Mika D:
Light Upon the Lake— Whitney
Do Hollywood— The Lemon Twigs
Next Thing— Frankie Cosmos
City Club— The Growlers
No, My Name is JEFFERY— Young Thug
Keith D:
My Top 15 or so in some kind of order:
1. Bayonne - Primitives
2. Alcest - Kodama
3. Hashish - A Product of Hashish
4. David Bowie - Blackstar
5. The Oscillation - Monographic
6. Zeal & Ardor - Devil Is Fine
7. K-X-P - III Part II
8. Mitski - Puberty 2
9. Opeth - Sorceress
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Red Fang - Only Ghosts
12. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
13. Boulevards - Groove!
14. Derek Minor - Reflection
15. Flock of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes
Honorable Mentions (basically I need to spend more time with these)
16. Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
17. Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
18. Gojira - Magma
19. The Frightnrs - Nothing More to Say
Favorite Reissues:
1. Lunapark - Gefangene Vogel
2. ZwischenFall - Sandy Eyes
3. Blonde Redhead - Masculine Feminine
Favorite EPs:
1. Andres - Mighty Tribe
2. Floating Points - Kuiper
3. Skeletonwitch - The Apothic Gloom
Better Late Than Never Dept:
1. Grimes - Art Angels (came out in 2015, but took until her Moogfest performance to sink in)
Marty C.:
BEST OF 2016
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed Ltd.)
THE BODY No One Deserves Happiness (Thrill Jockey)
SWANS The Glowing Man (Young God)
WOVENHAND Star Treatment (Sargent House)
E self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
ROY MONTGOMERY Headquarters (Grapefruit)
PREOCCUPATIONS self-titled (Jagjaguwar)
SUNWATCHERS self-titled (Castle Face)
THE DEAD C Trouble (Ba Da Bing)
BRONZE Live in San Francisco (Castle Face)
HONEY Love is Hard (Wharf Cat)
BITCHIN’ BAJAS & BONNIE PRINCE BILLY Epic Jammers & Fortunate Little Ditties (Drag City)
DANIEL PATRICK QUINN I, Sun (self-released)
WILLIAM TYLER Modern Country (Merge)
DAVID BOWIE Blackstar (Columbia)
LOCAL/NC ARTISTS
HORSEBACK Dead Ringers (Relapse)
ANGEL OLSEN My Woman (Jagjaguwar)
SKYLAR GUDASZ Oleander (Daniel 13)
DANIEL BACHMAN self-titled (Three Lobed)
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER Vestapol (Merge)
REISSUES
JACK ROSE Opium Musick, Raag Manifestos, Red Horse White Mule, I Do Play Rock and Roll, Dr. Ragtime and His Pals, Jack Rose (VHF & Three Lobed)
THE SCIENTISTS A Place Called Bad (Numero Group)
TAD God’s Balls, Salt Lick, 8-Way Santa (Sub Pop)
THE FLESH EATERS Forever Came Today (Superior Viaduct)
SNEAKS Gymnastics (Merge)
Jaycie V.:
angel olsen - my woman
jackie lynn - jackie lynn
jimmy carter and dallas county green - summer brings the sunshine
favorite discovery this year: gene clark's white light
Michael D.:
Top Albums of 2016
William Tyler - Modern Country
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Scott Hirsch - Blue Rider Songs
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Nathan Bowles - Whole & Cloven
Psychic Ills - Inner Journey Out
Lambchop - FLOTUS
Eli West - The Both
Mount Moriah - How to Dance
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
Top Films of 2016
Hell or High Water
Everybody Wants Some!
Arrival
Green Room
Morris From America