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

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 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