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EscGeek

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You know the drill...post them here xmusic

Mine:
 

JamieBrown

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Mh, let's take a look at with what I filled my playlists this year

 

ShoeFlo

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So this thread is only about songs released in 2016 or about songs we used to listen in 2016 regardless of how old they are? Anyway, I will only include 2016 songs.

I don't use to hear the latest music so it took me some time to figure out what songs are from 2016 :D well, here we go:
 

Carrie

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It's been an okayish year, musically.

 

DaFlo

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Weee here are my top 10 albums & top 20 songs of 2016 :D

Albums



Songs

 

RainyWoods

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I feel like this year I haven't listened to enough new music. I've been bad with listening to new album releases for sure. I can put together a nice enough list of songs though, and highlight a few albums I really loved. The list excludes Eurovision songs.



01. Sims - Brutal Dance
02. Nicole Atkins - A Little Crazy
03. Sims - One Hundred
04. Jem - Beachwood Canyon
05. Big Thief - Paul
06. Weyes Blood - Generation Why
07. The Lemon Twigs - These Words
08. The Sadies - It's Easy Like Walking (feat. Kurt Vile)
09. Kristin Kontrol - Smoke Rings
10. Ablebody - One Dime A Day
11. Amy Klein - Valerie
12. Big Thief - Masterpiece
13. Homeboy Sandman - Life Support
14. Part Time - It's Alright With Me
15. Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan - Sex Beat
16. The Lemon Twigs - How Lucky Am I?
17. Wyatt Blair - Double Rainbow
18. Amanda Lear - The Best Is Yet To Come
19. Kehlani - Distraction
20. Blood Orange - Augustine
21. Ameriie - Thru The Stars
22. The Orwells - They Put A Body In The Bayou
23. The Orwells - Buddy
24. Heliotropes - Easy
25. That Poppy - Altar
26. Doomtree - Spill Me Up
27. Haley Bonar - Kismet Kill
28. Drugdealer - Easy To Forget (feat. Ariel Pink)
29. Dinosaur Jr. - I Told Everyone
30. Seth Bogart - Lubed
31. Margaret Glaspy - You And I
32. Sadistik - Out The Dark
33. Andy Shauf - The Magician
34. Mac DeMarco - I Was A Fool To Care
35. Kevin Morby - I Have Been To The Mountain






Favourite Albums


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John Cale - M:Fans


A re-imagining of Cale's pièce de résistance from 1982, "Music For A New Society". On "M:Fans" John has reborn each song from the dark and uncomfortable album. Some being given almost schizo electronic makeovers, others stripped down to just piano. It's absolutely glorious. I didn't include any of the songs from this on my end of year songs list because I knew them all already and have loved them for years.


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Sims - More Than Ever

I got into hip hop.. more than ever (xheat) this year and this hot release from my favourite Doomtree MC, Sims, was probably the most exciting release this year. I absolutely adore it. He wrote it at a pretty bad time when I believe his wife was unwell, and it shows in these songs. There is an urgency here that has you on edge. I may not have spammed "Brutal Dance" as much as some songs this year as it's a difficult song to listen to ("Beachwood Canyon" by Jem I actually played the most), but this Sims track slays me each time I listen to it. My surprise song of the year and probably album of the year as well if we exclude John Cale.


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The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood


These two brothers from New York got signed to the iconic 4AD label this year and released this awesome slice of Todd Rundgren-esque psych rock.


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Big Thief - Masterpiece

Debut album from another cool new band based in New York. Sometimes a little sludgy, sometimes achingly beautiful shoegaze balladry. "Paul" is probably the most beautiful ballad i've heard this year.


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Elliott Smith - Heaven Adores You Soundtrack

Elliott Smith passed away back in 2003, and to this day, new songs and recordings keep trickling out. This is a collection of songs that serve as the soundtrack to the documentary "Heaven Adores You". The film itself left me with a strange feeling as it didn't go to areas that haunt every Elliott Smith fan, and instead focused on brighter stuff and was more of a celebration of his life. This soundtrack is absolutely stunning, featuring instrumental pieces Elliott recorded as a teenager, unreleased songs and alternate takes. The version of "The Last Hour" slices me in two.






2017 should be a super hot year for me. I simply cannot wait. Seems like Dessa is releasing a new record, Mikal Cronin (xheat) has teased he's recording, Mac DeMarco has been in the studio, new Nicole Atkins album, That Poppy's debut, new The Orwells record, Sadistk, Doomtree (fingers crossed), Mutya Keisha Siobhan (might have to cross my toes as well as fingers for this one though), The Unthanks, Mount Eerie, Foxygen, Julie Byrne, highly likely a new Ariel Pink album... Kurt Vile releases a new album every couple of years sooo:rolleyes: Linda Perhacs third album should finally release... and those are just the ones I can think of. Gosh, it's going to be crazy for me. Perhaps Soap&Skin would be so kind to release something as well? IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS.
 

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For me the top 5 songs of 2016 were:

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1 ZAYN "Pillowtalk"

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2 MAJOR LAZER FT JUSTIN BIEBER "Cold Water"

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3 JONAS BLUE FT JP COOPER "Perfect Strangers"

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4 MIKE PERRY FT SHY MARTIN "The Ocean"

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5 LITTLE MIX "Shout Out To My Ex"


For me there is just one artist who is clearly well ahead of the rest though. Vevo's named him the Artist of 2016, and I definitely agree with them. 2016 was definitely the year of:

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neinnein

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I did my 2016 ranking today with the songs I listened to the most. If two or more songs had the same amount of plays, I ranked the song(s) I like more higher. Here are the results. :)

01 Iveta Mukuchyan — LoveWave
02 Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir — Hear them Calling / Raddirnar
03 Sanja Vučić — Goodbye (Shelter) / Iza Osmeha
04 Jamala — 1944
05 Сергей Лазарев — You Are The Only One / Пусть весь мир подождёт
06 Mikael Saari — On It Goes
07 Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala — Ljubav je
08 Nina Kraljić — Lighthouse
09 Cleo — Wolę Być
10 Dado Polumenta — Premija (feat. Nikolija)
11 Lana Del Rey — Young and Beautiful
12 Eneda Tarifa — Përrallë / Fairytale
13 Highway — The Real Thing
14 Argo — Utopian Land
15 Molly Sterling — Fake The Cost
16 Poli Genova — If Love Was A Crime
17 Cleo — Zabiorę Nas
18 Hari Mata Hari — Lejla
19 Maya Berović — Pauza
20 Genealogy — Face The Shadow
21 Lana Del Rey — Freak
22 Las Balkanieras — Yu Go!
23 Kaliopi — DONA
24 Elhaida Dani — I'm Alive / Në Jetë
25 Sanja Vučić — Unconditional Love
26 Cleo — N-O-C
27 Gabriela Gunčíková — I Stand
28 ByeAlex — Az Én Rózsám
29 Elitni odredi — Alkohola litar (feat. DJ Mlađa & Nikolija)
30 Laila Samuels — Afterglow
31 Dječaci — Bile starke
32 Aminata Savadogo — Fighter
33 Agnete — Icebreaker
34 Jelena Kostov — 1005
35 Jüri Pootsmann — Play
36 Učiteljice — Nisam ja tvoja učiteljica
37 yall — Hundred Miles (feat. Gabriela Richardson)
38 Nikolija — Niko Kao Mi
39 Sylwia Grzeszczak — Tamta Dziewczyna
40 Maya Berović — Vino od prošle godine
41 ByeAlex — Még Mindig...
42 Who See — Što piješ kad ti škodi
43 Sara Jo — Probaj
44 Zlata Ognevich — КРУЖЕВА
45 Carla's Dreams — Sub Pielea Mea
46 Maya Berović — To Me Radi (feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli)
47 Justs — Heartbeat
48 Nina Zilli — Sola
49 Anabela — Noćna patrola
50 Lana Del Rey — High by the Beach
51 Barei — Say Yay!
52 Neda Ukraden — Noći u Brazilu (with Učiteljice)
53 Donatan - Cleo — My Słowianie / My Słowianie - We Are Slavic / Slavic Girls
54 Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
55 Maja Šuput — Ne lomi mi srce
56 Lana Del Rey — Music To Watch Boys To
57 Maya Berović — Opasne vode
58 Nikolija — Opasna igra
59 Kaliopi — Bato
60 The Shin and Mariko — Three Minutes to Earth
61 Igor Cukrov — Lijepa Tena
62 Nina Kraljić — Zaljuljali Smo Svijet
63 Лашын тобы — Жаса туған Жер
64 FANTASTIC BAND — Ma zdravo
65 Connect — Bulja
66 Kristína — Ta ne
67 Cvija — Nema Te (feat. Rada Manojlović)
68 Sofi De la Torre — Noir (feat. Hunnit)
69 Cleo — Kocia Mama
70 Grete Paia — Püüame Droone
71 FANTASTIC BAND — Sexy Selfie
72 Jala Brat — Anđeo
73 Dami Im — Sound of Silence
74 Major Lazer — Thunder & Lightning
75 Nikolija — Ljubavni Maneken
76 Who See — Igranka (ft. Nina Žižić)
77 Daddy Yankee — Vaivén
78 dnk — Disko Dzungla (feat. Maja Sazdanovska)
79 Luce — NA OBLAKU
80 Francesca Michielin — L'amore esiste
81 Jala Brat — Dominantna (feat. Dado Polumenta)
82 Seka Aleksić — Crveni ruž
83 Νικόλας Ραπτάκης — Όσο Αγαπάω Με Μαθαίνω
84 Leah McFall — No Ordinary Love
85 Milica Todorović — Tri čaše
86 Serj Tankian — Borders Are
87 Severina — Uno Momento (feat. Ministarke)
88 Mei Finegold — Same Heart
89 Esma & Lozano — Pred da se razdeni
90 Ministarke — Boing 747
91 Maja Šuput — Lopove (feat. Dragi)
92 ByeAlex — Apám sírjánál
93 Mono & Nikitaman — Brennholz
94 Mahmut Orhan — Feel (feat. Sena Sener)
95 Luka Nižetić — Ljubav Je Mukte
96 Lina Kuduzović — Prva ljubezen
97 Severina — Calimero
98 ZOE — Loin d’ici
99 Kasia Kowalska — Aya
100 Učiteljice — Dunav
 

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2016 was a great year for music imo, it's always difficult to single out specific songs or to list albums (afterall it's impossible to listen to even a very small portion of all releases in a year), but here I'll add a collage of my favorite album releases of 2016:

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In order (from left to right):

Beyoncé - Lemonade :us:
Solange - A Seat at the Table :us:
Rihanna - Anti :bb:
Banks - The Altar :us:
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound :uk:
Frank Ocean - Blonde :us:
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman :us:
Kent - Då som nu för alltid :se:
Maxwell - BlackSUMMERS'night :us:
All Saints - Red Flag :uk:
The Weeknd - Starboy :ca:
James Blake - The Colour in Anything :uk:
 
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