Rank Artist Recording Label 1 WILD FLAG Wild Flag Merge 2 MEGAFAUN Megafaun Hometapes 3 GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Panther 4 CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS Little Wind Self-Released 5 PIETA BROWN Mercury Red House 6 HALLOWEEN, ALASKA All Night The Calls Came In Amble Down 7 MALE BONDING Endless Now Sub Pop 8 ZOLA JESUS Conatus Sacred Bones 9 WILCO The Whole Love Anti 10 DRUMS Portamento Frenchkiss 11 BLITZEN TRAPPER American Goldwing Sub Pop 12 STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Mirror Traffic Matador 13 DOM Family Of Love Astral Werks 14 TY SEGALL Goodbye … Continued
Trapped in the Box
The Hawkeyes fell three points short in Ames, trapped in the same box they’ve always played in. Cautious routes and a passing game that refuses to breathe. Even glimpses of promise, like Gronowski’s 22-yard completion, couldn’t break them free from their rectangle of comfort.