Best of 2016

The annual Pazz & Jop poll tallies top ten lists from over 500 music critics around the globe.

A collection of our best photos from 2016.

Specifically, "Top ten absurd/baffling, possibly charming, possibly rotten historical slang words and phrases from the absurdity of what is amerikkka and what was the United States."

Marissa's list includes Nick Cave, Beyonce

Check out what records this UK shoegaze-post-rock supergroup dug this year.

Rough Trade shops coordinated this conversation which took place at Iggy's pad in Miami. He and Thurston talk talk punk, pop, and touch on many points of Iggy's career. There's even an impromptu jam.

Today (12/28) is the last episode of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU for 2016 and host Nick Masi spends it counting down his favorite records of the year, which include many records that ended up on BV's year-end list.

"2016 has seen plenty of notable deaths, and has to a degree been defined by them," Reader tells us. "These may have escaped notice."

Check out lists from Into It. Over It., Jay Som, Chris Farren, Bob Nanna (Braid), Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat), Amber Arcades, DOOMSQUAD, and more.

The Hotelier had a great 2016 with the release of Goodness (our 22nd favorite album of the year), and they've got two shows left before 2017 is here, NJ with Thursday and NYE in NYC (which we're giving way tickets to). Singer/bassist Christian Holden also made us a list of their favorite albums of the year...