It’s that time of year again where friends, families, and twitter followers gather together to make lists of their favorite releases of the year. Although 2016 was the worst, there were some shining gems that helped us through, and made us feel all the feels. Here at the AC office, we’ve all made lists of our top tracks of 2016(plus some honorable mentions), and made a playlist! A lot of love for Anderson .Paak, Sylvan Esso, Angel Olsen, and Kanye West. Check out the full list of favorites below and listen to our playlist here!
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BA
Nth Power, “Truth”
Hip Abduction, “Come Alive”
Yarn, “Carolina Heart”
Elephant Revival, “Peace Tonight”
Lotus, “Fearless”
BENTO
The Avalanches, “Saturday Night Inside Out”
Suuns, “Translate”
No Men, “Sleeping With The Enemy”
Elza Soares, “Luz Vermelha”
La Femme, “Sphynx”
Runners up: Bilhão, “Horizontalidade”/ Exploded View, “Orlando” / Pinkshinyultrablast, “Initial” / Kanye West, “Fade”
BOONE
Black Mountain, “Florian Saucer Attack”
Gojira, “Silvera”
Trap Them, “Malengines Here, Where They Should Be”
Iggy Pop, “Gardenia”
Planes Mistaken For Stars, “Fucking Tenderness”
ERIN
Whores., “I See You Are Also Wearing A Black T-Shirt”
Tasha the Amazon, “My Level”
Pill, “100% Cute”
King Dude, “I Wanna Die at 69”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Jesus Alone”
HILLARY
Big Thief, “Masterpiece”
Kevin Morby, “Singing Saw”
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, “Howling At Nothing”
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster, “The Dirt, The Bells and I”
David Bowie, “Lazarus”
KATIE
Angel Olsen, “Woman”
Ex-Cult, “Attention Ritual”
Ty Segall and the Muggers, “Californian Hills”
The Murlocs, “Adolescence”
Bleached, “Wednesday Night Melody”
MATHAN
Chance the Rapper, “No Problem” feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Anderson .Paak, “Come Down”
Run the Jewels, “Legend Has It”
DJ Shadow, “Nobody Speak” feat. Run the Jewels
Ghost, “Square Hammer”
NEELEY
The Chainsmokers, “Closer”
Sylvan Esso, “Radio”
Sia, “Cheap Thrills”
The Wind and the Wave, “My Mind is an Endless Sea”
Fenne Lily, “Top to Toe”
NEELZY
Miike Snow, “Genghis Khan”
Solange, “Cranes in the Sky”
Mondo Cozmo, “Hold Onto Me”
Young M.A., “OOOUUU”
Anderson .Paak, “Am I Wrong”
Elbow, “Magnificent”
The Last Shadow Puppets, “Sweet Dreams, TN”
Not on Spotify – “Formation” by Beyonce, “Don’t Hurt Yourself” by Beyonce feat. Jack White
RHETT
Angel Olsen, “Shut Up, Kiss Me”
Bon Iver, “22 (OVER S∞∞N)”
Whitney, “No Matter Where We Go”
Kanye West, “Ultralight Beam”
Beyonce, “Sorry”
Kamaiyah, “I’m On”
ROXANNE
Frank Ocean, “Ivy”
Kanye West, “Ultralight Beam”
Car Seat Headrest, “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales”
Radiohead, “True Love Waits”
Anohni, “Drone Bomb Me”
TAYLOR
Francis and the Lights, “Friends” (feat Bon Iver)
Needtobreathe, “Hard Love”
Needtobreathe, “Great Night” (feat Shovels and Rope)
Bon Iver, “29# Strafford APTS”
The Head and the Heart, “All We Ever Knew”
UNCLE C DADDY
Aesop Rock, “Kirby”
Unaka Prong, “Crunch Berries”
Anderson .Paak, “The Season | Carry Me”
Kanye West, “Famous”
Kendrick Lamar, “untitled 03 | 5.28.2013”
Phish, “Petrichor”
Whitney, “The Falls”
Jim James & Friends, “Candyman”
Explosions in the Sky, “Logic of a Dream”
Chalaxy, “Vs. Eros”
X-TINA
In no particular order:
ALBUMS – Couldn’t pick a single song!
Phantogram, Three
Thrice, To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
Sylvan Esso, Radio (single)
Margaret Glaspy, Emotions and Math
Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Tied for 6th: Adele – 25, Beyonce – Lemonade