2016 Mid-Year Album Lists Thread • Page 9

Just a few I've loved:

Mitski
Frankie Cosmos
The Range
Whitney
Andy Stott
Radiohead
Classixx
Gold Panda

I think CSR will jump up after a few listens too.

 

Everything I've Heard So Far...

Loved
LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
Future - EVOL
David Bowie - Blackstar
Into It Over It - Standards
The Hotelier - Goodness
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
The Goon Sax - Up to Anything
Abi Reimold - Wriggling
Autolux - Pussy's Dead
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Skepta - Konnichiwa

Really Liked
Purple - Bodacious
Head Wound City - A New Wave of Violence
Tancred - Out of the Garden
Odonis Odonis - Post Plague
Open Mike Eagle - Hella Personal Film Festival
Tiny Moving Parts - Celebrate
Weezer - Weezer [White Album]
Kevin Gates - Islah
Problem Daughter - Fits of Disorganized Boredom
Brian Fallon - Painkillers
Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
Say Anything - I Don't Think It Is
Deftones - Gore
The Thermals - We Disappear

Liked
Saosin - Along the Shadows
Like Pacific - Distant Like You Asked
Witchcraft - Nucleus
The Lippies - The Lippies
Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Tindersticks - The Waiting Room
Bloodiest - Bloodiest
Basement - Promise Everything
Nevermen - Nevermen
Beyonce - Lemonade
Pinegrove - Cardinal
Money - Suicide Songs
Savages - Adore Life
Ray Rocket - Do You Wanna Go to Tijuana?
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
Pop. 1280 - Paradise
Surgeon - From Farthest Known Objects
The Cult - Hidden City
Settle Your Scores - The Wilderness
Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death
Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack
Daughter - Not to Disappear
HXLT - HXLT
Thrice - To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere
The Rocket Summer - Zoetic
Cold Collective - Bachelorette Party
Rob Zombie - The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser
Cross Record - Wabi Sabi
Face to Face - Protection

Didn't Like
Issues - Headspace
Ignite - A War Against You
Letlive - If I'm the Devil
The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
Against the Current - In Our Bones
The Fat White Family - Songs of Our Mothers
Roam - Backbone
Lycus - Chasms
Babymetal - Metal Resistance
The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
With Confidence - Better Weather
Tortoise - The Catastrophist

Hated
Milk Teeth - Vile Child
Trash Boat - Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through
Tonight Alive - Limitless
Brokencyde - All Grown Up
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Toothgrinder - Nocturnal Masquerade
The Ready Set - I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love
3oh!3 - Night Sports

 

Daughter- Not to Disappear
Tiny Moving Parts- Celebrate
Hotelier - Goodness
Tegan and Sara- Love You to Death
Weezer- White Album
Say Anything- I Don't Think it Is
Thrice- To Be Everywhere is to be Nowhere
Saosin- Along the Shadow
Modern Baseball- Holy Ghost
Drake- Views

 

Comin atcha now wit

well

no surprise for anyone who knows me

2016’s Midyear Best #3: Thrice

 

2016’s Midyear Best #2: Pinegrove

While dissecting this album today, I was very tempted to make it my #1

Holy gosh is this album incredible. I'm glad I'm not the only one, haha

 

1. California - blink-182
2. Goodness - The Hotelier
3. The Home Inside My Head - Real Friends
4. Along the Shadow - Saosin
5. Holy Ghost - Modern Baseball
6. Okay - Dowsing
7. Painkillers - Brian Fallon
8. The White Album - Weezer
9. First Day Back - Somos
10. Celebrate - Tiny Moving Parts

 

Whhoooaaaaaa Dragon Warrior Monsters!!

 

I've finally finished my list and series of reviews for each!

10. o'brother, Endless Light
9. Parker Millsap, The Very Last Day
8. The 1975, i like it when you sleep...
7. Hiromi, Spark
6. Chairlift, Moth
5. Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled
4. Shearwater, Jet Plane and Oxbow
3. Thrice, To Be Everywhere is To Be Nowhere
2. Pinegrove, Cardinal
2016’s Midyear Best #1 & Honorable Mentions

 

I love how extensive this is. You've listened to so much more music than I have! hahaha

 

the hotelier - goodness
brian fallon - painkillers
pup - the dream is over
weezer - the white album
mean jeans - tight new dimension
face to face - protection
lights - midnite machines
diarrhea planet - turn to gold

 

Thanks for the honorable mention bud. Happy to be listed among a bunch of those artists.

 

Anytime my friend!

Did you read the Pinegrove review yet? I've been receiving a lot of positive feedback on how well written my top 3 reviews are, even though they're all massively longer than I intended, haha

 

Haven't had a chance yet. Yesterday was my wife's birthday, so I was a bit busy. But I've got it pocketed to read later.

 

Happy birthday to your better half!!! ;)

 

I wrote a tiny bit about my top 10 albums and favorite EP of the year so far.

Closer to the Truth and Further From the Sky: Mid-Year 2016: The Best Albums I've Heard So Far

 

1. Pinegrove - Cardinal
2. Camp Cope - S/T
3. Pup - The Dream is Over
4. The Hotelier - Goodness
5. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost

Honorable Mention:

Brian Fallon - Painkillers
Culture Abuse - Peach
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Direct Hit! - Wasted Mind
letlive. - If I'm the Devil
Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere

Most Anticipated:

Brand New - TBA
The Menzingers - After the Party
Yellowcard - Yellowcard
Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave
Sum 41 - 13 Voices
Moose Blood - Blush
Against Me! - TBA
Butch Walker - Stay Gold
A Day to Remember - Bad Vibrations
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years

 

Didn't plan on listening to your #1, but this review sold me! Very well written!

 

THE BEST

 

@Chase Tremaine didn't know anyone loved Dissonants as much as I did this year! Solid review, I dig your writing

 

Thank you!!!

 

Literally the best video game of all time. At least handhelds

 

Thanks! I appreciate it!!

 

Maybe I need to listen to Dissonants again. I mean, we only share 3 albums in our respective top 10s (my top 10 is on one of the early pages, and merely a placeholder) but I do like a lot of the music in your top 10. Does that make sense? It feels like I just did a mini ramble.

 

Hahahaha no I totally get you. Since our tastes converge so often, you suspect there might be more to an album since I loved it so much. I really appreciate that! I hope you do find something to love in Dissonants if you ever return to it. I would definitely say it's greatness is "subtle," plus it takes getting over our desires for them to make another Ground Dweller or Reimagine.

 

Found it! I still need to listen to your 8-10, and Into It Over It only barely fell outside my top 10. I had 9 albums for sure, and then the tenth spot was initially a fight between Into It, 1975, and Pup. I also still need to hear Hotelier, but I'm giving myself some time because I never got into Home Like Noplace.