Diminishing returns, way too many songs for how many were actually quality. Could whittle the two albums down into one solid 8-10 track album but as it stands it's just too much. Also mask off is one of the worst hooks I've ever heard but I'll save my rant for why "molly Percocet" repeated over and over is the dumbest shit in the world for another thread
I will agree that those Future albums are too much but between the two there's at least 3 of his best songs ever.
Fair enough, admittedly I haven't listened to either album much since the month of release, and was super caught up in the hype. There was definitely some fat to be trimmed though, mainly on the self-titled.
1. Uyama Hiroto - Freeform Jazz 2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 3. Emperor X - Oversleepers International 4. DJ Okawari - Compass 5. Cayetana - New Kind of Normal 6. Wow I haven't listened to that much this year see y'all later
Ok this needs an update now: 1. Bleachers - Gone Now 2. Paramore - After Laughter 3. Lorde - Melodrama 4. The Maine - Lovely, Little Lonely 5. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 6. Kendrick Lamar - Damn. 7. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy 8. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 10. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 11. The Menzingers - After the Party 12. Portugal. the Man - Woodstock 13. Young Thug - Beautiful Thugger Girls 14. Charly Bliss - Guppy 15. John Mayer - the Search for Everything 16. The Mountain Goats - Goths This 20 could easily be rounded out with Jason Isbell, Ratboys when it comes out on Friday, '68 (I still haven't listened to it all but I've heard a few songs and love them), and to be honest the Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie album. I'm just having too much trouble giving everything the proper time it deserves. I also expect Vince Staples and Fleet Foxes to move higher on this list, and probably Young Thug too. Most anticipated right now: the Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Lana Del Rey, Arcade Fire, Manchester Orchestra, Turnover, Fall Out Boy, Foo Fighters, and I still think we'll get a new one from the Front Bottoms this year.
1.Creeper 2.Mastodon 3.The Menzingers 4.Chon 5.Code Orange 6.Slowdive 7.Can't Swim 8.Eighteen Visions 9.Hundredth 10.Dying Fetus
My favourite albums of the year in no particular order: Daydream - Enjoy Nothing Head North - The Last Living Man Alive Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes Smidley - Smidley Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - Modern Ruin The Rocketboys - Certain Circles Tall Ships - Impressions The Lulls In Traffic - Rabbit In The Snare The Menzingers - After The Party Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex Sampha - Process Jonwayne - Rap Album Two Junior Astronomers - Body Language The Flatliners - Inviting Light Aviator - Loneliness Leaves The Light On For Me Portugal. The Man - Woodstock Sleepmakeswaves - Made of Breath Only
1. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 2. The Menzingers - After the Party 3. Code Orange - Forever 4. Tigers Jaw - Spin 5. Lorde - Melodrama 6. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 7. Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstacy 8. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels III 9. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 10. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music 11. Gucci Mane / Metro Boomin - DropTopWop 12. COIN - How Will You Know If You Never Try? 13. The Orwells - Terrible Human Beings 14. Paramore - After Laughter 15. Harry Styles - S/T 16. Cupcakke - Queen Elizabitch 17. Future - S/T 18. Rozwell Kid - Precious Art 19. Lil Yachty - Teenage Emotions 20. Iron Reagan - Crossover Ministry
The Maine - Lovely, Little, Lonely While She Sleeps - You Are We Lorde - Melodrama Bleachers - Gone Now Lower Than Atlantis - Safe In Sound All Time Low - Last Young Renegade Our Last Night - Selective Hearing EP Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? The White Noise - AM/PM Acceptance - Colliding By Design Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway Paramore - After Laughter Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. As It Is - Okay. Grayscale - Adornement The Menzingers - After The Party Tigers Jaw - spin Hundredth - Rare
Didn't feel like putting it in order but Vince and Lorde are definitely 1 and 2 right now. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory Lorde - Melodrama Paramore - After Laughter Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel Perfume Genius - No Shape SZA - CTRL Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound The xx - I See You Tigers Jaw - spin Future - HNDRXX Bleachers - Gone Now Code Orange - Forever Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me Young Thug - Beautiful Thugger Girls Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy Ostraca/Flesh Born - Faces of the Moving Year Passion Pit - Tremendous Sea of Love Mastodon - Emperor of Sand Phoenix - Ti Amo
1. The Menzingers – After The Party 2. Head North – The Last Living Man Alive 3. Bleachers – Gone Now 4. A Will Away – Here Again 5. Acceptance 6. Day At The Fair – The Epilogue 7. The Maine – Lovely Little Lonely 8. John Mayer – The Search For Everything 9. Paramore – After Laughter 10. Cold War Kids – LA Divine 11. He Is Legend – few 12. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
1. The Menzingers - After The Party 2. Deaf Havana - All These Countless Nights 3. Sorority Noise - You're Not As ___ As You Think You Are 4. Tigers Jaw - Spin 5. Creeper - Eternity In Your Arms 6. Grayscale - Adornment 7. John Mayer - The Search For Everything 8. Charly Bliss - Guppy 9. Hundredth - Rare 10. Kendrick Lamar- DAMN. 11. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 12. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely Those are the only albums this year that have truly excited me. Everything else has been discovering old albums or discographies.
Beach Fossils Lorde Kendrick Menzingers Smith Street Band Pissed Jeans Trophy Eyes New Killers single is a banger.
My top ten in order: 1. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, and Nico Muhly - Planetarium 2. Tigers Jaw - Spin 3. Future - HENDRXX 4. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 5. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 6. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes 7. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN 8. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 9. Arca - Arca 10. Young Thug - BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS All these were great, but didn't make it into my top ten: Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors Football Inc. - Corner The Menzingers - After the Party The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely Future - FUTURE Perfume Genius - No Shape Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape Souvenirs - Posture of Apology Spoon - Hot Thoughts
Bleachers - Gone Now Lorde - Melodrama The Menzingers - After The Party Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway Paramore - After Laughter Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life Ed Sheeran - Divide Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound
1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 2. Fleet Foxes - Crack Up 3. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 4. White Reaper - The World's Best American Band 5. Steve Earle and the Dukes - So You Wanna Be an Outlaw 6. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 7. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 8. Justin Townes Earle - Kids in the Street 9. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand 10. Pallbearer - Heartless Most disappointing: Spoon - Hot Thoughts Most overrated: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy Most unintentionally aptly named: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy Album I really really need to listen to: Slowdive - Slowdive Most anticipated: Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder / The National - Sleep Well Beast Best album of 2016, six months out: Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (think I had it #2 behind Pinegrove last December)