2016 was a dumpster fire of a year. They're probably all dumpster fire years but this one seemed really shitty. The never-ending bummer of an election. Many idols transitioning from human to art. This year just seems so much worse. Music can always heal however awful you feel.
This seems apropriate for the year
1. Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
A blast of Daydream Nation
2. The I Don't Cares - Wild Stab
Two of my favorite people Julianna Hatfield and Paul Westerberg adding some fire to year
3. Angel Olsen - My Woman
The haunting voice and guitar on Woman may be the high point of the year
4. Haley Bonar - Impossible Dream
I first saw her play at small smokey club in Berlin in November of 2014. A nice light touch of power pop to make you forget it was 2016
5. Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
6. Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What You are Not
From the land of Marshall stacks comes the most unassuming guitar god.
7. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Bleached - Welcome to the Worms
9. Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
The dice were certainly loaded and everyone knew it. We all living in a Leonard Cohen afterworld
10. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
"I've got nothing but my name" A man to be reckoned with. A pleasure to see live with Queens of the Stone Age backing him up
10. David Bowie - Blackstar (tie. Plus I don't want to renumber the whole thing)
11. The Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
12. Ty Segal - Emotional Mugger
13. Wussy - Forever Things
14. Honeyblood - Babes Never Die
15. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
you can feel the pain drip from this album
16. Savages - Adore Life
17. RNDM - Ghost Riding
18. The Kills - Ash and Ice
19. Yuck - Stranger Things
20. Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything
21. Aaron Neville - Apache
22. Green Day - Revolution Radio
23. Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life
24. Goat - Requiem
25. Esperanza Spaulding - Emily D's + Evolution
26. Eleanor Friedberger - New View
27. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
28. Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow
29. Lydia Loveless - Real
30. Black Mountain - IV
31. Band of Skulls - By Default
32. Michael Kiwanuka - Love and Hate
33. Teenage Fanclub -Here
34. Rolling Stones - Blue and Loneome
35. Lee Fields and The Impressions - Special Report
36. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Getaway
37. Joseph Arthur - Family
38. Fantastic Negrito - The Last Days of Oakland
39. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Project
40. M Ward - More Rain
41. Thao and The Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
42. Arkells - Morning Report
43. Okkervil River - Away
44. Sonny and the Sunsets - Moods Baby Moods
45. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Best EP
Film School - June
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