AllMusic Loves 2016
Dec. 14, 2016
Perhaps 2016 generated its fair share of chaos and loss, but it also produced a wealth of wonderful music. By the middle of 2016, it became clear that the late David Bowie and the very much alive Beyoncé would dominate the pop discourse of the year and deservedly so: both artists made compelling, vital music.
But to reduce 2016 to two albums does a disservice to a year that gave us so many rewarding records. Beyoncé's sister Solange created daring aural soundscapes to rival Radiohead, Savages tapped into the ferocity of the underground while Angel Olsen relied on her delicateness, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen wrestled with mortality. Bon Iver discerned a digital fragility in folk, Car Seat Headrest revived the messy roar of the '90s, Margo Price's country looked toward the past while Maren Morris looked toward the future and, at the last minute, A Tribe Called Quest released an album that encompassed all the frustration, fears, and hope of 2016. Every one of these artists -- and several more -- provided reasons to love 2016.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Maren Morris - Hero
David Bowie - Blackstar
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
The Rolling Stones - Blue and Lonesome
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Suede - Night Thoughts
Norah Jones - Day Breaks
Aubrie Sellers - New City Blues
The Monkees - Good Times!
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
Kacey Musgraves - A Very Kacey Christmas
Brothers Osborne - Pawn Shop
Britney Spears - Glory
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
Bill Kirchen/Austin DeLone - Transatlanticana
Niki and the Dove - Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes - Charlie Faye & the Fayettes
Heather Phares
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
David Bowie - Blackstar
Alex Cameron - Jumping the Shark
Cat's Eyes - Treasure House
Crooked Man - Crooked Man
Exploded View - Exploded View
Factory Floor - 25 25
His Name Is Alive - Patterns of Light
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
KATIEE - Out All Night
Katie Gately - Color
Loscil - Monument Builders
Marching Church - Telling It Like It Is
Matmos - Ultimate Care II
Niki and the Dove - Everybody’s Heart Is Broken Now
Preoccupations - Preoccupations
Savages - Adore Life
Sleigh Bells - Jessica Rabbit
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
Tim Sendra
Pete Astor - Spilt Milk
Cat's Eyes - Treasure House
Chook Race - Around the House
Morgan Delt - Phase Zero
Garden Gate - Dark Harvest
The Goon Sax - Up to Anything
El Guincho - Hiperasia
JC Flowers - Driving Excitement and the Pleasure of Ownership
His Name Is Alive - Patterns of Light
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
The Monochrome Set - Cosmonaut
Omni - Deluxe
Papernut Cambridge - Love the Things Your Lover Loves
Rebel Kind - Just for Fools
Sound of Ceres - Nostalgia for Infinity
TERRY - TERRY HQ
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Doug Tuttle - It Calls on Me
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
Amber Arcades - "Turning Light"
Alex Cameron - "Take Care of Business"
Childish Gambino - "Redbone"
D.R.A.M. - "Cash Machine"
Drugdealer - "Suddenly"
El Guincho - "Comix"
The Goon Sax - "Boyfriend"
Japanese Breakfast - "Heaven"
Kevin Morby - "Dorothy"
Niki and the Dove - "You Stole My Heart Away"
Angel Olson - "Shut Up and Kiss Me"
Patience - "The Pressure"
Spinning Coin - "Albany"
Sunflower Bean - "Easier Said"
Tegan and Sara - "Boyfriend"
Teleman - "Dusseldorf"
Terry Malts - "It's Not Me"
Tyvek - "Girl on a Bicycle"
Vexx - "Do What You Want To"
David West - "Dream On Dreamer"
John Bush
Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
Hayes Carll - Lovers and Leavers
Anderson Paak - Malibu
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
Kaytranada - 99.9%
The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
Yak - Alas Salvation
Lera Lynn - Resistor
Maren Morris - Hero
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Santigold - 99 Cents
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Lion Babe - Begin
Lydia Loveless - Real
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Margo Price - "Tennessee Song"
Brandy Clark - "Broke"
BJ Barham - "Rockingham"
Lera Lynn - "Shape Shifter"
Margaret Glaspy - "You and I"
Jack Ingram - "Nothing to Fix"
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
Public Access TV - "End of an Era"
Santigold - "Banshee"
Tegan and Sara - "That Girl"
The Lemon Twigs - "I Wanna Prove to You"
The Besnard Lakes - "Necronomicon"
Yak - "Victorious (National Anthem)"
Sturgill Simpson - "Brace for Impact (Live a Little)"
John Paul White - "What's So"
Hayes Carll - "You Leave Alone"
Robert Ellis - "California"
Randy Rogers Band - "San Antone"
Caleb Caudle - "Carolina Ghost"
Brent Cobb - "Shine On Rainy Day"
Matt Collar
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Boulevards - Groove!
David Bowie - Blackstar
Theo Croker - Escape Velocity
DNCE - DNCE
Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison - In Movement
Field Music - Commontime
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings)
Krokofant - Krokofant 2
Takuya Kuroda - Zigzagger
The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come to Expect
Katie Melua - In Winter
T/N/A/F - Simple Forms
Panic! At the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Evolution
St. Lucia - Matter
Teenage Fanclub - Here
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
Cuong Vu Trio/Pat Metheny - Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
Mark Deming
Alice Bag - Alice Bag
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
David Bowie - Blackstar
Lydia Loveless - Real
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Wussy - Forever Sounds
Drive-By Truckers - American Band
Lambchop - FLOTUS
The I Don't Cares - Wild Stab
Wilco - Schmilco
Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Freakwater - Scheherazade
The Gotobeds - Blood//Sugar//Secs//Traffic
John Doe - The Westerner
Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories
William Bell - This Is Where I Live
Seratones - Get Gone
Marcy Donelson [Spotify albums/singles]
David Bowie - Blackstar
Mitski - Puberty 2
Pavo Pavo - Young Narrator in the Breakers
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
Public Access T.V. - Never Enough
MONEY - Suicide Songs
Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
Nels Cline - Lovers
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Big Thief - Masterpiece
Luke Temple - A Hand Through the Cellar Door
Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Julian Lage - Arclight
Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
John Williams - The BFG
Twin Peaks - Down in Heaven
Public Access T.V. - "In Love and Alone"
Car Seat Headrest - "Fill in the Blank"
Frankie Cosmos - "Outside with the Cuties"
Angel Olsen - "Shup Up Kiss Me"
Lucy Dacus - "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore"
Winterpills - "Celia Johnson"
Porches - "Hour"
Mitski - "Happy"
Big Thief - "Real Love"
Xenia Rubinos - "Lonely Lover"
Whitney - "No Woman"
Twin Peaks - "Walk to the One You Love"
Of Montreal - "It's Different for Girls"
Pillar Point - "Strange Brush"
Kishi Bashi - "Say Yeah"
Laura Mvula - "Show Me Love"
Kadhja Bonet - "Honeycomb"
Uni Ika Ai - "Mexico"
Pavo Pavo - "Ran Ran Run"
Animal Collective - "Golden Gal"
Andy Kellman [Spotify]
King - We Are King
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
Dawn Richard - Redemption
Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
Anderson Paak - Malibu
Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
Zo! - SkyBreak
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
Sarathy Korwar - Day to Day
Bullion - Loop the Loop
Nao - For All We Know
Moor Mother - Fetish Bones
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Shabaka & the Ancestors - Wisdom of Elders
Tigallerro - Tigallerro
Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life - Nihil Novi
Melanie De Biasio - "Blackened Cities"
Dawn Richard - "LA"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Andy Stott - "Butterflies"
Sampha - "Blood on Me"
Kaytranada - "Lite Spots"
Maxwell - "All the Ways Love Can Feel"
BJ the Chicago Kid - "Turnin' Me Up"
Zo! - "Lifelines"
Josef Leimberg - "Between Us 2"
Jessy Lanza - "Oh No"
Moor Mother - "Deadbeat Protest"
Ebony - "Real Truth"
Danny Brown - "When It Rain"
Electric Wire Hustle - "Go Slow"
The Weeknd - "I Feel It Coming"
Ekkah x Dâm-Funk - "What's Up"
Jay Daniel - "Paradise Valley"
Gabriel Garzón-Montano - "Sour Mango"
Byron the Aquarius - "Aquarian Voyage"
James Christopher Monger [Spotify]
Kvelertak - Nattesferd
Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
La Femme - Mystère
Hidden Cameras - Home on Native Land
Cobalt - Slow Forever
Starling Electric - Electric Company
Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
BRONCHO - Double Vanity
Leveret - In the Round
Astronoid - AIR
Lisa Hannigan - At Swim
David Bowie - Blackstar
Erik Rydvall/Olav Luksengård Mjelva - Vardroppar
Quilt - Plaza
Bendith - Bendith
William Tyler - Modern Country
Y La Bamba - Ojos Del Sol
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Helms Alee - Stillicide
Black Tusk - "Desolation in Endless Times"
Chris Staples - "Golden Age"
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - "A Thousand Times"
Steve Gunn - "Ancient Jules"
Santigold - "Banshee"
Kacy & Clayton - "Brunswick Stew"
Frightened Rabbit - "Get Out"
Kyle Craft - "Lady of the Ark"
Justice - "Safe and Sound"
The Big Moon - "Silent Movie Susie"
Twilight Hours - "Maybe"
Ezra Furman - "Little Piece of Trash"
Suede - "When You Are Young"
Big Thief - "Vegas"
Drive-By Truckers - "Ramon Casiano"
Beverly - "South Collins"
Joan Shelley - "Here and Whole"
Field Music - "The Noisy Days Are Over"
DROELOE - "zZz"
Perrosky - "Adentro"
Timothy Monger
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
Kyle Forester - Kyle Forester
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale
William Tyler - Modern Country
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
Starling Electric - Electric Company
David Bowie - Blackstar
St. Lenox - Ten Hymns from My American Gothic
Zoos of Berlin - Instant Evening
Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams
Flock of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes
D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
Leveret - In the Round
Daniel Lanois - Goodbye to Language
Kacy & Clayton - Strange Country
Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
A-Wa - Habib Galbi
Luke Bell - Luke Bell
Kadhja Bonet - The Visitor
The Twilight Hours - "Maybe"
Gordi - "We Can Work It Out"
Peter Astor - "My Right Hand"
Drunken Barn Dance - "Churches"
Sturgill Simpson - "Sea Stories"
case/lang/viers - "Atomic Number"
Ivy Sole - "All Mine"
M. Ward - "Girl from Cornejo Valley"
Greys - "If It's All the Same to You"
Teenage Fanclub - "The Darkest Part of the Night"
The Hidden Cameras - "Big Blue"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker"
Bob Weir - "Only a River"
Aloha - "One Hundred Million"
Bent Van Looy - "30 Days Without Sun"
Teleman - "Glory Hallelujah"
Emma Pollack - "In the Company of the Damned"
Malawi Mouse Boys - "Yesu Ndinkhulupirira"
Mozes and the Firstborn - "Great Pile of Nothing"
Meilyr Jones - "Be Soft"
Paul Simpson [Spotify]
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
clipping. - Splendor & Misery
Troller - Graphic
Ian William Craig - Centres
Paul Jebanasam - Continuum
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Africans with Mainframes - K.M.T.
The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
Forma - Physicalist
Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music
Benny Boeldt - 8 of Cups
Thug Entrancer - Arcology
Datach'i - System
Pinkshinyultrablast - Grandfeathered
MJ Guider - Precious Systems
Lone - Levitate
Tyvek - Origin of What
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Kyle Dixon/Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1
Fis - From Patterns to Details
Amnesia Scanner - "AS Chingy"
Negative Gemini - "Don't Worry Bout the Fuck I'm Doing"
Khotin - "Baikal Acid"
Andy Stott - "Butterflies"
Demdike Stare - "Sourcer"
Carla dal Forno - "Fast Moving Cars"
Troller - "Nothing"
Rabit & Dedekind Cut - "R&D-iv"
Abra - "Crybaby"
Benny Boeldt - "Phone Call"
Thug Entrancer - "Tight Lean [Perispirit Mix]"
Sally Shapiro - "If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind"
Devata Daun - "I've Been Here Before"
Pale Dian - "In a Day"
Stef Chura - "Slow Motion"
The Intended - "Desperation"
Monogamy - "Low Morale"
BadBadNotGood - "Time Moves Slow"
Somatic Responses - "Life Cycle"
Eva Weishaupt - "Rex"
Sean Westergaard
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Bushman's Revenge - Bushman's Fire
Charlie Hunter - Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth
Frank Zappa - Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
Frank Zappa - Little Dots
Harvey Mandel - Snake Pit
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Black Stabat Mater
Henry Kaiser/Alan Licht - Skip to the Solo
Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun: Jimi Hendrix The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969
John Zorn - The Mockingbird
King Crimson - Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Krokofant - Krokofant 2
Leo Kupper/Hossein Malek - Santur: Orient/Occident
Marc Ribot/The Young Philadelphians - Live in Tokyo
Nels Cline/Henry Kaiser/Jim Thomas/Weasel Walter/Allen Whitman - Jazz Free
Øresund Space Collective - Visions Of...
Paul Burch - Meridian Rising
Sista Maj - Series of Nested Universes
Sun Ra - Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991
Sun Ra - The Space Age Is Here to Stay
Neil Z. Yeung
The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
David Bowie - Blackstar
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Sia - This Is Acting
Lacuna Coil - Delirium
Foxes - All I Need
Hands Like Houses - Dissonants
Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights
Paper Route - Real Emotion
Astronoid - AIR
Trevor James Tillery - In Moonlight
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Jaylien - Summer's Over
Vince Staples - Prima Donna
Lady Gaga - Joanne
Korn - The Serenity of Suffering
Cash Cash - Blood, Sweat & 3 Years
T.I. - Us or Else
Western Education - Restless Dreams
I See Stars - Treehouse
Beyoncé - "Freedom"
The Dear Hunter - "Cascade"
Blaqk Audio - "First to Love"
The Chainsmokers - "Don't Let Me Down"
Sia - "Broken Glass"
OneRepublic - "Kids"
Foxes - "Feet Don't Fail Me Now"
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
Twenty One Pilots - "Heathens"
Paper Route - "Chariots"
Western Education - "Skin Deep"
David Bowie - "Blackstar"
Justice - "Safe and Sound"
Tori Amos - "To the Fair Motormaids of Japan"
Strong Asian Mothers - "Out of Love"
Deftones - "Phantom Bride"
Pears - "Anhedonia"
Swet Shop Boys - "T5"
Lady Gaga - "Joanne"
Johnnyswim - "Georgica Pond"
James Wilkinson
Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
Ultimate Painting - Dusk
Kyle Dixon/Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1
The Monkees - Good Times!
Doug Tuttle - It Calls on Me
James Yorkston/Jon Thorne /Suhail Yusuf Khan - Everything Sacred
Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
Teenage Fanclub - Here
Pye Corner Audio - Stasis
Beattie Cobell - Treatment Works
Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing to Go Back To
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
The Coral - Distance Inbetween
Steve Mason - Meet the Humans
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
The Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum
The Tyde - Darren 4
Rich Wilson [Spotify]
Not Waving - Animals
Pinegrove - Cardinal
Spanish Love Songs - Giant Sings the Blues
Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing to Go Back To
Camp Cope - Camp Cope
D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. - Förensligandet
Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
The Hotelier - Goodness
Minor Victories - Minor Victories
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Notches - High Speed Crimes
Blowout - No Beer, No Dad
Doe - Some Things Last Longer Than You
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
Slaughter Beach Dog - Welcome
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Joyce Manor - Cody
Powell - Sport
John Buchanan [Spotify]
Autechre - Elseq 1-5
Lisa Batiashvili - Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Beoga - Before We Change Our Mind
Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald Present Borderland - Transport
Casey - Love Is Not Enough
Fara - Cross the Line
Fis - From Patterns to Details
Fluxion - Vibrant Forms III
Vilde Frang - Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos
Hélène Grimaud - Water
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
Leila Josefowicz - John Adams: Scheherazade.2
Nils Petter Molvær - Buoyancy
Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
Alice Sara Ott - Wonderland
Shifted - Appropriation Stories
David Toop - Entities Inertias Faint Beings
Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis
Cuong Vu Trio / Pat Metheny - Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
Wormrot - Voices
Ayria - "Underneath the Water"
Dark Tranquillity - "Atoma"
Beoga - "Like a Dime"
Wardruna - "Raido"
Recondite - "Corvus"
Ward Thomas - "Cartwheels"
Bettie Serveert - "Brother (In Loins)"
Illion - "Water Lily"
Kate Rusby - "Hunter Moon"
Talisk - "Echo"
Lynch - "Phantom"
Nils Petter Molvær - "Maddagala"
Bekki Bemrose [Spotify]
Anna Meredith - Varmints
Colin Stetson - Sorrow: A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Tim Hecker - Love Streams
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
David Bowie - Blackstar
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
Oliver Coates - Upstepping
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Jason Sharp - A Boat Upon Its Blood
Shura - Nothing's Real
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Julianna Barwick - Will
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Savages - Adore Life
Frank Ocean - Blond
Common - Black America Again
Holy Fuck - Congrats
BadBadNotGood - IV
Explosions in the Sky - "Wilderness"
Matthew E. White - "Cool Out"
CC Dust - "New Ways"
Honeyblood - "Ready for the Magic"
BadBadNotGood - "Confessions, Pt. II"
Oliver Coates - "Innocent Love"
Kweku Collins - "Stupid Rose"
Savages - "Evil"
Anna Meredith - "The Vapours"
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "I Need You"
Kate Tempest - "Europe Is Lost"
Bon Iver - "10 d E A T h b R E a s T"
Shura - "What Happened to Us?"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Poliça - "Wedding"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker"
Holy Fuck - "Xed Eyes"
David Bowie - "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"
Angel Olsen - "Never Be Mine"
Tim Hecker - "Castrati Stack"
Liam Martin [Spotify]
Mystery Jets - Curve of the Earth
Romare - Love Songs, Pt. 2
beGun - Amma
Anchorsong - Ceremonial
Tiger & Woods - On the Green Again
Savages - Adore Life
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Leon Vynehall - Rojus (Designed to Dance)
Moomin - A Minor Thought
Charles Bradley - Changes
Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Marquis Hawkes - Social Housing
Das Komplex - All for Love
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
The Range - Potential
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Kornél Kovács - Bells
Seb Wildblood - "Lifestyle"
Laura Mvula - "Overcome"
Wild Nothing - "Reichpop"
Das Komplex - "All for Love"
Nosaj Thing - "NR 2"
BadBadNotGood - "Time Moves Slowly"
Lil Silva - "Lines"
DMX Krew - "Spiritual Encounter"
Ploy - "Move Yourself"
Mystery Jets - "Bombay Blue"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Kevin Morby - "I Have Been to the Mountain"
Sunflower Bean - "Easier Said"
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - "Gamma Knife"
Charles Bradley - "Changes"
Mark Pritchard - "Beautiful People"
Savages - "Adore"
Gold Panda - "In My Car"
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
The Range - "Florida"
Rob Wacey
Guy Andrews - Our Spaces
Moderat - III
Hælos - Full Circle
Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
Savages - Adore Life
The Range - Potential
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Swans - The Glowing Man
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Worriedaboutsatan - Blank Tape
Clint Mansell - Black Mirror: San Junipero
David Bowie - Blackstar
Frank Ocean - Blond
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Before the Flood
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
PJ Harvey - "The Community of Hope"
Vessels - "Are You Trending?"
Zack de la Rocha - "Digging for Windows"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Solid Wall of Sound"
Yeasayer - "I Am Chemistry"
Preoccupations - "Anxiety"
Hælos - "Pale"
Guy Andrews - "Paganism"
Clark - "Back to Belgrade"
The Kills - "Days of Why & How"
Worriedaboutsatan - "Blank Tape"
The Veils - "Do Your Bones Glow at Night?"
Jóhann Jóhannsson/Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra - "A Song for Europa"
Lo Moon - "Loveless"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "8 Billion"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker"
Young Romance - "Disappear"
David Bowie - "Lazarus"
But to reduce 2016 to two albums does a disservice to a year that gave us so many rewarding records. Beyoncé's sister Solange created daring aural soundscapes to rival Radiohead, Savages tapped into the ferocity of the underground while Angel Olsen relied on her delicateness, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen wrestled with mortality. Bon Iver discerned a digital fragility in folk, Car Seat Headrest revived the messy roar of the '90s, Margo Price's country looked toward the past while Maren Morris looked toward the future and, at the last minute, A Tribe Called Quest released an album that encompassed all the frustration, fears, and hope of 2016. Every one of these artists -- and several more -- provided reasons to love 2016.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Maren Morris - Hero
David Bowie - Blackstar
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
The Rolling Stones - Blue and Lonesome
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Suede - Night Thoughts
Norah Jones - Day Breaks
Aubrie Sellers - New City Blues
The Monkees - Good Times!
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
Kacey Musgraves - A Very Kacey Christmas
Brothers Osborne - Pawn Shop
Britney Spears - Glory
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
Bill Kirchen/Austin DeLone - Transatlanticana
Niki and the Dove - Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes - Charlie Faye & the Fayettes
Heather Phares
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
David Bowie - Blackstar
Alex Cameron - Jumping the Shark
Cat's Eyes - Treasure House
Crooked Man - Crooked Man
Exploded View - Exploded View
Factory Floor - 25 25
His Name Is Alive - Patterns of Light
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
KATIEE - Out All Night
Katie Gately - Color
Loscil - Monument Builders
Marching Church - Telling It Like It Is
Matmos - Ultimate Care II
Niki and the Dove - Everybody’s Heart Is Broken Now
Preoccupations - Preoccupations
Savages - Adore Life
Sleigh Bells - Jessica Rabbit
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
Tim Sendra
Pete Astor - Spilt Milk
Cat's Eyes - Treasure House
Chook Race - Around the House
Morgan Delt - Phase Zero
Garden Gate - Dark Harvest
The Goon Sax - Up to Anything
El Guincho - Hiperasia
JC Flowers - Driving Excitement and the Pleasure of Ownership
His Name Is Alive - Patterns of Light
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
The Monochrome Set - Cosmonaut
Omni - Deluxe
Papernut Cambridge - Love the Things Your Lover Loves
Rebel Kind - Just for Fools
Sound of Ceres - Nostalgia for Infinity
TERRY - TERRY HQ
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Doug Tuttle - It Calls on Me
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
Amber Arcades - "Turning Light"
Alex Cameron - "Take Care of Business"
Childish Gambino - "Redbone"
D.R.A.M. - "Cash Machine"
Drugdealer - "Suddenly"
El Guincho - "Comix"
The Goon Sax - "Boyfriend"
Japanese Breakfast - "Heaven"
Kevin Morby - "Dorothy"
Niki and the Dove - "You Stole My Heart Away"
Angel Olson - "Shut Up and Kiss Me"
Patience - "The Pressure"
Spinning Coin - "Albany"
Sunflower Bean - "Easier Said"
Tegan and Sara - "Boyfriend"
Teleman - "Dusseldorf"
Terry Malts - "It's Not Me"
Tyvek - "Girl on a Bicycle"
Vexx - "Do What You Want To"
David West - "Dream On Dreamer"
John Bush
Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
Hayes Carll - Lovers and Leavers
Anderson Paak - Malibu
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
Kaytranada - 99.9%
The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
Yak - Alas Salvation
Lera Lynn - Resistor
Maren Morris - Hero
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Santigold - 99 Cents
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Lion Babe - Begin
Lydia Loveless - Real
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Margo Price - "Tennessee Song"
Brandy Clark - "Broke"
BJ Barham - "Rockingham"
Lera Lynn - "Shape Shifter"
Margaret Glaspy - "You and I"
Jack Ingram - "Nothing to Fix"
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
Public Access TV - "End of an Era"
Santigold - "Banshee"
Tegan and Sara - "That Girl"
The Lemon Twigs - "I Wanna Prove to You"
The Besnard Lakes - "Necronomicon"
Yak - "Victorious (National Anthem)"
Sturgill Simpson - "Brace for Impact (Live a Little)"
John Paul White - "What's So"
Hayes Carll - "You Leave Alone"
Robert Ellis - "California"
Randy Rogers Band - "San Antone"
Caleb Caudle - "Carolina Ghost"
Brent Cobb - "Shine On Rainy Day"
Matt Collar
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Boulevards - Groove!
David Bowie - Blackstar
Theo Croker - Escape Velocity
DNCE - DNCE
Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison - In Movement
Field Music - Commontime
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings)
Krokofant - Krokofant 2
Takuya Kuroda - Zigzagger
The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come to Expect
Katie Melua - In Winter
T/N/A/F - Simple Forms
Panic! At the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Evolution
St. Lucia - Matter
Teenage Fanclub - Here
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
Cuong Vu Trio/Pat Metheny - Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
Mark Deming
Alice Bag - Alice Bag
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
David Bowie - Blackstar
Lydia Loveless - Real
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Wussy - Forever Sounds
Drive-By Truckers - American Band
Lambchop - FLOTUS
The I Don't Cares - Wild Stab
Wilco - Schmilco
Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Freakwater - Scheherazade
The Gotobeds - Blood//Sugar//Secs//Traffic
John Doe - The Westerner
Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories
William Bell - This Is Where I Live
Seratones - Get Gone
Marcy Donelson [Spotify albums/singles]
David Bowie - Blackstar
Mitski - Puberty 2
Pavo Pavo - Young Narrator in the Breakers
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
Public Access T.V. - Never Enough
MONEY - Suicide Songs
Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
Nels Cline - Lovers
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Big Thief - Masterpiece
Luke Temple - A Hand Through the Cellar Door
Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Julian Lage - Arclight
Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
John Williams - The BFG
Twin Peaks - Down in Heaven
Public Access T.V. - "In Love and Alone"
Car Seat Headrest - "Fill in the Blank"
Frankie Cosmos - "Outside with the Cuties"
Angel Olsen - "Shup Up Kiss Me"
Lucy Dacus - "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore"
Winterpills - "Celia Johnson"
Porches - "Hour"
Mitski - "Happy"
Big Thief - "Real Love"
Xenia Rubinos - "Lonely Lover"
Whitney - "No Woman"
Twin Peaks - "Walk to the One You Love"
Of Montreal - "It's Different for Girls"
Pillar Point - "Strange Brush"
Kishi Bashi - "Say Yeah"
Laura Mvula - "Show Me Love"
Kadhja Bonet - "Honeycomb"
Uni Ika Ai - "Mexico"
Pavo Pavo - "Ran Ran Run"
Animal Collective - "Golden Gal"
Andy Kellman [Spotify]
King - We Are King
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
Dawn Richard - Redemption
Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
Anderson Paak - Malibu
Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
Zo! - SkyBreak
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
Sarathy Korwar - Day to Day
Bullion - Loop the Loop
Nao - For All We Know
Moor Mother - Fetish Bones
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Shabaka & the Ancestors - Wisdom of Elders
Tigallerro - Tigallerro
Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life - Nihil Novi
Melanie De Biasio - "Blackened Cities"
Dawn Richard - "LA"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Andy Stott - "Butterflies"
Sampha - "Blood on Me"
Kaytranada - "Lite Spots"
Maxwell - "All the Ways Love Can Feel"
BJ the Chicago Kid - "Turnin' Me Up"
Zo! - "Lifelines"
Josef Leimberg - "Between Us 2"
Jessy Lanza - "Oh No"
Moor Mother - "Deadbeat Protest"
Ebony - "Real Truth"
Danny Brown - "When It Rain"
Electric Wire Hustle - "Go Slow"
The Weeknd - "I Feel It Coming"
Ekkah x Dâm-Funk - "What's Up"
Jay Daniel - "Paradise Valley"
Gabriel Garzón-Montano - "Sour Mango"
Byron the Aquarius - "Aquarian Voyage"
James Christopher Monger [Spotify]
Kvelertak - Nattesferd
Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
La Femme - Mystère
Hidden Cameras - Home on Native Land
Cobalt - Slow Forever
Starling Electric - Electric Company
Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
BRONCHO - Double Vanity
Leveret - In the Round
Astronoid - AIR
Lisa Hannigan - At Swim
David Bowie - Blackstar
Erik Rydvall/Olav Luksengård Mjelva - Vardroppar
Quilt - Plaza
Bendith - Bendith
William Tyler - Modern Country
Y La Bamba - Ojos Del Sol
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Helms Alee - Stillicide
Black Tusk - "Desolation in Endless Times"
Chris Staples - "Golden Age"
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - "A Thousand Times"
Steve Gunn - "Ancient Jules"
Santigold - "Banshee"
Kacy & Clayton - "Brunswick Stew"
Frightened Rabbit - "Get Out"
Kyle Craft - "Lady of the Ark"
Justice - "Safe and Sound"
The Big Moon - "Silent Movie Susie"
Twilight Hours - "Maybe"
Ezra Furman - "Little Piece of Trash"
Suede - "When You Are Young"
Big Thief - "Vegas"
Drive-By Truckers - "Ramon Casiano"
Beverly - "South Collins"
Joan Shelley - "Here and Whole"
Field Music - "The Noisy Days Are Over"
DROELOE - "zZz"
Perrosky - "Adentro"
Timothy Monger
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
Kyle Forester - Kyle Forester
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale
William Tyler - Modern Country
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
Starling Electric - Electric Company
David Bowie - Blackstar
St. Lenox - Ten Hymns from My American Gothic
Zoos of Berlin - Instant Evening
Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams
Flock of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes
D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
Leveret - In the Round
Daniel Lanois - Goodbye to Language
Kacy & Clayton - Strange Country
Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
A-Wa - Habib Galbi
Luke Bell - Luke Bell
Kadhja Bonet - The Visitor
The Twilight Hours - "Maybe"
Gordi - "We Can Work It Out"
Peter Astor - "My Right Hand"
Drunken Barn Dance - "Churches"
Sturgill Simpson - "Sea Stories"
case/lang/viers - "Atomic Number"
Ivy Sole - "All Mine"
M. Ward - "Girl from Cornejo Valley"
Greys - "If It's All the Same to You"
Teenage Fanclub - "The Darkest Part of the Night"
The Hidden Cameras - "Big Blue"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker"
Bob Weir - "Only a River"
Aloha - "One Hundred Million"
Bent Van Looy - "30 Days Without Sun"
Teleman - "Glory Hallelujah"
Emma Pollack - "In the Company of the Damned"
Malawi Mouse Boys - "Yesu Ndinkhulupirira"
Mozes and the Firstborn - "Great Pile of Nothing"
Meilyr Jones - "Be Soft"
Paul Simpson [Spotify]
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
clipping. - Splendor & Misery
Troller - Graphic
Ian William Craig - Centres
Paul Jebanasam - Continuum
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Africans with Mainframes - K.M.T.
The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
Forma - Physicalist
Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music
Benny Boeldt - 8 of Cups
Thug Entrancer - Arcology
Datach'i - System
Pinkshinyultrablast - Grandfeathered
MJ Guider - Precious Systems
Lone - Levitate
Tyvek - Origin of What
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Kyle Dixon/Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1
Fis - From Patterns to Details
Amnesia Scanner - "AS Chingy"
Negative Gemini - "Don't Worry Bout the Fuck I'm Doing"
Khotin - "Baikal Acid"
Andy Stott - "Butterflies"
Demdike Stare - "Sourcer"
Carla dal Forno - "Fast Moving Cars"
Troller - "Nothing"
Rabit & Dedekind Cut - "R&D-iv"
Abra - "Crybaby"
Benny Boeldt - "Phone Call"
Thug Entrancer - "Tight Lean [Perispirit Mix]"
Sally Shapiro - "If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind"
Devata Daun - "I've Been Here Before"
Pale Dian - "In a Day"
Stef Chura - "Slow Motion"
The Intended - "Desperation"
Monogamy - "Low Morale"
BadBadNotGood - "Time Moves Slow"
Somatic Responses - "Life Cycle"
Eva Weishaupt - "Rex"
Sean Westergaard
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Bushman's Revenge - Bushman's Fire
Charlie Hunter - Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth
Frank Zappa - Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
Frank Zappa - Little Dots
Harvey Mandel - Snake Pit
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Black Stabat Mater
Henry Kaiser/Alan Licht - Skip to the Solo
Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun: Jimi Hendrix The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969
John Zorn - The Mockingbird
King Crimson - Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Krokofant - Krokofant 2
Leo Kupper/Hossein Malek - Santur: Orient/Occident
Marc Ribot/The Young Philadelphians - Live in Tokyo
Nels Cline/Henry Kaiser/Jim Thomas/Weasel Walter/Allen Whitman - Jazz Free
Øresund Space Collective - Visions Of...
Paul Burch - Meridian Rising
Sista Maj - Series of Nested Universes
Sun Ra - Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991
Sun Ra - The Space Age Is Here to Stay
Neil Z. Yeung
The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
David Bowie - Blackstar
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Sia - This Is Acting
Lacuna Coil - Delirium
Foxes - All I Need
Hands Like Houses - Dissonants
Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights
Paper Route - Real Emotion
Astronoid - AIR
Trevor James Tillery - In Moonlight
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Jaylien - Summer's Over
Vince Staples - Prima Donna
Lady Gaga - Joanne
Korn - The Serenity of Suffering
Cash Cash - Blood, Sweat & 3 Years
T.I. - Us or Else
Western Education - Restless Dreams
I See Stars - Treehouse
Beyoncé - "Freedom"
The Dear Hunter - "Cascade"
Blaqk Audio - "First to Love"
The Chainsmokers - "Don't Let Me Down"
Sia - "Broken Glass"
OneRepublic - "Kids"
Foxes - "Feet Don't Fail Me Now"
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
Twenty One Pilots - "Heathens"
Paper Route - "Chariots"
Western Education - "Skin Deep"
David Bowie - "Blackstar"
Justice - "Safe and Sound"
Tori Amos - "To the Fair Motormaids of Japan"
Strong Asian Mothers - "Out of Love"
Deftones - "Phantom Bride"
Pears - "Anhedonia"
Swet Shop Boys - "T5"
Lady Gaga - "Joanne"
Johnnyswim - "Georgica Pond"
James Wilkinson
Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
Ultimate Painting - Dusk
Kyle Dixon/Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1
The Monkees - Good Times!
Doug Tuttle - It Calls on Me
James Yorkston/Jon Thorne /Suhail Yusuf Khan - Everything Sacred
Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
Teenage Fanclub - Here
Pye Corner Audio - Stasis
Beattie Cobell - Treatment Works
Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing to Go Back To
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
The Coral - Distance Inbetween
Steve Mason - Meet the Humans
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
The Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum
The Tyde - Darren 4
Rich Wilson [Spotify]
Not Waving - Animals
Pinegrove - Cardinal
Spanish Love Songs - Giant Sings the Blues
Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing to Go Back To
Camp Cope - Camp Cope
D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. - Förensligandet
Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
The Hotelier - Goodness
Minor Victories - Minor Victories
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Notches - High Speed Crimes
Blowout - No Beer, No Dad
Doe - Some Things Last Longer Than You
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
Slaughter Beach Dog - Welcome
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Joyce Manor - Cody
Powell - Sport
John Buchanan [Spotify]
Autechre - Elseq 1-5
Lisa Batiashvili - Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Beoga - Before We Change Our Mind
Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald Present Borderland - Transport
Casey - Love Is Not Enough
Fara - Cross the Line
Fis - From Patterns to Details
Fluxion - Vibrant Forms III
Vilde Frang - Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos
Hélène Grimaud - Water
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
Leila Josefowicz - John Adams: Scheherazade.2
Nils Petter Molvær - Buoyancy
Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
Alice Sara Ott - Wonderland
Shifted - Appropriation Stories
David Toop - Entities Inertias Faint Beings
Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis
Cuong Vu Trio / Pat Metheny - Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
Wormrot - Voices
Ayria - "Underneath the Water"
Dark Tranquillity - "Atoma"
Beoga - "Like a Dime"
Wardruna - "Raido"
Recondite - "Corvus"
Ward Thomas - "Cartwheels"
Bettie Serveert - "Brother (In Loins)"
Illion - "Water Lily"
Kate Rusby - "Hunter Moon"
Talisk - "Echo"
Lynch - "Phantom"
Nils Petter Molvær - "Maddagala"
Bekki Bemrose [Spotify]
Anna Meredith - Varmints
Colin Stetson - Sorrow: A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Tim Hecker - Love Streams
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
David Bowie - Blackstar
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
Oliver Coates - Upstepping
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Jason Sharp - A Boat Upon Its Blood
Shura - Nothing's Real
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Julianna Barwick - Will
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Savages - Adore Life
Frank Ocean - Blond
Common - Black America Again
Holy Fuck - Congrats
BadBadNotGood - IV
Explosions in the Sky - "Wilderness"
Matthew E. White - "Cool Out"
CC Dust - "New Ways"
Honeyblood - "Ready for the Magic"
BadBadNotGood - "Confessions, Pt. II"
Oliver Coates - "Innocent Love"
Kweku Collins - "Stupid Rose"
Savages - "Evil"
Anna Meredith - "The Vapours"
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "I Need You"
Kate Tempest - "Europe Is Lost"
Bon Iver - "10 d E A T h b R E a s T"
Shura - "What Happened to Us?"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Poliça - "Wedding"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker"
Holy Fuck - "Xed Eyes"
David Bowie - "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"
Angel Olsen - "Never Be Mine"
Tim Hecker - "Castrati Stack"
Liam Martin [Spotify]
Mystery Jets - Curve of the Earth
Romare - Love Songs, Pt. 2
beGun - Amma
Anchorsong - Ceremonial
Tiger & Woods - On the Green Again
Savages - Adore Life
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Leon Vynehall - Rojus (Designed to Dance)
Moomin - A Minor Thought
Charles Bradley - Changes
Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Marquis Hawkes - Social Housing
Das Komplex - All for Love
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
The Range - Potential
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Kornél Kovács - Bells
Seb Wildblood - "Lifestyle"
Laura Mvula - "Overcome"
Wild Nothing - "Reichpop"
Das Komplex - "All for Love"
Nosaj Thing - "NR 2"
BadBadNotGood - "Time Moves Slowly"
Lil Silva - "Lines"
DMX Krew - "Spiritual Encounter"
Ploy - "Move Yourself"
Mystery Jets - "Bombay Blue"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Kevin Morby - "I Have Been to the Mountain"
Sunflower Bean - "Easier Said"
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - "Gamma Knife"
Charles Bradley - "Changes"
Mark Pritchard - "Beautiful People"
Savages - "Adore"
Gold Panda - "In My Car"
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
The Range - "Florida"
Rob Wacey
Guy Andrews - Our Spaces
Moderat - III
Hælos - Full Circle
Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
Savages - Adore Life
The Range - Potential
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Swans - The Glowing Man
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
Worriedaboutsatan - Blank Tape
Clint Mansell - Black Mirror: San Junipero
David Bowie - Blackstar
Frank Ocean - Blond
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Before the Flood
Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
PJ Harvey - "The Community of Hope"
Vessels - "Are You Trending?"
Zack de la Rocha - "Digging for Windows"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Solid Wall of Sound"
Yeasayer - "I Am Chemistry"
Preoccupations - "Anxiety"
Hælos - "Pale"
Guy Andrews - "Paganism"
Clark - "Back to Belgrade"
The Kills - "Days of Why & How"
Worriedaboutsatan - "Blank Tape"
The Veils - "Do Your Bones Glow at Night?"
Jóhann Jóhannsson/Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra - "A Song for Europa"
Lo Moon - "Loveless"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "8 Billion"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker"
Young Romance - "Disappear"
David Bowie - "Lazarus"