The Wire's AOTY 2016 list

>>69783149
(You)

some of us actually subscribe so you can't pull a fast one like this

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>>69783149
nice try pitchfork

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>>69783190
t. wire shills

hmmm maybe /mu/ was wrong and the black artists are actually good and talented but we're too deep in our counter-agenda to see that

>>69783149

What's the problem?

It's a nice mix of pop and experimental.

why would you change it to take off 75 dollar bill?

>>69783149
>1. David Bowie – Blackstar
>2. Beyonce - Lemonade

shat myself already, shant be reading anymore

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>>69783214
t. pitchfork staff

>>69783213
this. that album was fucking great.

>>69783149
>this is supposed to be the cutting edge of avant-garde music journalism

Any list that has Beyonce and Rihanna in the top ten is irrelevant

>>69783149
>39. Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
>40. Lady Gaga - Joanne
wtf

>>69783149
hahahahahahhahaha

>he spent that much time editing wire's list to include pop bullshit

WEW

>>69783449
there's some kind of meme campaign to both claim that the wire is a bunch of prentious elitists who circlejerk of the most obscure shit possible and discredit the wire as being a "fake experimental" and "poptimist" publication worse than the likes of pitchfork

>Frank Ocean at 43
this is a joke

>>69783516
Why?

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albumoftheyear.org/list/685-the-wires-best-releases-of-2016/

The actual list.

>>69783539
It's too low. Blonde was a masterpiece.

>>69783507
The truth is in the middle, this year's list did have more mainstream/p4k shit. They didn't even go indepth into many of the albums they had in that list. It was a bit weird.

>>69783568
>magazine that focuses primarily on experimental, avant-garde, and underground music doesn't rank a mainstream RnB singer highly
Gee, I wonder why...

The actual list, if anyone cares. There are still a few pop albums.


1. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Shirley Collins – Lodestar
3. Moor Mother – Fetish Bones
4. Autechre – elseq 1-5
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
6. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
7. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina
8. Yves Tumor – Serpent Music
9. Gaika – SECURITY
10. Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force – Yermande
11. Gate – Saturday Night Fever
12. Solange – A Seat at the Table
13. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
14. Oren Ambarchi – Hubris
15. Babyfather – “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
16. 75 Dollar Bill – Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
17. Anna Meredith – Varmints
18. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
20. Carla dal Forno – You Know What It’s Like
21. David Toop – Entities Inertias Faint Beings
22. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
23. Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
24. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All Africans
25. Laura Cannell – Simultaneous Flight Movement

>>69783577
It's because the list was selected by their writers core staff, as well as the numerous freelance contributors who work for other publications that wrote for them this year as well.

That said, the list was a bit more mainstream/convential leaning that usual, but there were still some good choices in it and their coverage in the issues themselves is still the same.

>>69783629
*cont

26. Ectoplasm Girls – New Feeling Come
27. Steve Gunn – Eyes on the Lines
28. Ian William Craig – Centres
29. Matmos – Ultimate Care II
30. Laraaji & Sun Araw – Professional Sunflow
31. Scott Walker – The Childhood of a Leader (OST)
32. Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
33. Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
34. Katie Gately – Color
35. Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini – Devotional Songs
36. Anxiety – Anxiety
37. Skepta – Konnichiwa
38. Puce Mary – The Spiral
39. The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Bes
40. Catherine Christer Hennix – Live At Issue Project Room
41. Horse Lords – Interventions
42. Roy Montgomery – R M H Q: Headquarters
43. Frank Ocean – Blonde
44. Thalia Zedek – Eve
45. Charlemagne Palestine – Cathédrale De Strasbourg
46. Kepler Quartet – Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8
47. Circuit Des Yeux – Jackie Lynn
48. Zomby – Ultra
49. Klara Lewis – Too
50. Peder Mannerfelt – Controlling Body

>>69783149
>people think this garbage webzine is better than pitchfork
LMAO