Saturday, December 31, 2016

Top 10 records of 2016

In the immortal words of Thurston Moore (and I'm pretty sure I'm just paraphrasing): "Why would anyone want to be a critic, anyway?"

It is in this spirit that I present to you my rankings for the top 10 records of 2016. See? At least 10 good things happened in this most non-non-non-non-heinous year. Here's to a much improved 2017. Cheers!

10)  The Impossible Kid - Aesop Rock






Aesop Rock - Dorks


9) Gore - Deftones



                                     

Deftones - Gore



8) Command Your Weather - Big Business



Big Business - Horses



7) Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest



Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales




6) Monolith of Phobos - Claypool/Lennon Delirium 



The Claypool/Lennon Delirium - The Cricket and the Genie




5) Nucleus - Witchcraft



Witchcraft - Malstroem


4) Stillicide - Helms Alee



Helms Alee - Tit to Toe



3) We got it From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest



ATCQ - We the People...



2) Necronomidonkeykongimicon - Goblin Cock



Goblin Cock - Something Haunted



1) Future Echo Returns - Slomatics



Slomatics - Super Nothing


"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
                                                                                                            - Victor Hugo