Wednesday, February 01, 2017

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


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