My 50 favorite albums that were released in 2016

Listed in the order I thought of them (not actually ranked):

1. Conor Oberst – Ruminations
2. PUP – The Dream Is Over
3. Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
4. Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo
5. Frank Ocean – Blonde
6. Jeff Rosenstock – WORRY.
7. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
8. Weezer – Weezer (White Album)
9. Joyce Manor – Cody
10. Crying – Beyond the Fleeting Gales
11. Tenement – Tenement
12. The Hotelier – Goodness
13. Beach Slang – A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings
14. Pete Yorn – ArrangingTime
15. Pkew Pkew Pkew – Pkew Pkew Pkew
16. Pinegrove – Cardinal

17. Rihanna – ANTI

18. David Bowie – Blackstar

19. Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
20. Margaret Glaspy – Emotions And Math
21. Tim Heidecker – In Glendale
22. Anderson Paak – Malibu
23. Big Thief – Masterpiece
24. Michael Nau – Mowing
25. Into It. Over It. – Standards
26. The I Don’t Cares – Wild Stab
27. Wilco – Schmilco
28. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
29. Angel Olsen – My Woman
30. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
31. Solange – A Seat at the Table
32. Drive-By Truckers – American Band
33. The Avalanches – Wildflower
34. KAYTRANADA – 99.9%
35. American Football – American Football (LP2)
36. Sheer Mag – III 7"
37. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
38. Japanese Breakfast – Psychopomp
39. Okkervil River – Away
40. LVL Up – Return to Love
41. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
42. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
43. Tycho – Epoch
44. White Denim – Stiff
45. Green Day – Revolution Radio
46. The Lumineers – Cleopatra
47. St. Lucia – Matter
48. A Tribe Called Quest – Thank you for your Service….
49. Mitski – Puberty 2
50. Carly Rae Jepsen – E*MO*TION: Side B

My 25+ Favorite Songs of 2014 (with Spotify Playlist)

My 25+ Favorite Songs of 2014 (with Spotify Playlist)

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Another year, another playlist of my favorite songs of the year. This year’s playlist has a particular mix of random greatness, from gloriously loud guitar rock to jazzy electronics and everywhere in between. This year wasn’t as full of epic pop songs as last year, but there are still plenty of quality songs to hear from 2014.

Enjoy!

*p.s., as time goes on I’ll add other great songs from…

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Four Things I Didn’t Expect To Happen In 2014 (From Someone Who Missed It All)

Four Things I Didn’t Expect To Happen In 2014 (From Someone Who Missed It All)

Five months is a long time to be away. Without a working cellphone or laptop, I was blissfully out of touch with the world of music save the few english music magazines I managed to find. Our reliance on the Internet for most of our news is bittersweet; it’s bitter because it feels like at times you either have too much information or none of it at all, but it’s sweet because I can google all the…

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