Official 2016 Alt Music/The Lounge Thread

[Adam3000]

What happened to this thread?

I haven't had a chance to check out many releases in the past 2-3 months, was hoping to come in here and find some gems

There aint been shyt to talk about

Releases have been dead for months

 

[Adam3000]

Ehhh, ain't nothing else dropping. Time for my year end list I guess. There has been plenty of good music this year, but very little great music. Here's hoping to a better 2017


Album of the Year:

Anohni "Hopelessness" -- This is my first album of the year since 2008 that I have not rated a 9.5 or better, although it is borderline. I just can't get enough of blistering emotional vocals on top of pounding electronic beats. This album was the next level up from Bjork's masterpiece last year. There are a couple weak spots here and there but they are more than made up for by the highs


Runners Up:

Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo" -- This album had the skeleton to be an instant classic AOTY. All it needed was a good editor and engineer to fix it up. But Kanye never would have allowed that, so it is what it is. A brilliant, yet heavily flawed album that I still can't get enough of.

Bon Iver "22, A Million" -- Can't really expect anything less from Bon Iver. Only thing that held this album back from instant classic status was Justin Vernon's insistence on singing in his normal voice too much. Bon Iver should be all about that falsetto

Beyonce "Lemonade" -- I am not a Beyonce fan, her voice has never captured me. But this album did, due to its near perfect construction, writing, and production. By far the best pop album I have heard in years.


Full List of "Worthy" Albums From 2016:

Spoiler

9.5 or above
None


9.0 or above
Anohni "Hopelessness"
Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo"
Bon Iver "22, A Million"
Beyonce "Lemonade"

8.5 or above
Kendrick Lamar "untitled unmastered"
Nicolas Jaar "Sirens"
Chance The Rapper "Coloring Book"
Radiohead "A Moon Shaped Pool"
Anderson .Paak "Malibu"
A Tribe Called Quest "We Got It From Here..."
Frank Ocean "Blond"
Angel Olsen "My Woman"
Parquet Courts "Human Performance"
David Bowie "Blackstar"
Solange "A Seat At The Table"


8.0 or above
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Skeleton Tree"
Iggy Pop "Post Pop Depression"
Whitney "Light Upon The Lake"
Blood Orange "Freetown Sound"
Childish Gambino "Awake, My Love"
The Avalanches "Wildflower"
Schoolboy Q "Blank Face"
Kaytranada "99.9%"
Andy Stott "Too Many Voices"
Car Seat Headrest "Teens Of Denial"
Preoccupations "Preoccupations"
Koi Child "Koi Child"
Juliana Barwick "Will"
Mitski "Puberty 2"
Tim Hecker "Love Streams"
Savages "Adore Life"
Anna Meredith "Varmints"
Frankie Cosmos "Next Thing"
Esperanza Spalding "Emily's D Evolution"


Other Albums I Enjoyed
Arca "Entranas"
Frank Ocean "Endless"
Jamila Woods "Heavn"
James Blake "The Colour In Anything"
PJ Harvey "The Hope Six Demolition Project"
Deakin "Sleep Cycle"
Marissa Nadler "Strangers"
Elzhi "Lead Poison"
Sarah Neufeld "The Ridge"
DIIV "Is The Is Are?"
Chairlift "Moth"

Song Of The Year:


Bon Iver "33 God" -- I had trouble picking a favorite song this year. All the top contenders were nearly equal to me. So I tried to imagine which song I would be most likely to queue up on my MP3 player 5 years from now for a quick listen. And this was the winner. Perfection on record.


Runners Up:
Kanye West "Ultralight Beam"
Anohni "4 Degrees" or "Drone Bomb Me"
Beyonce "Sorry"
James Blake "Modern Soul"
Car Seat Headrest "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whale"

 

[We Major]

Album of the Year

Everything You've Come To Expect - The Last Shadow Puppets

8 years I waited for this album. My god how it was worth it The flow and delivery through the album I saw them 3 times on tour too



2. We got it from here....Thank You 4 Your service - A Tribe Called Quest
3. Black America Again - Common
4. Malibu - Anderson .Paak
5. Freetown Sound - Blood Orange

 

[Yoda]

Ehhh, ain't nothing else dropping. Time for my year end list I guess. There has been plenty of good music this year, but very little great music. Here's hoping to a better 2017


Album of the Year:

Anohni "Hopelessness" -- This is my first album of the year since 2008 that I have not rated a 9.5 or better, although it is borderline. I just can't get enough of blistering emotional vocals on top of pounding electronic beats. This album was the next level up from Bjork's masterpiece last year. There are a couple weak spots here and there but they are more than made up for by the highs


Runners Up:

Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo" -- This album had the skeleton to be an instant classic AOTY. All it needed was a good editor and engineer to fix it up. But Kanye never would have allowed that, so it is what it is. A brilliant, yet heavily flawed album that I still can't get enough of.

Bon Iver "22, A Million" -- Can't really expect anything less from Bon Iver. Only thing that held this album back from instant classic status was Justin Vernon's insistence on singing in his normal voice too much. Bon Iver should be all about that falsetto

Beyonce "Lemonade" -- I am not a Beyonce fan, her voice has never captured me. But this album did, due to its near perfect construction, writing, and production. By far the best pop album I have heard in years.


Full List of "Worthy" Albums From 2016:

Spoiler

9.5 or above
None


9.0 or above
Anohni "Hopelessness"
Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo"
Bon Iver "22, A Million"
Beyonce "Lemonade"

8.5 or above
Kendrick Lamar "untitled unmastered"
Nicolas Jaar "Sirens"
Chance The Rapper "Coloring Book"
Radiohead "A Moon Shaped Pool"
Anderson .Paak "Malibu"
A Tribe Called Quest "We Got It From Here..."
Frank Ocean "Blond"
Angel Olsen "My Woman"
Parquet Courts "Human Performance"
David Bowie "Blackstar"
Solange "A Seat At The Table"


8.0 or above
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Skeleton Tree"
Iggy Pop "Post Pop Depression"
Whitney "Light Upon The Lake"
Blood Orange "Freetown Sound"
Childish Gambino "Awake, My Love"
The Avalanches "Wildflower"
Schoolboy Q "Blank Face"
Kaytranada "99.9%"
Andy Stott "Too Many Voices"
Car Seat Headrest "Teens Of Denial"
Preoccupations "Preoccupations"
Koi Child "Koi Child"
Juliana Barwick "Will"
Mitski "Puberty 2"
Tim Hecker "Love Streams"
Savages "Adore Life"
Anna Meredith "Varmints"
Frankie Cosmos "Next Thing"
Esperanza Spalding "Emily's D Evolution"


Other Albums I Enjoyed
Arca "Entranas"
Frank Ocean "Endless"
Jamila Woods "Heavn"
James Blake "The Colour In Anything"
PJ Harvey "The Hope Six Demolition Project"
Deakin "Sleep Cycle"
Marissa Nadler "Strangers"
Elzhi "Lead Poison"
Sarah Neufeld "The Ridge"
DIIV "Is The Is Are?"
Chairlift "Moth"

Song Of The Year:


Bon Iver "33 God" -- I had trouble picking a favorite song this year. All the top contenders were nearly equal to me. So I tried to imagine which song I would be most likely to queue up on my MP3 player 5 years from now for a quick listen. And this was the winner. Perfection on record.


Runners Up:
Kanye West "Ultralight Beam"
Anohni "4 Degrees" or "Drone Bomb Me"
Beyonce "Sorry"
James Blake "Modern Soul"
Car Seat Headrest "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whale"

22, a million was crazy good

did not like that anohni record tho

 

[Brozay]

Felt like a weak year brehs, I dunno

I've been bumping LCD Soundsystem all year heavy, god they are fukking great

A new album from them would be

 

[Red Shield]

Not sure if I ever recommended this band.. but if you haven't heard of em..give em a listen

Boy Friend - D'Arrest

two members broke off and formed their own thing Sleep Over - Casual Diamond

 

[Deafheaven]

22, a million was crazy good

did not like that anohni record tho

The only decent song on that shyt was four degrees. Annually I'm left scracthing my head over what @Adam3000 is actually listening to

The lyrics on that record sound like they were literally written by a 12 year old.

 

[FrostBite]

Favorite Albums of the Year
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Frank Ocean - Blond

Other Top Albums
KING - We Are King
dvsn - Sept. 5th
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
James Blake - The Colour in Anything
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Anderson .Paak - Malibu

Top Songs of the Year
Kanye West - Waves
Frank Ocean - Pink + White
KAYTRANADA - GOT IT GOOD
dvsn - Hallucinations
James Blake - Modern Soul
KING - The Greatest
The Weeknd - I Feel it Coming
Gallant - Weight in Gold
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Bon Iver - 33 "GOD"
Father John Misty - Real Love Baby

 

[We Major]

All types of rumours about Arctic Monkeys recording for AM6 in 2017

 

[Roaden Polynice]

I thought it was actually a pretty decent year for music.

Favorite Albums:

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
Porches - Pool
Pinegrove - Cardinal
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Bowie - Blackstar
Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
Night Moves - Pennied Days
Solange - A Seat At The Table

And then my favorite songs, just songs that I returned to over and over again throughout the year

 

[Kokoro]

Perfect thread to bump

Anybody fukk with Melody Prochet/Melodys Echo Chamber??

Here are some leftover tracks she did with Kevin Parker

 

[JadeB]

Mitski dropping new music now