The crew at Grimy Goods, have shared their 10 selections for the best albums of 2016! As always, it’s all about quality and variety when it comes to music at Grimy Goods. Spanning all genres, you’ll find a robust selection of music from well-known artists, as well as acts you’ve never heard of. From new artists such as Von Sell, Cruel Youth and Bishop Briggs, to familiar acts like Frank Ocean, Savages, and Radiohead — there is something for everyone here. Take a look below at what our staff has been listening to on repeat this past year, and stream select albums via our Spotify playlist below!
Please note, all albums are listed in no particular order.
Local Natives
Sunlit Youth
Loma Vista Recordings
James Vincent McMorrow
We Move
Faction Records
From Indian Lakes
Everything Feels Better Now
Triple Crown Records
Twin Peaks
Down In Heaven
Grand Jury
Glass Animals
Life Itself
Harvest Records
Whitney
Light Upon The Lake
Secretly Canadian
Young The Giant
Home of the Strange
Fueled By Ramen
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL Recordings
Daughter
Not To Disappear
Glassnote Records
Grouplove
Big Mess
Atlantic Records
Thee Oh Sees
A Weird Exits
Castle Face Records
Sweet Shop Boys
Cashmere
Customs
The Frighners
Nothing More To Say
Daptone Records
DIIV
Is This Is Are
Captured Tracks
The Blind Shake
Celebrate Your Youth
Goner Records
Thee Oh Sees
An Odd Entrances
Castle Face Records
Blank Blue
Invisible Threads (EP)
Psychic Fortitude
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic Records
DJ Shadow
The Mountain Will Fall
Mass Appeal Records
Feels
S/T
Castle Face Records
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic Records
Savages
Adore Life
Matador
David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia Records
Cruel Youth
+30mg (EP)
Disgrace
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL
The Kills
Ash & Ice
Domino Records
Miike Snow
iii
Downtown / Atlantic
Von Sell
S/T (EP)
Self-Released
Bishop Briggs
S/T (EP)
Island Records
The Weeknd
Starboy
Republic Records
The Pack A.D.
Positive Thinking
Cadence Music
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic Records
The Heavy
Hurt & The Merciless
Counter Records/Bad Son Recording Co.
Mavis Staples
Livin’ on a High Note
Anti-Records/Epitaph Records
Deftones
Gore
Reprise
DJ Shadow
The Mountain Will Fall
Mass Appeal
Ex-Sage
Out Of The Blue (EP)
Self-Released
Pill
Convenience
Mexican Summer
Charles Bradley
Changes
Daptone Records
The Dead Ships
Citycide
Nevado Records
Anderson .Paak
Malibu
Steel Wool/ OBE/ Art Club/ EMPIRE
Cage The Elephant
Tell Me I’m Pretty
RCA Records
Charles Bradley
Changes
Daptone Records
David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia Records
Flume
Skin
Mom + Pop
Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
GOOD Music
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Aftermath
Massive Attack
Ritual Spirit
Melankolic Recordings Limited
Santigold
99 Cents
Atlantic Records
Justice
Woman
Ed Banger/ Because Records
Frank Ocean
Blonde
Boys Don’t Cry
Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
GOOD Music
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Jagjaguwar
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Aftermath
Nao
For All We Know
RCA
Drake
Views
Young Money / Cash Money / Republic
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
XL
Big Black Delta
Tragame Tierra
Master of Bates
M83
Junk
Mute Records
Metronomy
Summer ’08
Because Music
Ngaiire
Blastoma
Self-Released
ANOHNI
Hopelessness
Secretly Canadian
Gallant
Ology
Warner Bros Records
Von Sell
S/T (EP)
Self-Titled
Jenny Hval
Blood Bitch
Sacred Bones
Noname
Telefone
Self-Released
LANKS
Viet Rose (EP)
Self-Released
Julia Jacklin
Don’t Let the Kids Win
Polyvinyl Records
Still Parade
Concrete Vision
Lefse Records
Ricky Eat Acid
Talk To You Soon
Terrible Records
Logic
Bobby Tarantino
Def Jam Records
Isaiah Rashad
The Sun’s Tirade
Top Dawg Entertainment
Travis Scott
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
Epic Records
A$AP Mob
Cozy Tapes Vol. 1
Epic Records
YG
Still Brazy
Def Jam Records
Vic Mensa
There’s A Lot Going On
Roc Nation
Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
GOOD Music
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Aftermath
Frank Ocean
Blonde
Boys Don’t Cry
Schoolboy Q
Blank Face LP
Top Dog Entertainment
A$AP Mob
Cozy Tapes Vol. 1
Epic Records
Travis Scott
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
Epic Records
Drake
Views
Young Money / Cash Money / Republic
Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
GOOD Music
DJ Khaled
Major Key
Epic Records
Vic Mensa
There’s A Lot Going On
Roc Nation
Rihanna
Anti
Roc Nation
The Weeknd
Starboy
Republic Records
Meek Mill
DC4
MMG / Atlantic
Beyonce
Lemonade
Parkwood Entertainment
The 1975
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
Dirty Hit
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Pretty Years
Sinderlyn
Frank Ocean
Blonde
Boys Don’t Cry
The Hotelier
Goodness
Tiny Engines
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Intentions
Until The Hunter
Tendril Tales
Jessy Lanza
Oh No
Hyperdub
Death Grips
Bottomless Pit
Third Worlds
Yumi Zouma
Yoncalla
Cascine
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
In Summer
Geographic North
Nicolas Jaar
Sirens
Other People
