2016 was on some bullshit, man. I didn’t dedicate a lot of time to the blog because shit just kept happening. I kept running into car related money problems. My personal life kept finding new and exciting ways to be terrible. And everything really kind of stopped after my dad died back in May.

I’m still trying to figure out how much longer I’m going to keep doing things here. I’m leaning more toward keeping up than I was back in October. I guess we’ll see where it all goes in the coming months. Anyway, here are my top 25 favorite records of 2016 in alphabetical order:

• Angel Olsen – “My Woman”
• Colleen Green – “Colleen Green”
• Computer Magic – “Obscure But Visible”
• Dowsing – “Okay”
• Flock Of Dimes – “If You See Me, Say Yes”
• Fucko – “Dealing With The Weird”
• Frankie Cosmos – “Next Thing”
• Haybaby – “Blood Harvest”
• The Hotelier – “Goodness”
• Japanese Breakfast – “Psychopomp”
• Kindling – “Everywhere Else”
• Kowabunga! Kid – “Wasting My Time”
• Magik*Magik – “MAGIK*MAGIK”
• Middle Part – “Middle Part”
• Miserable – “Uncontrollable”
• Mitski – “Puberty 2”
• Museum Mouth – “Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig”
• Nancy Pants – “Vol. 27 EP”
• Orations – “Incantation”
• Psychic Twin – “Strange Diary”
• Sad Blood – “Legion Of Gloom”
• Save Ends – “Hug Your Friends”
• Signals Midwest – “At This Age”
• Slingshot Dakota – “Break”
• Slow Bloom – “Slow Bloom”

That’s the list. Yes, I know there are some high profile releases that I didn’t include. Most glaringly, I passed on the American Football record and the Jimmy Eat World record. I know I’m supposed to love those records, but I really didn’t.

In the immortal words of the Wu-Tang Clan: if you want beef, then bring the ruckus.