My first year on ATRL and also my first Best Of list! Come with me and find the best music of the year! From Song to Albums! From debutants to EPs! Maybe you can discover something new!
SONGS
65. Chairlift - Crying in Public
64. Rainbow Chan - Last
63. Mitski - Crack Baby
62. Frank Ocean - Godspeed
61. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival
60. That Poppy - Lowlife
59. Roísin Murphy - Ten Miles High
58. Olga Bell - Doppio
57. Preoccupations - Anxiety
56. The 1975 - This Must Be My Dream
55. Rihanna - Love on the Brain
54. Kendrick Lamar - Levitate
53. Danny Brown - When It Rain
52. David Bowie - Lazarus
51. Mitski - Happy
50. Blood Orange - Hands Up
49. Sevdaliza - Human
48. Lapsley - Hurt Me
47. Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom
46. Father John Misty - Real Love Baby
45. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Wetlands
44. YG - Who Shot Me?
43. Danny L Harle - Super Natural
42. White Lung - Paradise
41. Kero Kero Bonito - Lipslap
40. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
39. Hinds - Bamboo
38. Fatima Al Qadiri - Endzone
37. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
36. HVAD - Bleeding Grey Wall
35. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
34. Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault
33. Sia - Cheap Thrills
32. The xx - On Hold
31. Danny Brown - When it Rain
30. ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me
29. Animal Collective - FloriDada
28. Japenese Breakfast - Everybody Wants to Love You
27. BLACKPINK - Playing with Fire
26. Blood Orange - Best to You
25. The 1975 - Somebody Else
24. Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
23. Crystal Castles - Concrete
22. Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance
21. Chairlift - Moth to the Flame
20. Puce Mary - Night is a Trap II
19. Savages - Adore
18. Whitney - No Matter Where We Go
17. Day Wave - Wasting Time
16. Radiohead - True Love Waits
15. Beyoncé - Formation
14. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
13. Rihanna - Kiss it Better
12. Empress Of - Woman is a Word
11. Shura - Nothing's Real
10. Rainbow Chan - Pearled Into
Quote:
Another debutante serving a hot power-ballad with electronic influences, think of Chairlift with a twist, the Australian singer sings about heartbreak in a total new way, not taking the fault and not throwing it, but rather embracing the pain
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09. Grimes - Medieval Warfare
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The whole song can be pretty much replace SCREAM on the 2015-album Art Angels and even with its flaws, Boucher makes this song sound sexy yet dangerous and quirky. Just Grimes Stuff.
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08. Christine and the Queens - Tilted
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Pop did rise from the ashes with Tilted, Christine makes existencial lyrics sound cool and makes the minimalist sound we were all tired fresh again
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07. David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away
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When you think about it, I Can't Give Everything Away is the perfect ending for an unperfect career and the nostalgia that the whole 5-and-some-minutes-more song conveys is unmatchable
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06. Lola Coca - Ego
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The born-in-England rapper slash singer, Lola Coca, besides of looking like Lana Del Rey meets Megan Fox and having a messy but cool aesthetic has a flow that screams ''bad bitch of 2016'' and Ego shows it with a catchy ska pop-rap song
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05. Hannah Diamond - Fade Away
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There is a line where artificial music needs to be stopped but Fade Away crosses the line, ***** on the line and triumphs; topping it with a catchy breakdown and silky production
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04. Xiu Xiu - Wondering
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Dirty and rough like sex, Xiu Xiu released in 2016 one of their best songs in a long time
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03. HANA - Underwater
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The debutante of the year, Ms. HANA creates a song that conveys a lot of feelings and also that creates pure pop bliss
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02. Olga Bell - Power User
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The Odd fest that Ms. Bell created with the song about simple manipulation in a relationship makes it so damn artificial yet warm (cause... those vocals!!!) that it a must in everyone's final list
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01. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
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Mixing everyone's hella faves: a nostalgic feeling, existencial lyrics, love sprinkled here and there, disorted dirty guitars and a beautiful composition makes Your Best American Girl a strong statement from an strong album
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ALBUMS
#15. Moth by Chairlift
#14. The Spiral by Puce Mary
#13. ANTi by Rihanna
#12. i like it.... by The 1975
#11. Freetown Sound by Blood Orange
#10. Still Life by Young Magic
#09. Spacings by Rainbow Chan
#08. Congrats by Holy F*ck
#07. Bottomless Pit by Death Grips
#06. How to Be a Human Being by Glass Animals
#05. Nothing's Real by Shura
#04. Puberty 2 by Mitski
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