Usually a whole lot of albums fly under my radar, but I have to say the great Jonathan Richman who fronted the Modern Lovers way back then released an excellent album this year that I have yet to really acknowledge.  That and the Mountain Goats who have been so ridiculously prolific released one that  demands more listens.  

Also, it has been clear to me that this has been the year of Cameron Winter/Geese, who rose meteorically kind of like a lot of the stuff I listened to in the early 2000's and who are being called the first generation Z band to achieve greatness.