Here are our favorite releases and shows from the past year for those keeping score at home. Also, expect some new music from TK in 2017. The music will be as fun as it is challenging. Emotional too.
Andy’s Top 10 Albums of 2016
- Mikey Erg – Tentative Decisions
- Ned Garthe Explosion – Flashlight Tan
- Deftones- Gore
- Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
- Against Me! – Shape Shift With Me
- Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Commandments According To…
- Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
- Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
- Drive-By Truckers – American Band
- Shovels and Rope – Little Seeds
Jake’s Top 10 Albums of 2016
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (I wish I could give higher than #1 for this one)
- Joe Purdy – Who Will Be Next?
- Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
- Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits
- Thee Oh Sees – Odd Entrances
- Moonface – My Best Human Face
- Dragonforce – Killer Elite
- Ned Garthe Explosion – Flashlight Tan
- Bib Tucker & The Liars Club – A Demonstration
- Sword – Low Country
Ty’s Top 25 Albums of 2016
- Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
- King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard – Nonagam Infinity
- LUH. – Spriritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
- Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
- Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
- White Lung – Paradise
- Anohni – Hopelessness
- The Commons – Loteria Tribal
- Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
- Woods – City Sun Eater in the River of Light
- Y La Bamba – Ojos del Sol
- The Outfit – The Outfit
- Orkesta Mendoza – iVamos a Guarachar!
- Moonface – My Best Human Face
- YG – Still Brazy
- Martha – Blisters in the Pit of my Heart
- Lemon Twigs – Do Hollywood
- Jamila Woods – Heavn
- Sidestepper – Supernatural Love
- Kissing Party – Winter in the Pub
- Money Chicha – Echo en Mexico
- William Tyler – Modern Country
- Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
- Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
- GOAT – Requiem
Ty’s Best Shows of 2016
- Iron Maiden – Palacio de Los Deporte, Mexico, DF
- Rancid – Flogging Molly Cruise, Bermuda Triangle
- Oddisee – Knitting Factory, Treefort Music Festival, Boise, Idaho
- Sigur Ros – Ellie Caulkins, Denver, CO
- The Vernes – New Planet, Philadelphia, PA
- L.O.R. – Ophelia’s – Faceman’s 100 Year Storm
- Wheelchair Sports Camp Album release – Ophelia’s, Denver, CO
- Chicharron – Honky Tonk Hodge Podge – Colfax Tavern, Cold Beer, New Mexico
- Kaddish – Book Yr Anne Fest, Buskers, Dundee, Scotland
- Mana – Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
- Courtney Barnett – Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
Tim’s Top 10 of (mostly) 2016
1. Western Settings “Yes, it is”
2. Direct Hit! “Wasted Mind”
3. Mystery Jets “Curve of the Earth”
4. Mutual Benefit “Skip a Sinking Stone”
5. American Analog Set “The Golden Band” and “Know by Heart”
6. Dead Bars various eps.
7. Desolation Wilderness “New Universe”
8. Lake Mary – Complete Discography
9. Tristeza “Spine and Sensory”
10. Hang Rounders “Bring your sister”