Ben's Favorite Albums of 2016
1) Solange, A Seat at the Table
2) Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here
3) NXWorries, Yes, Lawd
4) Frank Ocean, Blonde
5) Michael Nau, Mowing
6) Cass McCombs, Mangy Love
7) Kevin Morby, Singing Saw
8) Quilt, Plaza
9) Lambchop, Flotus
10) Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, Casino Drone
11) Kaytranada, 99.90%
12) Daniel Lanois, Goodbye to Language
13) David Bowie, Blackstar
14) Busman's Holiday, Popular Cycles
15) Karl Blau, Introducing
16) Oh Sees, An Odd Entrances
17) De La Soul, And the Anonymous Nobyd
18) Jaye Jayle, House Cricks
19) Anohni, Hopelessness
20) Heron Oblivion, S/T
21) Nap Eyes, Thought Rock Fish Scale
22) Leonard Cohen, You Want it Darker
23) Parquet Courts, Human Performance
24) Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial
25) Purling Hiss, High Bias
26) Anderson Paak, Malibu
27) Nick Cave, Skeleton Tree
28) Freakwater, Scheherazade
29) Teenage Fanclub, Here
30) Vollmar, Open Wind
2015
1. Little Wings – Explains
2. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
3. J. Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter
4. State Champion – Fantasy Error
5. Cairo Gang – Goes Missing
6. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
7. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
8. Low – Ones and Sixes
9. Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again
10. PILE – You’re Better Than This
11. Elephant Micah – Where In Our Woods
12. Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Preparation Age
13. Mount Eerie – Sauna
14. Sleater Kinney – No Cities To Love
15. Nap Eyes – Whine of the Mystic
16. Joan Shelley – Over and Even
17. Mike Krol – Turkey
18. Tame Impala – Currents
19. Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon
20. Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood
21. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
22. Toro Y Moi – What For?
23. The Mountain Goats – Beat the Champ
24. King Khan & BBQ Show – Bad News Boys
25. John Andrews & The Yawns – Bit By The Fang
26. Mac McCaughan – Non-Believers
27. New Order – Music Complete
28. Tropical Trash – UFO Rot
29. Helen – The Original Faces
30. Destroyer – Poison Season
31. Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$
32. Kurt Vile – b’lieve I’m goin down
33. Monolord – Vaenir
34. Martin Courtney – Many Moons