Best of 2016
Started this post over a month ago! 2016 sucked for everybody for so many reasons, but I can't complain about my life right now. I'm gainfully employed and playing in a good band, my family is happy, and I own not one, but two decent pairs of headphones. So the macro sucks, but the micro is doing ok. Anyway, here's the thing that everyone's been waiting for: what a middle-aged rock enthusiast from Cary, NC liked to listen to in 2016!
The Best (aka My Favorite) Albums of 2016:
1. Wussy - Forever Sounds
2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. The Mekons - Existentialism
5. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
6. Angel Olsen - My Woman
7. Wilco - Schmilco
8. Dinosaur Jr. - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
9. Lambchop - FLOTUS
10. Ty Segall and The Muggers - Emotional Mugger
Honorable Mentions (alphabetically):
- William Bell - This Is Where I Live
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
- Deerhoof - The Magic
- Dex Romweber - Carrboro
- The Drive-By Truckers - American Band
- Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful
- Freakwater - Scheherazade
- Eleanor Friedberger - New View
- Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories
- PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
- The I Don't Cares - Wild Stab
- Bob Mould - Patch The Sky
- Robert Pollard - Of Course You Are
- San Saba County - 5th
- Teenage Fanclub - Here
- The Thermals - We Disappear
- The Waco Brothers - Going Down In History
- Thee Oh Sees - An Odd Entrances
- Tortoise - The Catastrophist
