Aj LaGambina ranks his top albums from 2016.
Albums of the Year
- All Get Out – Nobody Likes a Quitter
- Microwave – Much Love
- Pinegrove – Cardinal
- Balance and Composure – The Light We Made
- Touché Amoré – Stage Four
- Bon Iver – 22, A Million
- Childish Gambino – Awaken My Love
- Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Swiss Army Man
- Thrice – To Be Everywhere is to be Nowhere
- Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
- Animal Flag – LP
- The Hotelier – Goodness
- Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues
- Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
- Joyce Manor – Cody
- STRFKR – Being No One, Going Nowhere
- Beyoncé – Lemonade
- Sudden Feeling – HalfNoise
- Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
- Planes Mistaken For Stars – Prey
- Kevin Devine – Instigator
- Cymbals Eat Guitars – Pretty Years
- Keaton Henson – Kindly Now
- Angel Du$t – Rock The Fuck On Forever
- Explosions in the Sky – The Wilderness
- Vow – Kind Eyes
- Blink-182 – California
- Farro – Walkways
- Greater Pyrenees – Greater Pyrenees
- Loner Chic – Year of the Goth
Songs of the Year
- Pinegrove – Old Friends
- The Hotelier – Soft Animal
- Balance and Composure – Midnight Zone
- Basement – Aquasun
- Microwave – Wrong
- Thrice – Blood On The Sand
- Beyoncé – Formation
- All Get Out – Whatever
- Touché Amoré – Skyscraper
- Kevin Devine – No History
Singles/EP’s of the Year
- Athletics – When to Ride, Where to Hide
- Brand New – 3 Demos, Reworked
- Camp Cope – Keep Growing
- Kevin Devine / Jesse Lacey – Devinyl Splits #6
- Bon Iver – 22/10 Single
- Big Man – Habitual Contempt
- Fight Song – The Demo
- Flower Crown – Hypnausea
- Head North – God (Single)
- Francis and the Lights – Friends (Single)