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Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2016
Kanye West, Beyonce, Solange, Chance the Rapper, Radiohead, Angel Olsen, Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest, Bon Iver, and David Bowie all make multiple appearances.
Parquet Courts' Austin Brown talks Rihanna, 2016 highlights & this weekend's Knockdown Center show (win tix!)
Plus: did you know Parquet Courts were nominated for a Grammy this year?
Pitchfork's Top Pop & R&B Albums of 2016
The definition of “pop and R&B” continues to blur, which is how Olga Bell and Beyonce can end up on a list that highlights the same genre.
Kristin Kontrol shares new song, DJing Cindy Wilson show at BK Bazaar, tells us her Top 10 of 2016
Kristin Kontrol’s upcoming Le Poisson Rouge show is next week.
Grammys 2017 nominees (Beyonce, Adele, Sturgill Simpson, Anderson Paak, Chance the Rapper, Baroness, Bon Iver, more)
Sturgill Simpson is up for Album of the Year! Also, Chance the Rapper and Anderon Paak are up for Best New Artist. It’s Beyonce vs Adele in tons of categories, plus there’s Bowie, Radiohead, Iggy Pop, Underworld, PJ Harvey, Gojira, and much more…
Complex's Top Albums of 2016
The rap/R&B-heavy list has indie rock representation from Mitski and Angel Olsen, and guess who’s #1?
NPR's Top 100 Songs of 2016
From Oathbreaker to Fifth Harmony to Mitski to Beyonce, here’s NPR’s 100 favorite songs of the year.
Modern Baseball's favorite LPs of 2016
All four members made their own lists. Sean’s is the heaviest on punk (NOFX, PUP, So So Glos, Bayside), Brendan’s is the heaviest on pop (Beyonce, Rihanna, Solange, Frank Ocean), and Jake and Ian both mostly have indie rock…