Category: Punk Rock

2016, Music, punk, Punk Rock

My Favorite Records of 2016: Part Two

Yesterday, I posted a list of records from 2015 that I listened to heavily in 2016. The next two installments of my favorite records of 2016 will exclusively focus on this year and the amazing music that was released this year in the punk/indie/rock world. I listened to 40 records pretty regularly at various points throughout the year. Part two of this list will be a list of 30 records that were great but didn’t make the top 10. 2016 was an incredible year for music and it was hard leaving some of these records off the top 10.

American Football: LP2
Bayside: Vacancy
Bouncing Souls: Simplicity
Brian Fallon: Painkillers
Caskitt Old Fires, New Frontiers
Ceres: Drag It Down On You
Chris Farren: Can’t Die
Daughter: Not to Disappear
Diarrhea Planet: Turn to Gold
Face to Face: Protection
Gates: Parallel Lives
Grayscale: What We’re Missing
Holy Pinto: Congratulations
Hurry: Guided Meditation
Joe McMahon: Another Life
Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost
Mom Jeans: Best Buds
Moose Blood: Blush
Pinegrove: Cardinal
Pkew Pkew: Pkew Pkew Pkew
Ray Rocket: Do You Wanna Go to Tijuana
Shit Present (two e.p.s)
Signals Midwest: At This Age
Slingshot Dakota: Paycheck
Tiger Army: V
Tiny Moving Parts: Celebrate
Touche Amore: Stage Four
Trash Boat: Nothing I WriteYou Can Change What You’ve Been Through
Two Houses: I Feel So Goad I Can’t Stand Myself
Volbeat: Seal the Deal and Let’s Boogie

2015, 2016, Music, punk, Punk Rock, Uncategorized

My Favorite Records of 2016: Part One

Last week, I posted a quick recap of 2016 from a personal and professional standpoint with an emphasis on how music was a big part of the personal growth I went through  this year. I also teased that I would be posting a list of my 10 favorite records this year with a summary describing each record. What I failed to realize that I listened to so much music in 2016 that it was hard to narrow my list down to just 10. While compiling this list, I decided to break it down into three categories so there will be three posts for each category.

This post is the first category: My favorite records released in 2015 that I either didn’t really get into until this year or records that came out at the tail end of last year that didn’t hit with me until 2016.  There were a few records released last year that  I just missed the boat on or didn’t know about until well into 2016. These records were huge for me this year in addition to all the new music released this year that I listened to.

Here is a list of records from 2015 that I loved and listened to a lot in 2016 (in Alphabetical Order):
The All Brights: …Are Wild for the Night

Bully: Feels Like

Burn Rebuild: Losing Grip

The Cardboard Swords: The Cardboard Swords

Daisyhead: The Smallest Light

FIDLAR: Too 

Julien Baker: Sprained Ankle

Spanish Love Songs: Giant Sings the Blues 

Sports: All of Something

Turnspit: I Wonder If They’re Happy

We Were Sharks: Not A Chance

Wolf Alice: My Love is Cool

2016, 2017, Music, punk, Punk Rock, spotify, Uncategorized

Big Things Are on the Horizon For Me in 2017…A Teaser For My Favorite Albums of 2016

2016 has been a positive and inspiring year from a personal and professional standpoint. I found myself trying new things while meeting new people personally and pursuing new endeavors professionally, both of  which took me out of my comfort zone and made me a better human being. 2017 is going to be another year where I take even more steps on both fronts to be the person I know I’m capable of being. The one constant through all of these life experiences this year, however, has been music. Music, specifically rock, punk and indie music, have always been my go-to through the good and the bad times and 2016 was no exception.

I listened to more music in 2016 than I have any year before and I ended up falling in love with so many varied bands and artists. I will eventually compile a list of my 10 favorite records of 2016 and write a brief summary of why each specific record made my list which will be posted on here.

In the meantime, I compiled a Spotify playlist of two songs from all of my favorite albums released this year. It amazes me that 40 albums (a total of 80 songs) ended up being on this playlist. The albums that made the playlist are a perfect combination of new material from some of my long-time favorite bands along with many albums from bands I never heard before this year. Click the link and take a listen to some of my favorite songs released this year and stay tuned for a detailed list of my top-1o favorite albums released this year.

Kiran’s Favorite Albums of 2016 Playlist