According to Spotify, I’m a “shape shifter.” Which means the algo can’t figure out what to do with me. So here, I do the important work of year-end summation.
On this page, first, an embedded Spotify playlist with my fifty favorite songs released this year, with no repeat artists. Then, in no particular order, a Bandcamp gallery of my favorite twenty-four albums released this year:
BLOO AZUL / TROO BLOO EP
hip hop / new york
FLYYING COLOURS / YOU NEVER KNOW
shoegaze / melbourne
BLONDSHELL / BLONDSHELL
indie / los angeles
FENNE LILY / BIG PICTURE
indie / brooklyn
猫 シ CORP / CLASS OF ’84
vaporwave / netherlands
SPY / SATISFACTION
hardcore / bay area
GEORGE CLANTON / OOH RAP I YA
chillwave / los angeles
END / THE SIN OF HUMAN FRAILTY
hardcore / new jersey
CRISIS MAN / ASLEEP IN AMERICA
punk / california
GEL / ONLY CONSTANT
hardcore / new jersey
TEMPLES / EXOTICO
neo-psyche / london
SANITIZERS / SANITIZERS
punk / denver
HANNAH JADAGU / APERTURE
indie / brooklyn
YOTA / ROOM 412
synthwave / stockholm
RINGWORM / SEEING THROUGH FIRE
hardcore / cleveland
HOTEL POOLS / EVENINGS
vaporwave / portland
BLACK BUTTON / REJOICE
punk / virginia
NORTH AMERICANS / LONG COOL WORLD
ambient / los angeles
JESUS PIECE / SO UNKNOWN
hardcore / philadelphia
ROTTEN SOUND / APOCALYPSE
grindcore / finland
THE KVB / ARTEFACTS
coldwave / austin
WORLD PEACE / IT IS WRITTEN
powerviolence / san francisco
SEMIWESTERN / SEMIWESTERN
shoegaze / texas
BURNT SKULL / DAYLIGHT MUTILATION
noise rock / austin
ben van loon 