After a year of successful events in Chicago, our host from the windy city Sam Willett runs through his Top 50 albums of 2016.
Frank Ocean – Blonde/Endless
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
David Bowie – Blackstar
A Tribe Called Quest – We got from Here… Thanks for the service…
James Blake – The Colour in Anything
Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Jamila Woods – HEAVN
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Beyonce – Lemonade
Parquet Courts – Human Performance
Anderson .Paak – Malibu
Kendrick Lamar – untitled. unmastered.
Pinegrove – Cardinal
Blithe Field – Face Always Toward the Sun
DVSN – Sept. 5th
Kaytrenada – 99.9%
Bon Iver – 22 A Million
Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
NxWorries – Yes, Lawd!
YG – Still Brazy
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Young Thug – Jeffery
KING – We Are KINGf
Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
Death Grips – Bottomless Pit
Noname – Telefone
The Hotelier – Goodness
Nicolas Jaar – Sirens
Mitski – Puberty 2
The Avalanches – Wildflower
Maxwell – blackSUMMERSnight
Angel Olsen – My Woman
Drake – Views
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Lambchop – FLOTUS
JJ Doll – ST 7″
Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat to Earth
Nao – For All We Know
Camp Cope – Camp Cope
Isaiah Rashad – The Sun’s Tirade
BadBadNotGood – IV
American Football – American Football (LP2)
Katie Dey – Flood Network
Cass McCombs – Mangy Love
Mannequin Pussy – Romantic
Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+Evolution
Big Thief – Masterpiece
Sun Kil Moon/Jesu – Sun Kil Moon/Jesu
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – In Summer
Yumi Zoma – Yoncalla
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