2016 had some amazing music. So much of it I never would have discovered if it we’re for this show and WERA. Thank you so much to everyone there and at Arlington Independent Media for allowing us to bring our favorite music to you. See you in 2017!
( best of 2016 show )
( see also our top 25 albums of the year )
1 Frightened rabbit – Death dream
2 Mitski – Your best American Girl^
3 Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues^
4 Damien Jurado – Kola
5 John Congleton and the Nighty Nite – You are Facing the Wrong way
6 Conor Oberst – Next of Kin
7 David Bazan – With You
8 Lucy Dacus – Map on a wall
9 Car Seat Headrest – Fill in the Blank
10 Modern Baseball – Mass
11 Laura Gibson – Damn Sure
12 Slaughter Beach, Dog – Mallrat Semi-Annual^
13 NOFX – Sid and Nancy
14 Damien Jurado – Queen Anne
15 David Bazan – Trouble with Boys
16 Matt and Kim – Please no More
17 JPNSGRLS – circus
18 Kyle Craft – Before the Wall^
19 Cheap Girls – Her and Cigarettes^
20 John K Samson – Winter Wheat
21 Okkervil river – Okkervil river RIP^
22 You won’t – 1-4-5^
23 The prettiots – Suicide hotline
24 Jeff Rosenstock – Wave goodnight to me
25 La Sera – High Notes
^ Denotes a song that is not on an album in our top 25 records of the year