Favorite Rock Albums of 2016

Here are some of my favorite albums of 2016. Each of them had a powerful effect on me in one way or another, and I gave them repeat listens. Explore, please, and enjoy:


WIRE Nocturnal Koreans




SPEED OF THE STARS (Steve Kilbey of The Church, and Frank Kearns) Speed Of The Stars




THE JOY FORMIDABLE Hitch




THE LENNON CLAYPOOL DELIRIUM Monolith Of Phobos




BLACK MOUNTAIN IV




BOB MOULD Patch The Sky




SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS SVIIB



THE MONKEES Good Times!




DEERHOOF The Magic




MITSKI Puberty 2



MIND SPIDERS Prosthesis




KATE BUSH Before The Dawn




HIGH VIOLETS Heroes And Halos




DAVID BOWIE Blackstar




JON ANDERSON/ROINE STOLT Invention Of Knowledge