Best music of 2016
Intro A much more haphazard affair this year, I think, dearest friends, which I would suppose is in keeping with one of the themes of what has been a decidedly odd 2016 (as opposed to all the other 2016s we’ve had where no-one died and everyone was excellent to each other). Plenty of decent music though, thank goodness. I count at least 94 records purchased/acquired plus a few others checked out on streaming services like a normal 21 st century person - I admit I’m starting to feel like maybe CDs aren’t all there is to life (you heard it here first). If my mother is reading this she’ll be breathing a sigh of relief for her attic space. An overly long list of a very vague and poorly executed theme I want to say that if you’re into music that doesn’t necessarily need a traditional vocal melody (I mean, what a cliché eh? Oh, and note I didn’t say instrumental music) you’ll have been in a happy aural place this year. But then I’m generally fairly dismissive of normal ...