Hi, I'm Hunter. I DJ Storm Surge of Reverb on Mondays from 4-6pm. But that show is entirely surf music. Every year I make a big deal rounding up my favorite surf releases, and that'll be its own thing over at stormsurgeofreverb.com. I also listen to pelnty of other stuff though. I even had a non-surf show for a few weeks over the summer!
Here are things that I liked from this year (that aren't surf). They're in no particular order, and with no particular criteria other than that I felt motivated enough to write a few sentences about them. I realize there's still a month left of 2021, but the worst is when I start reading other year-end lists and find out about all these other great records too late. I hope you find something you like in here.
Hi, I'm Hunter. I'm on WTUL Mondays 4-6pm doing my surf radio show Storm Surge of Reverb.
But I listen to plenty of other music, even if I rarely get the chance to share over the airwaves. So I'll share here. I need to publish this quickly before I read everybody's else's lists and want to add more!
Bluegrass in the Basement host, Nicole Harvey counts down the best (mostly) bluegrass releases of 2016.
1. Shark's Teeth - It Transfers & Grows [Gigantic Noise]
2. The Avalanches - Wildflower [Astralwerks]
3. Ali Birra - Ammalele [Domino Sound]
4. Kaytranada - 99.9% [XL]
5. J. Dilla -The Diary [Mass Appeal]
6. Cole Williams - Sin City: The Mixtape [That's My Worldwide]
7. Twin Peaks - Down In Heaven [Grand Jury]
8. Ben Chatwin - Heat & Entropy [Ba Da Bing]
9. Wye Oak - Tween [Merge]
10. Hieroglyphic Being - The Discos of Imhotep [Ninja Tune]
1. Deerhoof - The Magic [Polyvinyl]
2. The Avalanches - Wildflower [Astralwerks]
3. Goggs - Goggs [In The Red]
4. Kaytranada - 99.9% [XL Recordings]
5. Lotus - Eat the Light [self-released]
6. Twin Peaks - Down in Heaven [Grand Jusry Music]
7. Tortoise - The Catastrophist [Thrill Jockey]
8. Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemeni [PIAS]
9. Dinosaur JR - Give A Glimpse of What Yer Not [Jagjaguwar]
10. Kweku Collins - Nat Love [Closed Sessions]