Welcome to part two of my year-end music recap. This isn’t much of an article as it is a list of things that didn’t make my top 10 list. You can check out that list or other parts of this thing by clicking something below:
- Top 10
- Runners Up (You are reading this, right now. No need to click anything)
- Stats, Data & Trends, 2006 – 2016
- Music Piracy & Discovery
Things that were really close to making my Top 10:
Conor Oberst – Ruminations
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One of my favorite songwriters singing songs like Bob Dylan, by himself with a piano and harmonica and sometimes a guitar. Quiet and nice
Oh Pep! – Stadium Cake
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This band opened for the Mountain Goats, who I saw two nights in a row this year. They were a great opening band and I checked out their album and it turns out it’s great also.
case/lang/veirs – case/lang/veirs
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Women indie super group. Niko Case, K.D. Lang & Laura Veirs. I was worried it would be a letdown, but it’s actually great.
Things that were less close, but still really good:
Okkervil River – Away
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Okkervil River’s best album in a long time, even though the band broke up and Will Sheff found some new people to play with him and call Okkervil River. Nice and acoustic and good.
of Montreal – Innocence Reaches
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Not of Montreal’s best work. Still pretty good. See them in concert whenever you can.
Wolf Parade – EP 4
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With the exception of their incredible 2004 debut, “Apologies to the Queen Mary”, I have always loved the side projects of Wolf Parade’s members more than I have loved Wolf Parade themselves. But it’s still exciting when they are doing things together. This album is fine.
Islands – Should I remain Here At Sea?
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Islands other album made my top 10 list. This came out on the same day, and may have made my top 10 list if it was the only Islands album that came out this year. But I like the other one more, so I listened to this one less and we’ll never know for sure.
Beyoncé – Lemonade
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Yeah. I like this album.
Operators – Blue Wave
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Here’s a Wolf Parade side project. Dan Boeckner’s Operators released this album. If you like his other projects (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, the Divine Fits) you’ll probably like this too.
Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
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Twee as fuck.
Moonface & Siinai – My Best Human Face
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Another Wolf Parade side project. Spencer Krug can do no wrong in my eyes. This is kind of boring though. If I don’t love this, I’m not sure who will. Still worth a listen if you like his stuff though.
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