2017 Best Of Lists from Friends of Twist & Shout! Part 3

Scott Brand of Caroline Records

Top 10 Albums:

Mabrak – Drum Talk (Dug Out)

Ill Considered – Ill Considered (Self Released)

ELWD – All Good Things (Bad Taste)

V/A – Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Numero)

Elder – Reflections of a Floating World (Armageddon Shop)

Kendrick Lamar – Damn (TDE/Interscope)

Power Trip – Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord)

Mastodon – Emperor of Sand (Reprise)

Dodecahedron – kwintessens (Season of Mist)

Suffering Hour – In Passing Ascension (Blood Harvest)

Top 10 Songs:

Elder – Sanctuary

Chelsea Wolfe – 16 Psyche

Falls of Rauros – White Granite

Hark – Son of Pythagoras

Protomartyr – My Children

Queens of the Stone Age – The Evil Has Landed

Kendrick Lamar – The Heart  Pt.4

Wand – Bee Karma

Quelle Chris – Buddies

Thundercat – Show You the Way

Kyle Emerson, musician, former T&S employee

Denver, CO

Here's my list in no particular order:

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound

Alvvays - Antisocialites 

The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN

Big Thief - Capacity

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Ryan Adams - Prisoner

Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow

Kevin Morby - City Music

Shady Elders - Inside Voices

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard & Mild High Club - Sketches of Brunswick East

President Barack Obama

My favorite songs of 2017:
Mi Gente by J Balvin & Willy William
Havana by Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug)
Blessed by Daniel Caesar
The Joke by Brandi Carlile
First World Problems by Chance The Rapper (feat. Daniel Caesar)
Rise Up by Andra Day
Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
Family Feud by Jay-Z (feat. Beyoncé)
Humble by Kendrick Lamar
La Dame et Ses Valises by Les Amazones d’Afrique (feat. Nneka)
Unforgettable by French Montana (feat. Swae Lee)
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness by The National
Chanel by Frank Ocean
Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
Butterfly Effect by Travis Scott
Matter of Time by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Little Bit by Mavis Staples
Millionaire by Chris Stapleton
Sign of the Times by Harry Styles
Broken Clocks by SZA
Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix) by U2
*Bonus: Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen (not out yet, but the blues version in his Broadway show is the best!)

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Darlene D'Agostino Beck, director of marketing for Z2 Entertainment (Fox Theatre, Boulder Theater, and Chatauqua Auditorium)

Boulder, CO

1. Father John Misty, Pure Comedy

2. Ron Gallo, Heavy Meta

3. Tennis, Yours Conditionally

4. The Black Angels, Death Song

5. Chicano Batman, Freedom Is Free

6. Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator

7. The War On Drugs, A Deeper Understanding

8. St. Vincent, Masseduction

9. Angel Olsen, Phases

10. King Krule, The Ooz

2017 Best Of Lists from Friends of Twist & Shout! Part 2

Mik Davis from TBONES Records & Cafe
Hattiesburg, Miss.

Dean Whitmore from Sub Pop

Seattle, WA

Lots of cool stuff came out this year!
All these bands had new releases I liked. In no order:

Neutral,
The Stevens,
Alvarius B,
Steve Gunn,
Omni,
Naomi Punk,
Anthony Pasguarosa w/ John Maloney,
Feral Ohms,
Wolf Eyes,
Pissed Jeans,
David Nance,
Uranium Club,
Anxiety,
Dream Decay,
La Feline,
Davy Kehoe,
Protomartyr,
Odyssey Cult (X2),
Matt Jencik,
Heron Oblivion,
Housewives,
Tunic,
Kaleidoscope,
FNU Clone,
Juana Molina,
Aaron Dilloway,
Colleen,
Ordnungsamt Et La Politesse,
Richard Dawson,
Karl Blau,
Power,
Sleaford Mods,
Tiny Vipers
+ others I’ve forgotten!

Tyler Harvey from 303 Magazine

Denver, CO

My Top Albums of 2017

1. “American Dream” - LCD Soundsystem

2. “Haiku From Zero“ - Cut Copy

3. “Science Fiction” - Brand New 

4 “Humanz” - Gorillaz

5. “Mura Masa” - Mura Masa

6. “Supply” - Parallelephants

7.  “Awaken My Love!” - Childish Gambino / Donald Glover

8. “Bishop Briggs” - Bishop Briggs

9. What Now” - Sylvan Esso

10. “Process” - Sampha

HB’s: “Missing Link” - Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker, “Rose” - ABRA, “Kaleidoscope EP” - Coldplay, “Monsters Out West” - Tnertle, "I Don't Mind" -  Retrofette, “True Care” James Vincent McMorrow, “Boy In a Well” - The Yawpers, “Big Fish Theory” - Vince Staples

Terry McGibbon from The Orchard Distribution

New York, NY

God Speed You Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers.

Tyler Childers – Purgatory.

Peter Perrett – How The West Was One.

Son Volt – Notes Of Blue.

Steve Earle & The Dukes – So You Wanna Be An Outllaw.

Buzzcocks – Times Up !

Karl Blau – Out Her Space.

Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys – Rot.

Bathsheba – Servus.

My Sad Captains – Sun Bridge.

Wire -  Silver / Lead.

Zoe Lanterman from Soda Jerk Presents

Denver, CO

1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.

2. King Krule – The OOZ

3. The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

4 tie. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice & Mac Demarco – This Old Dog

5. Gorillaz – Humanz

2017 Best Of Lists from Friends of Twist & Shout! Part 1

Record Exchange, Boise, ID

List: HERE

Website: HERE

Omega Music, Dayton, OH

List: HERE

Website: HERE

Terry Currier, Music Millennium 

3158 E Burnside St. in Portland, OR

Taylor Townes, Merge Records

North Carolina 

Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble - Finding Me Finding You

Bitchin Bajas - Bajas Fresh

Joshua Abrams / Natural Information Society - Simultonality

Brooklyn Raga Massive - In C

Wand - Plum

Circuit Des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo

Laraaji - Bring On the Sun

Chuck Johnson - Balsams

Mind Over Mirrors - Undying Color

Cate Le Bon - Rock Pool

A. Savage - Thawing Dawn 

Reissues: Midori Takada - Through the Looking Glass & Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music for Nine Postcards

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 9

Kalyn
MC/Beats, Wheelchair Sports Camp

Top 10 albums (no order):

Frank Ocean - Blond

Warpaint - Heads Up

Beyonce - Lemonade

James Blake - The Colour in Anything

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Solange - A Seat at the Table

Rihanna - Anti

Anderson Paak - Malibu

Drake - Views

Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

Fav shows of the year (no order)

The Other Black @ Syntax

Santigold @ Ogden

Erykah @ Ogden 

Warpaint @ Gothic

Coco Rosie + Milk Blossoms @ Gothic

Nao @ Gothic

Chicharra @ Titwrench

Alabama Shakes in Taos

Gaslamp Killer @ Cervantes

The Librarian @ Cervantes 

Sango @ Cervantes

Drake @ Pepsi Center

Sierra Leon in Tijuana

LCD Soundsystem @ Red Rocks

Mangchi @ meow wolf

Shane
of The Kissing Party

Here's my top 10 2016 releases I bought:

Planes Mistaken For Stars - "Prey"

Neurosis - "Fires Within Fires"

Mogwai - "Atomic"

Trap Them - "Crown Feral"

Explosions in the Sky - "The Wilderness"

Deftones - "Gore"

Mono - "Requiem For Hell

Batman vs Superman Soundtrack (What? Hans Zimmer is awesome!)

Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"

Russian Circles - "Guidance"

Michael Bunnell
Executive Director Think Indie

Owner Of The Record Exchange

1105 W Idaho St

Boise, Idaho

Leonard Cohen- You Want It Darker
Hayes Carll- Lovers & Leavers
David Bowie- Blackstar
Parquet Courts- Human Performance
Alejandro Escovedo- Burn Something Beautiful
Paul Simon- Stranger to Stranger
Rokia Traore- Ne So
Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau- Nearness
Black Mountain- IV
Margaret Glaspy- Emotions and Math

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 8

Orlandez Lewis
Marketing & Promotions, Vintage Vinyl

6610 Delmar Blvd.

University City, MO 63130

Orlandez Lewis from Vintage Vinyl here!

Here's my list of favorites from the year!


​1. "Yes Lawd!" - Nxworries
2. "Blackstar" - David Bowie
3. "We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service" - A Tribe Called Quest
4. "Lemonade" - Beyonce
5. "Malibu" - Anderson Paak
6. "99.9%" - Kaytranada
7. "Untitled. Unmastered" - Kendrick Lamar
8. "A Seat at the Table" - Solange
9. "Heads Up" - Warpaint
10. "Blonde" - Frank Ocean

Storm Gloor
Music Business Professor at CU Denver, Twitter Account

Well, here ya go.. (in no particular order):

Anything But Words - Banks & Steelz

Blackstar - David Bowie

A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

Freetown Sound - Blood Orange

Midwest Farmer’s Daughter - Margo Price

True Sadness - Avett Brothers

Day Breaks - Norah Jones

57th & 9th - Sting

Soundtrack - Suicide Squad

Signs of Light - The Head and the Heart

Adam Baumeister
of Meep Records Denver, CO

Y La Bamba - Ojos Del Sol 

So beautiful my favorite new record this year 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNDvW9PlwrU

Thug Entrancer - Arcology 

The Breadth of this is mind-blowing collaborative effort on artwork w/ Milton Melvin Croissant III welcome to the future -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevqLRiyykc

Mary Halvorson Octet - Away With You
Not very often and I sucked in at first listen - but with Mary I was. The pedal steel player in the group Susan Alcorn is amazing as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HRiL66misc

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here... 
So refreshing - So current. Made me feel like I was a 10 year old white kid from the suburbs hearing Public Enemy for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoqWu6wmfI

Esme Patterson - We Were Wild Rocking Esme is my favorite Esme. Miss you boo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQylnGUCASo

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
I can't write about this now - it's been a rough year - just listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjCg5BRhlxw

Beyonce - Lemonade 

It took me awhile to get around to this - but yes everyone was right - it's completely amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeonBmeFR8o

Joe Sampson - Chansons de Parade
New EP from one of the best - this - song -  kills - me

https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/track/orchard

Wilco - Schmilco 

New rock record by 20 year old "indie" band usually means I will automatically dismiss it - Wilco always gets me though - especially this one - so weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_P0GI4n5Y

Hippies Wearing Muzzles - Animist Pools
Really Good Modular synth stuff when the world is too heavy and you just want to lay back and read Neuromancer for the 5th time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU9wt12bzKw

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 7

Spells
One Of Our Favorite Denver Bands, Spells

Here are a few picks from SPELLS!

Mrs. Magician - Bermuda

Signals Midwest - At This Age

Martha - Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart

Ned Garthe Explosion - Flashlight Tan

Steve Adamyk Band - Graceland

The Hotelier - Goodness

ESP Ohio - Starting Point of the Royal Cyclopean

Tony Molina - Confront The Truth

Mako 1972 - Funeral Music

Sleaford Mods - TCR - EP

Brianna Dolly
Streetlight Records - Graphic & Social Media Director @ briannadolly.com

Top 10 Films Released in 2016:

The Witch - Robert Eggers

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Into The Inferno - Werner Herzog

The Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos

Handmaiden - Chan-wook Park

Hunt For The Wilder People - Taika Waititi

Swiss Army Man - The Daniels

Midnight Special - Jeff Nichols

Men & Chicken - Anders Thomas Jensen

Kubo & The Two String - Travis Knight

Chad Dryden
The Record Exchange

1105 West Idaho Street

Boise, ID 83702

And, in no particular order:

AFROSONICS - People Meet Your People
ELDOPAMINE - Sounds Like A Reasonable Thing For A Band To Play
MONEY - Suicide Songs
MARISSA NADLER - Strangers
PARQUET COURTS - Human Performance
THOMAS PAUL - Singalongs
SASHA - Scene Delete
SFM-STEVE FULTON MUSIC - Eponym
SLEEPY SEAHORSE - Frienditions
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 6

Ben Desoto
Talent Buyer and Artist Development at Bohemian Nights

Here are 10 records that burned out my turntable this year...

Esmé Patteron - We Were Wild

Margaret Glaspy - Emotions & Math

Fruit Bats - Absolute Loser

Eros & Eschaton - Weight of Matter

Paper Bird - Paper Bird

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive

Angel Olsen - My Woman

Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here...

Car Seat Head Rest - Teens of Denial

Kevin Morby - Singing Saw

Helen Triesch
WEA Music Group, Account Manager, Independent Sales

In no particular order:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

Savages - Adore Life

Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter

David Bowie - Blackstar

Angel Olsen - My Woman

Parquet Courts - Human Performance

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

Dinosaur Jr. - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not

Tribe Called Quest We Got it From Here...Thank you 4 Your Service

And Because I can never narrow it down to just one list:

Cool Shows I saw this year: Margo Price, Neil Youjng, Case/Lang/Viers, Black Sabbath, Buzzcocks, LCD Soundsystem, Robert Plant, and The Kills

Kayvan S.T. Khalatbari
Co-founder of Denver Relief Consulting, Sexy Pizza, Sexpot Comedy, and Social Use Advocate

And, in no particular order:

Parquet Courts - Human Performance
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
The Devil Makes Three - Redemption & Ruin
Dwight Yoakam - Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...
Allen Toussaint - American Tunes
De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody...
Noname - Mixtape
DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 5

Luke Sinclair
Long Time Customer and Good Friend of the Shop

2016

I spent a lot of 2016 digging deeper into old Irish, jazz, and country albums, which at times led me to not notice the new music coming out. I kept up with my favorite bands & artists, but over the past couple of months, I realized everything else I missed over the year. And what a year it was, I'm still trying to catch up!

New Album Favorites (In No Particular Order)

The White Stripes - Complete Peel Sessions

Radiohead - Moon-Shaped Pool

Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angels - Born Too Late

KT Tunstall - KIN

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service

Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger

Various Artists - George Fest

Autolux - Pussy's Dead

Charles Bradley - Changes

Night Moves - Pennied Days

Margo Price -  Midwestern Farmer's Daughter

Reissue Faves from 2016

The Beatles - Hollywood Bowl

Led Zeppelin - Complete BBC Sessions

Oasis - Be Here Now (especially Noel Gallagher's 2016 remix of "D'Ya Know What I Mean?" Holy Crap)

Chris Anderson
Sony Music, Sales Representative

Yes! I love these things.

1) Car Seat Headrest  “Teens Of Denial”

2) Preoccupations  “Preoccupations”

3) DIIV  “Is The Is Are”

4) Parquet Courts  “Human Performance”

5) Ty Segall  “Emotional Mugger”

6) Elza Soares  “A Mulher do Fim do Mundo”

7) Savages  “Adore Life”

8) A Tribe Called Quest  “We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service”

9) David Bowie  “Blackstar”

10) Swans  “The Glowing Man”

Darlene D'Agostino Beck
Director of Marketing. Z2 Entertainment

Iggy Pop, Josh Homme - Post Pop Depression

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Black Mountain - IV

Ray LaMontagne - Ouroboros

Angel Olsen - My Woman

Esme Patterson - We Were Wild

Carseat Headrest - Teens of Denial

Flume - Skin

BADBADNOTGOOD - IV

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Sea of Noise

Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!

Devendra Banhart - Ape in Pink Marble

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 4

Itchy-O
Denver-based percussion-centered electronic performance band.

1. Church Fire - Pussy Blood

2. David Bowie - Black Star

3. Amanda Palmer - Piano Is Evil

4. SPELLS - Staying In Is The New Going Out

5. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from here... Thank you 4 your service

6. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

7. Savages - Adore Life

8. Horseback - Dead Ringers

9. Archy Marshall - A New Place 2 Drown

10. JG Thrilwell - The Venture Bros. Vol 2

Scott Brand
Manager, Commercial Development, Caroline 

Top Records 2016

·         Nxworries – Yes Lawd! (Stones Throw)

·         Blood Incantation – Starspawn (Dark Descent)

·         Haast’s Eagled – II: For Mankind (Holy Roar)

·         Sumac – What One Becomes (Thrill Jockey)

·         Cult of Luna with Julie Christmas – Mariner (Indie)

·         Bhavachakra – Bhavachakra (Translation Loss)

·         Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages (M.O.D. Technologies)

·         Seven Sisters of Sleep – Ezekiel’s Hags (Relapse Records)

·         Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus (Brownswood Recordings)

·         King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (ATO Records)

·         Trap Them – Crown Feral (Prosthetic Records)

·         Träd, Gräs och Stenar - Träd, Gräs och Stenar (Anthology/Mexican Summer)

·         The Avalanches – Wildflower (Astralwerks)

·         Johnny “Hammond” Smith – Gears (Concord)

·         Rotten Sound – Abuse to Suffer (Seasons of Mist)

Top Songs 2016

·         Nxworries – Get Bigger / Do U Luv

·         Seven Sisters of Sleep – War Master

·         Yussef Kamaal – Lowrider

·         Hooded Menace — Elysium of Dripping Death

·         Jan Hammer Group — Don't You Know

·         Primordial — Bloodied Yet Unbowed

·         The Brothers Johnson – In the Way

·         Roger Webb – Flying Objects

·         The Comet is Coming – Channel the Spirits

·         Idris Ackamoor and  the Pyramids – Epiphany

·         Cult of Luna with Julie Christmas- Cygnus

·         Power Trip – Hammer of Doubt

Top Shows 2016

·         At the Drive-In – Palladium, Los Angeles: June 1^st, 2016

·         Taake – The Regent Theatre, Los Angeles: June 11, 2016

·         Anderson .Paak – Theatre at the Ace Hotel, Los Angeles: June 27^th, 2016

·         Demilich w/ Hooded Menace – Complex, Glendale, CA: October 19^th, 2016

·         Dillinger Escape Plan - The Regent Theatre, Los Angeles: October 30^th, 2016

Zoe Lanterman
Marketing Director, Soda Jerk Presents

Here’s my choices:

·         Anderson .Paak - Malibu

·         Justice – Woman

·         Parquet Courts – Human Performance

·         Wilco – Schmilco

·         Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition

·         Kaytranada – 99.9%

·         Allah-Las – Calico Review

·         Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial

·         Margaret Glaspy – Emotions and Math

·         King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon infinity

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 3

Arturo Gómez
Music Director, KUVO-Denver

My personal Top Ten favorite releases of 2016

1. Steve Turre “Colors for the Masters” Smoke Sessions Records

2. Ray Charles Orchestra “Zurich 1961” TCB

3. Wilson “Chembo” Corniel Quintet “Land of the Descendants” Chemboro Records

4. Catherine Russell “Harlem on my Mind” World Village

5. Erroll Garner “Ready Take One” Sony Legacy

6. Allan Harris “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better” Love Productions

7. Andy González “Entre Colegas” Truth Revolution Records

8. Harry Allen NY Saxophone Band “The Candy Men” Arbors Records

9. Dave Stryker “Eight Track II” Strikezone Records

10. Hot Club of San Francisco “John, Paul, George & Django” Hot Club Music

Taylor Townes
Independent Retail Coordinator, Merge Records

I put together a list of new stuff from the year or reissues that are sort on the experimental / new age / ambient spectrum, with the idea that people might want to zone out to them given how completely shitty the year was.... so that's this:

Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie Prince Billy - Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties

Psychic Temple - Plays Music for Airports

Mary Lattimore - At the Dam

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Trust the Glide and Guide

Syrinx - Tumblers from the Vault

Anna Homler & Steve Moshier - Breadwoman & Other Tales

And if you want a more traditional list, or more of what I listened to most rather than something concept-y (though there's a lot of overlap), here's that, in no order really:

Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie Prince Billy - Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties

Psychic Temple - Plays Music for Airports

Warehouse - super low

Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion

David Bowie - Blackstar

Mary Lattimore - At the Dam

Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy

Gina M Cuomo
General Manager - Sie FilmCenter

the albums that stick out are:

Luke Cage soundtrack

Red Fang - Only Ghosts

Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here

2016 Best ofs from friends of Twist & Shout Part 2

Rupert Morrison
Drift.

DRIFT WEBSITE

103 HIGH STREET, TOTNES

DEVON, UK. TQ9 5SN

Records Of Thee Year

The year 2016, or perhaps Thee year 2016 has been about one band for us at Drift, San Francisco's explosive Thee Oh Sees. John Dwyer's garage polymaths dropped THREE releases this year, firstly a face melting live LP back in the early summer, a paradigm for their assault on the senses. In August their seventeenth studio album (and our record of the year) in A Weird Exits, a duel drumming adrenaline bubbling rawk LP that we've played to death over the last few months. Finally, they saw the year out with An Odd Entrances, very much the companion to Weird, but an altogether more psychedelic trip into the marshy underground. Hell of a band.

 Elsewhere we've played and grieved equally the last swansongs from David Bowie and Leonard Cohen. Nick Cave's Skeleton tree was almost too much to play with any kind of regularity and some gargantuan returns from Radiohead and The Avalanches really did not disappoint against all the anticipation. Most spun albums from Whitney, Angel Olsen, Hiss Golden Messenger, Ryley Walker, Kevin Morby, Heron Oblivion, Preoccupations and our good friends Ultimate Painting.

 Biggest "who is this?" sellers off the turntable have doubtless been BADBADNOTGOOD and Kaytranada, two of the most brilliantly sculpted albums and such a privilege seeing people loose their mind too for the first time. That's why we do it right? Turning people on, that's why record shops open the door every morning.

Frankie Brack
Pizza Cook/Cartoonist

Hello, My name is Frankie Brack and I am Twist and Shout family. I now live in Brooklyn, NY making pizza (of course) and drawing cartooons!! This is my sick list of 2016.

My top 20 albums from 2016. in no particular order.

1. Pizza Time – Todo

2. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter

3. B Boys - No Worry No Mind

4. Parquet Courts - Human Performance

5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity

6. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

7. The Game – 1992

8. Ty Segall & The Muggers - Emotional Mugger

9. Feels – Feels

10. Angel Olsen – My Woman

11. Geneva Jacuzzi – Technophelia

12. Jeremih – Late Nights: Europe

13. Mild High Club – Skiptracing

14. Morgan Delt – Phase Zero

15. Cosmonauts – A-Ok!

16. The Reverberation Appreciation Society Presents – A Tribute To Pet Sounds

17. Alex Cameron – Jumping The Shark

18. Soft Hair – Soft Hair

19. The Julie Ruin – Hit Reset

20. Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits

My top 16 albums that didn’t come out in 2016 but I got OBSESSED wit em.  in no particular order.

1. Gato Barbieri – Caliente (1976)

2. Les McCann – Much Les (1969)

3. Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (1969)

4. Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby (1976)

5. Part Time – What Would You Say? (2011)

6. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Vol II (1994)

7. Good Morning – Shawcross (2014)

8. Brian Bennett – Voyage (A Journey Into Discoid Funk) (1978)

9. Horace Silver - Song for My Father (1964)

10. Venom – Welcome To Hell (1981)

11. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes – Paix (1972)

12. Deru – 1979 (2014)

13. Graham De Wilde – Clouds (1981)

14. MC Pooh - Life Of A Criminal (1992)

15. The Liminanas - The Liminanas (2010)

16. Geneva Jacuzzi – Lamaze (2010)

I’d have to say my favorite show was Angel Olsen at a place called Warsaw here in Brooklyn. I even got to meet her that day! Swoon! <3 Second favorite was Junior Brown, got to meet him too! But I also went to a lot of other really great shows. Including Ty Segall & The Muggers, Morgan Delt, Cherry Glazerr, Still Corners, The Cosmonauts and many more that I can’t remember right now.

I didn’t go to a lot of new movies this year but my favorite movie experience was a 35mm print of David Lynch’s Wild At Heart. Which is like the best movie ever! I also got to see Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud by Louis Malle in the theatre, which was also excellent.

There were a lot of bummers this year but there were also some very cool things. Thank you Twist and Shout for reminding me that not everything sucks! Miss you, Love you!!

Terry McGibbon
RED Distribution, Sales & Marketing Rep

1)      Royal Headache – High.

2)      Q5 – New World Order.

3)      Sloucher – Certainly.

4)      Joseph Arthur – The Family.

5)      Ages And Ages – Something to Ruin.

6)      Anomalisa soundtrack.

7)      Neil Young – The Monsanto Years.

8)      Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree.

9)      J Churcher – Borderland State.

10)      Money – Suicide Songs.