best music of 2016

favorite albums in no particular order except for the top ten

albums:


drugdealer: the end of comedy

the growlers: city club

big search: life dollars 

charlie hilton: palana

ultimate painting: dusk

kevin morby: singing saw

cate lebon: crab day

cass mccombs: mangy love

car seat headrest: teens of denial

woods: city sun eater in the river of light

idris ackamoor: we be all africans

nap eyes: thought rock fish scale

diiv: is the is are

adrian younge: something about april ii 

michael kiwanuka: love & hate

whitney:  light upon the lake

kevin krauter: changes

10. frank ocean: blonde
- critical track: "ivy"

9. the shacks: s/t EP
- critical track: "this strange effect" (kinks version still better, but love this too)

8. psychic ills: inner journey out
- critical track: "baby"

7. black marble: it's immaterial 
- critical track: "frisk"

6. wilco: schmilco
- critical track: "if i ever was a child"

5. frankie cosmos: next thing
- critical track: "fool"

4. michael nau: mowing
- critical track: "winter beat" 

3. chris cohen: as if apart

- critical track: "in a fable" 

2. andy shauf: the party

- critical track: "eyes of them all"/"quite like you"

1. angel olson: my woman
- critical tracks: "sister"/"shut up kiss me"/"never be mine"

playlists:

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