Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

Decibel
40. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
39. Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire
38. Venomous Concept - Kick Me Silly VC III
37. Aluk Todolo - Voix
36. Inverloch - Distance | Collapsed
35. Eerie - Eerie
34. Sumac - What One Becomes
33. Child Bite - Negative Noise
32. Inquisition - Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith
31. Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
30. Graves at Sea - The Curse that Is
29. Chthe’ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule
28. Phobocosm - Bringer of Drought
27. Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake
26. SubRosa - For this We Fought the Battle of Ages
25. Bölzer - Hero
24. Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
23. Mizmor - Yodh
22. Wretch - Wretch
21. Virus - Memento Collider
20. Oathbreaker - Rheia
19. Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards
18. Diamond Head - Diamond Head
17. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
16. Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
15. Crowbar - The Serpent Only Lies
14. Funeral Moth - Transience
13. Blood Ceremony - Lord of Misrule
12. Asphyx - Incoming Death
11. Trap Them - Crown Feral
10. Cobalt - Slow Forever
9. Gorguts - Pleiades Dust
8. Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revolution
7. Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
6. Gehennah - Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die
5. Abbath - Abbath
4. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
3. Blood Incantation - Starspawn
2. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us
1. Khemmis - Hunted

Mojo

01 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
04 Lambchop - Flotus
05 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
06 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
07 Frank Ocean - Blonde
08 Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger
09 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
10 Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
11 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
12 Beyonce - Lemonade
13 Teenage Fanclub - Here
14 Charles Bradley - Changes
15 The Cult - Hidden City
16 Bon Iver - 22, A Million
17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
18 Syd Arthur - Apricity
19 Modern Studies - Swell To Great
20 Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels
21 Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
22 Solange - A Seat At The Table
23 Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
24 Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
25 Skepta - Konnichiwa
26 Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
27 Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs
28 Angel Olsen - My Woman
29 Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
30 The Monkees - Good Times!
31 Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
32 The Still - The Still
33 Suede - Night Thoughts
34 David Crosby - Lighthouse
35 Field Music - Commontime
36 Wilco - Schmilco
37 James Blake - The Colour In Anything
38 William Bell - This Is Where I Live
39 White Denim - Stiff
40 Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
41 Steve Gunn - Eyes On The Lines
42 Anohni - Hopelessness
43 Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties
44 Meilyr Jones - 2013
45 Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
46 Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine
47 Van Morrison - Keep Me Swinging
48 The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
49 Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are
50 The Divine Comedy - Foreverland

Uncut

01 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
04 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
05 Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
06 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
07 Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth
08 Anohni - Hopelessness
09 Teenage Fanclub - Here
10 Beyonce - Lemonade
11 Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
12 Brian Eno - The Ship
13 Drive-By Truckers - American Band
14 Bon Iver - 22, A Million
15 Wilco - Schmilco
16 Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee
17 Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
18 Solange - A Seat At The Table
19 Lambchop - Flotus
20 Angel Olsen - My Woman
21 William Tyler - Modern Country
22 The Avalanches - Wildflower
23 Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
24 Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger
25 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
26 Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
27 Shirley Collins - Lodestar
28 Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs
29 Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
30 Frank Ocean - Blonde
31 Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
32 75 Dollar Bill - Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
33 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
34 Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts Of Highway 20
35 Eleanor Friedberger - New View
36 Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
37 Tim Hecker - Love Streams
38 Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - The Rarity Of Experience
39 Shovels & Rope - Little Seeds
40 Lets Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
41 Anna Meredith - Varmints
42 Brigid Mae Power - Brigid Mae Power
43 Roisin Murphy - Take Her Up To Monto
44 Okkervil River - Away
45 King - We Are King
46 Swans - The Glowing Man
47 Handsome Family - Unseen
48 Skepta - Konnichiwa
49 Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine
50 Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
51 Underworld - Barbara Barbara We Face An Uncertain Future
52 Various Artists - Day Of The Dead
53 Hinds - Leave Me Alone
54 Robbie Fulks - Upland
55 Soundwalk Collective W/Jessi Paris Smith & Patti Smith - Killer Road
56 Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
57 Maxwell - Blacksummers' Day
58 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
59 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine A Light
60 Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
61 John Cale - MFans
62 Ian William Craig - Centres
63 Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing To Go Back To
64 Gruff Rhys - Set Fire To The Stars
65 Emma Pollock - In Search Of Dangerfield
66 Charles Bradley - Changes
67 Steve Gunn - Eyes On The Lines
68 The Coral - Distance Inbetween
69 Allen Tousaint - American Tunes
70 Kiran Leonard - Grapefruit
71 The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
72 Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
73 Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
74 Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
75 Psychic Temple - III

Rough Trade
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/560-rough-trades-albums-of-the-year-2016/

Piccadilly Records

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/576-piccadilly-records-top-100-albums-of-2016/

http://www.resident-music.com/collection&path=21372

01 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Skeleton Tree
02 - Radiohead : a moon shaped pool
03 - David Bowie : ★ (blackstar)
04 - Michael Kiwanuka : Love & Hate
05 - Agnes Obel : Citizen Of Glass
06 - Underworld : Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
07 - Julia Jacklin : Don't lets the kids win
08 - Josefin Ohrn + the Liberation : Mirage
09 - thee oh sees : a weird exits
10 - Christine & The Queens : Chaleur Humaine
11 - Bon Iver 22 : A Million
12 - Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression
13 - Damien Jurado : Visions of Us On The Land
14 - Steve Gunn : eyes on the lines
15 - Savages : adore life
16 - Cavern of Anti-Matter: void beats / invocation trex
17 - Throw Down Bones : Throw Down Bones
18 - car seat headrest : teens of denial
19 - Ulrika Spacek : The Album Paranoia
20 - Haley Bonar : Impossible Dream
21 - Leonard Cohen : you want it darker
22 - Angel Olsen My woman
23 - Death grips : bottomless pit
24 - Surgeon : From farthest known objects
25 - Mothers : When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired

that vanishing twin album is something else

It's that time of year again I see

KING making the Uncut list is a pleasant surprise. Obviously it's way too low, but it's not an album I expected to see in there at all.

If I had to do a Pazz & Jop today, would prob incl. (in order of coming to mind) The Julie Ruin, Burnt Orange, PJ Harvey (took a while, but worth hanging in there, except for the first two tracks), Beyonce (xgau approves it but says it's more drama etc. than music?) Anderson.Paak, Rough Guide To Ethiopian Jazz (xgau approves it but says it isn't jazz?!),Tanya Tagaq (okay, he gets that one right on), Mekons, maybe Bowie, Cohen---gotta listen more. they don't get extra points for sudden death
Nashville Scene ballot would prob incl. two Willies (Gershwin & Ray Price tribs), Loretta, Austin Lucas, Western Centuries, Randy Rogers Band, Tomi Lunsford, prob Miranda, though haven't yet heard all of it; my hacked-in Americana/Countryoid/Related category will incl. Lucinda, Sturgill, Elizabeth Cook, and, I suspect, Peter Stampfel, though haven't listened to Holiday For Strings yet. Aaron Lewis's new set may earn the Don Henley Country Album Actually Doesn't Suck! Award this year.

Have to make room in there somewhere for Toussaint's American Tunes!Prob over Cohen.

Is Austin Lucas well regarded? I know him from back in the day, didn't really get on with him at the time, but have lots of friends in common so still see his posts on Facebook all the time, thought that was just a scene echo chamber thing.

No, see recent posts about him by Edd Hurt on Rolling Country; that's what led me to him (other RCers also turned me on to Tomi Lunsford and Western Centuries)

Also considering good new albums by Shovels & Rope and Charlie Daniels (only politics on his this time: implied by the cautionary "Runnin' With The Crowd", about cowboys getting too full of shared identity)

I'm sorting out Elza Soares, Austin Lucas, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, Leland Sundries, Steve Gunn, Richard Lloyd's Roseland, Western Centuries, Miranda,Bowie, Toussaint, Truckers, Bowie, Tommy Womack, Tacocat, Todd Snider, in the top tier so far. Dow, if you haven't checked out Tommy Womack's Namaste, I think you might really like it. Couple-three of the best songs I've heard all year. I need to hear the Stampfel, I'm a huge fan.

i believe i'm the Western Centuries source, after seeing them at Pickathon. quickly here, since it ain't a country thread: if you like country music, pick up their album Weight Of The World TODAY. it is outstanding. here's a sample: http://www.westerncenturies.com/music/

always enjoy this thread, hope that one dude keeps stats again, thanks for starting it Sloppy

Checking out Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä and "Saturaatio" has some great guitar on it.

worth noting over here, too (in addition to Rolling Metal) that the absence of Vektor's Terminal Redux from Decibel's list has elicited a universal "wha? why?"

like i know that's the nature of these lists, but i think all would agree that's a stranger omission than most

yeah it'd be like if mojo decided to leave off _blackstar_ for whatever reason.

Quite a lot of love for the Kiwanuka record. I can hear the questing nature at the heart of it, but I dunno, it feels kinda neutered or sterilised.

Esquire

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/579-esquires-20-best-albums-of-2016/

There was a M.I.A. album?

it was pretty good

Isn't there still 10 % of the year left?

yeah but labels know the year-end lists are published around this time, so they know that if they release new product in Dec it won't feature in the lists. it's their call.

As expected, lots of shrines to the dead and dying (no offense Iggy, please don't croak just yet). That's fine. Has the Beyonce worship faltered, or will she come back strong in other lists with lil sis close behind? I like Solange but I thought the album was boring. Would expect to see Dawn Richard. Regarding December releases, Baroness released Purple Dec 18 but they still made some polls. As long as the band's PR team make sure promo streams make it out in time, shouldn't be an issue with the big rags. I'm used to Decibel omitting my favorites, but actually got two of mine this time, Khemmis and Hammers of Misfortune. I don't see how anyone can love the Blood Ceremony and not also include Purson's album. Yay for Mojo putting Syd Arthur in the top 20. Will I see Wolf People, Lola Colt and The Drones?

Since I'll be making them for myself, I'm gonna try to put EOY list playlists here for the ones posted... likely two tracks per album.

I'm assuming that Decibel deliberately go out of their way to make these lists distinctive from a RYM query for best 2016 metal, the top 4 there (Vektor, Ulcerate, Deathspell Omega and Insomnium) aren't on the Decibel list. Which is fine, there'd be no point to it otherwise.

"We need to make a list of the best 2016 metal albums. Let's make sure we leave off the ones people really like."

Well can't speak for everyone but I'm mostly interested in a Decibel list to discover stuff that isn't already widely praised. I want to read which albums are remarkable despite not being favourites-by-consensus. This is also why I really look forward to the Textura list.

FOPP top 100
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/582-fopps-best-albums-of-2016/

100. Travis - Everything at Once
*close window*

Isn't there still 10 % of the year left?

But with the exception of sudden surprise releases, isn't December typically a pretty dry period for new albums?

And even if there are sudden surprises, what artist could realistically be doing a surprise release this year?

there's always a handful of surprise stray tracks. looking forward to those.

p.s. Dec 2014 was amazing

Beyonce and D'Angelo each released surprise December albums in recent years that rendered lots of lists incomplete. Kinda a refreshing reminder that not all artists need or remotely care about year-end validation.

December used to be a drop date for a lot of good but shelved albums from rap and R&B B-listers, but that doesn't seem to happen as much anymore.

Miguel's first album came out the first week of December, for instance. Major labels seem to treat December like movie studios treat January, a release date for projects they don't have high expectations for

Isn't there still 10 % of the year left?

Yes, but EOY lists coming out before the end of the year isn't particularly surprising or noteworthy at this point.

that FOPP list is hilariously, almost unbelievably bad

guillotine pour monsieur le fopp

won't someone think of the lists

thank you Fopp for cheering me up

Damn, we're publishing these already? The turkey isn't even cold!

i confess that i can't tell the difference between a bad year end list and a good year end list, but whenever i hear a mediocre record i immediately forget ever having heard it.

I still have Halloween candy left. What the fuck, music press?

At least FOPP's list has the Warpaint album on it, which is better than could be said for the other lists so far, even if it was far too low.

Yeah, and the Beth Orton.

Also, Cavern of antimatter, and the top shares loads with the other lists as per, so hey.

who is the Gaz Coombes of 2016

http://www.craftweb.org/web/ed/songlink.jpg

ha, my reaction to about 80% of the entries on that Fopp list was "I had no idea they were still going/I had no idea they released a new album this year"

I mean, Richard Ashcroft? James?

My contacts among the lumberjacks like what they've heard of this Neil Young album, out Dec.9---and some people are looking forward to the Stones' blues set:
http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date

gaz coombes of 2016 is quite possibly kate tempest

I didn't realize until last week there was a new Kate Tempest record. Then I listened to it. How is it possible for it to be worse than her last one? I don't know, but it is.

The Kate Tempest record might be the worst thing I've heard all year. It's an album with no redeeming features. That and The Anchoress album were the low points of my 2016 listening.

The inclusion of The Courteeners on that Fopp list is the most shocking one for me. The popularity of that group in the UK is baffling.

Surprised to see The Divine Comedy record pop up on a couple of lists. I love that band but it's an appalling album.

I know it's early days, but I have a feeling Shura's album is going to be the most disappointing omission on all these lists.

that james record was ok. some nice droney moments

had never heard of kate tempest, but boy, i am glad somebody is picking up the gauntlet dolores o'riordan laid down in 1996.

poor Kate Tempest. her first album wasn't THAT bad was it? (albeit in a 'hey, remember The Streets?' kind of way, admittedly). not heard this new one though

something so rare and refreshing about being able to enjoy exquisitely bad taste like that fopp list. it's a masterpiece

there are a lot of great records on the fopp list tbh

You'd have to produce an astonishing list to have no good records on it, though.

kate tempest is the ill manors of 2016

that's more appropriate yeah

but worse

That Fopp list does read like it was compiled by a lot of people who haven't really liked music since the 90s.

Kaiser Chiefs not even in the Fopp list. Almost feel bad for the lads.

Or another perspective, some people are not so quick to drop an artist because they're no longer in fashion. Travis does make me laugh, but to be fair, there's very little that's actually embarrassing. Plenty of other lists will do far worse. While I never liked Garbage, I heard the new album, and it's no worse than the old stuff. Bloc Party, Wild Beasts, The Julie Ruin, Explosions in the Sky, Pet Shop Boys, Primal Scream, Tindersticks, Lucinda Williams are all decent. #60-51 are not unusually retro entries. We'll see Dinosaur Jr on some other lists I'm sure. I like that Teleman is on there, even though I don't think it's quite in my top 100. I don't love the new Suede or Coral, but would take them over Bon Iver. I'm surprised they have De La Soul but not A Tribe Called Quest. Haven't heard the Dexys but would check it out. I used to like Lambchop, but find the latest a chore. Same with the Eno. Just recently heard Christine & the Queens. It's alright, but would never ever say it's close to album of the year territory.

The Piccadilly list has some interesting things:

Camera - Phantom of Liberty - Kosmische
The Mystery Lights - The Mystery Lights - Garage noir and psych. I saw them live last summer, lots of potential.
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex - More Kosmische!
Whyte Horses - Pop or Not - Certainly a unique #1 choice. Slightly psychedelic jangle pop, worth a listen.

Thee Oh Sees, Goat and Psychic Ills will probably turn out to be the go-to psych choices on most other lists. Wolf People, Lola Colt, Syd Arthur, Blues Pills, Purson and Causa Sui remain under the radar for most which is too bad. But what about Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band? They were celebrated in the past, and The Rarity of Experience is a pretty glorious double album.

Bloc Party...decent.

What u smokin?

Teleman is a cool inclusion, I agree, but it's a cool inclusion from Fopp's extremely limited wheelhouse

poor Kate Tempest. her first album wasn't THAT bad was it?

No, it wasnt, it had its moments but kinda wore out its welcome quickly.

that vanishing twin album is something else

Very much enjoying this. Thanks!

1975 tops NME's list.

Rihanna has fallen off everyon's radar completely it seems.

NME

50. Bon Iver – '22 A Million'
49. Public Access TV – 'Never Enough'
47. Wild Beasts – 'Boy King'
46. Savages - 'Adore Life'
45. Car Seat Headrest – 'Teens Of Denial'
44. The Lemon Twigs – 'Do Hollywood'
43. Anohni – 'Hopelessness'
42. Whitney – 'Light Upon The Lake'
41. Solange – 'A Seat At The Table
40. Rihanna – 'Anti'
39. Green Day – 'Revolution Radio'
38. Slaves – 'Take Control'
37. Soft Hair – 'Soft Hair'
36. Swet Shop Boys – 'Cashmere'
35. Glass Animals – 'How To Be A Human Being'
34. Let’s Eat Grandma – 'I, Gemini'
33. Margo Price – 'Midwest Farmers Daughter'
32. Kings Of Leon – 'Walls'
31. Bastille – 'Wild World'
30. Nao – 'For All We Know'
29. Kate Tempest – 'Let Them Eat Chaos'
28. Goat – 'Requiem'
27. Giggs – 'Landlord'
26. Biffy Clyro – 'Ellipsis'
25. Blossoms – 'Blossoms'
24. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – 'Skeleton Tree'
23. Michael Kiwanuka – 'Love And Hate'
22. Radiohead – 'A Moon-shaped-pool'
21. Anderson. Paak – 'Malibu'
20. Lady Gaga – 'Joanne'
19. White – 'Lung Paradise'
18. Tegan And Sara – 'Love You To Death'
17. Drake – 'Views'
16. Danny Brown – 'Atrocity Exhibition'
15. Kano – 'Made In The Manor'
14. Jamie T – 'Trick'
13. Angel Olsen – 'My Woman'
12. Sunflower Bean – 'Human Ceremony'
11. Beyonce – 'Lemonade'
10. Frank Ocean – 'Blond'
9. Chance The Rapper – 'Coloring Book'
8. Iggy Pop – 'Post Pop Depression'
7. Diiv – 'Is The Is Are'
6. David Bowie – 'Backstair'
5. Kaytranada – '99.9%'
4. Skepta – 'Konnichiwa'
3. Christine And The Queens – 'Chaleur Humaine'
2. Kanye West – 'The Life Of Pablo'
1. The 1975 – 'I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It'

nice of them to spell the bowie properly :D

Got it from here http://www.capitalxtra.com/news/nme-release-controversial-top-albums-of-2016-list/#d9T1ZFgL2fKyCThL.97

and there's kate tempest again

19. White – 'Lung Paradise'

future poet laureate kate tempest

Somehow the Biffy Clyro album still remains the worst band/album on all these lists.

There just isn't anyone as hopeless or talentless out there selling as many albums as those cunts.

the only reason i know who kate tempest is is because [ILXOR NAME REDACTED] texted me in disbelief that SPIN said she had made a better hip-hop album than Flockaveli

http://www.spin.com/featured/50-best-hip-hop-debut-albums-since-reasonable-doubt-jay-z/

isn't there a dan weiss zing thread on here somewhere

I dislike Kate Tempest but attempting to sell her as hip-hop is pretty dumb. I know Imago has been trying to make this pile-on happen for about two years though so let him have his fun.

38. Slaves – 'Take Control'
37. Soft Hair – 'Soft Hair'
36. Swet Shop Boys – 'Cashmere'
35. Glass Animals – 'How To Be A Human Being'
34. Let’s Eat Grandma – 'I, Gemini'

I haven't heard a single note of any of these but this is probably the worst run of band and album names I've ever seen.

The brass neck of all that Skepta score inflation as well.

The music isn't very good either. Let's Eat Grandma did one fantastic song a few years ago when they were 13 but the album (including a rerecording of that song) is mostly just annoying

Got it from here http://www.capitalxtra.com/news/nme-release-controversial-top-albums-of-2016-list/#d9T1ZFgL2fKyCThL.97

― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, November 24, 2016 5:10 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cba to click through but does "controversial" mean "too many black people"?

yes

lol

who tf cares about Kings of Leon in 2016?

cba to click through but does "controversial" mean "too many black people"?

It appears to mean 'no Drake and Beyonce too low' fwiw.

Drake is in the list, higher than Kate Tempest, lower than Jamie T.

Again no Kaiser Chiefs. Starting to wonder if people have, like myself, not even heard the album.

who will place Rihanna at #1? anyone?

i know right. and they'll all be doing anniversary splurges in 10 years time. possibly.

Bloc Party...decent.

What u smokin?

Okay yeah, Hymns kind of sucks, though I still have fondness for the band. But regarding worse tastes than FOPP, exhibit A - NME!

Vanishing Twin is a nice chill listen. I'd recommend Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Mirage too.

FOPP list is fine for the most part, just a bit conservative and some token indie choices which probably shouldn't be there, that's par for the course surely.

On the other hand I just checked out Khemmis and was not at all impressed.

Not heard the new Kate Tempest but couple of tracks from her first one were good, dunno why single her out when there's a world of landfill indie out there, and apparently prog-hair-metal too

there's a world of...prog-hair-metal too

That would be amazing if it were true. It would be a better world.

That would be amazing if it were true. It would be a better world.

― Fastnbulbous

I don't know, Elektradrive maybe?

Maybe if Led Zeppelin existed in the 80s

I meant Khemmis

interesting NME omissions; PJ Harvey, James Blake, Warpaint, Last Shadow Puppets.

this seems to be the year people get off the James Blake bus.

That must be the first time they haven't found room for an album involving Alex Turner on their list.

I've still not listened to the PJ Harvey album and it's almost December. I guess I should.

Thank god for people jumping off the blake bus one of those artists I never understood why they had a fanbase at all. Now if we could sweep Lana del Rey under a rug too.

hey now

Sister Ray Records

01 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
02 Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
03 Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
04 Pangaea - In Drum Play
05 Meiylr Jones - 2013
06 Oliver Coates - Upstepping
07 Max Graef and Glenn Astro - The Yard Work Simulator
08 David Bowie - Blackstar
09 Powell - Sport
10 Steve Mason - Meet The Humans
11 Wolf People - Ruins
12 Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
13 Savoy Motel - Savoy Motel
14 Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
15 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
16 Jessy Lanza – Oh No
17 King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
18 Margo Price - Midwest Farmers Daughter
19 Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum
20 Goat – Requiem
21 Solange - A Seat At The Table
22 Cate Le Bon – Crab Day
23 The Comet Is Coming – S/T
24 Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
25 Parquet Courts - Human Performance

Sister Ray Ace

01 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 The KVB - Of Desire
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
04 Drugdealer - The End Of Comedy
05 Vanishing Twin - Choose Your Own Adventure
06 Charles Bradley - Changes
07 Homeboy Sandman - Kindness For Weakness
08 Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
09 De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody
10 Christine And The Queens
11 Anohni - Hopelessness
12 Badbadnotgood - IV
13 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
14 Parquet Courts - Human Performance
15 John Carpenter's Lost Themes
16 Dinosaur Jr. - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
17 Mitski - Puberty 2
18 Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
19 Dean Ween Group - The Deaner Album
20 Roman Flügel - All The Right Noises

so, so weaksauce

sorry, stuck record I know. WE MUST RESPECT THE SANCTITY OF THESE LISTS WITH PARQUET COURTS ON THEM

i think it was the 75 minute running time that did for Blake this time round, i mean shit, not even James Blake would sit through 75 minutes of new James Blake.

I surprised The Avalanches album isn't getting more love so far

Prepare your sneers!

Classic Rock
http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-25/the-best-rock-albums-of-2016

50) Heart - Broken Beautiful
49) Weezer - The White Album
48) Purple - Bodacious
47) Joe Bonamassa - Blues Of Desperation
46) Drive-By Truckers - American Band
45) Ming City Rockers - Lemon
44) Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello! Too!
43) Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
42) Crobot - Welcome To Fat City
41) Brian Fallon - Painkillers
40) Syd Arthur - Apricity
39) Deap Vally - Femejism
38) Scorpion Child - Acid Roulette
37) Royal Republic - Weekend Man
36) The Virginmarys - Divides
35) Jeff Beck - Loud Hailer
34) Zakk Wylde - Book Of Shadows II
33) Teenage Fanclub - Here
32) Beware Of Darkness - Are You Real?
31) Van Morrison - Keep Me Singing
30) Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
29) Dream Theater - The Astonishing
28) Eric Clapton - I Still Do
27) Pretenders - Alone
26) Blackberry Smoke - Like An Arrow
25) Metallica - Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
24) Opeth - Sorceress
23) Ian Hunter And The Rant Band - Fingers Crossed
22) Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee
21) Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel
20) Blues Pills - Lady In Gold
19) Tax The Heat - Fed To The Lions
18) Whiskey Myers - Mud
17) Hawkwind - The Machine Stops
16) Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky
15) Purson - Desire’s Magic Theatre
14) Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
13) Big Big Train - Folklore
12) Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello
11) Steven Wilson - 4 1/2
10) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
9) The Answer - Solas
8) Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
7) The Cadillac Three - Bury Me In My Boots
6) Rival Sons - Hollow Bones
5) The Temperance Movement - White Bear
4) Marillion - Fuck Everyone And Run (F E A R)
3) The Struts - Everybody Wants
2) David Bowie - Blackstar
1) Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

i think it was the 75 minute running time that did for Blake this time round, i mean shit, not even James Blake would sit through 75 minutes of new James Blake.

― piscesx

one of the great pleasures of being an artist is never having to suffer through your own work as spectator

"Prepare your sneers!

Classic Rock"

hey they found room for syd arthur at least

4) Marillion - Fuck Everyone And Run (F E A R)

wait, what

judging by their wiki page Marillion have some fairly touchy fans

In 1999, DJ Simon Mayo commented on BBC Radio 1: "Marillion ... where are they now? And who cares anyway?" Fans objecting to the comment brought the station's computer system to a standstill with thousands of emails of complaint. Mayo subsequently apologised for his comment to keyboard player Mark Kelly when he phoned the show to take part in a quiz.[74]

To accompany the release of Anoraknophobia in 2001, the band issued a press release asking critics to review the album in "a manner that is both accurate and fair. So, our challenge to you is to firstly listen to the album. Then write a review without using any of the following words: "Progressive rock", "Genesis", "Fish", "heavy metal", "dinosaurs", "predictable", "concept album". Because if you do, we'll know that you haven't listened to it."[74]

Rachel Cooke, a writer for The Observer and New Statesman, has repeatedly referred negatively to the band and insulted their fans in her articles.[76][77][78][79]

can't believe that Marillion have been continuing without Fish for nearly 30 years now

Marillion have huge fan funding support too, it's kind of amazing. I saw Heart an an outdoor concert this summer and Ann's voice is in great shape. Haven't been inspired to hear their new one though. Deap Vally is kind of fun. Pretenders was produced by Black Keys dude but you wouldn't know from hearing it. Cheap Trick album is not good. I love the Purson and Blues Pills, hope this isn't the only list to include them.

i refuse to believe that this iggy pop record is as good as all these lists are claiming

Otm

First list to include Metallica. I like the first disc plus 2 songs on 2nd.

I was surprised, I thought the Iggy album was going to be forgotten. It's not terrible, but certainly not amazing, too many painfully awkward moments on it. I think it's a combination of reverence for old farts and everything Josh Homme touches.

However, if you have a chance to catch a re-run of Iggy's recent performance on Austin City Limits, do so, it's one of the best shows they've had this year.

It's pretty mediocre, in my opinion. I'm not a fan of Iggy for the most part, but I was hoping for much more with Josh Homme involved.

i like it a lot. happy to see deap vally and blackberry smoke on a list

when does the WIRE list usually drop?

Wire list will be in their January issue, so in a couple of weeks. (I voted.)

Some surprising choices on NME's songs of the year list.

20. Angel Olsen – ‘Shut Up Kiss Me’
19. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – ‘A 1000 Times’
18. Blossoms – ‘Charlemagne’
17. Drake – ‘One Dance’
16. Kaytranada – ‘Lite Spots’
15. Bastille – ‘Good Grief’
14. Tove Lo – ‘Cool Girl’
13. Warpaint – ‘New Song’
12. The 1975 – ‘The Sound’
11. David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’
10. Charli XCX – ‘After The Afterparty’
9. Lady Leshurr – ‘Where Are You Now?’
8. Skepta – ‘Man’
7. Kanye West – ‘Ultralight Beam’
6. Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
5. Christine & The Queens – ‘Tilted’
4. Iggy Pop – ‘Gardenia’
3. Chance The Rapper – ‘All Night’
2. The 1975 – ‘Somebody Else’
1. Rihanna – ‘Work’

Not surprising at all, clearly you dont get the free nme in america KP ;)

that is exactly what they cover now.

ps i doubt anyones ever seen one outside of London..

1. The 1975 – 'I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It'

Worst album title since Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Sit and Think About Things or whatever the fuck it's called.

i just kind of assume they're going for the creepy stalker vibe on that one, and so i think of it as successful.

it's more 'earnest youth who through performative rendering of this verges upon creepy stalker' imo

9. Lady Leshurr – ‘Where Are You Now?’

NME OTM.

When did you last see any critical volte-face as rapid as the one the NME performed over the 1975?

Pitchfork on Trail of Dead lol

Hmmm... couldn't get into this Powell record. I was curious and tried, but nothing.

I suspect it will show up on a quite few lists from outlets that don't really focus on dance music. Feels like that sort of record.

It's secretly like a rock record or something. In disguise.

like black strobe?

The Rolling Stone list is out.

That top ten seems like pretty standard music publication fare at first, and then you have the Rolling Stones stuck in the middle to remind you that this is Rolling Stone.

Every song I've heard from the Rolling Stones album has been great. I'm actually excited to hear the whole thing.

I know it just came out but Tribe only being #30 is bullshit

^^^

TIME
(or time.com anyway)

Songs
1. Beyoncé - "Formation"
2. The 1975 - "The Sound"
3. Dawn Richard - "Not Above That"
4. Chance the Rapper et al - "No Problem"
5. Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dollar $ign - "Work From Home"
6. D.R.A.M ft. Lil Yachty - "Broccoli"
7. Whitney - "No Woman"
8. Joyce Manor - "Fake ID"
9. Mac Miller ft. Anderson.Paak - "Dang!"
10. Kanye - "Famous"

LPs
1. Frank Ocean
2. Solange
3. Mitski
4. Angel Olsen
5. The Range - Potential
6. Radiohead
7. Rihanna
8. Blood Orange
9. Esparanza Spalding
10. Jean-Michel Blais - II

I know it just came out but Tribe only being #30 is bullshit

Three places above Sting dude!

So what will this year's acronym be? CROBIB (Cave, Radiohead, Ocean, Bowie, Iggy, Beyonce)? BBOICR?

Joyce Manor and Dawn Richard making the Time songs list makes me happy.

Mac Miller ft. Anderson.Paak - "Dang!"

I can't remember who tweeted it (maybe some dude), but my favorite capsule review of this track was "Why is Mac Miller mumbling all over this good Anderson Paak song?"

looking forward to p4k's list mentioning the election in every blurb the way they did w/ 9/11

5. The Range - Potential

I really enjoyed this, it sounds like what all the positive reviews of the Jamie XX album made me expect from it

'Gardenia' is the one Iggy LP song I've heard and "All I want to do is tell Gardenia what to do tonight" is the clunkiest line I've heard all year.

God bless you whoever recommended Vanishing Twin upthread

the de la soul album has no place on any year end list what the hell?

Whenever I see a mention of The Range, I think "aw, it's nice that Bruce Hornsby's backing band is still doing things."

So what will this year's acronym be? CROBIB (Cave, Radiohead, Ocean, Bowie, Iggy, Beyonce)? BBOICR?

― Fastnbulbous

for a second i thought the media were finally coming around to psychic psummer :(

Heh. If I use Nick's first initial too, it could be BBOINCR.

add Leonard Cohen, substitute Beyonce for another a more rockist-friendly second O and you can have BROCCOLI

Oranssi Pazuzu

looking forward to p4k's list Pazz and Jop mentioning the election in every blurb the way they did w/ 9/11 Bush's reelection.

Time factor is no excuse for A Tribe getting stuck in the middle of the RS list, since they had time to get it in there at all: one listen should do it for most of the music and enough of the words.

At least.

I know yall know that, just venting sorry.

maybe RS just thought there were 29 records better than that one this year? i don't think that seems all that ridiculous. there are more ridiculous things on that list.

Not all of those29 were better, although I guess you could say that (or anything) is "arguable."

none of those 29 were better tbf

and i thought the RS list was generally p good

whiney sure cleaned that place up

none of those 29 were better tbf Maybe some of them are; I haven't heard 'em all. But: Margo Price's slick knock-off of Loretta Lynn starts okay, gets too predictable, and oops here's the actual Loretta with a good new album of her own. Brandi Clark's album is more fluid than her first, but she's still the self-conscious workshopper, as singer and writer (Alfred cites her tendency to mistake detail for significance). Bon Iver is the opposite, an overachiever, more Bon Iver than ever. Nick Cave is still Nick Cave. The Parquet Courts and Drive-By Truckers albums are both about half-good (minority report). For instance.

I mean I'm usually just, "Lists, schmists", but in this case, it's almost amazing.

Count RS among publications that don't seem to realize that Parquet Courts have two singers. By my count, 3 of the 4 songs that supposedly show Savage musing with "thoughtful detachment" were actually sung by the other guy.

Dutch OOR magazine (only) misses the I in CROBIB
1. David Bowie - Blackstar
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
3. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
5. Beyoncé - Lemonade
6. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
7. Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
8. Frank Ocean - Blonde
9. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
10. Eefje de Visser - Nachtlicht

I mean I'm usually just, "Lists, schmists", but in this case, it's almost amazing.

― dow

it's almost as if some people aren't familiar with the typical results of lists made by committee

almost, but not quite

It's almost as if some people think the Tribe Called Quest album is...just okay.

Eefje de Visser - Nachtlicht

This is really nice!

i kind of like BBROCLI as an acronym for this year's heavy hitters since it's sort of a shout out to one of the best singles

that is an extremely irritating heavy-hitters list in what has been a phenomenal year for music. can we please avoid using it

hey don't blame me, i'm voting for maxwell

Is there a term for when people try and find increasingly torturous variations on something that worked once on ILM? 'What is this year's GAPDY?' is almost as annoying as 'what is this year's Gaz Coombes?' New Jerseying is the best I can think of.

Tribe Called Quest omissions are seriously insane. I really don't know what to say.

Not sure people are really ready for how good it is

I guess We got it from Here... was released too late for magazines which publishes year-end lists end of November? Hope too see it in lists made up now and later on.

Yeah it came out very late. And it did take a little time to process just how excellent it is. Lots of publications' ballots closed before or just days after the LP came out

I keep confusing the Tribe and Bon Iver album covers when they come up on my phone.

I guess We got it from Here... was released too late for magazines which publishes year-end lists end of November?

Also poor timing on Leonard Cohen's death.

buuut one of them died at a far more untimely age

<i>Is there a term for when people try and find increasingly torturous variations on something that worked once on ILM? 'What is this year's GAPDY?' is almost as annoying as 'what is this year's Gaz Coombes?' New Jerseying is the best I can think of.</i>

I'm glad you're annoyed, that was the point. The hivemind voting overwhelmingly for a tiny group of 5-6 albums is annoying. It deserves an annoying acronym.

I think it's mainly the result of lazy participants to these polls not putting much effort into diving deep and really exploring albums they might have missed earlier in the year. If more people did that, the results would be more diverse.

But the new acronym will not represent the ILM favourites at all. Do you see K for King? D for Dawn? T for Tribe? Another K for Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith? A number 1 for The 1975? Exactly, no.

I mean, sure it'll be annoying if those albums top all the critic lists not on ILX, but I'm sure they won't.

The 1975 are more like a number two, tbf.

But the new acronym will not represent the ILM favourites at all.

You don't actually know this until the polls are run, unless of course we are now at the point where we as an en masse messageboard are using the poll as a mechanism to curate a list that makes us the specialist snowflakes on the Internet rather than aggregating the opinions of the participating voters on which albums/tracks they liked the most over the past year.

If there's a way to suck fun out of polls im sure some ilxors will be at the forefront of it

xp fair, but other albums will be given equal love, that's all. and iggy pop, really now

I haven't heard the iggy pop album, but what if it is actually really good?

i listened to the first few songs. it [imho] isn't.

man, that avalanches record from this year really is great

EOY polls without some noticeable element of gaming or tactical voting make for some v boring results. Besides, you wouldn't have a nomination process before voting or promotion process during voting if you were aiming for some kind of pure democratic reflection of the board's tastes that could remain discernible from numerous other EOY lists from the publications people here read and in some cases also write for.

The nomination process was initially in place to normalize the names people used in their ballots in order to make tabulation of the results easier.

We will get somewhat idiosyncratic results anyway because we are a smallish, inwardly-focused community that has been hyping each other on specific artists that aren't necessarily popping up on every EOY published. We will see more overlap than we used to because a significant percentage of the people who post here are also driving/contributing to the EOY lists of publications and have disseminating stuff discussed here to a wider audience, some of which may have caught on. If the point of the poll is to be different from everyone else rather than to catch up on what everyone liked, particularly within balkanized subgroups that may not overlap, I think the poll is now pointless.

the point of the poll is to be different from everyone else rather than to catch up on what everyone liked, particularly within balkanized subgroups that may not overlap, I think the poll is now pointless.

otm

completely agree. what i was doing was simply pointing out that 'what everyone liked' on here wouldn't necessarily square exactly with the publication consensus (insofar as there will be one)

and that i have been otm in this thread

I don't think GAPDY had to do with the ILM poll, just all the other polls overwhelmingly placing that group of albums at the top. One of the best things about ILM is I don't think it's predictable. We're not saying an ILM poll is pointless are we?

http://www.treblezine.com/32855-overlooked-albums-2016/

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-best-progressive-rock-and-metal-of-2016/

There's no metal in that list, don't know why they say that.

The nomination process was initially in place to normalize the names people used in their ballots in order to make tabulation of the results easier.

Still is, but it's turned into a hell of a Spotify playlist to dig into over xmas holidays.

Here's the top 20 so far, points allocated in the same way as the ILM artist polls:

DAVID BOWIE - ★ | 1045 points | 5 first place votes
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - SKELETON TREE | 815 points | 3 first place votes
RADIOHEAD - A MOON SHAPED POOL | 727 points | 1 first place vote
IGGY POP - POST POP DEPRESSION | 536 points | 3 first place votes
BEYONCÉ - LEMONADE | 419 points | 2 first place votes
THEE OH SEES - A WEIRD EXITS | 412 points | 0 first place votes
FRANK OCEAN - BLONDE | 373 points | 1 first place vote
LEONARD COHEN - YOU WANT IT DARKER | 336 points | 1 first place vote
CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS - CHALEUR HUMAINE | 324 points | 0 first place votes
CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER - VOID BEATS/INVOCATION TREX | 308 points | 0 first place votes
BON IVER - 22, A MILLION | 296 points | 1 first place vote
ANGEL OLSEN - MY WOMAN | 288 points | 0 first place votes
PJ HARVEY - THE HOPE SIX DEMOLITION PROJECT | 277 points | 0 first place votes
CAR SEAT HEADREST - TEENS OF DENIAL | 269 points | 0 first place votes
SOLANGE - A SEAT AT THE TABLE | 244 points | 0 first place votes
MARGO PRICE - MIDWEST FARMER'S DAUGHTER | 238 points | 0 first place votes
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - LOVE & HATE | 232 points | 0 first place votes
CHARLES BRADLEY - CHANGES | 219 points | 0 first place votes
ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS | 217 points | 0 first place votes
CHANCE THE RAPPER - COLORING BOOK | 212 points | 0 first place votes

xp I don't think I finished getting through the noms playlist until March - ended up finding lots of stuff I would've voted for if I'd got to it sooner but with most of it unlikely to trouble the top 100. But being able to hear almost everything definitely enriches the occasion.

Also poor timing on Leonard Cohen's death.

It doesn't really matter, because everyone knew he was going to die shortly. It isn't actually significantly better than his last couple of records (both great), but the sense of import that hangs over it set it apart in a lot of critics' eyes. It's part of a trio of albums from this year, all from long running artists, that are absolutely saturated in death - the others being Blackstar and Skeleton Tree obviously. And death and gloom definitely hang heavily over 2016 in general.

The Tribe Called Quest album in contrast is completely joyous and overflowing with life and should be right near the top of all these lists.

AND it's about one of them dying as well, yet still all the things you say

Nice that Cavern of Anti-Matter is getting so much attention

I don't think GAPDY had to do with the ILM poll, just all the other polls overwhelmingly placing that group of albums at the top

yes, GAPDY was much bigger than ILM. Wasn't that what prompted P4K dude to crow about how the poll results showed we were really a center-indie nation?

it is weird how everyone's going wild for iggy. might even have to listen to it

As the inventor of GAPDY (huge sigh), it was partially about the critical hive mind but mostly about how it leaned white, post-collegiate and indie in 2009. Since most of this year's biggest critical smashes are R&B records it doesn't make sense to force an acronym. (Not that it ever would)

Also, the only reason Beyoncé isn't dominating everything right now is because all the lists out (besides RS) are by British people.

Also, P4k guy signed up with Beats before they got sold, while we're still making 12 Rods jokes and polling albums with the same group of failsons

it is weird how everyone's going wild for iggy. might even have to listen to it

Don't.

so far it's a semi-decent josh homme record

still haven't heard Lemonade. gonna have to aren't I

Lemonade is fucking great.

the only reason Beyoncé isn't dominating everything right now is because all the lists out (besides RS) are by British people

And because people kept dying.

ILM should get a shared TIDAL account. We just need a vote on what the password should be.

henfap

The Iggy Pop album is way better than I would have expected a 2016 Iggy Pop album to be. It's OK.

Have King appeared anywhere yet btw

stay tuned!

xpost the Uncut list

speaking of posthumous albums, I realize this is me reverting back to primordial commenter form but everyone seems to have dismissed the school of seven bells record

Yeah, that's unfortunate. It's an excellent album.

Yeah, I've been disappointed to see School Of Seven Bells miss out. I don't think they were ever really that popular with the critics. I have no idea why.

SVIIB is probably my favourite album of the year that doesn't have a Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith credit

Paste Magazine. Lots of things I've never heard of.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/11/the-50-best-albums-of-2016.html?a=1

speaking of posthumous albums, I realize this is me reverting back to primordial commenter form but everyone seems to have dismissed the school of seven bells record

Not me! One of my most played records this year.

I listened to School of Seven Bells for about a week and then haven't gone back to it. I've spent more time this year with the Monkees album.

Both are mighty fine things.

The Paste top 5 is pretty great, except for Car Seat Headrest clogging it up. The rest is boooooring af.

(Not all bad, but a lot bad, and the good things are the same things I've already seen.)

Paste Magazine? Boring? No way.

Routinely shit-talking Paste is my part-time hobby, so co-sign.

Is anyone on ILM a fan of Car Seat Headrest? I have some friends who love it and I just don't get the EOY praise it's getting. Seems like run of the mill indie rock to me and boring one at that.

Cate Le Bon seems like a real oversight on that Paste list (judging by the other artists on there).

Always an eclectic list:

http://tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2016.html

as loath as I am to approve of ted gioia I am listening to this hannah epperson album and it is quite good

If all the picks on that Treble list are as good as the first one, I'm going to be spending a lot of time with it.

Listening to 1021 new albums a year... what a life

what a crushing bore. take out the jazz and you're left with what everyone else has

Radiohead always suffers from buyer's regret in the EOY lists. I could bet AMSP would be in several top 10s if they had released it a month ago.

Their releases always get hyped to death is what I mean.

Lists are missing the Tribe Called Quest album. This is unacceptable.

as loath as I am to approve of ted gioia I am listening to this hannah epperson album and it is quite good

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk who this guy is but yeah this is cool!

Yep.

Cate Le Bon seems like a real oversight on that Paste list

I wonder what effect keeping an album off of Spotify has on eoy list placement.

http://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/

Some good stuff in the lower reaches with a very consensus-y top five

Top 10:
10. Danny Brown
9. Kanye
8. Mitski
7. Angel Olsen
6. Solange
5. Bowie
4. Tribe
3. Chance
2. Frank Ocean
1. Beyonce

(ted gioia is a jazz critic who is very bad at writing about pop. which is fair, I probably would be very bad at writing about jazz, but I don't write dismissive takes about it in salon or wherever)

is the frank ocean any good

good question

that stereogum top 10 is close to what I'm expecting to see from here on out

i thought the frank ocean record was terrible tbh. imago might enjoy the sounds on that danny brown though?

The Frank Ocean album is probably the year's biggest grower. It seemed like a self-evident disappointment at first but it really opens up. I ended up listening to it as much as just about anything this year

Norman Records Top 100 is a great list every year.

Norman records

http://email.normanrecords.com/t/y-l-hruyak-mkjulhyi-j/

Beat me to it LBI

(top 50 actually)

xp :)

There's an 8-song EP in the Frank album that would be incredible. The first and last songs on the album are very bad.

xp OK now that's my kinda list

interesting that the katie dey album made stereogum's top 20, it was quite nice but don't expect it will show up anywhere else at all

a fair bit of Blonde grew on me but it still feels too fragmented overall. the highs are great (a solid 8 track EP sounds about right) but a lot of it just doesn't quite work which is really frustrating.

lots to dig into on the Norman Records list, just hope it isn't mostly boring piffle

i love the katie dey record

imagine if people gave other records as much of a chance to grow as they give blond/e! must be nice to have a rep as a ~genius~

I dunno, that's fair, but he took advantage of the benefit of the doubt to make a unique album that most artists couldn't have gotten away with. I can't fault him for that

I realize there's a chance blond/e could grow on me and open up if I spent time with it, but I haven't felt the need or desire to go back to it. *shrug*

I already felt Channel Orange was a bluff so I gave Blond/e very few chances. Love nostalgiaultra.

definitely lots of good stuff on the Norman Records list

good write-ups too

can't say I know half the albums

listened to that Western Skies Motel album off the Norman Records list, held my attention more than I thought it would based on the description, really nice album.

That Western Skies Motel album on the Norman list is gorgeous. I think they're Danish, but they sound like the uncanny, backwoods stuff of Bruce Langhorne or Scott Tuma. The C. Diab is lovely, too.

Xpost

reminded me a bit of koen holtkamp/mountains, which is always a good thing

I've heard half of those Norman Records list... some of them are really good and glad they're giving deserved attention to some ignored records but there's also some boring ones in there. At any rate these sort of 'non-zeigeist' lists are always better than the consensus ones. Yeah we all love Lemonade but I prefer finding out about records I might have overlooked instead of the ones we've talked about all year.

lmao frank ocean is some fresh bollocks

except 'nights' maybe

I also do not get the Frank Ocean one :/ It's not particularly bad and there's a couple of songs that I liked but it doesn't feel like it should stand proudly above the rest of any of the other 'big' albums released this year.

i don't much like the argument 'it's not bad, just a bit dull and mediocre' - dull and mediocre is literally the worst music except idk skrewdriver (which is p dull and mediocre, musically speaking, anyway)

fortunately there's so much other great stuff

Gorilla vs Bear http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2016/

01 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service
02 JESSY LANZA | Oh No
03 KEDR LIVANSKIY | January Sun
04 KAYTRANADA | 99.9%
05 RADIOHEAD | A Moon Shaped Pool
06 FRANK OCEAN | Blonde
07 DIANA | Familiar Touch
08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells
09 BURIAL | Young Death / Nightmarket
10 BEYONCÉ | Lemonade
11 WEYES BLOOD | Front Row Seat to Earth
12 KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things Vol. 1 + 2
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | untitled unmastered.
14 YUMI ZOUMA | Yoncalla
15 VARIOUS | Sky Girl (Compiled by Julien Dechery + DJ Sundae)
16 FEAR OF MEN | Fall Forever
17 CROSS RECORD | Wabi-Sabi
18 ANDY SHAUF | The Party
19 S U R V I V E | RR7349
20 DANNY BROWN | Atrocity Exhibition
21 NEGATIVE GEMINI | Body Work
22 HOOPS | HOOPS + tapes #1-3
23 VESUVIO SOLO | Don’t Leave Me in the Dark
24 CARLA DAL FORNO | You Know What It’s Like
25 CLINT MANSELL | San Junipero OST (Black Mirror)
26 KADHJA BONET | The Visitor
27 NICOLAS JAAR | Sirens
28 TROLLER | Graphic
29 KERO KERO BONITO | Bonito Generation
30 WHITNEY | Light Upon the Lake
31 LEON VYNEHALL | Rojus
32 NXWORRIES | Yes Lawd!
33 ANGEL OLSEN | My Woman
34 POSTILJONEN | Reverie
35 EQUIKNOXX – Bird Power Sound
36 MARIA USBECK – Amparo
37 JAPANESE BREAKFAST – Psychopomp
38 KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH – Ears
39 DREAMBOAT – Dreamboat
40 NV – Binasu
41 LIZ – Cross Your Heart
42 DJDS – Stand Up and Speak
43 CARLY RAE JEPSEN – E•MO•TION Side B
44 CFCF – On Vacation
45 STILL CORNERS – Dead Blue
46 CASEY MECIJA – Psychic Materials
47 PURO INSTINCT – Autodrama
48 MERELY – Uncanny Valley
49 KATIE GATELY – Color
50 MARISSA NADLER – Strangers
51 WHITE DENIM – Stiff
52 PARTS – Parts
53 MOOD HUT – Disco Mantras
54 BOY HARSHER – Yr Body Is Nothing
55 AMBER ARCADES – Fading Lines
56 HINDS – Leave Me Alone
57 NITE JEWEL – Liquid Cool
58 ARIANA GRANDE – Dangerous Woman
59 CASS MCCOMBS – Mangy Love
60 JULIANNA BARWICK – Will

listening to the upper reaches of the norman records list. unfortunately it is nigh all insipid rubbish as feared

The Burial 12" that came out day before yesterday at 9, above Beyoncé at 10 on GvsB is sheer challops.

That Jessy Lanza is an impressive find; really enjoying this one

We Got it From Here is probably the album of the year but people let me tell you, it really frosts my ass that my beloved Nice as Fuck record isn't getting the acclaim it deserves.

I'm sad and a little surprised that Katie Dey record didn't take off, everyone I've played it for has become an insta-fan, def my #1 of the year

Good for Chris GvB putting that one at the top!

Actually that GvB list is pretty much otm. Missing ones from that list that I'd add and it would be pretty much my kind of list: Noname, Cavern of antimatter, Anna Homler, Moderat, Xenia Rubinos, KING... overall it's a pretty good top 10. I'd just move Frank Ocean and that Burial to the bottom of the list.

Trolled is pretty great.

Dammit, Troller

I thought the Jessy Lanza record was a big disappointment

cool to see that sky girl comp on the gorillavsbear list, got a lot of play from me this year

Ah yes Jessy Lanza would also be way lower in my list. Not my cup of tea but I understand why some people would rave about it. I also understand why that same people will forget completely about it in three months... and in 2019 when they're making their top albums of the 10's lists it wont make their top 100.

Hey remember those mid-00's lists!? People thought Sigur Ros and Interpol were really cool back then.

End of the 00's they were sort of ashamed to add them to their end of decade lists. Who will run that same fate come 2019? Frank Ocean? Lana del Rey? Meat Loaf?

"Braver than we are" is the sleeping giant of 2016

Had no idea there was a new Vesuvio Solo album out. Anyone here heard it?

Norman's near misses may be better than their main list: https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-year-2016?show=bubblers

They didn't include the meat loaf album :(

But you're not kidding that list is even better than the real one.

Per the aggregator, Angel Olsen has taken over the #6 spot, and closing in on Nick Cave. Solange close behind, Anderson .Paak, Chance The Rapper, and A Tribe Called Quest is now #10.

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016/

Wouldn't say the second Norman list is 'better' than the top 50, but they both sure make for some top cherry picking.

Can't recommend the Bracken record strong enough, for all you Hood fans out there.

if you move the Radiohead and Nick Cave 10 spots and replace with maybe mitski and weyes blood that is the p4k top ten of this year.

Xpost

That Western Skies Motel album on the Norman list is gorgeous. I think they're Danish, but they sound like the uncanny, backwoods stuff of Bruce Langhorne or Scott Tuma. The C. Diab is lovely, too.

― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, December 1, 2016 4:18 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I will have to check out Langhorne and Tuma if they are of the same ilk. Relistened to Settlers again and it really is gorgeous, love the endings of Transformation and Whirl when they turn into oddly uplifting funeral dirges.

Is anyone on ILM a fan of Car Seat Headrest? I have some friends who love it and I just don't get the EOY praise it's getting. Seems like run of the mill indie rock to me and boring one at that.

― No longer active (Moka), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:38 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Combo of its general inoffensiveness, the power of promotion and a backstory hook that's easy to write about. I know many music writers who pay absolutely no attention to current "indie rock" but who love Car Seat Headrest and similar critic-approved groups like Parquet Courts. Like how a critical mass of "this is okay I guess" often averages out into year-end accolades, with a bit of "this is the only record of this type I need to listen to" thrown in.

otm about "easy to write about." I can't help but compare it to the Pinegrove record, which is so much better but also so much more difficult to articulate the merits of

I didn't know CSH had a backstory hook. It's nice when the designers insert one of those into the code, like "you grew up in a cult" or something.

the reason is that most critics have deeply jejune taste and can be safely disregarded

much like most people

A lot of very average and a few truly terrible records in this "EP"s list:

http://www.stereogum.com/1913129/25-great-eps-from-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/

My top 20 EPs:

Lindstrøm - Wingdings
Anna Wise - The Feminine: Act 1
Cavern of Anti-Matter - I’m the unknown
Kiiara - low kii savage
Hologram Teen - Marsangst
Mr. Fingers - Outer Acid
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Sai & Co
Semi-Toned - Sing Theory
Deerful - Home
The Orb - Alpine
Bridgit Mendler - Nemesis
Pye Corner Audio / Dalhous - Run For The Shadows
Izzie Gibbs - Jutsu
Iko Chérie - The Dream Covers
Pional - When Love Hurts
Pussy Riot - xxx
Keke Palmer - Lauren
Natalie Beredze - Love Is Winning
Hot 8 Brass Band - Can’t Nobody Get Down
Aquaserge - Guerre

Hannah Peel not getting nearly enough love for her album is something of great concern.

RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.

Louder Than War

40 The Low Anthem - Eyeland
39 The Fall - Wise Ol' Man
38 Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye
37 Hooton Tennis Club - Big Box Of Chocolates
36 Asylums - Killer Brain Waves
35 Bob Mould - Patch The Sky
34 Warpaint - Heads Up
33 Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
32 Suede - Night Thoughts
31 Mogwai - Atomic
30 Doomsquad - Total Time
29 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
28 The Wonder Stuff - Goes Around The Sun
27 Goat - Requiem
26 Ruts DC - Music Must Destroy
25 New Model Army - Winter
24 Big Jesus - Oneiric
23 Pixies - Head Carrier
22 Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre
21 Deftones - Gore
20 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
19 Garbage - STrange Little Birds
18 Owen - The King Of Whys
17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
16 Swans - The Glowing Man
15 The Coral - Distance INbetween
14 Field Music - Commontime
13 The Virginmarys - Divides
12 Minor Victories - Minor Victories
11 Deap Vally - Femejism
10 Slaves - Take Control
09 Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow
08 Primal Scream - Chaosmosis
07 Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
06 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
05 Blossoms - Blossoms
04 Melvins - Basses Loaded
03 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Savages - Adore Life
01 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

real music at last

There was a new Dinosaur Jr album?

ditto Garbage? ditto Pixies? ditto Radiohead?

louder than WAR

RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.

― geoffreyess, Friday, December 2, 2016 9:12 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That song sounds like a strange cover of Tobin Sprout buried in effects

"fear o the light" is such a good song

08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells

This is terrific, happy to see it place somewhere. He used to post to ILM FWIW.

That Dinosaur Jr album is actually great as well and I've never been able to get into them in the past.

yeah Mascis has been on a roll lately

co-sign on the Kornel Kovacs, it's one of the best dance albums of recent years. It's really fun and loaded with personality and hooks - and compared to something like the Todd Terje album, there's a sense of genuine playfulness that avoids contrived wackiness and throwaway goofiness. I didn't realise he was a former poster.

There was a Fall album this year?!

ep

Oh just an EP (also sorry for breaking format)

Lol xp

"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"

I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."

I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."

I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."

I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."

Just saw someone I (still) regard as a friend describe the new Rolling Stones album as their best since Some Girls.

i might not go that far, but definitely their best since "voodoo lounge"

That's cool DLP - I'm pretty sure I already have enough illustrations of how American indie fans consider their taste the centre of the musical universe.

"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"

I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."

I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."

I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."

I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."

― dlp9001, zondag 4 december 2016 22:22 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ fp'd you for this tbh. What point are you even trying to make?

not sure why that post warranted an FP? Its hardly offensive

I'd complain about all these old bands doing so well in these lists if the two best albums I'd heard recently weren't by ATAQ and Yello...

ATAQ ATCQ

fp'ing a poster for an incomprehensible post really is a new low.. especially when i somehow haven't yet been flagged off this board

Wait there's a new Yello album?!?

I know, right? Let's not get distracted, people.

Ugh, you people do not get what "fp'd you for this" means do you? It doesn't mean I actually fp'd. #societyisinthegutteretc

OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.

Let's just get back to Yello, shall we.

Listening to it now. A++ so far.

OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.

You were right.

damn, cover blown after all this time

I reckon I'd like some of the Norman Records list but the descriptions are so annoying and useless as a quick reference point that I might not be able to wade through it.

Picadilly has some good lists up - reissues, compilations, etc.

xp oren ambarchi 'hubris' is the jammy jam if you've not heard it already

http://www.backseatmafia.com/2016/11/25/psych-insight-25-essential-psych-albums-2016/
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/05/bandcamp-best-albums-of-2016-100-81/
https://www.wbez.org/shows/jim-derogatis/the-best-albums-of-2016-savages-teen-la-femme-sneaks-gotobeds-and-the-next-35/3fc76136-f08e-48b7-834a-f500612ab4b3
http://apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-albums/

NPR list my favorite so far

derogatis list p terrible but Teen at #2 is very cool, more ppl need to hear that

what this says about my social identity i barely want to speculate but i guess i should start buying albums at starbucks counters

incidentally, i set my radio to the NPR classical/jazz station this week bc normal NPR news has been too depressing and i'm going thru an anxiety episode

from backseatmafia:

“In ‘Helios Rising’ Moths and Locusts have produced an album that shares much of the eclectic endeavour of it’s predecessor, but seem to have found a greater depth and breadth to their sound. This is an album that deserves your full attention since it is crammed full of ideas and influences all of which are not so much put together as crafted into a set of songs that will continue to grow with every play. I am convinced that this will be an album that I will be listening to for years to come and that I have thus far only touched the surface of its sonic depth.”

wow, i kind of feel like posting this to "worst music writing" thread. does this paragraph contain anything? anything at all?

Cool to see a Danish composer at six on the NPR list. Should probably listen to it, then.

fuck i love this kornél kovács record

Ooh, me too!

Complex's list http://ca.complex.com/music/2016/12/best-albums-of-2016/

I haven't gotten around to hearing either record yet but seeing Lil Yachty three spots above Bowie makes me smile because it has the potential to piss off so many people

Like me, because Lil Yachty sucks.

Annie Mac's 12 albums of the year has a few ilxor faves on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1z0ybyqmmvhgG1PW9Gk8pDb/the-12-best-albums-of-2016-as-picked-by-annie-mac

From the album artwork, featuring a watercolor illustration of a damp, cloudy autumn day, you know James Blake’s The Colour in Anything is strapping you in for a ride to Feelzville

The Quietus

For easy reference:

The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016

1. Årabrot - The Gospel
2. Solange - A Seat At The Table
3. Innercity Ensemble - III
4. Jessy Lanza - Oh No No No
5. Shirley Collins - Lodestar
6. Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
7. David Bowie - Blackstar
8. Ian William Craig - Centres
9. D∆WN - Redemption
10. Jenny Hval - blood bitch
11. Frank Ocean - Blonde
12. Laura Cannell - Simultaneous Flight Movement
13. Matmos - Ultimate Care II
14. Klara Lewis - Too
15. Skepta - Konnichiwa
16. The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time
17. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
18. Shackleton - Devotional Songs
19. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
20. Marissa Nadler - Strangers
21. Sote - Hardcore Sounds From Tehran
22. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
23. Katie Gately - Color
24. Sex Swing - Sex Swing
25. Brian Eno - The Ship
26. King - We Are King
27. GNOD - Mirror
28. Wolfgang Buttress & Bees - Be One
29. Jute Gyte - Perdurance
30. Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
31. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
32. The Stargazer’s Assistant - Remoteness Of Light
33. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
34. Julianna Barwick - Will
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Suede - Night Thoughts
37. Jambinai - A Hermitage
38. Convextion - 2845
39. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
40. Kemper Norton - Toll
41. Puce Mary - The Spiral
42. Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi
43. Daniel Patrick Quinn - I, Sun
44. Lord Tang - Butterflies
45. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future
46. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
47. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans
48. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
49. Anna Meredith - Varmints
50. Factory Floor - 25 25
51. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
52. Bully Fae - Defy A Thing To Be
53. Beyoncé - Lemonade
54. Kano - Made In The Manor
55. Bruxa Maria - Human Condition
56. Grumbling Fur - Furfour
57. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
58. Skee Mask - Shred
59. Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
60. The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
61. Babyfather - BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
62. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
63. G.H. - Housebound Demigod
64. Darren Hayman - Thankful Villages Vol. 1
65. Laniakea - A Pot Of Powdered Nettles
66. Waclaw Zimpel - Lines
67. Roly Porter - Third Law
68. Chance The Rapper - Colouring Book
69. Atlantikwall - Atlantikwall
70. SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs
71. Marie Davidson - Adieux Au Dancefloor
72. Pattern Man - Pattern Man
73. Julien Marchal - II
74. Billy Bao - The Lagos Sessions
75. Gyda Valtysdottir - Epicycle
76. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
77. Mica Levi & Oliver Coates - Remain Calm
78. Hen Ogledd - Bronze
79. Kassem Mosse - Disclosure
80. Kristoffer Lo - The Black Meat
81. Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming
82. Sam Shalabi - Isis And Osiris
83. Pangaea - In Drum Play
84. Ghold - Pyr
85. FIS - From Patterns To Details
86. Carla Dal Forno - You Know What It's Like
87. Swans - Glowing Man
88. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
89. Omar-S - The Best
90. Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden
91. Gnaw Their Tongues - Hymns For The Broken, Swollen And Silent
92. John Cale - M:Fans
93. The Invisible - Patience
94. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
95. Jackie Lynn - Jackie Lynn
96. The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - Bes
97. Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House
98. Ahrkh Wagner - Ahrkh Wagner
99. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
100. Stein Urheim - Strandebarm

that's cool and contains loads of stuff i either love or have got to listen to (not least solange). however their #1 is utterly baffling. yeah i've tried.

70. SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs

oh come ON

cool album, cool title

Fuck a Shucksuckchucksh

Fat White Family in TheQ's top ten is sort of like ... did someone lose a bet or something?

or maybe it is just typical TQ. But jeez, spare me ...

I generally like the Quietus but some of the music they go absolutely apeshit for I find pretty poor - I don't get what's so great about Arabrot either but they're at least better than fucking Fat White Family.

At least their token black metal album's interesting though.

both of their token black metal albums are fairly good ;)

xps the track listing on SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs is a delight too :)

Our three token black metal albums are all very good if you ask me.

xxp I was talking about JG actually I missed Oranssi Pazuzu which is higher than I would've expected!

(I was being tongue in cheek calling them token btw)

gnaw their tongues is p good too, am guessing that's the third

oh it's a new gnaw their tongues! oh em gee etc

Nice to see an album released by The Quietus Phonographic Corporation made it to #24 on their year-end list.

8. Ian William Craig - Centres

I've been trying this one off and on since it came out but it's just not connecting. Loved his first two. I guess I'm put off by the vocals being higher in the mix this time around.

Nice to see an album released by The Quietus Phonographic Corporation made it to #24 on their year-end list.

― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱)

they're obviously considering branching out into gaming journalism

28. Wolfgang Buttress & Bees - Be One

by the way this is not some kind of "voices green and purple" thing, this is LITERALLY BEES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU

the beece the beece the beece the beece rawr rawr rawr rawr

I keep meaning to listen to that bee thing. There was a liveish surround sound performance of it in the Glade at Glastonbury this year but it was shitting down at the time and I wasn't really in the mood.

8. Ian William Craig - Centres

I've been trying this one off and on since it came out but it's just not connecting. Loved his first two. I guess I'm put off by the vocals being higher in the mix this time around.

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), dinsdag 6 december 2016 15:29 (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same here, the vocals are a complete turn-off for me. Real shame.

xp lol Whiney

ctrl+f we are king

RIP music criticism

think that's bad try ctrl+f britney

76. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina

From Quietus list and on NPR one too. Seymali and her rockin guitarist husband and band are edging out Bombino for the North African desert music slot on a few lists.

King was just on the Quietus list! xp

king's exclusion from the decibel list was a real head-scratcher

lol

I didn't think KING existed outside of ILM so to see them on two lists so far is kind of amazing

they also got a grammy nomination

I think King are probably on the Quietus list BECAUSE of the ILM overlap?

racist much

go to hell

they're inside my own personal top ten THANKS TO ILX. the quietus is a british magazine whose writers READ ILX. it's not racist to draw the connection for fuck's sake

Yeah man, remember when Treeship got them booked on Conan?

lol

;_;

never understood whiney's long running personal beef with the quietus

this appears to have nothing to do with The Quietus and everything to do with assuming no one outside of ILX has ever heard of King

yeah, my beef was with imago

you really are KING of the specious racism accusation

^^ taking home the gold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBZgP3rAibE

Um anyway

The USA Today list is shockingly emo-crew friendly.

The USA Today list is shockingly emo-crew friendly.

rosenstock deserved to be no. 1 on at least one list

Is there a link for the USA Today?

Kinda surprised how underrepresented the year's big prestige emo albums are on a lot of these lists. But that may just be a reflection of the fact that 2016 was a strong year for a lot of music

I'm excited that he's getting so much exposure but also I am concerned about his bound-to-rise anxiety levels lol xp

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/the-50-best-albums-of-2016

Why the fuck are the Fat White Family on any of these lists? They're awful. I played with them once and as soon as they got there they asked the promoter where to score crack and then bounced w/o a soundcheck. Their music was horrible.

That sounds kind of like the essence of 2016 to me.

fat white family are indeed terrible

Fat White Family
Fat White Family are an English rock band, formed 2011 in Peckham, South London.

Quick facts: Fat White Family, Background information ...
Lead guitarist Saul Adamczewski was previously the frontman of indie-pop band The Metros, which also featured the band's original bass player, Joseph Pancucci-Simpson.

The band, fronted by Southampton born[1] and Huddersfield raised Lias Kaci Saoudi[2] released their debut album Champagne Holocaust in 2013. Their second album Songs for our Mothers was released in 2016.[3][4]

In early 2014 the band launched a PledgeMusic campaign to fund their show at South by South West festival, with a subsequent US tour. [5] Rewards for backers include a special massage from any member of the group, dinner for two with the fat white family, drum lessons and a "Primal scream workshop" with Lias Soudi.[6]

Discography
Albums
Champagne Holocaust (2013)
Songs for Our Mothers (2016)
EPs
Crippled B-Sides And Inconsequential Rarities (2014) (Released to supporters of the FWF PledgeMusic fundraiser)
Singles
Special Ape (2013)
Cream of the Young (2013)
Heaven On Earth (2013)
Touch the Leather (2014)
I Am Mark E Smith (2014)
Whitest Boy On The Beach (2016)
Breaking Into Aldi (2016)

They definitely play up the gobby British rock arseholes thing as part of their 'act', but the point of their music hasn't reached me yet either

ROCK IS BACK MATES

anglophobic much

Union Jackoff

Main guy nearly had a heart attack tripping on mushrooms and cracked out that night, i'm honestly surprised they're still alive and able to make a record at all.

Main guy returns as out and proud rock arsehole Johnny Rocket in the forthcoming Moonlandingz LP, itself a spin-off of The Eccentronic Research Council's excellent album last year. I'm sure you're all on tenterhooks

Rock band takes copious amounts of drugs shocker.

Rewards for backers include a special massage from any member of the group, dinner for two with the fat white family, drum lessons and a "Primal scream workshop" with Lias Soudi.

poll

dinner for two with the fat white family

lack of capitalization indicates this is a trick

I’m not sure whether he’s Hitler and I’m Goebbels, or he’s Goebbels and I’m Hitler… I’m definitely Tina Turner.

I'm assuming the special massage was to take place in Nevada to cover all legal bases.

I don't really care about their substance abuse problems or their hilarious gobshite antics, I'm not a music journalist, the thing for me is the music and the swagger or lack of swagger

bandcamp's list isn't done but (probably due to obvious self-imposed limitation, at least in the top reaches) is quite good: https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/06/the-best-albums-of-2016-80-61/

fat white family at least had the sense to have dilly dally open for them earlier this year. i saw dilly dally (who ruled) and then bounced

also that usa today list is on... the sports blog? shout out to lucy dacus tho

lucy ducas was one of my pitchfork discoveries, helps that i always keep my eyes peeled for Brad Nelson reviews

i love bandcamp so much of late, so much of my listening comes directly from there. am kind of surprised how much of the stuff on their list i already knew about/loved that i _didn't_ get to through bandcamp, though!

having said that:

"The thing about dark magic is that it really isn’t something to trifle with, not something you can achieve with a couple of crystals from Urban Outfitters, a Stevie Nicks album, a leather corset, a smudge stick and a change to your Twitter handle."

this is false and i have the photos to prove it.

brad nelson is def ilx tastemaker of teh year

tim's padawan breaks free ;)

whats up with quietus's #1 Årabrot - The Gospel? track 3 almost sounds like 90s alternative grunge metal

Arabrot is a headscratch record... feels like a contrarian statement to have that one on 1 but hey the rest of the list is good and at last I see an indie-focused list without that painfully average Car Head Seatrest album.

<3 Doran and the gang but this happened with Grumbling Fur a few years ago and appears to be based largely on friendship with the band in question. Which is probably fine, these bands often require a boost, although I've not liked either record myself.

That Grumbling Fur album was great though.

*shrug*

doran has been a fan of arabrot as long as I've known him so im not surprised he got the rest of the staff into them.

I got him into jute gyte

Lol

I'm enjoying this SHXCXCXCHCXSH album. Good background music for work.

http://www.treblezine.com/32903-10-best-metal-albums-of-2016/

10. SubRosa – For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
09. The Body – No One Deserves Happiness
08. Neurosis – Fires Within Fires
07. Khemmis – Hunted
06. Anagnorisis – Peripeteia
05. Hammers of Misfortune – Dead Revolution
04. Palace of Worms – The Ladder
03. Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows
02. Baroness – Purple
01. Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä

Many xps

I couldn't get in to that Bees album. Think someone on the Spiritualized thread said something along the lines of it being the best thing Jason Pierce had been involved in and whilst it was nice enough, it was nothing that I particularly wanted to listen to repeatedly.

http://www.treblezine.com/32802-10-best-jazz-albums-of-2016/

10. Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids – We Be All Africans
09. Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacles
08. Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison - In Movement
07. Fire! – She Sleeps, She Sleeps
06. Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith – A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke
05. LAM – LAM
04. Shabaka and the Ancestors - Wisdom of Elders
03. Dr. Lonnie Smith – Evolution
02. Tangents – Stateless
01. Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus

treblezine songs

100) Moses Sumney - Lonely World
99) Kamaiyah - How Does It Feel
98) Andy Stott - New Romantic
97) Neurosis - Reach
96) Young Thug - Wyclef Jean
95) James Blake feat. Bon Iver - I Need a Forest Fire
94) Inter Arma - The Paradise Gallows
93) American Football - Where Are We Now?
92) Amy O - Arrow
91) Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
90) The Weekend feat. Daft Punk - Starboy
89) Omni - Wire
88) Deftones - Doomed User
87) Joyce Manor - Last You Heard of Me
86) Jlin - Downtown
85) School of Seven Bells - Ablaze
84) Bat for Lashes - In God's House
83) Nicolas Jaar - Three Sides of Nazareth
82) Nap Eyes - Lion in Chains
81) Descendents - On Paper
80) Father John Misty - Real Love Baby
79) Esperanza Spalding - Earth to Heaven
78) Brand New - I Am a Nightmare
77) Massive Attack feat. Azekel - Ritual Spirit
76) Jessy Lanza - Never Enough
75) G.L.O.S.S. - We Live
74) PUP - Pine Point
73) Courtney Barnett - Three Packs a Day
72) Sturgill Simpson - Brace For Impact (Live a Little)
71) Savages - T.I.W.Y.G.
70) Kvelertak - Ondskapens Galakse
69) Diarrhea Planet - Bob Dylan's Grandma
68) Babyfather - Meditation (feat. Arca)
67) Death In Vegas - You Disco I Freak
66) Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wish
65) Charles Bradley - Ain't It a Sin
64) Kyle Dixon - Stranger Things
63) Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
62) Future feat. The Weeknd - Low Life
61) Death Grips - Eh
60) Big Ups - National Parks
59) case/lang/veirs - Best Kept Secret
58) Rihanna feat. SZA - Consideration
57) Underworld - I Exhale
56) Beach Slang - Atom Bomb
55) YG feat. Nipsey Hussle - FDT
54) Danny Brown - When It Rain
53) Erykah Badu - Hello
52) Heft - Japanese Breakfast
51) Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 07 | 2014 – 2016
50) Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharukous
49) Angel Olsen - Intern
48) Car Seat Headrest - Vincent
47) Andorson.Paak feat. Schoolboy Q - Am I Wrong
46) Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
45) Glass Animals - Life Itself
44) Radiohead - Identikit
43) Blood Orange - Best to You
42) Animal Collective - FloriDada
41) Beyonce - Formation
40) White Lung - Hungry
39) Anna Meredith - Taken
38) Beyonce - All Night
37) Modern Baseball - Apple Cider, I Don't Mind
36) Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
35) Chance the Rapper - Blessings
34) The Avalanches feat. Camp Lo - Because I'm Me
33) DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels - Nobody Speak
32) Emma Ruth Rundle - Protection
31) Mothers - It Hurts Until It Doesn't
30) Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
29) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
28) Solange feat. Sampha - Don't Touch My Hair
27) Preoccupations - Anxiety
26) Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
25) Blood Orange - Hands Up
24) Pinegrove - Old Friends
23) Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 03 | 05.28.2013
22) Frankie Cosmos - On the Lips
21) Solange - Cranes in the Sky
20) Radiohead - Burn the Witch
19) Chance the Rapper - Same Drugs
18) Frank Ocean - Ivy
17) Savages - The Answer
16) Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
15) ANOHNI - 4 Degrees
14) Frank Ocean - Nikes
13) Mitski - Your Best American Girl
12) Danny Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul - Really Doe
11) Beyonce - Sorry
10) Baroness - Shock Me
9) Kanye West ft. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, and Kirk Franklin - Ultralight Beam
8) Chance the Rapper feat. Kanye West & Chicago Children's Choir - All We Got
7) Kanye West feat. Kendrick Lamar - No More Parties in LA
6) Radiohead - True Love Waits
5) Parquet Courts - Human Performancce
4) Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
3) David Bowie - Lazarus
2) Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killers Whales
1) David Bowie - Black Star

I liked Black Star (the track) as much as anyone, but it was released in November 2015. Seems odd to put it at #1 this year when any other track from the LP was available.

that is a horrendous list tbh

cool that they like oranssi pazuzu though

Recall last year the (arguably) best list was Cosmopolitan, (not arguably) worst was Radio X, will see if that holds up this year.

That treblezind might be the most uninspired list of best songs I've seen so far. They should've added a one song restriction per artist.

Gorilla vs Bear songs: http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-songs-of-2016/

01 JESSY LANZA | It Means I Love You
02 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | The Space Program
03 KAYTRANADA | Lite Spots
04 WHITNEY | No Woman
05 MITSKI | Your Best American Girl
06 RADIOHEAD | True Love Waits
07 VINCE STAPLES | War Ready
08 ARIANA GRANDE | Into You
09 THE HOMIE | Too Late
10 MAGGIE ROGERS | Alaska
11 KYLE DIXON + MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things theme
12 RAE SREMMURD | Black Beatles (feat. Gucci Mane)
13 DANNY BROWN | Ain’t It Funny
14 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Higher
15 KANYE WEST | Ultralight Beam
16 JENNY HVAL | Conceptual Romance
17 BEYONCÉ | All Night
18 FEAR OF MEN | Sane
19 FRANK OCEAN | Ivy
20 NICE AS FUCK | Door
21 JAPANESE BREAKFAST | The Woman That Loves You
22 FUTURE | Inside the Mattress
23 DIANA | Moment of Silence
24 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells
25 KEDR LIVANSKIY | Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)
26 DANNY BROWN | Really Doe
27 WHITE DENIM | Take It Easy (Ever After Lasting Love)
28 KENDRICK LAMAR | Untitled 06
29 BURIAL | Young Death
30 DJDS | You Don’t Have To Be Alone (Charlie Wilson version)
31 YUMI ZOUMA | Short Truth
32 DANNY L HARLE x CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Supernatural
33 NITE JEWEL | Boo Hoo
34 VESUVIO SOLO | Flakes
35 BOYBOY | Boy
36 SKEPTA | Lyrics
37 NICOLAS JAAR | Wildflowers
38 DRUGDEALER | Suddenly (feat. Weyes Blood)
39 MERCHANDISE | Lonesome Sound
40 KERO KERO BONITO | Lipslap
41 JENN CHAMPION | No One
42 ANTWON | 100K
43 ANDY SHAUF | Quite Like You
44 TROLLER | Storm Maker
45 FORT ROMEAU | Secrets & Lies
46 JULIANNA BARWICK | Nebula
47 S U R V I V E | Copter
48 CHARLI XCX | Paradise (feat. Hannah Diamond)
49 WHITE LUNG | Below
50 KRISTIN KONTROL | x-communicate
51 HOOPS | Gemini
52 LEON VYNEHALL | Blush
53 KATIE GATELY | Tuck
54 HAMILTON LEITHAUSER + ROSTAM | In a Black Out
55 KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH | Existence in the Unfurling
56 CHARLIE HILTON | Funny Anyway
57 BONNIE BANANE | Statue
58 ZOEE | Betcha
59 MORLY | The Choir
60 FRANK OCEAN | Solo (reprise feat. Andre 3000)
61 MARIA USBECK | Uno De Tus Ojos
62 ANGEL OLSEN | Sister
63 NV | Kata
64 MARISSA NADLER | Janie in Love
65 NEWMAN WOLF | Please Keep Talking
66 MAMIFFER | Mara
67 CHROMATICS | Dear Tommy
68 EXIT SOMEONE | Sydney, the List Goes On
69 JIM-E STACK | Deadstream
70 JAMES BLAKE | Always
71 DENT MAY | Face Down in the Gutter of Your Love
72 HELENA DELAND | Baby
73 DJ TAYE | Burnin Ya Boa
74 ABRA | Crybaby
75 CASS MCCOMBS | Bum Bum Bum
76 ERYKAH BADU | Trill Friends
77 BLEACHED | Wednesday Night Melody
78 FOG LAKE | Rattlesnake
79 PARTS | Pieces
80 KATIE DEY | Fear o’ the Light
81 FELIX SNOW x SZA | Lies
82 HUNDRED WATERS | Forgive Me for Giving Up
83 CROSS RECORD | The Depths
84 MERELY | Limestone Corridor
85 HAERTS | Eva
86 MALL GRAB x YAEJI | Mountain
87 CRYING | Children of the Wind
88 TERROR JR | Trippin
89 SOPHIA LOIZOU | Genesis 92: The Awakening
90 SCRAPS | Touch Blue
91 BEVERLY | Victoria
92 ANNA OF THE NORTH | Baby
93 GHETTO VANESSA | Yuh Live Nice
94 TIFFANY | I Just Wanna Dance
95 THE TRACKS | Go Out Tonight
96 BALTRA | Tears Drop
97 DÆVA | Dream
98 A.K. PAUL | Landcruisin’
99 CAFE LANAI | Here 4 U
100 LUH | Future Blues
101 LÅPSLEY | Operator (DJ Koze’s disco edit)

only even heard of 25 of those artists, finally I am old and out of touch (yells at cloud)

Fader's list of "24 Albums That Made Albums Matter" (whatever that means), unranked: http://www.thefader.com/2016/12/06/albums-that-mattered-2016

Frank Ocean, Endless
Kanye West, The Life of Pablo
Drake, Views
Kamaiyah, A Good Night in the Ghetto
Rihanna, ANTI
Elysia Crampton, Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
Beyoncé, LEMONADE
David Bowie, Blackstar
Solange, A Seat At The Table
Various Artists, Epic AF
Archy Marshall, A New Place 2 Drown
Young Thug, JEFFERY
Babyfather, BBF: Hosted By DJ Escrow
Bon Iver, 22, A Million
Frank Ocean, Blonde and Boys Don’t Cry
Future, Purple Reign
Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
Francis and the Lights, Farewell, Starlite!
Tanya Tagaq, Retribution
Kaytranada, 99.9%
Blood Orange, Freetown Sound
Anohni, Hopelessness
21 Savage, Savage Mode
Gucci Mane, Everybody Looking

close call, glad Bon Iver showed up to help save albums

insipid indie sites and their lists

is there even an "indie" artist on that list

the indie game has shifted but the fader's aesthetic is pure hipster chic afaict

only even heard of 25 of those artists, finally I am old and out of touch (yells at cloud)

― sleeve

is there anybody outside, like, this board who has heard of more than 25 of those artists? not trying to be sarcastic here, i'm a little sheltered and maybe there are parties you can go to where people will say "Oh yeah, 'Boy' by Boyboy, I love that one!" without lying through their teeth.

for the record i listened to "boy" by boyboy and i did actually like it a lot, but i'll be fucked if i'm going to listen to 99 more bands playing at the walpurgisnacht rock festival in the illuminatus! trilogy.

A+ reference

Oh no not again. I've got dysentery from all these garbage music lists.

not nearly enough Weyes Blood on these lists, btw

OTM

yep

i cannot emphasise how good that record is

Double J http://doublej.net.au/news/features/the-50-best-albums-of-2016?WT.mc_id=Radio_Radio-DoubleJ--JJ.%7CFeatures.The50BestAlbumsOf2016_TWT%7CDoubleJ

50. Plutonic Lab – Deep Beneath the Noise
49. Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk
48. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
47. Common – Black America Again
46. Savages – Adore Life
45. Junior Boys – Big Black Coat
44. De La Soul – And The Anonymous Nobody
43. NO ZU – Afterlife
42. Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
41. Mark Pritchard – Under The Sun
40. Cass McCombs – Mangy Love
39. Melody Pool – Deep Dark Savage Heart
38. White Denim – Stiff
37. The Kills – Ash & Ice
36. Jim James – Eternally Even
35. Rosie Lowe – Control
34. Big Smoke – Time is Golden
33. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS
32. Paul Dempsey – Strange Loop
31. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
30. Gawurra – Ratja Yaliyali
29. PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
28. Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass
27. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
26. Teeth & Tongue – Give Up On Your Health
25. Frank Ocean – Blonde
24. Jordie Lane & the Sleepers - Glassellland
23. Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room
22. D.D. Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
21. Jordan Rakei – Cloak
20. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
19. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
18. Solange – A Seat At The Table
17. The Peep Tempel – Joy
16. Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
15. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your service
14. Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win
13. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
12. Olympia – Self Talk
11. Beyoncé – Lemonade
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
9. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
8. Angel Olsen – My Woman
7. Ngaiire – Blastoma
6. The Avalanches – Wildflower
5. Anohni – Hopelessness
4. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
3. The Drones – Feelin Kinda Free
2. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
1. David Bowie – Blackstar

I went one by one on the gvb list since I have nothing to do and I knew 47 of those songs and have 23 of those songs ( almost a perfect half)on my own personal top 100. So I can vouch for 23% of that list as being awesome. Never heard of boy by boyboy.

From the top 10 I'll vouch for Whitney, ATCQ, Radiohead and Maggie Rogers. But the only song that makes me grunt in there is Jessy Lanza.

Grunt in disgust like an angry boar

Idolator: http://www.idolator.com/featured/best-albums-2016-beyonce-solange-frank-ocean-rihanna-kanye-west-bruno-mars

1. Beyonce, Lemonade
2. Solange, A Seat At The Table
3. Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo
4. Rihanna, Anti
5. Shura, Nothing’s Real
6. The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It
7. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
8. Frank Ocean, Blonde
9. Kristin Kontrol, X-Communicate
10. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman

not nearly enough Weyes Blood on these lists, btw

― alpine static, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:31 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Probably on the basis that it was released too close to the election.

Cos it is great, I mean

has everybody already forgotten about that Avalanches album? It's only on 2 lists here...

Really surprised the Maxwell album ended up being relatively underrated.

not sure i even saw a decent review of the maxwell

brad nelson is def ilx tastemaker of teh year

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:07 Bookmark

last few for certi. 2016 ceremony is cancelled though

Metal Hammer
http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-30/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2016

Paywalled?

seems to be. anyone a member there? f'n'b?

I just bought Kerrang on my ipad so gimme a few mins to subscribe the list

a+ post

Kerrang top 50

50 Electric Century - From The Night To Control
49 Alcest - Kodama
48 Vodun - Possession
47 Pup - The Dream Is Over
46 Descendents - Hypercaffum Spazzinate
45 Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights
44 Black Peaks - Statues
43 Against The Current - In Our Bones
42 The Pretty Reckless - Who You Selling For
41 Swmrs - Drive North
40 With Confidence - Better Weather
39 Brian Fallon - Painkillers
38 Cane Hill - Smile
37 Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound
36 Sum 41 - 13 Voices
35 Russian Circles - Guidance
34 The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak
33 Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
32 Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
31 Letlive - If I'm The Devil.
30 Weezer - (The White Album)
29 Waterparks - Double Dare
28 Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
27 Asking Alexandria - The Black
26 Lonely the Brave - Things Will Matter
25 Beartooth - Aggressive
24 A Day To Remember - Bad Vibrations
23 Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues
22 Hellions - Opera Oblivia
21 The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
20 Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us
19 Milk Teeth - Vile Child
18 Muncie Girls - From Caplan to Belsize
17 The Dillinger Escape Plan
16 Biffy Cunto - Ellipsis
15 Gojira - Magma
14 Moose Blood - Blush
13 Blink-182 - California
12 Pierce The Veil - Misadventures
11 Every Time I Die
10 Twin Atlantic - GLA
9 BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance
8 Panic At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
7 Deftones - Gore
6 Against Me - Shape Shift With Me
5 Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
4 Frank Iero And The Patience - Parachutes
3 Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
2 Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
1 Green Day - Revolution Radio

haha stupid ipad autocorrect said subscribe instead of transcribe. well there it is anyway

dedicated to brad and maura obviously

The average age of the band members in that list much be creeping towards Mojo level. Does the Kerrrang! reader base just not have any cool young bands any more?

idk there's lots I haven't heard of on there but there are quite a few names I've rarely thought about in like a decade. I had no idea bands like Jimmy Eat World and Sum 41 were still going somehow.

and lol I don't think you can blame autocorrect for Biffy Cunto

no, that was quite deliberate :)

oh k3rr lol

the DEP album (their last) is p great tbf

"24 Albums That Made Albums Matter"

Gucci Mane, Everybody Looking

feel like fader ran out of rap records here

also "year of the album" narratives officially exhausting

The average age of the band members in that list much be creeping towards Mojo level. Does the Kerrrang! reader base just not have any cool young bands any more?

― Matt DC,

I imagine most of those bands we've not heard of are young emo bands

Car Bomb even better but not on the list, alas

thrilled to sift through that kerrang list

but Kerrang has always been really loyal to old heritage acts

the Kerrang list has a few good things on it, some real horrific stuff and the rest is bands I've never heard of as I havent read Kerrang in a decade bar the eoy albums issues.

Really surprised the Maxwell album ended up being relatively underrated.

― Chris L, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 4:25 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not sure i even saw a decent review of the maxwell

― r|t|c, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:00 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

record was very easy to write about without listening to it afaict

yeah i read alfred's rvw too

altho in fairness i think the max alb maybe does lack for some mystery quality that elicited the repeat compulsion of the one before... idgi cos whenever i listened i was riveted, senses overloaded, but after...

i thought so too for a while but lately i've been coming back to it a lot in the way i feel magnetized to the first. (though i still sorta don't know why the stuart matthewman tracks are there and they sorta give me a nightmare vision of a bloozy sade record)

yeah the matthewman trax are entirely it, i resent them v deeply. guess that they manage to effectively down the whole thing on their own is testament to the crystalline changeling construction of the rest, refinement to an near-imperceptible nanotech degree

without them it is prob the most truly futuristic soul record ever

That Idolator top 10 is my favourite list so far. I think it's the first list to feature Shura. Also the Bruno Mars and Kristin Kontrol records really deserve their places.

I had no idea Idolator still existed

I think we remember it each year when they put out an okay list

Happy the Muncie Girls record was given a nod in the Kerrang list.

just had a tipoff that all frank ocean placings and reviews were really for lil peep but advertisers changed them at the last second for woke clickbae

lol @ 'clickbae'

it's seriously baffling. when it makes the 77 nobody will know how

I know no one will agree with me but 77 is just too damn short for these lists now

the idolator list is pretty typical/predictable of nu-idolator, the mainstream pop records plus a few albums that mostly the pop blogosphere stans over

I've been relistening to the Maxwell album too. I got stuck on "All the Ways That Love Can Feel" for a couple listening cycles on Sunday.

― r|t|c, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:00 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

record was very easy to write about without listening to it afaict

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 7, 2016 8:10 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i read alfred's rvw too

― r|t|c, Wednesday, December 7, 2016

:(

http://i.imgur.com/jnx6csq.gif

How is the Maxwell futuristic? I like that description but not sure I could defend it.

Idolator's Top 10 of anything that isn't technically an "album" in their book:

10. Nina - Beyond Memory
9. Bridgit Mendler
8. Betsy
7. Annabelle Jones - Libelle
6. Dagny
5. Grace VanderWaal - Perfectly Imperfect
4. Tinashe
3. Kendrick
2. Chance
1. Carly Rae

http://www.idolator.com/7652330/best-mixtapes-eps-2016

101 LÅPSLEY | Operator (DJ Koze’s disco edit)

This is about 95 places too low.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvzJ-3yCto0

yeah i love that song/remix

i thought so too for a while but lately i've been coming back to it a lot in the way i feel magnetized to the first. (though i still sorta don't know why the stuart matthewman tracks are there and they sorta give me a nightmare vision of a bloozy sade record)

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 7, 2016 1:48 PM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the matthewman trax are entirely it, i resent them v deeply. guess that they manage to effectively down the whole thing on their own is testament to the crystalline changeling construction of the rest, refinement to an near-imperceptible nanotech degree

― r|t|c, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:07 PM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol, i had no idea which these were and...they are two of the strongest tracks for me

i spend the first half of the album enjoying it but as background music but the second half completely reels me in and i'm usually spellbound by the end. still not determined the exact point in the album the shift occurs for me

Goddamit Idolator you had a chance to mention KING as not really an album but a comp + new songs and you fucked it up

http://www.treblezine.com/33010-top-50-best-albums-of-2016

That list has a split personality. 50-21 has some pretty fun stuff, then the top 20 is the S.O.L.

What was I thinking? I meant S as in same ol' sh*t.

Goddamit Idolator you had a chance to mention KING as not really an album but a comp + new songs and you fucked it up

KING have never represented their album to be a compilation + new songs (and couldn't many, many debut albums be so described?) as far as I know?

http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/50-best-albums-2016/869258

Finally, someone gives The Drones a nod. D.D Dumbo is interesting, been listening to it this past week. He kind of sounds like Sting more than Sting does. Or Eliot Sumner.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/08/ew-best-albums-2016

Not much crossover with my tastes, but it's actually more ILM aligned than a lot of lists.

You can see all the list in a more uniform format at http://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php (see recently added lists column on right)

the Drones made my top 50. not their best album but a very worthy sharp left turn.

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/647-entertainment-weeklys-50-best-albums-of-2016/

Beyoncé - Lemonade #1

http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-albums-of-2016

Possibly the most boring list yet, plus Britney.

fucksake GAPDY really is happening again

http://www.splicetoday.com/music/splice-today-s-top-10-records-of-2016

#1. David Bowie — Blackstar
#2. Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
#3. Mannequin Pussy — Romantic
#4. Matmos — Ultimate Care II
#5. A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
#6. Young Thug — JEFFERY
#7. Rosali — Out of Love
#8. Animal Collective — Painting With
#9. Deakin — Sleep Cycle
#10. Deerhoof — The Magic

GAPDYXX it was. the xx were at the top of all those lists

a GADPY with A Tribe Called Quest and Beyoncé is a good GADPY imo

got no problem with those two records. ATCQ is in my own personal top 5. but it's not close to being at the top end of all these lists. tbh it's the crushing inevitability of frank ocean and radiohead that is killing me

Been following the Guardian countdown which was so far so predictable but I am genuinely astonished that enough of them liked that mess of a Rihanna album to vote it in at #7. Especially as Life of Paolo is probably still to come.

Paolo Di Kanye

What has been in the Guardian list this year?

You guys do realise that the issue with GAPDY wasn't just its predictability but its overwhelming white limp-dickness? Right?

(Full disclosure I loved that YYYs album which was the only one with some actual energy to it)

Can't get enough of that anti-white rhetoric these days.

Worse than just being bad music, they're white too!

what are you white or something

?? I'm lost

― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Thursday, December 8, 2016 2:13 PM (thirty-seven seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also the collective decision that beyonce is the only black female solo artist allowed at the top of these lists when DAWN (among others) is perhaps at least her equal is an unfortunate one

it needs interrogation, at least

I don't like all this year's consensus picks but if you don't understand how it's different to and more interesting than 2009's wall-to-wall tepid North American indie-synth picks then I've got nothing for you.

Solange tied with Beyonce on the Ringer list

anyone outside the Knowles family

Solange was Number One at NPR, Rihanna was Number One at Fuse, Louis is an idiot

anyone outside the Knowles family

I really wish there was a Kelly Rowland album that was popping up all over the place that I could namecheck here

Grrr

I just mean 'where's Dawn'

Yes, why aren't people rating this indie label album that came out 20 days ago over the woman who played the Super Bowl halftime show and the dying statement from one of rock's most iconic musicians

what could use some more ~interrogation is the collective decision that beyoncé only became an Important Musician and EOY shoo-in in 2013 and why it took her FOURTEEN years to get to that stage

rip thom yorke

people might not be rating it but the critics have a duty to represent the best music, right

Dawn's album doesn't even have a wikipedia page yet, but everyone should definitely be making the case that it's better than the album from someone who was nominated for Time's person of the year, conquered the VMAs and the Super Bowl and is currently sweeping the Grammys.

Beyoncé has been selling records and touring like an important musician since I can remember.