TMT's 2016 AOTY List

50. N-Prolenta - A Love Story…
49. Sean McCann - Music for Public Ensemble
48. Ka - Honor Killed the Samurai
47. Amnesia Scanner - AS [EP]
46. Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
45. Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
44. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
43. Mitski - Puberty 2
42. DJ Coquelin & MC Cloarec - JE M’EN TAPE
41. ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS
40. Klein - ONLY
39. Julianna Barwick - Will
38. Ytamo - MI WO
37. The Savage Young Taterbug - Shadow of Marlboro Man
36. Future - EVOL
35. The Caretaker - Everywhere at the end of time
34. death’s dynamic shroud.wmv - CLASSROOM SEXXTAPE
33. Autechre - elseq 1–5
32. Beyoncé - LEMONADE
31. Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
30. Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
29. David Bowie -
28. Macula Dog - Why Do You Look Like Your Dog?
27. Tim Hecker - Love Streams’
26. Noname - Telefone
25. Puce Mary - The Spiral
24. serpentwithfeet - blisters
23. Solange - A Seat at the Table
22. DJWWWW - Arigato
21. Princess Nokia - 1992
20. Jeremih - Late Nights: The Album
19. Elysia Crampton - Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
18. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
17. Dedekind Cut - $uccessor
16. Foodman - Ez Minzoku
15. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
14. Rihanna - ANTI
13. Young Thug - JEFFERY
12. Lil Yachty - Lil Boat
11. Yves Tumor - Serpent Music
10. Elysia Crampton - Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide…
09. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
08. Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom [EP]
07. James Ferraro - Human Story 3
06. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
05. Frank Ocean - Blonde/Endless
04. Arca - Entrañas
03. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
02. Lolina - Live in Paris
01. Babyfather - BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow

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We all just want Hype Williams to get back together

>21. Princess Nokia - 1992
nice

There's a lot of things I'm very happy about, like Lolina, EVOL (I think it's been overlooked, it's a fucking masterpiece), DJWWWW, etc., but I'm also a bit sad to see Lil Yachty above Young Thug, KK Bonito, Charli XCX (WTF TMT?!) on the list.

I mean I'm sad to see lil yachty above young thug, AND I'm sad to see Charli XCX and KK Bonito on the list at all

inb4 white victim complex posters

>23. Solange - A Seat at the Table

What? How can they give a FEMALE BLACK MUSICIAN that low of a ranking in 2 0 1 6????

it was good until I got to the top 10

haha tom york BTFO

What is Babyfather?

Dean Blunt playing Craig David samples over an acoustic guitar backing

how is it that TMT's list is even worse than p4k's?

how ?
number 2 is some white russian bitch

>08. Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom [EP]

Good list

>EVOL
>masterpiece
It's just his old shit with a brighter pop sheen more suited for rap radio and clubs.

Savage Mode was a far more interesting release.

P4k's list is just a really generic popchart list that is the same as every major publication. At least TMT choose some under the radar stuff.

This.

>picks 12-14
Other than that decent list

reminder that thequietus has the only good list so far

you mean better

inga at #2 and dean at #1. Definitely a TMT list.

i see autechre got liturgy-ed

Actually surprised Lemonade is that low here. They had one of the more hyperbolic reviews of it.

It's literally filled with songs that easily range among his best. Xanny Family, Lil Haiti Baby, Lie To Me, Low Life, Fly Shit Only, Wicked, etc

Purple Reign and EVOL were both amazing. E.T. not so much, but still good

Because you only listened to like 1/15-1/10 of the songs on the list, and are just judging by the most well-known album's placement on the list

albums* not songs

>no radiohead

List disregarded

decent: there are few picks I don't like (Charli XCX, Kanye, Tumor, Crampton, Rihanna) but I undersand why they entered the top 50. Not enough EDM or experimental stuff tho.

>EDM
please don't call it that
"EDM" refers to the kind of bro festival crap that Americans "pop molly" too

What does this mean

James Ferraro pushed all the way back to a #7 spot tho....

>01. Babyfather - BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow

*vomits*

>Beyonce at 32
>Solange at 23
>Rihanna at 14
>Yachty above all

I'm okay with this list, nice
My captcha was boats

what did you dislike about Demon City?

Overall this is a cool list and I'll probably check out some of the more obscure records. I'm pretending Rihanna isn't on it.

lol

Since when did TMT gain respect as a music site? The contributors are god-awful.

Along with Resident Advisor this is the second place that has named Babyfather album of the year. Kinda gave up on Blunt a while back, maybe I should check it out.

Otherwise, here's the list aggregate so far for AOTY:

albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016/

>Top 10 from that
David Bowie - Blackstar (362 points)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (338 points)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (304 points)
Solange - A Seat At The Table (263 points)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (242 points)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (226 points)
Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo (204 points)
Angel Olsen - My Woman (189 points)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (183 points)
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From here...Thank You 4 Your Service (183 points)

Jesus Christ, this is the worst list, yet.

If you didn't like Blunt before, I doubt you'd like him in this form. I personally don't get it at all.

Maybe if you have shit taste.

escrow was selecting tunes in the mist early on
dean shows up after some guy posts up a british flag on escrows table
that's when the lights turn on the crowd, these bright ass spotlights that made every indie fuck in the audience seem really confused; like deer and headlights
he did tunes off the album, some older cuts, unreleased stuff too
you could only see his face at times when the light was just right, but he did seem angry in his presence and performance
his rapping sounded like he was very annoyed, he called the crowd crackers, he put alot of emphasis on words that were sure to offend: slut, hoe. i did see a chick grab her cuck bf and leave during the show
overall good show

Not really. Babyfather shouldn't be there at all. Neither should The Life of Pablo, but if it had to be it should have been in the bottom 10. Only good inclusions are Jenny Hval, Danny Brown, Jessy Lanza, and Puce Mary.

Not a good list.

If you are wanting to look for under the radar stuff, go look at The Quietus' list (almost entirely hidden gems) and to a lesser extent Gorilla v Bear's.

>Only good inclusions are Jenny Hval, Danny Brown, Jessy Lanza, and Puce Mary.
Yeah, this just reinforces my original opinion lol.

>go look at The Quietus' list (almost entirely hidden gems)
A lot of that stuff is "hidden" but I wouldn't necessarily say they are "gems." A lot of bullshit on that list.

But they cover a lot of music that I like, which is the main reason why I go there.

I find it important to support sites like TMT. Rihanna at 14? Disgusting.

But the list is a bit surprising, especially HS3 and Lemonade pretty low (for their standards)

I don't like the Babyfather album at all but I have to at least give them credit for not picking a predictable buzzworthy album like every other publication is for reasons that aren't even music-related (Bowie, Solange, Frank Ocean, etc.)

>I'm sad to see Charli XCX and KK Bonito on the list at all
why? they are both better than EVOL

this, basically. i put up with their shitty "experimental" writing for this sort of stuff

gross

this makes me proud to be british

a lot of good choices in the first half (#50-#25) but it gets a bit predictable after that.

>If you are wanting to look for under the radar stuff, go look at The Quietus' list (almost entirely hidden gems) and to a lesser extent Gorilla v Bear's.

>literally praises puce fucking mary
fuck off poser

Puce Mary is tiny, in terms of popularity and following.

Also, I never even referred specially to those artists as being 'hidden gems'. Learn to read, or at least to not fill writing with your own inferences and make them out to be truths.

What's Up Friends It's Me Tiny Mix Tape Ask Me Any Thing

If you want REAL under the radar hidden gems, check out The Wire's AOTY list.

No Friend Only The Tiny Mix Tape

>David Bowie at Number 1 and a bunch of "literally who" poseur-core
yeah no thanks

There is no "poseur-core" on the Wire's list, honestly. It's actually pretty accessible.

I haven't checked out the list yet but that's surprising. Aren't they notorious for focusing on the sort of "avant-garde" and "experimental" free jazz, neo classical, drone, doom metal, noise type music that could be considered "poseur-core"?

Hahaha

eh, they cover a lot of that stuff but their end of year lists usually aren't super obscure. there's always a few complete left-field choices, but on the other hand there's always been loads of crossover with fact, quietus, boomkat, ra, tmt etc.

for example their #1 spots over the past few years have gone to jlin, aphex twin, rashad becker, laurel halo, james ferraro - all highly publicized albums in """underground"""" music.

this. But they do cover plenty of "out there" music in their regular issues.

That Jessy Lanza album is so unremarkable.

Honestly, this. I really wanted to like it, but I just didn't.

Their writing is nonsensical dribble at times.

If a shitty Montie/IRC meme is keeping you from listening to different artists/albums you have no place to comment on others' tastes

where is bottomless pit

Guess I need to cop Lolina already

>all the time
ftfy
I can only make it in a few sentences through most of their reviews. Shitty, angsty philosphy-undergrad-tryhard-academic garbage.

>poseur-core
bro you're the embodiment of irony kys

Right?
Hell yeah!

Thought Yves Tumor should've cracked the top 10, but that is a solid top 10. Kanye should be lower, but I could sit here all day and say albums should be moved around.

in the trash where it belongs

you do know that the writers at TMT have probably the most legitimately "radical left" politics of any major music blog, right?

>fine but not top 10 material
>fine but not top 10 material
>overhyped shit
>fine but not top 10 material
>boring album from a boring band that hasn't been not boring in years
>overhyped shit
>fine but not top 10 material
>fine but not top 10 material
>fine but not top 10 material
>actually pretty good. still not top 10 material.

nice lol i majored in STEM too

and?

>nice lol i majored in STEM too
Well, I mean who wouldn't?

Glad to see Autechre on there, for me Elseq 1-5 is easily the best album from this whole list. Also why the fuck do they include Lil Yachty? I get that he is a funny meme but who in their right mind thinks he actually makes quality music?

Can we definitely stop with arca?

Vroom Vroom is one of the most relevant releases of the year. Listen to the song Trophy