This month everyone is featuring their Best Of lists. We’ll be posting Patterson Hood’s “Best Of” lists over the next few days.

Make SURE to catch Patterson with The Downtown Rumblers this Saturday, Dec. 8 at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA; or catch one of the Nashville shows Dec. 13 & 14 –  it will be a whole bunch of fun! As always, tickets for this year’s DBT Homecoming Shows at the 40 Watt in January are going fast, so get yours NOW!

Today’s “Best Of” List – MUSIC! Here’s what Patterson loved this year:

BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (tie):
1. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
and
1. Bill Fay – Life Is People

Other great albums this year (in alphabetical order):
Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
Elephant Micah – Louder Than Thou
Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Jay Gonzalez – Mess of Happiness
Kelly Hogan – I Like To Keep Myself in Pain
Hope For Agoldensummer – Life Inside The Body
Will Johnson – Scorpion
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action At A Distance
Jacob Morris – Moths
Dan Penn – The FAME Sessions
Lee Renaldo – Between The Times and The Tides
Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

Older but digging:
Pink Floyd – Obscured By Clouds
War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
Bonnie Prince Billy and The Cairo Gang – Wonder Show of the World
Verbena – Souls For Sale

SONG OF THE YEAR – “Only Son of the Ladies Man” by Father John Misty