does camming (“Raw Is Real,” “Distance”)

80. Katie Ellen, Cowgirl Blues

28 minutes of hasn’t-mellowed to vie with Katie Crutchfield, who’d never write the line “I’m sick of fucking in our bed” (“Houses Into Homes,” “Proposal”)

79. G Perico, All Blue

Beats rarely get in the way of his bark (“Power,” “Get My Staccs”)

78. Rancid, Trouble Maker

How many folk-punks literally bite from “Ring of Fire” — and how many make their catchiest record 25 years in (“Ghost of a Chance,” “Make It Out Alive,” “An Intimate Close Up of a Street Punk Troublemaker”)

77. Kano, Made in the Manor

The prettiest grime album (“A Roadman’s Hymn,” “New Banger”)

76. Body Count, Bloodlust

Maybe TV gave Ice-T enough of a sabbatical that he remembers what it sounds like to rage again, more than you can say for Chuck D or Tom Morello (“No Lives Matter,” “Black Hoodie”)

75. Kitty, Miami Garden Club Knows the club culture of which she speaks, while the Chainsmokers don’t observe much past their oft-measured dicks (“Mass Text Booty Call,” “Drink Tickets”)

74. Counterparts, You're Not You Anymore

Screamo math-metal with economy and harmonic surprises (“Arms Like Teeth,” “Rope”)

73. The Frightnrs, More to Say Versions

Missed “Dispute” last year unfortunately, but their late singer (and their piano hooks) are better honored by these dubs (“Dispute [Version],” “More to Say [Version]”)

72. Bash and Pop, Anything Could Happen

The first three anthems could carry a lot of an album, and they do (“Anything Could Happen,” “Not This Time,” “On the Rocks”)

71. Awa Poulo, Warali A bowed, one-string violin called a soku makes this Malian blues resemble something else, like say, James Blood Ulmer’s Odyssey (“Mido Yirima,” “Dimo Yaou Tata”)

70. Gogol Bordello, Seekers and Finders

Seeking Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, finding Super Taranta! (“Saboteur Blues,” “Did It All”)

69. Elder, Reflections of a Floating World

Sprawling R.E.M. black metal to Deafheaven’s U2 (“The Falling Veil,” “Staving Off the Truth”)

68. Starlito and Don Trip, Step Brothers Three

“We represent for all real niggas ‘cause there’s a shortage” (“Fortune,” “3rd 2nd Chance”)

67. The Paranoid Style, Underworld U.S.A. [EP]

Harder to follow but so’s Washington (“I Believe U Believe U Can Fly,” “Dominoes in Drag”)

66. Pere Ubu, 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo The old punks experiment with defeat, and just holding their loves close (“Toe to Toe,” “Cold Sweat”)

65. Pink, Beautiful Trauma

She’ll never hit (or swing) as hard as “Praying” but her gospel song sure beats Kesha’s (“I Am Here,” “Where We Go”)

64. Run the Jewels, RTJ3

Put Killer Mike in charge of the DNC: “They could barely even see the dog / They don’t see the size of the fight” (“Everybody Stay Calm,” “Hey Kids [Bumaye],” “Down”)

63. Orchestra Baobab, Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

Connecting with these guys for the first time means I should probably go back (“Fayinkounko,” “Foulo”)

62. At the Drive-In, In•Ter A•Li•A

Brace yourself my darling — despite 17 years and far too much Mars Volta between Relationship of Command and the next best thing, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s labyrinthine fretwork helps the verses arrive at massive choruses reliably hooked to Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s garbled cuckoo-clock-on-railroad-tracks impressionism (“Governed by Contagions,” “Pendulum in a Peasant Dress”)

61. Fat Tony, MacGregor Park

Rapper-about-town knows about late-night food, legal weed, and easy tunes (“Drive-Thru,” “MacGregor Park”)

60. Spoon, Hot Thoughts

Shoots its wad (literally — “Hot Thoughts,” “Do I Have to Talk You Into It,” “First Caress”) too soon without much reciprocation, but who mistook Britt Daniel for a pleasure provider (“Do I Have to Talk You Into It,” “First Caress,” “Hot Thoughts”)

59. Lil Uzi Vert, Luv Is Rage 2

Sings better than Marilyn Manson, writes more consistently than Hayley Williams, and opens himself up to accordion, “cougars,” and not one but two more synthpop shuffles than most emo sulkers (“Neon Guts,” “Two®,” “For Real")

58. Swet Shop Boys, Sufi La [EP]

As loose and fun as Big Sean but also as deeply untranscendent as Big Sean (“Birding,” “Thas My Girl”)

57. Algiers, The Underside of Power

More church, less state (“Cry of the Martyrs,” “Cleveland”)

56. Hamell on Trial, Tackle Box

Melania gets off easier than Ann Coulter but he’s still too obsessed with drawing boobies on the Statue of Liberty to keep his targets straight for more than a jaw-dropping rant at a time (“Not Aretha’s Respect [Cops],” “Mouthy B”)

55. Girlpool, Powerplant

Making small big is an accomplishment in a time when most DIY is content to stay small (“Corner Store,” “123,” “Soup”)

54. The Feelies, In Between

Quite possibly their most shrewdly hooky album, though with the vocals so evaporated we were never left to wonder before now how much the singing mattered (“Flag Days,”  “Gone, Gone, Gone”)

53. Various Artists, Battle Hymns

Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes rally the troops and if it’s not enough that the Thermals’ drummer, Boss Hog, and Stephen Malkmus all transcend themselves, well, what have you done for them lately (Love Always, “We Won’t Go Back,” Mac McCaughan, “Happy New Year [Prince Can’t Die Again],” Quasi, “Ballad of Donald Duck & Elmer Fudd”)

52. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, French Press [EP]

A drive tenser and warmer than the Feelies or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah with vocals you sometimes wish would match (“French Press,” “Dig Up”)

51. Vince Staples, Big Fish Theory

Sane people make fun messes too (“Yeah Right,” “Party People”)

50. Amber Coffman, City of No Reply

If she wants fame so bad, why’s he the one with a credit on that Riri/Macca/Yeezy song I just reminded you of (“All to Myself” “Under the Sun”)

49. Big Thief, Capacity

We could’ve guessed Adrianne Lenker would write prettier but subtler was a surprise, sort of (“Shark Smile,” “Capacity”)

48. Khalid, American Teen

A thoughtful, placid glance at what the new normal could’ve been: a Nice Guy of color worrying tunefully aloud like a Frank Ocean that never fully acclimated to cocaine for breakfast (“Young, Dumb and Broke,” “Keep Me”)

47. Lil Yachty, Teenage Emotions

Don Van Vliet was more melodic, Calvin Johnson wasn’t (“Better,” “DN Freestyle”)

46. Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator

Too beautifully produced to truly evoke the fight for one’s home, a mantle taken up by the words, and on the big finish, the performance (“Rican Beach,” “Pa’lante”)

45. Charli XCX, Pop 2

If only she hooked up with PC Music three years ago (“Femmebot,” “Out of My Head,” “Lucky”)

44. A. Savage, Thawing Dawn

When punks hurt this much, their solo albums are usually far less elegant (“Eyeballs,” “What Do I Do?”)

43. Alex Lahey, I Love You Like a Brother I can speak to the experience of taking care of yourself far less when you take care of your songs this much (“Every Day’s the Weekend,” “I Love You Like a Brother”) 42. Maddie Ross/blushh, Split [EP] Sum 41-covering queer popstar-next-door divides Colleen Green by Katy Perry for a better party guest than either (“Scotty Doesn’t Know,” “Hometown”)

41. Various Artists, American Epic: The Collection

Think this is what the MAGA folks meant? (Bascom Lamar Lunsford, “I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground,” Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers, “If the River Was Whiskey”)

40. Rapsody, Laila’s Wisdom

Too real for a Pitchfork review (“Black & Ugly,” “Chrome [Like Oooh]”)

39. Charly Bliss, Guppy

Like Yuck and Speedy Ortiz, they transcend such profound influences as the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack (“Percolator,” “Westermarck”)

38. Brockhampton, Saturation III

With their musicality now deepening by the month, maybe they’ll recruit a woman (“Alaska,” “Boogie”)

37. Slowdive, Slowdive

They’ve got that glassy-glacial thing down better than when they made Pygmalion but they still wrote songs once and only once (“Don’t Know Why,” “Everyone Knows”)

36. Margo Price, All American Made

Never tops its opening trifecta but damned if it doesn’t try (“Don’t Say It,” “Weakness”)

35. Four Tet, New Energy

At this point it’s not to celebrate how few peers he has but to lament how few peers he has (“La Trance,” “Two Thousand and Seventeen”)

34. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.

Finally one of these generational-icon types throws his old-fan-new-haters a bone so we get Real Raps significantly blockier and less full-bodied than his once-in-a-generation stuff — beats jazz Bowie, though (“DNA,” “Love”)

33. The National, Sleep Well Beast

Sick of toiling away in grower purgatory, they try to expedite the process with glitches and one whole raveup (“The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,” “Turtleneck,” “Nobody Else Will Be There”) 32. Low Cut Connie, Dirty Pictures (Part 1)

They’ve never rocked like this before — “Revolution Rock ‘n Roll,” “Dirty Water,” “Death & Destruction” — but more importantly, Prince would’ve appreciated the ballad about herpes and conjunctivitis (“Montreal,” “Controversy,” “Dirty Water,” “Revolution Rock ‘n Roll”)

31. Fever Ray, Plunge

“This country makes it hard to fuck” and other real-time dystopian journaling (“To the Moon and Back,” “This Country”)

30. Emperor X, Oversleepers International

At last exploiting the emo potential of his whine, and all the organic Billy Bragg acoustic thrash that comes with — at least someone did a classic Mountain Goats record this year (“Wasted on the Senate Floor,” “God Save Coastal Debris”)

29. DJ Meatman, God in Three Trax [EP] Eleven minutes of godless juke for your crummy existence (“No God,” “Fuck God”) 28. Cloud Nothings, Life Without Sound

Shyly embracing the slickness available to riffs bigger than his shrimpy body contains the chest voice to envelop (“Modern Act,” “Things Are Right With You,” “Darkened Rings”)

27. Higher Brothers, Black Cab Their hiccups, accents, rhyme schemes, even beats are as sonically generous as Migos’, so root for a takeover once they master a sound of their own (“Isabellae,” “Made in China”) 26. Chuck Berry, Chuck

A few more classics for the road, and allegedly his best album, how about that? (“Big Boys,” “¾ Time [Enchiladas]”)

25. St. Vincent, MASSEDUCTION Kisses off former beaus with more confidence and efficiency than Lorde and Taylor because her only true love, not counting the city, is herself (“Los Ageless,” “Sugarboy,” “Pills”)

24. Drake, More Life

So convincingly in pursuit of its own soul that you may even believe he’s forgiven the woman who borrowed his car in pursuit of Kotex (“Madiba Riddim,” “Lose You,” “Blem”)

23. Becky Warren, War Surplus

Knows more about love during wartime than, you know, James Murphy (“Stay Calm, Get Low,” “Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time,” “Dive Bar Sweetheart”)

22. The xx, I See You

Meet the shyest entrants onto Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list (“A Violent Noise,” “Dangerous,” “Replica”)

21. Dawn Oberg, Nothing Rhymes With Orange [EP]

Gently, humorously, articulately chiding a country that deserves worse (“Nothing Rhymes with Orange,” “Information Is Your Friend”)

20. Arcade Fire, Everything Now Turns out kitsch tightens their awkward groove, turns out Win Butler’s pretty funny (“Chemistry,” “Peter Pan”)

19. Kehlani, SweetSexySavage

Brisk, garden-variety pop at its most eager-to-please, whether transmuting an 11-year-old Akon smash for Spanish guitar or beckoning herself via glockenspiel to take her own advice (“Advice,” “Undercover,” “In My Feelings,” “Distraction”)

18. Daddy Issues, Deep Dream

The pounding heft that their fellow ‘90s power-chord revivalists lack, closer to L7 (“Boring Girls,” “Boys of Summer,” “Mosquito Bite”)

17. Aminé, Good for You

The jubilance of early Chance without the self-imposed burden of competing with early Kanye and plenty more room to be cute (“Spice Girl,” “Hero,” “Caroline”)

16. Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm

Her arena guitars are as big as Best Coast’s, and harmonizing with her sister(s), so are the vocals, though you may lose track of which “oooh-ooh” hook you’re on (“8 Ball,” “Never Been Wrong,” “No Question”)

15. Angaleena Presley, Wrangled

Good morning to everyone except Yelawolf and Sturgill Simpson (“Mama I Tried,” “Wrangled”)

14. Zeal and Ardor, Devil Is Fine

Brockhampton got the attention but music inspired by the webforum dare could be the next frontier, also a good god is a dead one (“Blood in the River,” “Sacrilegium II”)

13. The Knife, Live at Terminal 5

The most riveting and rousing piece of body-politic performance art of the year, surrounded by a fearsome canon that stands up to remixes and Terminal 5, and they treat it as such (“Collective Body Possum,” “Without You My Life Would Be Boring”)

12. Shitkid, EP 2 [EP]

Unsexy Eiffel Towers (“Sugar Town,” “Fat-Mad-N-Gone”) 11. Migos, Culture

One-trick ponies don’t all become AC/DC but loving cellulite helps (“Big on Big,” “All Ass,” “T-Shirt”)

10. Fred Thomas, Changer

An original: a pop-punk distillation of Lee Ranaldo’s spoken word and Craig Finn’s explosively joyful scene reportage, with a little twist of homemade Boards of Canada, who doesn’t make you hang on every word but makes you feel like you should (“Open Letter to Forever,” “Reactionary,” “Mallwalkers”)

9. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound

The white working class — who can employ them? (“Cumberland Gap,” “Hope the High Road,” “White Man’s World”)

8. Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Sidelong

If an enormous-lunged dive-bar diva with a capital-D drummer’s gonna put one too many eggs in the devil’s basket she might as well be queer (“Dwight Yoakam,” “Fuck Up”)

7. N*E*R*D, NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES

In which Pharrell, always a good if sophomorish human being, patches up the cracks in A-list pop with bullet-speed BPMs and wall-sabotaging vengeance, plus a special bonus use for Ed Sheeran (“Deep Down Body Thurst,” “Rollinem 7’s,” “Don’t Don’t Do It,” “Lemon”)

6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Talk Tight [EP]

Not the Go-Betweens, not Parquet Courts, they’re a sobered-up, wearied-out Libertines with a penchant for harmonized guitar hooks, and if you don’t see the big deal you’re not old enough (“Heard You’re Moving,” “Tender Is the Neck”)

5. Syd, FIN

Just what renaissance-R&B needed: a rigorous tunesmith unpretentious enough to stay in the shallow end (“Know,” “Shake ‘Em Off,” “Over”)

4. The New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions

Grinding even harder into the same synth-motorik fashion as last time, Carl Newman drafts his “Fake Empire” 11 times, and you can bet his harmonic-melodic intricacies gain clarity with his (finally) angry and felt lyrics (“This Is the World of the Theater,” “Play Money,” “Darling Shade”)

3. The Magnetic Fields, 50 Song Memoir

Good enough that it begs the question of whether 69 Love Songs could’ve done it with one Eeyore-esque singer, and there wasn’t a funnier album this year — maybe not even a more touching one (“Weird Diseases,” “Me and Fred and Dave and Ted,” “Rock’n’Roll Will Ruin Your Life,” “The Day I Finally…,” “Judy Garland”)

2. JAY-Z, 4:44

No rap album has ever had more to say about money — and to put it mildly that’s saying something (“The Story of O.J.,” “Family Feud,” “Smile”)

1. Jens Lekman, Life Will See You Now

It’s been a long, hard year (“Wedding in Finistère,” “How Can I Tell Him,” “Our First Fight”)