Top 89 Staff Picks: Peter Diamond, college contributor
December 06, 2016
Top 10 Albums of 2016
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp
Kamaiyah - A Good Night in the Ghetto
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Porches - Pool
Rihanna - Anti
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Told Slant - Going By
Top 10 Songs of 2016
Anohni - "Drone Bomb Me"
Beyoncé - "Hold Up"
Car Seat Headrest - "Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)"
Frank Ocean - "Pink + White"
Frankie Cosmos - "On the Lips"
Kanye West - "No More Parties in LA"
Mitski - "Your Best American Girl"
Sampha - "Timmy's Prayer"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Whitney - "Dave's Song"
Top 10 Local Albums of 2016
Allan Kingdom - Northern Lights
Ahem - Just Wanna Be
Devata Daun - Look
King - We are KING
Kitten Forever - 7 Hearts
Nazeem and Spencer Joles - The Album
Ness Nite - Nite Time
Strange Relations - Going Out
Tony Peachka - Dirty Knees
Zuluzuluu - What's The Price
Top 10 Local Songs of 2016
Allan Kingdom - "Fables"
Ahem - "Bottle Rocket"
dunno dunno - "Baby Head"
King - "The Right One"
Kitten Forever - "Cannon"
Lizzo - "Phone"
Ness Nite - "Yes"
Nomenclatures - "Empathy"
Strange Relations - "Drift"
Tony Peachka - "Sour Grapes"
The Current Hosts' and Staffers' Top 89 of 2016
Brett Baldwin • Bill DeVille • Jay Gabler • Leah Garaas • Jade • Cecilia Johnson • Lindsay Kimball • Mary Lucia • Jim McGuinn • Sean McPherson • Shelley Miller • Dan Nass • Mike Novitzki • Matt Perkins • Brian Oake • Jill Riley • Jake Rudh • Nate Ryan • David Safar • Derrick Stevens • Andrea Swensson • Luke Taylor • Anna Reed • Mark Wheat • Mac Wilson