Best Albums of 2016

1. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
2. The Veils - Total Depravity
3. Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events
4. Suede - Night Thoughts
5. Jagwar Ma - Every Now And Then
6. Savages - Adore Life
7. The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect
8. Kula Shaker - K 2.0
9. LUH (Lost Under Heaven) - Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing
10. Autolux - Pussy's Dead
11. Kings Of Leon - Walls
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
13. David Bowie - Blackstar
14. Desert Mountain Tribe - Either That Or The Moon
15. Ramin Djawadi - Westworld Soundtrack
16. Angel Olsen - My Woman
18. Night Beats - Who Sold My Generation
19. Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit
20. Wild Nothing - Life Of Pause


Honourable Mentions:

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things Soundtrack
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Richard Ashcroft - These People
Charles Bradley - Changes
Starwalker - Starwalker
The Avalanches - Wildflower
DIIV - Is The Is Are
The Early Years - II
Blossoms - Blossoms
Phantogram - Three
Dead Pretty - Dead Pretty EP
Band Of Skulls - By Default
Anderson Paak - Malibu
The Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum
Deftones - Gore
The Tragically Hip - Man Machine Poem
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
Pete Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations
High Highs - Cascades
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
Chairlift - Moth
No Sinner - Old Habits Die Hard
Wild Beasts - Boy King
Glass Animals - How To Be A Human Being
Conrad Keeley - Original Machines
Parquet Courts - Human Performance
The Strokes - Future Present Past EP
Green Day - Revolution Radio
Mystery Jets - Curve Of The Earth
SULK - No Illusions
The Kills - Ash & Ice
Soft Hair - Soft Hair
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until The Hunter
Tricky - Skilled Mechanics
Preoccupations - Preoccupations
Cat's Eyes - Treasure House
Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words
Paper Route - Real Emotion
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
White Lies - Friends
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
Film School - June
Public Access T.V. - Never Enough
Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
Empire Of The Sun - Two Vines
Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
Mark Kozalek - Mark Kozalek Sings Favorites
Slim Hawley - ...As You Were, Taciturn
Slim Hawley - Palpitation Station
Slim Hawley - All The Other Love Songs
Drive-By Truckers - American Band
Kongos - Egomaniac
Psychic Ills - Inner Journey Out
Bloc Party - Hymns
Moving Units - Damage With Care
Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
School Of Seven Bells - SVIIB
Blue Rodeo - 1000 Arms
Catfish and The Bottlemen - The Ride
The Laurels - Sonicology
Garbage - Strange Little Birds
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
DMA's - Hills End
Wolfmother - Victorious
Black Pistol Fire - Don't Wake The Riot
Eagulls - Ullages
The KVB - Of Desire
The Temper Trap - Thick As Thieves
BadBadNotGood - IV
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It
The Duke Spirit - KIN
Minor Victories - Minor Victories
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
Primal Scream - Chaosmosis
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Drowners - On Desire
Metronomy - Summer 08
Daughter - Not To Disappear
The Coral - Distance InBetween
Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything
Mogwai - Atomic
Black Mountain - IV
Yuck - Stranger Things
Deap Vally - Femejism
Weezer - Weezer (White Album)
M83 - Junk
Frightened Rabbit - Painting Of A Panic Attack
Lush - Blind Spot
Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow
Viola Beach - Viola Beach
The Dandy Warhols - Distortland
Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
J Doll - Songs In The Key Of Repeat
Yak - Alas Salvation
Cub Sport - This Is Our Vice
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
Sunns - Hold/Still
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Kaiser Chiefs - Stay Together
The Boxer Rebellion - Ocean By Ocean
Teenage Fanclub - Here
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
James Blake - The Colour In Anything
Kent - Då Som Nu För Alltid
Explosions In The Sky - The Wilderness
TOY - Clear Shot
Crocodiles - Dreamless
Jamie N Commons - Jamie N Commons EP
Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
CRX - New Skin
Warpaint - Heads Up
Tom Chaplin - The Wave
Wintersleep - The Great Detachment

Top 20 of 2013

Well another year passes and another year of top notch releases from artists new and old. Nine Inch Nails, Suede, Mazzy Star and My Bloody Valentine released new albums that did not disappoint after long abscences and proved why they are and will always will be forces to be reckoned with. Jagwar Ma came out of left field and made one of the albums of the year bringing back a mix of baggy beat and electronic that harkened back to the early 90's Madchester scene. Arctic Monkeys released a flawless rock n' roll album that made them the band to beat and will be for some time to come. The National yet again took our breath away with another stunner of an album. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album sounded as though they had poured their heart and soul into making every song and let them get some heavy burdens off their collective chest. Sigur Rós released their darker side once more with an album that was heavier than previous efforts but still kept the disarming beauty that we have all come to love. Exit Calm released their sophomore album and showed that they are among a new crop of bands keeping guitar music alive and well for a new generation of fuzzed out fans. Finally White Lies continue to evlove as a band with an infusion of 80's synths and songwriting that has grown up as much as they have over their last several albums. Overall an exceptional year for music and I can't wait to see what 2014 holds with releases from The Horrors, Mogwai, Beck and many more on the horizon.

Top 20 of 2013:

1. Arctic Monkeys - AM
2. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
3. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Sigur Rós - Kviekur
6. Suede - Bloodsports
7. Mazzy Star - Seasons Of The Day
8. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spector At The Feast
9. Exit Calm - The Future Isn't What It Used To Be
10. White Lies - Big TV
11. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
12. The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
13. Outfit - Performance
14. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
15. Beady Eye - BE
16. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
17. Savages - Silence Yourself
18. The Virgins - Strike Gently
19. The Mary Onettes - Hit The Waves
20. Fidlar - Fidlar


Honourable Mentions:

Washed Out - Paracosm
Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Foals - Holy Fire
Primal Scream - More Light
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Mad Palace - Troubled Sleep EP
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Tricky - False Idols
Atoms For Peace - Amok
David Bowie - The Next Day
Peace - In Love
Smith Westerns - Soft Will
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
Yast - S/T
Wolf People - Fain
British Sea Power - Machineries Of Joy
Villagers - Awayland
Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love
Var - No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers
Tribes - Wish To Scream
Palma Violets - 180
Cults - Static
Swim Deep - Where The Heaven Are We
Zola Jesus - Versions
Hollerado - White Paint
Pure X - Crawling Up The Stairs
Fryars - Radio PWR
Glasvegas - Later...When The TV Turns To Static
Weekend - Jinx
Wolf & Cub - Heavy Weight
The Strypes - Snapshot
Matthew Good - Arrows Of Desire
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
Splashh - Comfort
How To Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion
The Vaccines - Melody Calling EP
Two Door Cinema Club - Changing Of The Season EP
Placebo - Loud Like Love
Everything Everything - Arc
Yo La Tengo - Fade
I Am Kloot - Let It All In
The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law
Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return
Suuns - Images Du Futur
Pure Love - Anthems
Toy - Join The Dots
The Courteneers - Anna
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
Eels - Wondeul, Glorious
Puscifer - Donkey Punch The Night
Starfucker - Miracle Mile
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
The Flaming Lips - The Terror
Surfer Blood - Pythons
James Blake - Overgrown
The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
SULK - Graceless
Electric Soft Parade - IDIOTS
These New Puritans - Fields Of Reeds
Elephant Stone - S/T
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Miles Kane - Don't Forget Who You Are
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Black Sabbath - 13
Travis - Where You Stand
MGMT - MGMT
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Jamie N Commons - Rumble and Sway
Johnny Borrell - Borrell 1
The Warlocks - Skull Worship
The Violet May - Strange Lives
Albert Hammond Jr. - AHJ
Babyshambles - Sequel To The Prequel
Bass Drum Of Death - S/T
Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regenration Vendor
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
The Airborne Toxic Event - Such Hot Blood
The Besnard Lakes - Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO
Beware Of Darkness - Orthodox
Big Black Delta - Big Black Delta
Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Bloc Party - The Nextwave Sessions EP
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
Mark Kozelek - Like Rats
Cazadores - Hyperion Days
Midlake - Antiphon
Chapel Club - Good Together
Sterephonics - Graffiti Train
Hurts - Exile
Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir
Dead Meadow - Warble Womb
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Jake Bugg - Shangri-La
Pond - Hobo Rocket
Dead Sons - The Hollers and The Hymns
Slowness - For Those Who Wish To See The Glass Half Full
Deap Vally - Sistronix
Marnie - Crystal World
Delphic - Collections
Low - The Invisible Way
Neils Children - Dimly Lit
Diego Garcia - Paradise
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nuture
Johnny Marr - The Messenger
The Jungle Giants - Learn To Exist
Dutch Uncles - Out Of Touch In The Wild
Snowden - No One In Control
Echotape - Collective
Mona - Torches and Pitchforks
Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
The 1975 - The 1975
Yuck - Glow & Behold
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Electric Eye - Pick Up, Lift-Off, Space, Time
Iaceage - You're Nothing
Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In Devil's Time
Giant Drag - Waking Up Is Hard To Do
The Orwells - Other Voices EP
The Olms - S/T
No Joy - Wait To Pleasure
Crocodiles - Crimes Of Passion
ELEVATION - ELEVATION
The Little Ones - The Dawn Sang Along
Esben & The Witch - Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
The Pigeon Detectives - We Met At Sea
Frankie & The Heartstrings - The Days Run Away
Porcelain Raft - Permanent Signal
Girls Names - The New Life
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
Gliss - Langsom Dams
Shout Out Louds - Optica
Go For The Eyes - Six Through Twelve
Rockets & Dinosaurs - Angry Gnarly Love
Tanner James - How To Ruin Your Life With Women
The Growlers - Hung At Heart
Neov - Orange Morning
Summerays - Summer Daze
Guards - In Guards We Trust
New Canyons - Everyone Is Dark
High Highs - Open Season
Night Beats - Sonic Bloom
IAMX - The Unified Field
Picnic - The Weather's Fine
Sebastien Grainger - Yours To Discover



Until next year...