Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

https://somanyshrimp.com/2016/12/22/best-music-2016/

That RA list is solid

that somanyshrimp list is solid

Electronic Sound mag Top 24 albums (unveiled advent calendar style on their blog)

1. Hannah Peel
2. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve
3. Anna Meredith
4. V/A - Close To The Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984
5. Lambchop
6. Blancmange
7. onDeadWaves
8. Gold Panda
9. Wrangler
10. Silver Apples
11. Brian Eno
12. Oliver Coates
13. Yello
14. The Orb
15. Cavern of Anti-Matter
16. S U R V I V E
17. Floorplan
18. Let's Eat Grandma
19. Mark Pritchard
20. Graingerboy
21. Fakear
22. The Pattern Forms
23. Baltic Fleet
24. Reed & Caroline

The System EP re-release on Music from Memory is like the ancestral origin point of Junior Boys.

Also Digital Zandoli, man. This comp is so good! Was trying to ID Puzzle Pulsion - Mwoin Ka Songe from maybe a Young Marco set a while back? Anyway... other instant gems: Selekta - Fle Pou' W and Milton - Mizik Nou.

Afisha's top 20 international albums of the year:

20. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
19. Angel Olsen - My Woman
18. Zomby - Ultra
17. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
16. Kaytranada - 99.9%
15. Rihanna - Anti
14. Drake - Views
13. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
12. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
11. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
10. The Weeknd - Starboy
9. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
8. Anohni - Hopelessness
7. Solange - A Seat at the Table
6. David Bowiw - Blackstar
5. Skepta - Konnichiwa
4. Blood Orange- Freetown Sound
3. Frank Ocean - Blond
2. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
1. Beyonce - Lemonade

Their Russian list is a bit more interesting:

20. Gromyka - Akrobatenka
19. Buerak - Tantsi Po Raschetu
18. Auktsion - Na Solntse
17. Pika - A L F V
16. Pharaoh - Fosfor
15. NV - Binasu
14. Monetochka - Psikhodelicheskii Klaud Rep
13. Basta - Basta 5
12. Ne Tvoe Delo - Best Hits
11. Monatik - Zvuchit
10. Del'fin - Ona
9. Maks Korsch - Malii Povzroslel
8. L'One - Gravitatsiya
7. Megapolis - Zerolines
6. Antokha MC - Rodnya
5. Luna - Magniti
4. ГШ - Oeshch Magziu
3. Gribi - Dom Na Kolesakh
2. Thomas Mrvz - May 13
1. Kaspiiskii Gruz - The Brutto

No Mujuice on the Russian list is very surprising.

http://post-trash.com/news/2016/12/23/post-trashs-best-of-2016-staff-picks

^^ Focuses on louder alt-rock and indie.

My annual avant list :)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-avant-albums-of-2016-w455706

It might just be my browser but suddenly everything is centered on the page starting at #17

Scene leader Masami Akita (better known as Merzbow) and Steely Dan–esque. . .

This sounds promising already.

"Disorienting and gorgeous." just embarrassing overpraise

Great list Whiney! Bonus points for Wadada Leo Smith (should've been top 3) Writing about avant music is hard I gather... the more experimental it gets the harder it is to explain to someone why they should listen to it and what it sounds like if there's no references.

Whitney - glad to know someone else liked the Fox/Soper Duo record.

oren ambarchi too low

nice list Whiney, looking forward to following up the stuff i haven't already listened to

lol mordy

if you translate back from blurbese you basically get something indistinguishable from the random set of posts singled out in those two locked threads - wasn't there also a (v coherent I'm sure) critique of stranger things along the lines of this is good but ¿retromania? People got REALLY MAD iirc, fun all round

can't front tho, that list has most of the new albums I listened to this year on it :-( :-)

loved that battle trance album; would like to see it popping up on lists
not everything but: whiney tries

lots of stuff on Whiney's list that I want to check out, nice work dude

https://fracturedair.com/2016/12/28/albums-of-the-year-2016/

^^^ really love how they redesigned the album art in the top ten

The cassette and CD-R underground has been mining the knob-twiddling era of Tangerine Dream and Vangelis for more than a decade now, but the wildly popular series mixed with Dixon and Stein's diverse emotional palette will likely make this a gateway to the experimental music upside-down for years.

love this

http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2016/12/12/giittvs-albums-poll-of-2016/

Overblown’s 10 Best Japanese Albums of 2016. Was going to cut and paste names and titles, but they've made it too difficult to do so.

(I don't know anything about Overblown.)

The cassette and CD-R underground has been mining the knob-twiddling era of Tangerine Dream and Vangelis for more than a decade now, but the wildly popular series mixed with Dixon and Stein's diverse emotional palette will likely make this a gateway to the experimental music upside-down for years.

love this

― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:52 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thanks, Dave, that sentence was the result of an IRL convo with a Brooklyn record store clerk who def wasn't impressed with Dixon/Stein since he's seen an entire wave of analog synth festishists come and go, and was def trendy in the BK around 2010: Emeralds, the first three Oneohtrix Point Never records, RVNG Itnl reissues, all the way through the last Boards of Canada record. I think the fact that the Stranger Things soundtrack has been a commercial and cultural success proves that it's resonating with people way beyond the universe that reads Gorilla Vs Bear and can recognize a Robert Beatty drawing. Its actually turning people on to synths and synth culture and, one would believe, eventually, this whole universe of space-rock, drone, horror soundtracks, or w/e... I do wonder if the "lol simpsons did it" attitude affected its lack of acclaim at "cool" places like The Wire, The Quietus and Pitchfork. But I'm pretty certain this is gonna have a pretty big impact on a lot of young people who never bought a record of noises and drones.

I do wonder if the "lol simpsons did it" attitude affected its lack of acclaim at "cool" places like The Wire, The Quietus and Pitchfork.

I think in The WIre's case, it was probably more a case of "we've been covering this kind of music for a decade or so already, and frankly this iteration is...just okay." They reviewed both volumes of the soundtrack, and the Survive album, in the electronic column in the October issue, and called it "a capable xerox of gestures from 80s Tangerine Dream (the opening theme plunders The Keep), Jean-Michel Jarre and Timewind-era Klaus Schulze."

I think there's room for both what Whiney is saying and what Wire feels about SURVIVE/ST soundtrack. It's great if this music opens the door for youngsters though! I personally feel "It Follows" soundtrack did this thing better in the mainstream first.

or "under the skin" tbh

Hm, I don't really associate Mica Levi's work with retro-aesthetics.

If anything it's utterly contemporary.

SURVIVE/ST soundtrack is total member berries.

whiney hypocrisy so lame that mark fisher and simon reynolds died immediately

Thought Whiney was on team KAS Is Dull but looks like we've lost a good man

Keen to check out other stuff on that list though

Friend's list. Interesting stuff!

http://resonantspace.blogspot.com/2016/12/best-improvised-and-creative-music-of_28.html

lol at "Creative Music" but that's an intriguing list

I must be a very "creative" person cos I very much like a load of that shit :p

am dying to hear that Nuova Camerata one and have read a few people repping for it.

http://www.offbeat.com/articles/50-best-albums-2016/

New Orleans magazine's fave Louisiana releases

1.Aaron Neville: Apache

2. Roddie Romero & the Hub City All-Stars: Gulfstream

3. Allen Toussaint: American Tunes

4. Bobby Rush: Porcupine Meat

5. Honey Island Swamp Band: Demolition Day

xp to miko: i see a thruline personally

i really need to listen to that touss album

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2016.cfm

Blogger Daddy B. Nice's list of southern soul tracks and albums

His top singles include :

“My Sidepiece” by The Louisiana Blues Brothas featuring Big Pokey Bear

“I Got This Record” by J-Wonn

“Hey Mr. Sexy Man” by Nellie “Tiger” Travis

His top albums include:

LaMorris Williams --- Mississippi Motown

William Bell --- This Is Where I Live

Bigg Robb --- Showtime

Ms. Jody --- I Got The Feeling

Overblown’s 10 Best Japanese Albums of 2016. Was going to cut and paste names and titles, but they've made it too difficult to do so.

(I don't know anything about Overblown.)

mitsume's A Long Day is fantastic. Thanks for sharing this list.

2016 in review: Journeys in Acoustic, Primitive, & Experimental Folk

https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/2016-in-review-journeys-in-acoustic-primitive-experimental-folk/

I like all the ones I know from this list so I'm definitely going to check out the rest.

http://www.soundsbetterwithreverb.com/shoegaze/shoegaze-dream-pop-albums-2016/

Late pass but this Fox/Soper Duo album is the shit!

Dinsdale - Thanks for posting that, reposted in the ilx post Fahey/takoma thread

U2 (Drugs A. Money)
Late pass but this Fox/Soper Duo album is the shit!

Yup.

http://musicwontsaveyou.com/2017/01/01/rearview-mirror-2016

One of my favourite curators. You`ll need to wade through the google translation if you don`t read Italian.

I shouldn't leave out the stoner/psych/doom reps!

The Obelisk
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2016/12/20/top-30-of-2016/

1. SubRosa, For this We Fought the Battle of Ages
2. Mars Red Sky, Apex III (Praise for the Burning Soul)
3. Gozu, Revival
4. Asteroid, III
5. Brant Bjork, Tao of the Devil
6. Greenleaf, Rise Above the Meadow
7. Wight, Love is Not Only What You Know
8. King Buffalo, Orion
9. Wo Fat, Midnight Cometh
10. Slomatics, Future Echo Returns
11. Mos Generator, Abyssinia
12. Elephant Tree, Elephant Tree
13. Zun, Burial Sunrise
14. Hexvessel, When We are Death
15. Fatso Jetson, Idle Hands
16. EYE, Vision and the Ageless Light
17. Geezer, Geezer
18. Baby Woodrose, Freedom
19. Conan, Revengeance
20. Neurosis, Fires Within Fires
21. Curse the Son, Isolator
22. The Golden Grass, Coming Back Again
23. Borracho, Atacama
24. Black Rainbows, Stellar Prophecy
25. 1000mods, Repeated Exposure To…
25a. Egypt, Endless Flight
26. Foghound, The World Unseen
27. Beelzefuzz, The Righteous Bloom
28. Droids Attack, Sci-Fi or Die
29. Comet Control, Center of the Maze
30. Talmud Beach, Chief
31. Blaak Heat, Shifting Mirrors
32. Truckfighters, V
33. West, Space & Love, Vol. II
34. Seedy Jeezus with Isaiah Mitchell, Tranquonauts
35. Yawning Man, Historical Graffiti
36. Causa Sui, Return to Sky
37. Vokonis, Olde One Ascending
38. Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Phantomonium
39. The Wounded Kings, Visions in Bone
40. It’s Not Night: It’s Space, Our Birth is but a Sleep and a Forgetting
41. Beastwars, The Death of all Things
42. Naxatras, II
43. Holy Grove, Holy Grove
44. Worshipper, Shadow Hymns
45. Wretch, Wretch
46. Colour Haze, Live Vol. I: Europa Tournee 2015
47. Zaum, Eidolon
48. Bellringer, Jettison
49. Young Hunter, Young Hunter
50. Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Y Proffwyd Dwyll

Obelisk Readers
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2017/01/01/the-top-20-of-2016-year-end-poll-results/

1. Wo Fat, Midnight Cometh (375 points)
2. Greenleaf, Rise Above the Meadow (368)
3. Elephant Tree, Elephant Tree (324)
4. Asteroid, III (302)
5. Brant Bjork, Tao of the Devil (295)
6. Gozu, Revival (274)
7. Neurosis, Fires Within Fires (253)
8. King Buffalo, Orion (244)
9. Mars Red Sky, Apex III (Praise for the Burning Soul) (238)
10. Conan, Revengeance (232)
11. Cough, Still They Pray (228)
12. Holy Grove, Holy Grove (218)
13. SubRosa, For this We Fought the Battle of Ages (213)
14. Truckfighters, V (206)
15. Blood Ceremony, Lord of Misrule (200)
16. Khemmis, Hunted (192)
16. Red Fang, Only Ghosts (192)
17. Inter Arma, Paradise Gallows (181)
18. Witchcraft, Nucleus (174)
19. Opeth, Sorceress (173)
20. Church of Misery, And then there Were None (159)

Honorable mention to:
Causa Sui, Return to Sky (157)
Goatess, II: Purgatory Under New Management (157)
Black Mountain, IV (148)
Mos Generator, Abyssinia (144)
Wretch, Wretch (140)

Outlaws Of The Sun
http://outlawsofthesun.blogspot.com/2016/12/steve-howe-top-albums-of-2016.html

01. Geezer – Geezer
02. Cough – Still They Prey
03. Truckfighters – V
04. Elephant Tree – Elephant Tree
05. Brant Bjork – Tao Of The Devil
06. Haast's Eagled – II: For Mankind
07. Slomatics –Future Echo Returns
08. Slow Green Thing – II
09. Slabdragger – Rise Of The Dawncrusher
10. Kvelertak – Nattesferd
11. Holy Serpent – Temples
12. House Of Lightning – House Of Lightning
13. Comacozer – Astra Planeta
14. Demonauta – Tierra Del Fuego
15. Year Of The Cobra – In The Shadows Below
16. Conan – Revengeance
17. Mars Red Sky – Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul)
18. Vokonis – Olde One Ascending
19. High Fighter – Scars & Crosses
20. Domkraft - The End Of Electricity
21. Greenleaf – Meadow
22. Borracho – Atacama
23. Wo Fat – Midnight Cometh
24. Sourvein – Aquatic Occult
25. Megatherium – Superbeast

Stoner Hive
http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2016/12/the-countdown-so-far.html

1. Greenleaf - Rise Above The Meadow
2. 1000mods – Repeated Exposure To…
3. Asteroid – III
4. Goatess – Purgatory Under New Management
5. COUGH – Still They Pray
6. Egypt - Doom – Endless Flight & Wasted Theory – Defenders Of The Riff
7. Witchcraft – Nucleus
8. Wo Fat – Midnight Cometh
9. DUNSMUIR – Dunsmuir
10. Sinister Haze – Laid Low in the Dust of Death & Geezer – Geezer
11. Wretch – Wretch
12. Holy Serpent – Temples & Curse the Son – Isolator
13. Brant Bjork – Tao Of The Devil
14. Truckfighters– V & Elephant Tree – Elephant Tree
15. Gojira – Magma & BLACK RAINBOWS – Stellar Prophecy
16. Baby Woodrose – Freedom & Mars Red Sky – Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul)
17. Mos Generator – Abyssinia
18. Baroness – Purple
19. Komatsu – Recipe For Murder One
20. The Re-Stoned – Reptiles Return

Doom Charts
https://doomcharts.com/2016/12/31/best-of-2016/

1. ASTEROID – III
2. WO FAT – MIDNIGHT COMETH
3. COUGH – STILL THEY PRAY
4. ELEPHANT TREE – ELEPHANT TREE
5. GEEZER – GEEZER
6. BRANT BJORK – TAO OF THE DEVIL
7. WITCHCRAFT – NUCLEUS
8. GREENLEAF – RISE ABOVE THE MEADOW
9. YEAR OF THE COBRA – IN THE SHADOWS BELOW
10. VOKONIS – OLDE ONE ASCENDING
11. WRETCH – WRETCH
12. BORRACHO – ATACAMA
13. BRIMSTONE COVEN – BLACK MAGIC
14. SLOMATICS – FUTURE ECHO RETURNS
15. CONAN – REVENGEANCE
16. YOUNGBLOOD SUPERCULT – HIGH PLAINS
17. BABY WOODROSE – FREEDOM
18. GOATESS – PURGATORY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
19. GOZU – REVIVAL
20. SVVAMP – SVVAMP
21. SLABDRAGGER – RISE OF THE DAWNCRUSHER
22. LA CHINGA – FREEWHEELIN
23. DOMKRAFT – THE END OF ELECTRICITY
24. MAMMOTH WEED WIZARD BASTARD – Y PROFFWYD DWYLL
25. KING BUFFALO – ORION
26. FOGHOUND – THE WORLD UNSEEN
27. TRUCKFIGHTERS – V
28. WITCHTHROAT SERPENT – SANG-DRAGON
29. MOS GENERATOR – ABYSSINIA
30. HOWLING GIANT – BLACK HOLE SPACE WIZARD PART 1
31. MARS RED SKY – APEX III (Praise for the Burning Soul)
32. WASTED THEORY – DEFENDERS OF THE RIFF
33. MEPHISTOFELES – WHORE
34. DEMONAUTA – TIERRA DEL FUEGO
35. 1000MODS – REPEATED EXPOSURE TO…
36. BEASTMAKER – LUSUS NATURAE
37. LORD VAPOUR – MILL STREET BLUES
38. SALEM’S POT – PRONOUNCE THIS!
39. CHURCH OF MISERY – AND THEN THERE WERE NONE…
40. KHEMMIS – HUNTED
41. DUNSMUIR – DUNSMUIR
42. OLD BLOOD – OLD BLOOD
43. FIRE DOWN BELOW – VIPER VIXEN GODDESS SAINT
44. BUS – THE UNKNOWN SECRETARY
45. LIMESTONE WHALE – LIMESTONE WHALE
46. CHILD – BLUESIDE
47. SINISTER HAZE – LAID LOW IN THE DUST OF DEATH
48. AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED – ARC
49. TROLL – TROLL
50. THE HAZYTONES – THE HAZYTONES