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