Best CDs of 2016

1. Billy Dankert "Sleep Late"
2. Car Seat Headrest "Teens Of Denial"
3. Bon Iver "22, A Million"
4. Christine And The Queens "Christine And The Queens"
5. The Notwist "Superheroes, Ghostvillains And Stuff"
6. Field Music "Commontime"
7. Paul Simon "Stranger To Stranger"
8. Mitski "Puberty 2"
9. case/lang/veirs "case/lang/veirs"
10. ANOHNI "HOPELESSNESS"
Vanishing Twin "Choose Your Own Adventure"
Sunflower Bean "Human Ceremony"
D. A. "Time Machine"
Look Park "Look Park"
Nerf Herder "Rockingham"
Sting "57th & 9th"
I Don't Cares "Wild Stab"
Regina Spektor "Remember Us To Life"
CHVRCHES "Open Every Eye"
The 1975 "I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It"
Grimes "Art Angels"
Bob Mould "Patch The Sky"
Public Access T.V. "Never Enough"
Parquet Courts "Human Performance"
Kaiser Chiefs "Stay Together"
Biffy Clyro "Ellipsis"
Explosions In The Sky "The Wilderness"
Angel Olsen "My Woman"
Sleigh Bells "Jessica Rabbit"
Bat For Lashes "The Bride"
Kings of Leon "WALLS"
Phantogram "Three"
Bastille "Wild World"
Green Day "Revolution Radio"

Best Techno CDs of 2016

1. The Avalanches "Wildflower"
2. Public Service Broadcasting "The Race for Space / Remixes"
3. Underworld "Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future"
4. Yello "Toy"
5. Mr. Oizo "All Wet"
DJ Shadow "The Mountain Will Fall"
Aphex Twin "Cheetah EP"
S U R V I V E "RR7349"/ Soundtrack "Stranger Things, Vol. 1"
Benny Benassi "Danceaholic"

Best CD Reissues of 2016

Phil Collins "Face Value" and "Hello, I Must Be Going"
ABC "The Lexicon Of Love II" (not really a reissue in reality, but I think it is in spirit)
Negativland "Over The Edge, Vol. 9: The Chopping Channel" (including Don Joyce's ashes)
Jack White "Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016"

Worst CDs of 2016

1. M83 "Junk"
David Gilmour "Rattle That Lock"
James Blake "The Colour In Anything"
Andy Bell "Torsten the Beautiful Libertine"
Kurt Cobain "Montage Of Heck: The Home Recordings"
Will Butler "Friday Night"
Tim Heidecker "In Glendale"
Lady Gaga "Joanne

Best CD Covers of 2016

Fatima Al Qadiri "Brute"
Glass Animals "How To Be A Human Being"
Explosions In The Sky "The Wilderness"
Kings Of Leon "WALLS"
Kevin Morby "Singing Saw"
Temper Trap "Thick As Thieves"

Worst CD Covers of 2016

Sia "This Is Acting"
Tortoise "The Catastrophist"
Andy Bell "Torsten the Beautiful Libertine"
Death Grips "Bottomless Pit"
Roisin Murphy "Take Her Up To Monto"

Best Movies of 2016

1. The Handmaiden
2. Ghostbusters (2016)
3. Zootopia
4. Deadpool
5. Tickled
6. The Lobster
7. The Nice Guys
8. Love & Friendship
9. and 10. Sing Street/ Moonlight (both disqualified)
Hello, My Name Is Doris
The VVitch/ The Invitation
Kubo And The Two Strings
The Secret Lives Of Pets
20th Century Women
Captain Fantastic
Moana
My Life As A Zucchini
Hidden Figures
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Swiss Army Man
Arrival
The Little Prince
Hail, Caesar!
Finding Dory
10 Cloverfield Lane
Now You See Me 2
Money Monster

Worst Movies of 2016

1. Weiner Dog Internationals
2. The Forest
3. Joy
4. The Wolfpack
5. Victor Frankenstein
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Independence Day: Resurgence
The 33
Our Brand Is Crisis
Zoolander 2
Where To Invade Next
We Are Your Friends
Sisters
Spectre
The Boy
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Some Awful Movies From Last Year I Finally Saw
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Home
The Ridiculous Six
The Assassin
The Gallows
The Lazarus Effect
Love

Best Videogames of 2016

1. The Witness
2. World of Warcraft: Legion
3. Firewatch
4. Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
5. Her Story
Life Is Strange
They've All Gone To The Rapture
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Best Phone Games of 2016
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1. Earn To Die 2
Tsuro: The Game Of The Path
INKS.
The Room Three
Lume/ Lumino City
Pokémon GO
Burly Men At Sea
Klocki
Zenge
Voi
Progress to 100
Perchang
AdVenture Capitalist!
Reigns

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