Best of 2016 … So Far (Encore Episode 127)

Try as I might, but i just can't seem to get sick or tired of The Hotelier

 

Already posted this in another thread but:

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 recognize that California may not be the technically best album, and I recognize that its place may very well lower in the near future, but for right now I love the hell out of it.

 

Can't believe New Belgium just made its way to New York...Been drinking New Belgium beers for years here in Cleveland. Their seasonal Trippel and Accumulation are my favorites.

Speaking of Cleveland, yes, the championship meant more to this city than the rest of the country could possibly understand. 1.3 million people downtown for the parade. The entire region was shut down. Hell, I even took my wife and our 21-month-old to the airport (along with 10,000 others) to welcome the team back when they landed the morning after the game. Such a surreal week/month in Cleveland. Truly one of the best experiences of my life between being downtown for Game 7, the airport then the parade.

 

I didn't know Dowsing has a new album out. Awesome.

 

A few things:

Got some chuckles out of @Thomas Nassiff's hate for the "In Bloom" cover. I like it. It's probably my least favorite song on the record, but that's mostly because I think he's such a good songwriter and I'd rather hear his original stuff. That album is my number two.

@Jason Tate, you would definitely enjoy Millsap. His record is my album of the year. Unbelievable voice, and a few moments that remind me of Gundersen, though he's a bit bluesier. Definitely recommended. Also, if you were to rank that Butch Walker record, where would it be on your list?

I am a bit surprised how little either of you care for the Fallon record. Seeing those songs live a few days ago really made me appreciate them more. I don't think it's his best, but I don't think it's on a lower tier than most of his previous records either.

 

thomas jank came out last year

 

1. Hotelier - Goodness
2. Deftones - Gore
3. Pinegrove - Cardinal
4. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
5. 1975 - I like it when you are sleeping, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware
6. Into It. Over It. - Standards
7. Future - EVOL
8. Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack
9. Pity Sex - White Hot Moon
10. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

Maybe I need to give Pup another listen.

 

1. Thrice
2. Deftones
3. Architects
4. Emarosa
5. Nails
6. Saosin
7. Hands like houses
8. Plaid
9. Gojira
10. Bear tooth


There is a long ways to go

 

1. Daughter - Not to Disappear
2. White Lung - Paradise
3. Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow
4. Gates - Parallel Lives
5. Thrice - To Be Everywhere...
6. Somos - First Day Back
7. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us
8. O'Brother - Endless Light
9. Silver Snakes - Saboteur
10. Dowsing

& Best EP so far: Turnover's Humblest Pleasures

 

Also, this is probably one of the most balanced years ever in terms of high-profile releases. Everyone, we are still looking forward to:

Bouncing Souls
Descendents
Brand New
Taking Back Sunday
Bayside
Against Me!
Jimmy Eat World (possibly)
Yellowcard
The Menzingers
Moose Blood

Going to be a crazy back half of the year.

 

My man.

 

Parquet Courts probably has put out my favorite album this year.

EDIT: Now that I've thought about it more, Bowie's album is simply fantastic as well.

 

I'm a Warriors fan, and my wife was wondering why I wasn't devastated after the loss, and my answer was 'Because Cleveland deserved it, and Lebron just became the closest thing to Jordan I've ever seen.' Most satisfying loss I've ever had :)

 

Here's my mid-year list: Closer to the Truth and Further From the Sky: Mid-Year 2016: The Best Albums I've Heard So Far

 

Everyone should listen to Camp Cope

 

1) Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
2) Brian Fallon - Painkillers
3) Gates - Parallel Lives
4) Emarosa - 131
5) Frightened Rabbit - Painting Of A Panic Attack (expecting this to jump up a lot)
6) Pup - The Dream Is Over
7) Saosin - Along the Shadow
8) David Bowie - Blackstar
9) Letlive - If I'm the Devil
10) Sturgill Simpson - A Painter's Guide to Earth
11) The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep

bonus EP
Aaron West - Bittersweet

Honestly, great year for music across the board. Looking forward to new Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, and The Head and The Heart.

 

• Thrice- To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
• Hail the Sun- Culture Scars
• Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool
• Secret Space- The Window Room
• Gates- Parallel Lives
• Sherwood- Some Things Never Leave You
• Little Tybee- Little Tybee
• The Hotelier- Goodness
• PUP- The Dream is Over
• Tiny Moving Parts- Celebrate
• Polyenso- Pure in the Plastic
• O’Brother- Endless Light
• Into It. Over It.- Standards
• Pinegrove- Cardinal
• Wet- Don’t You
• Rome Hero Foxes- For When You’re Falling Backwards
• Basement- Promise Everything
• Daughter- Not To Disapperar
• Silent Planet- Everything Was Sound
  
  These are all the candidates currently in no order. Will most likely be adding Emarosa to this list. Hoping to add Yellowcard and Jimmy Eat World.

 

I think a lot of people are forgetting about O'Brother and IIOI because they were earlier in the year. Both of those releases were flawless.

 

Curious whether Life of Pablo was left off because the album wasn't good enough for top 10 or because he can be a shitty person?

 

Hail the Sun finally on Spotify, so I'm excited to finally give it a listen. I've heard good things about it.

Anyways though how you know about Rome Hero Foxes?! I love their new album! Didn't expect to see that on anybody's list.

 

Albums

1. Brian Fallon - Painkillers
2. The Hotelier - Goodness
3. YG - Still Brazy
4. Tiny Moving Parts - Celebrate
5. God's Hate - Mass Murder
6. Dance Gavin Dance - Tree City Sessions
7. Landscapes - Modern Earth
8. Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death
9. Angel Du$t - Rock The Fuck On Forever
10. Worship This! - Mint
11. The Ship Thieves - No Anchor
12. Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
13. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
14. PUP - The Dream Is Over
15. Hesitation Wounds - Awake For Everything

EPs

1. Creeper - The Stranger
2. G.L.O.S.S. - Trans Day Of Revenge
3. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - Bittersweet
4. Grader - Wholly
5. Terrible Love - Change Nothing
6. Stars Hollow - I'm Really Not That Upset About It
7. Life Moves On - Remedy

Year has been great so far

 

I follow Kurt Travis' record label and saw him promoting them. They're the future. So far, Hail the Sun's record is my number 2 behind Thrice.

 

1. Mount Moriah- Learn To Dance
2. Direct Hit- Wasted Mind
3. Sturgill Simpson- A Sailor's Guide To Earth
4. Frightened Rabbit- Painting of Panic Attack
5. Brian Fallon- Painkillers
6. Aesop Rock- The Impossible Kid
7. Mogwai- Atomic
8. Pup- The Dream Is Over

Andddd that's about everything that has really stuck with me this year. Stoked for the absurdly stacked second half.

 

Oh that's awesome man. I'm glad you came across them. They're actually a local band from my city, Houston. I saw them live last year and was impressed, but after I heard their new album I was blown away. Hunter is probably my favorite song of the year so far. Amazing album

Yeah man you had a great list. Thrice, Radiohead, Sherwood, Polyenso and O'Brother are among my favs as well