Every year I usually put together my list of the best albums and tracks from the year that was for Beat Magazine. However, because I was travelling abroad I missed the deadline and didn’t get my listed printed. I figured since I’ve put the list together I’d just publish here instead.
Enjoy!
Top 10 Albums or EPs of the Year:
- Malibu Anderson. Paak
- Life of Pablo Kanye West
- We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest
- Blonde Frank Ocean
- Wildfire The Avalanches
- Coloring Book Chance The Rapper
- How To Be A Human Being Glass Animals
- Awaken My Child Childish Gambino
- Atrocity Exhibition Danny Brown
- untitled unmastered. Kendrick Lamar
Top Five Singles of the Year:
- Ultralight Beam Kanye West
- Nobody Speak DJ Shadow ft. Run The Jewels
- Dang! Mac Miller ft. Anderson. Paak
- Solo Frank Ocean
- Subways The Avalanches
Top Five Gigs of the Year:
- GoldLink/Vince Staples Laneway Festival
- Foals/Django Django Festival Hall
- Prince Arts Centre
- Ben Folds & yMusic The Palais
- The Jezabels Croxton
Highlight of 2016: Bulldogs, Sharks, Leicester, Cavaliers…
Lowlight of 2016: Bowie, Rickman, Prince, Cohen…
A Wild Prediction for 2017: They’ll release a reality TV show about people watching the same show they’re starring in, and the world will implode.