End Of Year Lists 2016

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The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016

1. Årabrot - The Gospel
2. Solange - A Seat At The Table
3. Innercity Ensemble - III
4. Jessy Lanza - Oh No No No
5. Shirley Collins - Lodestar
6. Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
7. David Bowie - Blackstar
8. Ian William Craig - Centres
9. D∆WN - Redemption
10. Jenny Hval - blood bitch
11. Frank Ocean - Blonde
12. Laura Cannell - Simultaneous Flight Movement
13. Matmos - Ultimate Care II
14. Klara Lewis - Too
15. Skepta - Konnichiwa
16. The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time
17. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
18. Shackleton - Devotional Songs
19. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
20. Marissa Nadler - Strangers
21. Sote - Hardcore Sounds From Tehran
22. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
23. Katie Gately - Color
24. Sex Swing - Sex Swing
25. Brian Eno - The Ship
26. King - We Are King
27. GNOD - Mirror
28. Wolfgang Buttress & Bees - Be One
29. Jute Gyte - Perdurance
30. Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
31. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
32. The Stargazer’s Assistant - Remoteness Of Light
33. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
34. Julianna Barwick - Will
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Suede - Night Thoughts
37. Jambinai - A Hermitage
38. Convextion - 2845
39. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
40. Kemper Norton - Toll
41. Puce Mary - The Spiral
42. Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi
43. Daniel Patrick Quinn - I, Sun
44. Lord Tang - Butterflies
45. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future
46. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
47. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans
48. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
49. Anna Meredith - Varmints
50. Factory Floor - 25 25
51. Tim Hecker - Love Streams


cont.

>>69641453
52. Bully Fae - Defy A Thing To Be
53. Beyoncé - Lemonade
54. Kano - Made In The Manor
55. Bruxa Maria - Human Condition
56. Grumbling Fur - Furfour
57. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
58. Skee Mask - Shred
59. Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
60. The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
61. Babyfather - BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
62. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
63. G.H. - Housebound Demigod
64. Darren Hayman - Thankful Villages Vol. 1
65. Laniakea - A Pot Of Powdered Nettles
66. Waclaw Zimpel - Lines
67. Roly Porter - Third Law
68. Chance The Rapper - Colouring Book
69. Atlantikwall - Atlantikwall
70. SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs
71. Marie Davidson - Adieux Au Dancefloor
72. Pattern Man - Pattern Man
73. Julien Marchal - II
74. Billy Bao - The Lagos Sessions
75. Gyda Valtysdottir - Epicycle
76. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
77. Mica Levi & Oliver Coates - Remain Calm
78. Hen Ogledd - Bronze
79. Kassem Mosse - Disclosure
80. Kristoffer Lo - The Black Meat
81. Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming
82. Sam Shalabi - Isis And Osiris
83. Pangaea - In Drum Play
84. Ghold - Pyr
85. FIS - From Patterns To Details
86. Carla Dal Forno - You Know What It's Like
87. Swans - Glowing Man
88. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
89. Omar-S - The Best
90. Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden
91. Gnaw Their Tongues - Hymns For The Broken, Swollen And Silent
92. John Cale - M:Fans
93. The Invisible - Patience
94. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
95. Jackie Lynn - Jackie Lynn
96. The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - Bes
97. Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House
98. Ahrkh Wagner - Ahrkh Wagner
99. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
100. Stein Urheim - Strandebarm

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1. Babyfather - BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
2. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
3. Skee Mask - Shred
4. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
5. Omar-S - The Best
6. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
8. Convextion - 2845
9. Autechre - elseq 1-5
10. House Of Dad - House Of Dad
11. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
12. Demdike Stare - Wonderland
13. Motion Graphics - Motion Graphics
14. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
15. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
16. Skepta - Konnichiwa
17. Kyle Hall - From Joy
18. Yves Tumor - Serpent Music
19. Steven Julien - Fallen
20. VC-118A - Shift Register

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Mixmag tracks

1. Midland - Final Credits
2. Lapsley - Operator (DJ Koze Extended Disco version)
3. Lindstrom - Closing Shot
4. Kolsch - Grey
5. Floorplan - Tell You No Lie
6. Isaac Tichauer - Higher Level (Bicep Remix)
7. Omar-S - Heard Chew Single
8. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
9. Blaze - Lovelee Dae (Bicep Remix)
10. Avalon Emerson - The Frontier
11. Denis Sulta - Nein Fortiate
12. Dele Sosimi & Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)
13. Bruce Trail - Bridgework
14. Justice - Safe And Sound
15. Anohni - Drone Bomb Me
16. Lee Walker vs DJ Deeon - Freak Like Me
17. Skepta - Man
18. Red Rack'Em - Wonky Bassline Disco Banger
19. Pearson Sound - XLB
20. The Avalanches - If I Was A Folkstar
21. Makaton - Defiler (Repeat Offender mix)
22. Kornel Kovacs - BB
23. A Sagittariun - Concrete Walls
24. Shura (Four Tet Remix)
25. Harvey Sutherland - Bravado

http://mixmag.net/feature/top-100-tracks-2016/

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1. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
2. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
3. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
4. Lorenzo Senni - Persona
5. Mitski - Puberty 2
6. Kamaiyah - A Good Night In The Ghetto
7. Steve Hauschildt - Strands
8. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
9. Pangaea - In Drum Play
10. Solange - A Seat The Table
11. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
12. The Body - No One Deserves Happines
13. Rihanna - Anti
14. YG - Still Brazy
15. Beyoncé - Lemonade
16. The Outfit, TX - Green Lights: Everythang Goin
17. Konx-Om-Pax - Caramel
18. Bjarki - Б
19. Young Thug - JEFFERY
20. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
21. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
22. Demdike Stare - Wonderland
23. David Bowie - Blackstar
24. Negative Gemini - Body Work
25. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo

26 - 50. http://www.factmag.com/2016/12/13/best-albums-of-2016/

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Kerrang top 50

50 Electric Century - From The Night To Control
49 Alcest - Kodama
48 Vodun - Possession
47 Pup - The Dream Is Over
46 Descendents - Hypercaffum Spazzinate
45 Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights
44 Black Peaks - Statues
43 Against The Current - In Our Bones
42 The Pretty Reckless - Who You Selling For
41 Swmrs - Drive North
40 With Confidence - Better Weather
39 Brian Fallon - Painkillers
38 Cane Hill - Smile
37 Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound
36 Sum 41 - 13 Voices
35 Russian Circles - Guidance
34 The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak
33 Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
32 Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
31 Letlive - If I'm The Devil.
30 Weezer - (The White Album)
29 Waterparks - Double Dare
28 Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
27 Asking Alexandria - The Black
26 Lonely the Brave - Things Will Matter
25 Beartooth - Aggressive
24 A Day To Remember - Bad Vibrations
23 Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues
22 Hellions - Opera Oblivia
21 The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
20 Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us
19 Milk Teeth - Vile Child
18 Muncie Girls - From Caplan to Belsize
17 The Dillinger Escape Plan
16 Biffy Cunto - Ellipsis
15 Gojira - Magma
14 Moose Blood - Blush
13 Blink-182 - California
12 Pierce The Veil - Misadventures
11 Every Time I Die
10 Twin Atlantic - GLA
9 BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance
8 Panic At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
7 Deftones - Gore
6 Against Me - Shape Shift With Me
5 Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
4 Frank Iero And The Patience - Parachutes
3 Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
2 Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
1 Green Day - Revolution Radio

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01 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service
02 JESSY LANZA | Oh No
03 KEDR LIVANSKIY | January Sun
04 KAYTRANADA | 99.9%
05 RADIOHEAD | A Moon Shaped Pool
06 FRANK OCEAN | Blonde
07 DIANA | Familiar Touch
08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells
09 BURIAL | Young Death / Nightmarket
10 BEYONCÉ | Lemonade
11 WEYES BLOOD | Front Row Seat to Earth
12 KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things Vol. 1 + 2
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | untitled unmastered.
14 YUMI ZOUMA | Yoncalla
15 VARIOUS | Sky Girl (Compiled by Julien Dechery + DJ Sundae)
16 FEAR OF MEN | Fall Forever
17 CROSS RECORD | Wabi-Sabi
18 ANDY SHAUF | The Party
19 S U R V I V E | RR7349
20 DANNY BROWN | Atrocity Exhibition
21 NEGATIVE GEMINI | Body Work
22 HOOPS | HOOPS + tapes #1-3
23 VESUVIO SOLO | Don’t Leave Me in the Dark
24 CARLA DAL FORNO | You Know What It’s Like
25 CLINT MANSELL | San Junipero OST (Black Mirror)
26 KADHJA BONET | The Visitor
27 NICOLAS JAAR | Sirens
28 TROLLER | Graphic
29 KERO KERO BONITO | Bonito Generation
30 WHITNEY | Light Upon the Lake
31 LEON VYNEHALL | Rojus
32 NXWORRIES | Yes Lawd!
33 ANGEL OLSEN | My Woman
34 POSTILJONEN | Reverie
35 EQUIKNOXX – Bird Power Sound
36 MARIA USBECK – Amparo
37 JAPANESE BREAKFAST – Psychopomp
38 KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH – Ears
39 DREAMBOAT – Dreamboat
40 NV – Binasu
41 LIZ – Cross Your Heart
42 DJDS – Stand Up and Speak
43 CARLY RAE JEPSEN – E•MO•TION Side B
44 CFCF – On Vacation
45 STILL CORNERS – Dead Blue
46 CASEY MECIJA – Psychic Materials
47 PURO INSTINCT – Autodrama
48 MERELY – Uncanny Valley
49 KATIE GATELY – Color
50 MARISSA NADLER – Strangers
51 WHITE DENIM – Stiff
52 PARTS – Parts
53 MOOD HUT – Disco Mantras
54 BOY HARSHER – Yr Body Is Nothing
55 AMBER ARCADES – Fading Lines
56 HINDS – Leave Me Alone
57 NITE JEWEL – Liquid Cool
58 ARIANA GRANDE – Dangerous Woman
59 CASS MCCOMBS – Mangy Love
60 JULIANNA BARWICK – Will

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50. Bon Iver – '22 A Million'
49. Public Access TV – 'Never Enough'
47. Wild Beasts – 'Boy King'
46. Savages - 'Adore Life'
45. Car Seat Headrest – 'Teens Of Denial'
44. The Lemon Twigs – 'Do Hollywood'
43. Anohni – 'Hopelessness'
42. Whitney – 'Light Upon The Lake'
41. Solange – 'A Seat At The Table
40. Rihanna – 'Anti'
39. Green Day – 'Revolution Radio'
38. Slaves – 'Take Control'
37. Soft Hair – 'Soft Hair'
36. Swet Shop Boys – 'Cashmere'
35. Glass Animals – 'How To Be A Human Being'
34. Let’s Eat Grandma – 'I, Gemini'
33. Margo Price – 'Midwest Farmers Daughter'
32. Kings Of Leon – 'Walls'
31. Bastille – 'Wild World'
30. Nao – 'For All We Know'
29. Kate Tempest – 'Let Them Eat Chaos'
28. Goat – 'Requiem'
27. Giggs – 'Landlord'
26. Biffy Clyro – 'Ellipsis'
25. Blossoms – 'Blossoms'
24. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – 'Skeleton Tree'
23. Michael Kiwanuka – 'Love And Hate'
22. Radiohead – 'A Moon-shaped-pool'
21. Anderson. Paak – 'Malibu'
20. Lady Gaga – 'Joanne'
19. White – 'Lung Paradise'
18. Tegan And Sara – 'Love You To Death'
17. Drake – 'Views'
16. Danny Brown – 'Atrocity Exhibition'
15. Kano – 'Made In The Manor'
14. Jamie T – 'Trick'
13. Angel Olsen – 'My Woman'
12. Sunflower Bean – 'Human Ceremony'
11. Beyonce – 'Lemonade'
10. Frank Ocean – 'Blond'
9. Chance The Rapper – 'Coloring Book'
8. Iggy Pop – 'Post Pop Depression'
7. Diiv – 'Is The Is Are'
6. David Bowie – 'Backstair'
5. Kaytranada – '99.9%'
4. Skepta – 'Konnichiwa'
3. Christine And The Queens – 'Chaleur Humaine'
2. Kanye West – 'The Life Of Pablo'
1. The 1975 – 'I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It'

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Uncut

01 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
04 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
05 Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
06 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
07 Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth
08 Anohni - Hopelessness
09 Teenage Fanclub - Here
10 Beyonce - Lemonade
11 Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
12 Brian Eno - The Ship
13 Drive-By Truckers - American Band
14 Bon Iver - 22, A Million
15 Wilco - Schmilco
16 Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee
17 Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
18 Solange - A Seat At The Table
19 Lambchop - Flotus
20 Angel Olsen - My Woman
21 William Tyler - Modern Country
22 The Avalanches - Wildflower
23 Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
24 Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger
25 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
26 Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
27 Shirley Collins - Lodestar
28 Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs
29 Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
30 Frank Ocean - Blonde
31 Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
32 75 Dollar Bill - Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
33 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
34 Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts Of Highway 20
35 Eleanor Friedberger - New View
36 Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
37 Tim Hecker - Love Streams
38 Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - The Rarity Of Experience
39 Shovels & Rope - Little Seeds
40 Lets Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
41 Anna Meredith - Varmints
42 Brigid Mae Power - Brigid Mae Power
43 Roisin Murphy - Take Her Up To Monto
44 Okkervil River - Away
45 King - We Are King
46 Swans - The Glowing Man
47 Handsome Family - Unseen
48 Skepta - Konnichiwa
49 Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine

cont.

>>69641815
50 Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
51 Underworld - Barbara Barbara We Face An Uncertain Future
52 Various Artists - Day Of The Dead
53 Hinds - Leave Me Alone
54 Robbie Fulks - Upland
55 Soundwalk Collective W/Jessi Paris Smith & Patti Smith - Killer Road
56 Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
57 Maxwell - Blacksummers' Day
58 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
59 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine A Light
60 Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
61 John Cale - MFans
62 Ian William Craig - Centres
63 Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing To Go Back To
64 Gruff Rhys - Set Fire To The Stars
65 Emma Pollock - In Search Of Dangerfield
66 Charles Bradley - Changes
67 Steve Gunn - Eyes On The Lines
68 The Coral - Distance Inbetween
69 Allen Tousaint - American Tunes
70 Kiran Leonard - Grapefruit
71 The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
72 Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
73 Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
74 Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
75 Psychic Temple - III

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Mojo

01 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
04 Lambchop - Flotus
05 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
06 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
07 Frank Ocean - Blonde
08 Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger
09 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
10 Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
11 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
12 Beyonce - Lemonade
13 Teenage Fanclub - Here
14 Charles Bradley - Changes
15 The Cult - Hidden City
16 Bon Iver - 22, A Million
17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
18 Syd Arthur - Apricity
19 Modern Studies - Swell To Great
20 Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels
21 Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
22 Solange - A Seat At The Table
23 Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
24 Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
25 Skepta - Konnichiwa
26 Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
27 Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs
28 Angel Olsen - My Woman
29 Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
30 The Monkees - Good Times!
31 Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
32 The Still - The Still
33 Suede - Night Thoughts
34 David Crosby - Lighthouse
35 Field Music - Commontime
36 Wilco - Schmilco
37 James Blake - The Colour In Anything
38 William Bell - This Is Where I Live
39 White Denim - Stiff
40 Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
41 Steve Gunn - Eyes On The Lines
42 Anohni - Hopelessness
43 Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties
44 Meilyr Jones - 2013
45 Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
46 Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine
47 Van Morrison - Keep Me Swinging
48 The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
49 Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are
50 The Divine Comedy - Foreverland

why do these supposedly alternative publications fill their list with mainstream stuff?
in that regards, the wire list surprises me a little.

>>69642073
the wire's list has become increasingly 'mainstream' the last few years - i suspect it's a consequence of a number of their writers being shared with other publications. no one can afford full time staff wages so you see a lot of writers hopping b/w publications - homogenizes these lists and music critique in general.

>>69641416
meh
>>69641453
trying too hard
>>69641567
oi m8
>>69641582
oi m8
>>69641673
not bad
>>69641709
wtf is this
>>69641757
meh
>>69641784
hahahahahaha
>>69641815
meh
>>69641855
meh

>>69641784
Missing 48

>>69642463
Show Me The Body – Body War

>>69641416
dean blunt is killing it this yr

>>69641855

Least cringey year end list I've encountered so far. Nice to see Iggy get some love finally. Motherfuckers slept on that one. Also good to see Leonard Cohen at #5

TMT's year end list is the only one that matters

>>69641673
best one desu

>>69641673
Yeah their top 2 is in my top 10 also
bird sound power is massive

>>69642650
i can't be bothered text-ifying their song list. if you can be asked, you're welcome to post it.

if someone from there is here, when's your album list out?

>>69641673
That Lorenzio Senni was an EP?
I really enjoy it though

Was honestly expecting The Wire's list to be just as black as all the others. Their deference to legacy acts continues to surprise me.

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Now we need a list of the lists.

>>69641709
nice

RYM AOTY list is the only decent one

>inb4 faggots triggered by metal

>>69643077
Not terrible. Just remove ATCQ and then I'd at least generally agree with the top 4. After that though they completely lose it and I closed the tab at 10

>>69642772
what magazine is it?

that Aluk Todolo record is my AOTY.
too bad nobody gives a shit about them around here.

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>>69643228
Decibel

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here's the decibel list in txt form

40. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
39. Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire
38. Venomous Concept - Kick Me Silly VC III
37. Aluk Todolo - Voix
36. Inverloch - Distance | Collapsed
35. Eerie - Eerie
34. Sumac - What One Becomes
33. Child Bite - Negative Noise
32. Inquisition - Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith
31. Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
30. Graves at Sea - The Curse that Is
29. Chthe’ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule
28. Phobocosm - Bringer of Drought
27. Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake
26. SubRosa - For this We Fought the Battle of Ages
25. Bölzer - Hero
24. Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
23. Mizmor - Yodh
22. Wretch - Wretch
21. Virus - Memento Collider
20. Oathbreaker - Rheia
19. Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards
18. Diamond Head - Diamond Head
17. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
16. Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
15. Crowbar - The Serpent Only Lies
14. Funeral Moth - Transience
13. Blood Ceremony - Lord of Misrule
12. Asphyx - Incoming Death
11. Trap Them - Crown Feral
10. Cobalt - Slow Forever
9. Gorguts - Pleiades Dust
8. Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revolution
7. Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
6. Gehennah - Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die
5. Abbath - Abbath
4. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
3. Blood Incantation - Starspawn
2. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us
1. Khemmis - Hunted

Keep going OP

>>69643472
Top two 23 min+ albums (aka LPs) are Denver

Interesting coincidence and not really choices I could strongly disagree with.

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1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
5. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
6. Beyoncé - Lemonade
7. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
8. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
10. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
11. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
12. Rihanna - ANTI
13. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
14. Mitski - Puberty 2
15. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
16. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
17. Young Thug - JEFFERY
18. Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
19. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
20. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
21. KING - We Are KING
22. Kevin Gates - Islah
23. Joyce Manor - Cody
24. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
25. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

26 - 50. http://www.spin.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/

this list was a waste of time ordering desu

Kurt Vile – Top 10 of 2016
Dinosaur jr “I told everyone”
Luke Roberts “silver chain”
Heron oblivion (live and on record)
David Bowie “I can’t give everything away”
Cass Mccombs Mangy Love
Nick Cave & the bad seeds Skeleton Tree
Gimme Danger (Stooges doc by Jarmusch)
Carseat headrest “killer whales”
Hanging with Tom Scharpling on the Best Show
Nick Tosches books all year…

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/kurt-vile-tells-us-his-top-10-of-2016-win-tix-to-his-terminal-5-show-with-woods/

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1. KING, We Are KING
2. Moor Mother, Fetish Bones
3. NxWorries, Yes Lawd!
4. Ette, Homemade Lemonade
5. Shabaka & the Ancestors, Wisdom of Elders
6. Jenny Besetzt, Tender Madness
7. Noname, Telefone
8. Jenny Hval, Blood Bitch
9. MNDSGN, Body Wash
10. Mitski, Puberty 2
11. Jimetta Rose, Light Bearer
12. Terrace Martin, Velvet Portraits
13. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Ears
14. Elza Soares, The woman at the end of the world (A mulher do fim do mundo)
15. Mykki Blanco, Mykki
16. Oranssi Pazuzu, Värähtelijä
17. K.A.A.N., Uncommon Knowledge
18. Kadhja Bonet, The Visitor
19. Pure Disgust, Pure Disgust
20. Angel Olsen, My Woman
21. Exploded View, Exploded View
22. Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus
23. J-Zone, Fish-n-Grits
24. The Body, No One Deserves Happiness
25. Greys, Outer Heaven

26 - 100. https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/05/bandcamp-best-albums-of-2016-100-81/

Julien Baker’s Top 10 Albums of 2016
Keaton Henson – Kindly Now
Savages – Adore Life
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster – Constant Stranger
Lucy Dacus – No Burden
Daughter – Not to Disappear
Mitski – Puberty 2
Kevin Devine – Instigator
Touche Amore – Stage Four
Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
Every Time I Die – Low Teens

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>aoty
The Astonishing

>runner up
Miranda Lambert

>honorable mention
Child Bite - Negative Noise

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1. WHYTE HORSES - POP OR NOT
2. THEE OH SEES - A WEIRD EXITS
3. WILSON TANNER - 69
4. PYE CORNER AUDIO - STASIS
5. PARQUET COURTS - HUMAN PERFORMANCE
6. WILD NOTHING - LIFE OF PAUSE
7. CATE LE BON - CRAB DAY
8. MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS - ECHOES OF THE DREAMTIME
9. JUAN ATKINS & MORITZ VON OSWALD PRESENT BORDERLAND - TRANSPORT
10. CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER - VOID BEATS / INVOCATION TREX
11. DAVID BOWIE - BLACKSTAR
12. PJ HARVEY - THE HOPE SIX DEMOLITION PROJECT
13. JULIANNA BARWICK - WILL
14. GOGO PENGUIN - MAN MADE OBJECT
15. WHITNEY - LIGHT UPON THE LAKE
16. BADBADNOTGOOD - IV
17. PREOCCUPATIONS - PREOCCUPATIONS
18. WILD BILLY CHILDISH & CTMF - SQ1
19. THE AVALANCHES - WILDFLOWER
20. GOAT - REQUIEM
21. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - SKELETON TREE
22. PSYCHIC ILLS - INNER JOURNEY OUT
23. TIM BURGESS & PETER GORDON - SAME LANGUAGE, DIFFERENT WORLDS
24. RADIOHEAD - A MOON SHAPED POOL
25. CASS MCCOMBS - MANGY LOVE

26 - 100. https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=802

not great, but at least it's slightly different from other place

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50) Heart - Broken Beautiful
49) Weezer - The White Album
48) Purple - Bodacious
47) Joe Bonamassa - Blues Of Desperation
46) Drive-By Truckers - American Band
45) Ming City Rockers - Lemon
44) Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello! Too!
43) Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
42) Crobot - Welcome To Fat City
41) Brian Fallon - Painkillers
40) Syd Arthur - Apricity
39) Deap Vally - Femejism
38) Scorpion Child - Acid Roulette
37) Royal Republic - Weekend Man
36) The Virginmarys - Divides
35) Jeff Beck - Loud Hailer
34) Zakk Wylde - Book Of Shadows II
33) Teenage Fanclub - Here
32) Beware Of Darkness - Are You Real?
31) Van Morrison - Keep Me Singing
30) Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
29) Dream Theater - The Astonishing
28) Eric Clapton - I Still Do
27) Pretenders - Alone
26) Blackberry Smoke - Like An Arrow
25) Metallica - Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
24) Opeth - Sorceress
23) Ian Hunter And The Rant Band - Fingers Crossed
22) Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee
21) Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel
20) Blues Pills - Lady In Gold
19) Tax The Heat - Fed To The Lions
18) Whiskey Myers - Mud
17) Hawkwind - The Machine Stops
16) Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky
15) Purson - Desire’s Magic Theatre
14) Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
13) Big Big Train - Folklore
12) Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello
11) Steven Wilson - 4 1/2
10) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
9) The Answer - Solas
8) Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
7) The Cadillac Three - Bury Me In My Boots
6) Rival Sons - Hollow Bones
5) The Temperance Movement - White Bear
4) Marillion - Fuck Everyone And Run (F E A R)
3) The Struts - Everybody Wants
2) David Bowie - Blackstar
1) Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

KEVIN MORBY’S TOP 10 LPS OF 2016
10) Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
9) Alex Cameron – Jumping The Shark
8) Big Thief – Masterpiece
7) Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree
6) Solange – A Seat At The Table

5) Damien Jurado – Visions Of Us On The Land
4) Nap Eyes – Thought Rock Fish Scale
3) Jaye Bartell – Light Enough
2) Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
1) Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker

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Songs
1. Beyoncé - "Formation"
2. The 1975 - "The Sound"
3. Dawn Richard - "Not Above That"
4. Chance the Rapper et al - "No Problem"
5. Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dollar $ign - "Work From Home"
6. D.R.A.M ft. Lil Yachty - "Broccoli"
7. Whitney - "No Woman"
8. Joyce Manor - "Fake ID"
9. Mac Miller ft. Anderson.Paak - "Dang!"
10. Kanye - "Famous"

LPs
1. Frank Ocean
2. Solange
3. Mitski
4. Angel Olsen
5. The Range - Potential
6. Radiohead
7. Rihanna
8. Blood Orange
9. Esparanza Spalding
10. Jean-Michel Blais - II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVEXWm25fk

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10. Danny Brown
9. Kanye
8. Mitski
7. Angel Olsen
6. Solange
5. Bowie
4. Tribe
3. Chance
2. Frank Ocean
1. Beyonce

rest here. back half is somewhat interesting:
http://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/

WTF who reads those magazines?
i feel so illiterate

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1. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
2. The Veldt - The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur: The Drake Equation
3. BEAK> - Couple In A Hole Soundtrack
4. Bracken - High Passes
5. Oliver Coates - Upstepping
6. Bayonne - Primitives
7. Western Skies Motel - Settlers
8. Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best
9. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
10. Jason Sharp - A Boat Upon Its Blood
11. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy
12. David Bowie - Blackstar
13. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things: Season 1 - Volume 1
14. MJ Guider - Precious Systems
15. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
16. Carla dal Forno - You Know What It’s Like
17. C. Diab - No Perfect Wave
18. Hintermass - The Apple Tree
19. Ulrika Spacek - The Album Paranoia
20. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
21. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
22. Cavern of Anti-Matter - void beats/invocation trex
23. eagle/deer - The Summer Of Sepia
24. Ian William Craig - Centres
25. Johann Johannsson - Orphée


26 - 50. https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-year-2016

norman's list is always worth looking over

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Louder Than War

40 The Low Anthem - Eyeland
39 The Fall - Wise Ol' Man
38 Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye
37 Hooton Tennis Club - Big Box Of Chocolates
36 Asylums - Killer Brain Waves
35 Bob Mould - Patch The Sky
34 Warpaint - Heads Up
33 Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
32 Suede - Night Thoughts
31 Mogwai - Atomic
30 Doomsquad - Total Time
29 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
28 The Wonder Stuff - Goes Around The Sun
27 Goat - Requiem
26 Ruts DC - Music Must Destroy
25 New Model Army - Winter
24 Big Jesus - Oneiric
23 Pixies - Head Carrier
22 Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre
21 Deftones - Gore
20 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
19 Garbage - STrange Little Birds
18 Owen - The King Of Whys
17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
16 Swans - The Glowing Man
15 The Coral - Distance INbetween
14 Field Music - Commontime
13 The Virginmarys - Divides
12 Minor Victories - Minor Victories
11 Deap Vally - Femejism
10 Slaves - Take Control
09 Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow
08 Primal Scream - Chaosmosis
07 Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
06 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
05 Blossoms - Blossoms
04 Melvins - Basses Loaded
03 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Savages - Adore Life
01 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

>>69644322
>number 1 is my aoty
>number 2 is the worst album I've heard this year

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25 Essential Psych Albums 2016 (presented here in no order or preference)
Stockholm Maraton by Kungens Män (Adansonia Records)

Helios Rising by Moths and Locusts (NoiseAgonyMayhem Records/ Sunmask Records)

The Hermit by Surya Kris Peters (Electric Magic Records)

Soy Dios by Dead Sea Apes (Cardinal Fuzz/ Sky Lantern Records)

Lost Chants/ Last Chance by Kandodo/ McBain (Rooster Rock Records)

Black Hill Transmitter by Black Hill Transmitter (FSOL)

House In The Tall Grass by Kikagaku Moyo (GuruGuru Brain Records)

Heron Oblivion by Heron Oblivion (Sub Pop Records)

In God’s Creation by Nudity (Cardinal Fuzz)

Karma Suture by Fungal Abyss (Adansonia Records)

KURO by KURO (Rocket Recordings)

Phantom of Liberty by Camera (Bureau B)

Ouroboros by Mythic Sunship (El Paraiso Records)

Zement:Werk by Zement (Sunhair Records)

Phantamonium by Hotel Wrecking City Traders (Evil Hoodoo)

Magnetic North by Vert:x/ Dead Sea Apes/ Blown Out/ Earthling Society (Drone Rock Records)

Monographic by The Oscillation (All Time Low Records/ Hands in the Dark Records)

Moral Machine by Colonel Petrov’s Good Judgement (Moral Machine Records)

Magnetic Seasons by Mugstar (Rock Action Records)

JuJu by JuJu (Sunrise Ocean Bender)

Mantra Music by Megaritual (White Dwarf Rock)

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol Box Set (Birdman Sound Records/ Cardinal Fuzz)

Body Cults by Narcosatanicos (Bad Afro Records)

Entranced Earth by Myrrors (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

Strange Pleasures by Dreamtime (Cardinal Fuzz/ Sky Lantern Records/ TYM Guitars)

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NPR's list is not worth putting in text form

>>69641416
Oh shit the new Wire is out

>>69644465
if you've got a sub could you post the genre lists?

>>69641567
Unironically the best aside from Meme Blunt at #1

>>69642550
What else has he done this year besides Babyfather?

>>69644607
there was that (awful) hype williams release everyone forgot about 10 minutes after it was out.

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>>69644681

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>>69644729

>>69644681
>>69644729
sick. thank you vm.

>>69644747
no problemo

Can anyone post Rough Trade's list?

>>69644859
gimme a bit

thanks op

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>>69644859
this is just the first page. cannae be asked to do the second one:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
Charles Bradley - Changes
Anohni - Hopelessness
Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Powell - Sport
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Tindersticks - The Waiting Room
David Bowie - Blackstar
D D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
Michael Kiwanuka - Love and Hate
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
Unloved - Guilty of Love
Cavern of Anti Matter - void beats / invocation trex
Black Mountain - IV
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - The Soft Bounce
Be - One
LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
Suuns -Hold / Still
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Minor Victories - Minor Victories
Factory Floor - 25 25
Glass Animals - How to be a Human Being
The Julie Ruin - Hit Reset
Yann Tiersen - Eusa
Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter
Lowtide - Lowtide
Vanishing Twin - Choose Your Own Adventure
Savages - Adore Life
Band Of Horses - Why Are You OK
Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow
Brian Eno - The Ship
Goggs - Goggs
Bill Baird - Earth Into Aether
Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
Allah-las - Calico Review
S U R V I V E - RR7349
Wild Beasts - Boy King
Lambchop - Flotus


rest here:
https://roughtrade.com/albums-of-the-year

>>69645083
Cheers. I have a few more publications' lists saved that I can put in here later tonight if the threads stays bumped.

>>69641855
Best one

>>69645151
that is if i'm not banned in the mean time. I done fucked up in another thread. don't forget about paste, consequence of sound, tiny mix tapes, av club, american songwriter, kcrw, louder than war, etc. etc.

>>69645350
i'm a bit tired atm so i'm probably not doing any more right now.

i'll do the rest tomorrow and repost everything from here as welll.

tmt's list is not up i think. louder than war is here.

>>69645490
cool cool. thanks for this thread dude.

>>69645504
np. just organising my holiday listening by doing this.

>>69645551
same, and trying to figure out which songs to burn for my annual mixtape for my family and which albums to bring for our xmas cd swap.

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php

Lodestar is better than Blackstar

>>69645783
cheers

>>69645786
nah

is the Frank Ocean album worth giving a listen to? i never understood the appeal. Forrest Gump was one of the worst tracks i heard a few years back and it boggled my mind it and he were hyped so much.

also, Skeleton Tree is an okay album, but really only on lists in light of the tragedy. Blackstar, however, has also been elevated b/c of tragedy but it's still a, ahem, stellar album. Leonard Cohen's, too, but he's rarely had mass appeal apart from Hallellujah covers.

>>69649344
Eh..... it depends on if you like modern pop/rnb

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Pitchfork/Rolling Stone writer

>>69641709
is this real

>>69651229
unfortunately yes

>>69641416
This is probably the best list i've seen so far. Although I haven't heard half of them, i'm sure they're better then the generic radio trash pitchfork is hyping up.

>>69644635
>>69644607
Was that actually Dean?

>>69645729
Not him but your senpai must have decent taste if you all pic for each other albums you hear about on mu

>>69651744
Family*

>>69651778
Yeah they've got pretty decent taste and are fairly openminded.

http://www.spin.com/featured/the-101-best-songs-of-2016/

God what a shit list

Sooo shittest year for music in this millennium or shittest year of all time?

>>69645786
I quit after the first song. What in the fuck was that shit?

>>69652818
English folk music; not surprised the wire liked it since they're a bunch of old English cunts.

>>69641709
Hey, this list looks just like mine!

>>69641709
>>69643953
holy ghost is fucking trash can people STOP

I know elseq has gotten memed a lot on /mu/, but i'm still glad to see Autechre get recognition / such a high spot on an AOTY list. Usually they get totally overlooked.

>>69653213
Haven't heard it, but since it made Kerrang's list, I assume it's really shitty pop punk?

>>69651205
That's not an awful list if you take off Anohni and put Nicolas Jaar higher.

>>69641709

patrician

>>69641709
Ugh......

Out of all of these, only Pup - The Dream is Over and Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feeling are good.

>>69654146
fans of it call it emo. id say at this point its just indie rock.

>>69651205
so boring

>>69654378
Are we talking like AmFo emo or like MCR emo?

>>69641416
>Elseq at number 4
Fucking finally someone gets it

>>69641416
>Ndagga Rhythm Force
nice
>Zomby
nah

>>69651205
what's the point of posting your personal list if it looks the same as your employer's one, except with a few variations in terms of placement?

fuck, seeing that shit confirms that basically all american mainstream music journalism is praising the same few albums over and over again. these people don't listen to things from other countries. these people don't look for releases that may get lost in the underground unless they uncover it.

how sad

>>69654467
tbf zomby is very low, so it's likely that only a few staff members actually liked it and got it a spot on the list.

>>69642681
Yea familia. Blew me away first listen

>>69654447
their full review of it was very good too.

>>69644729
>>69644746
>>69644681
These are actually good, where are they from?

>>69654565
The Wire.

>>69641468
>>69641453
The Quietus has about 5 bands on last year's list.

>>69641453
>51. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
Didn't he get MDE: World Peace cancelled?

>>69654565
The Wire. Highly recommend subscribing to them. Really interesting reviews and features/interviews in every article. Even the ads have cool labels/artists. Not to mention dope ass compilation albums.

I will admit though that they've been trending a bit towards mainstream pop/hip-hop/RnB in recent years, but they're still a way above any of their nearest contemporaries (ie. Resident Advisor, The Quietus) and shit all over the likes of p4k.

what are the best sites? the wire and the quietus imo. i also like dusted magazine, shame they are now limited to a tumblr tho

>>69654734
because believe it or not there are good mainstream pop/hip-hop/r&b albums and believe it or not the wire has always covered these to a sizeable degree

>>69654734
Sometimes I think the Quietus is too "contrarian" to their own detriment. Like, their AOTY for 2016 is a surprising, unconventional choice, but it's also not very good. The same could be said for many of their selections - they lean too much on mediocre bandcamp releases nowadays. For me, The Wire is much more measured in that regard. Sure, they'll highlight more obscure releases, but they don't do so just on the basis of being obscure.

>>69644681
>>69644729
>>69644746

i wish Wire had a dedicated Pop staff writer

>>69654864
>the wire has always covered these to a sizeable degree
Well not quite, because they were strictly jazz for the first 10 years of their existence.

>>69654876
>i wish Wire had a dedicated Pop staff writer
Just look at their year end list. Fair amount of quality mainstream pop in that.

To be fair, they've always taken a somewhat opposed stance to general mainstream music/pop unless it proves itself to be really worth listening to. They're supposed to cover the underground/avant-garde.

>>69654910
>Fair amount of quality mainstream pop in that.
If you mean like 5 picks, maybe.

>>69654910
I'm aware of what they've always represented, it'd just be nice to have smart reviews about pop coming from somebody other than xgau. and i mean, they didn't include Anti or Coloring Book, which were high marks in 2016 pop

>>69654953
Well yeah, they are at the end of the day a magazine dedicated to experimental and avant garde music. 5 picks of the best mainstream pop music is pretty fair.

Can somebody explain Babyfather to me. It has made quite a few of these lists and I still don't get it. I am only vaguely familiar with Dean Blunt.

>>69654977
true. i just mean that it'd be nice to see one staff member making a year end pop list like they do with every other genre.

>>69654973
>it'd just be nice to have smart reviews about pop coming from somebody other than xgau
That would be nice, but they run the risk of corrupting what they stand for. It's easy to fall into the habit of "poptimism" and focusing heavily on mainstream artists b/c of page clicks and pulling in more subscribers.

>>69654986
Bongs really like being told that they're British.

>>69654998
Ok, yeah, I see what you mean now. If you limit it to just a year end list, that's more than fair.

>>69654986
It's mostly contextual imo. Musically it's rather mediocre but it's extremely topical given Brexit, the rise of Trump, police states, etc.

>>69655008
good point. still, xgau is 76 years old, and p4k and all the other giants just always get pop wrong, every single year. who'll be the replacement?

>>69655039
>and p4k and all the other giants just always get pop wrong
How do they get it wrong?

>>69654506
link pls

>>69655027
Especially when it's a fucking Craig David sample at the UK garage awards. I mean, how british can you get?

>>69655030
still, they've always seemed a little too contrarian for me. not including Mutant in last year's list? placing Still Brazy #1 in hip hop this year, actually implying that heaping piece of elephant shit is better than the tribe record?

>>69655039
Probably not the wire. The subscriber base is more into classical, jazz, avant-garde electronic and rock than anything. They aren't going to pay $80 a year to read Rihanna reviews.

>>69655067
Mutant was a real snub, desu, but their hip-hop list I couldn't really care less about. Not really their forte.

>>69654953
>If you mean like 5 picks, maybe
the amount isn't the only thing but also the placement, and they gave number one to that

>>69655044
well, there's NME, Spin, Stereogum, P4k who have been making well thought out concessions to pop since 2009-2010 imo, but they constantly either overrate or underrate big budget records. take Maya or Eat Pray Thug for example, the panning they received from these publications were very nearsighted.

>>69655106
i guess because the writers are brits, hip hop really will never be their forte.

>>69655067
yeah, that hip hop list is really weak. the person in charge of it doesn't seem to make the same effort of uncovering and exploring as his peers

>>69655120
yeah but look at the rest of the top ten. apart from nick cave the rest is pretty non-mainstream.

>>69655122
big budget and/or pop*

I can't even come up with 10 albums i even enjoyed this year....let alone rank them on a list.

>>69655106
>>69655067
Mutant was pretty weak, honestly. Didn't really do too much new in terms of composition or sound design. It was also pretty bloated.

>>69655168
what the fuck have you been doing all year?

>>69655168
Listen to more music.

>>69641416
kinda dissapointing to see blackstar at the top desu. wire is known for paying attention to experimental, underground and more risk-taking music so to see them falling for such an obvious and safe choice is a bit of a let down

>>69655177
agree to disagree. i think it was basically an improvement on everything off of Xen. the sound design was more visceral and violent, the found sounds like those chants in Umbilical, the ghastly melancholy and inertia in Soichiro... i could go on. It's really such an intense album and definitely Arca's best imo.

>>69655212
this. It's a bit worrisome for the future. Hopefully it's just an anomaly and not a shift towards a greater focus on the exact same shit every other music mag/site talks about.

>>69655244
I just don't think Arca works well in the album format - both Xen and Mutant were disappointments. Mutant had a few standouts, but there were also far too many middling tracks.

>>69655212
Yeah but it wasn't a very good year for that type of music, and Blackstar was better then the other stuff on the list, even if it is overrated.

>>69655395
>Blackstar was better then the other stuff on the list
eh....

thanks for doing this

>>69641453
>>69641468

kinda contrarian, but not bad

>>69641673

i facken hated blood bitch tbqh.

>>69641709

JUST FUCK MY TASTE UP, FAMALAM

>>69641784

well, its NME; whatcha expect

>>69643472

interesting

>>69655395
i just find it really weird how they give so much attention on a daily basis to free improv stuff but it never makes the top of their lists. do they not include that there?

>>69655471
Seriously this. They cover so much interesting shit throughout the year.

who else thought Blackstar sucked?

>>69655471
It's probably because of the poll format for choosing the AOTY list. Sure, there are many independent writers who care for it, but the EoY list comes down to a more popular vote - and free improv is still fairly polarizing. One writer's opinion is just on writer's opinion (see: Joanna Newsom's Ys, Julia Holter's HYIMW, and Kanye's TLOP getting panned in the og. reviews but scoring highly on the AOTY lists).

>>69655532
ah, i see. that explains a lot. i haven't followed free improv that closely this year but i've heard some good stuff from some of the usual people (o'rourke, ambrchi, gustafsson, etc) and it really confuses me why that doesn't make the cut when they usually cover that sort of thing.

but what you say makes a lot of sense; i guess stuff like blackstar works as a common ground for most of the voters (it is way more probable a lot of people have heard that than, i dunno, Melt) and eventually gets a bigger focus on the yearly list.

will tinymixtapes publish a list or will they keep masturbating about their pseudo-intellectual shit?

>>69655531
I did but I would never admit that.

>>69641416

no Danny Brown?

>>69655531
kinda. it's a really safe-sounding album and what is frustrating is that it somewhat toys with the idea of not being that. scott walker got the old dude reinventing himself thing better, at least he goes places

>>69642650
The Quietus is also good.

>>69655613
yeah, exactly. free improv is still fairly niche and it's also relatively "old guard" if you know what i mean (so is bowie, obviously, but he died which adds extra cultural/ emotional significance) so i can see how they don't feel the need to elevate some of those artists (plus it might perpetuate certain stereotypes about what their "ideal artists" are - the wire is often characterized as pretentious or w/e). still, i agree that the genre was noticeably overlooked.

honestly i feel syro was a stranger choice for aoty than blackstar, esp because imo 2014 was pretty strong for experimental music and syro was just so mediocre....

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>>69655783
also here are the writer's votes for the #1 spot if anyone is interested...

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>>69655808
>somebody voted for the song broccoli as album of the year

>>69655808
>Aurora Mitchell voting for Solange
lol she would

>>69655808
ah, this is really helpful, thanks. yeah, i can see how it works like this. yeah, Blackstar is the most repeated one for sure, so it makes sense that the opinion from the guy that voted, i dunno, the Ute Wassermann album won't have much weight.

>>69655808
also they should fire Steph Kretowicz ASAP

>>69644729
I wonder why that one critic decided to put Still Brazy at the top. I think it's good, but I think it's definitely outclassed by Tribe

>>69655869
I know you most likely just pulled out a random example but that Ute Wasserman album was also a Dec 2015 release which also probably worked against it

>>69655868
I didn't even realize she actually worked for The Wire. I thought she was just a bleme journalist.

>>69655991
same, lad

>>69655981
yeah i actually googled it. no way an album like that will get any weight.

i dunno, they probably have their reasons to keep the system like this, but i think that a non-numbered list in which each voter picks and writes about an album would be more representative about the magazine, and in that way the poor lad that likes Ute would be able to see it next to the others. sure, it would cause new problems (what if two critics liked the same album the most?) but it would more faithful to what the only (or one of the very few) magazine that gets excited about avant-acts like Alterations working on new music represents.

>>69656047
maybe they just get excited about alterations cus toop was (is?) a regular contributer to the wire lol (i'm joking).

but yeah, i get what your saying mate and ia. i understand the want for a more democratized system but in the age of the increasingly capitalistic and homogenized music press, esoteric and independent choices/coverage is vital and should be of the utmost priority imo.

Kanye did nothing wrong

>>69656133
Otherwise you have wannabes like Steph Kretowicz or Aurora Mitchell (most notably for getting to twitter spats with people from the /bleep/ threads) coming in an putting Rihanna or Beyonce's sister as their top pick for album of the year in THE FUCKING WIRE ffs.

>>69644681
>Chris Brown
>being grouped under "Modern Composition"
Now THIS is poptimism at its worst

>>69656355
different one u nonce loooool

>>69654986
THIS MAKES ME PROUD TO BE BRITISH THIS MAKES ME PROUD TO BE BRITISH THIS MAKES ME PROUD TO BE BRITISH

>no james ferraro on the the wire's list
what has the world come to

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Paste Magazine

1. David Bowie, Blackstar
2. Beyoncé, Lemonade
3. Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial
4. A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
5. Mitski, Puberty 2
6. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Angel Olsen, My Woman
8. Lucy Dacus, No Burden
9. Bon Iver, 22, A Million
10. Frank Ocean, Blonde
11. Kanye West, The Life of Pablo
12. Margo Price, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
13. Solange, A Seat At The Table
14. Pinegrove, Cardinal
15. Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book
16. Anderson .Paak, Malibu
17. Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
18. Blood Orange, Freetown Sound
19. Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
20. Parquet Courts, Human Performance
21. Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition
22. Lucius, Good Grief
23. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree
24. Andrew Bird, Are You Serious
25. The Avalanches, Wildflower
26. Wilco, Schmilco
27. Tacocat, Lost Time
28. Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death
29. Frankie Cosmos, Next Thing
30. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive
31. Japanese Breakfast, Psychopomp
32. Case/Lang/Veirs, case/lang/veirs
33. Hinds, Leave Me Alone
34. Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop, Love Letter for Fire
35. Lake Street Dive, Side Pony
36. Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered.
37. Whitney, Light Upon The Lake
38. ANOHNI, HOPELESSNESS
39. Paul Simon, Stranger To Stranger
40. Dawn Richard, Redemption
41. Margaret Glaspy, Emotions and Math
42. Jenny Hval, Blood Bitch
43. Charles Bradley, Changes
44. The Coathangers, Nosebleed Weekend
45. Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like a Levee
46. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
47. St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Sea Of Noise
48. Drive-by Truckers, American Band
49. Fruit Bats, Absolute Loser
50. Courtney Marie Andrews, Honest Life

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1. Angel Olsen, MY WOMAN
2. Michael Kiwanuka, Love & Hate
3. Margo Price, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter4. Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
4. Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
5. case/lang/veirs, case/lang/veirs
6. David Bowie, Blackstar
7. Drive-By Truckers, American Band
8. Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
9. A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
10. Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman
11. Parker Millsap, The Very Last Day
12. Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
13. Mudcrutch, 2
14. Bon Iver, 22, A Million
15. Lucinda Williams, The Ghosts Of Highway 20
16. William Bell, This Is Where I Live
17. Hayes Carll, Lovers And Leavers
18. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Silver Tears
19. Mitski, Puberty 2
20. Paul Simon, Stranger to Stranger
21. Brandy Clark, Big Day In A Small Town
22. Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis
23. Beyoncé, Lemonade
24. Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like A Levee
25. Bonnie Raitt, Dig In Deep
26. Lydia Loveless, Real
27. Dawes, We’re All Gonna Die
28. Miranda Lambert, The Weight Of These Wings
29. Brian Fallon, Painkillers
30. Against Me!, Shape Shift With Me
31. Lambchop, FLOTUS
32. Kelsey Waldon, I’ve Got A Way
33. Cass McCombs, Mangy Love
34. Savages, Adore Life
35. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial
37. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
38. Courtney Marie Andrews, Honest Life
39. Warpaint, Heads Up
40. Maren Morris, Hero
41. Lera Lynn , Resistor
42. Conor Oberst, Ruminations
43. Amanda Shires, My Piece Of Land
44. Pinegrove, Cardinal
45. Frank Ocean, Blonde
46. Felice Brothers, Life in the Dark
47. Margaret Glaspy, Emotions and Math
48. Brothers Osborne, Pawn Shop
49. Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo
50. Twin Peaks, Down In Heaven

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20. Eric Clapton, 'I Still Do'
19. Graham Nash, 'This Path Tonight'
18. Steven Tyler, 'We're All Somebody From Somewhere'
17. Neil Young & Promise of the Real, 'Earth'
16. Bob Weir, 'Blue Mountain'
15. Bonnie Raitt, 'Dig in Deep'
14. Jeff Beck, 'Loud Hailer'
13. Neil Young, 'Peace Trail'
12. Sting, '57th & 9th'
11. Elton John, 'Wonderful Crazy Night'

10. Bob Dylan, 'Fallen Angels'
9. The Monkees, 'Good Times!'
8. Iggy Pop, 'Post Pop Depression'
7. Mudcrutch, '2'
6. Green Day, 'Revolution Radio'
5. Metallica, 'Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct'
4. Leonard Cohen, 'You Want It Darker'
3. The Rolling Stones, 'Blue & Lonesome'
2. Paul Simon, 'Stranger to Stranger'
1. David Bowie, 'Blackstar'

>>69649344
Blonde is my album of the year, I was hugely underwhelmed when it came out because I expected another album like Channel Orange, after a couple more listens I was completely drawn into the lyrics and detailed production. Imo a much better album than Channel Orange. It's just a little less accessible as in it requires multiple listens to feel what Frank is getting at, whereas Channel Orange was pretty straight forward.
tl;dr once Blonde clicks with you it clicks hard

>>69654986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNvcHzMogj4
IF IT FEELS GOOD LICK IT TWO TIMES

personally, i prefer the birthday party over nick cave & the bad seeds.

>>69654686
similar name but not him lol

>>69656730
Yeah, this is pretty surprising, but at least Autechre, Matmos, Elysia Crampton, Horse Lords and Roy Montgomery are here. The last Shackleton album was pretty interesting too and deserve its spot.
As usual, I'm pretty curious about the high-ranked albums I've never heard of. That's what I love about their end of year lists.

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Drowned in Sound’s Albums of 2016

1) DAVID BOWIE -
2) NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Skeleton Tree
3) THE 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
4) ANOHNI - Hopelessness
5) AMBER ARCADES - Fading Lines
6) PREOCCUPATIONS - Preoccupations
7) ANGEL OLSEN - My Woman
8) FRANK OCEAN - Blonde
9) RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
10) SUEDE - Night Thoughts
11) JENNY HVAL - Blood Bitch
12) BEYONCE - Lemonade
13) SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - SVIIB
14) KATE TEMPEST - Let Them Eat Chaos
15) DANNY BROWN - Atrocity Exhibition
16) MARTHA - Blisters in the Pit of My Heart

>not a single list has a good album in the top 10

pfft

>>69658694
post turny's top 10 ghetto funk of 2016 pls

>>69658694
>!KboOfw6OFg

go away

Has anyone ranked the lists yet?

rym is the best I've seen and its still pretty bad

>>69658754
most of the lists are pretty similar so there's not much point in ranking them. kerrang's list is objectively the best tho.

>>69658723
>>69646855

>>69658754
acclaimedmusic.net does it every year

This site has pretty much all the big lists if you want more
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php