Folks, it’s time again. You know the deal: At end of every year, all of your music-minded friends flood your feed with year-end roundups, and the LPR staff is no different. 2016 has been a trashcan fire of a year, but at least we got some pretty decent music out of it. Check out our picks below for the music that got us in one end and out the other. Here’s to 2017!
Aysia B., Office Manager
・Noname — Telefone
・Solange — A Seat at the Table
・Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
・KING — We Are King
・Anderson .Paak — Malibu
Brianne S., Marketing Director
・James Blake — The Colour in Everything
・Blood Orange — Freetown Sound
・Margaret Glaspy — Emotions and Math
・Daniel Wohl — Holographic
・Jenny Hval — Blood Bitch
・Sturgill Simpson — A Sailor’s Guide to the Earth
Chelsea V., Hospitality
・David Bowie — Blackstar
・Emily Wells — Promise
・Flatbush Zombies — 3001: A Laced Odyssey
・Florist — The Birds Outside Sang
・Radiation City — Synesthetica
Dan M., Tech Staff
・Conor Oberst — Ruminations
・Fruit Bats — Absolute Loser
・Margaret Glaspy — Emotions and Math
Frank B., Tech Staff
・GoGo Penguin — Man Made Object
・Pete Yorn — ArrangingTime
・Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
・Norah Jones — Day Breaks
・A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Ivan K., Hospitality
・David Bowie — Blackstar
・Hamilton Leithauser — I Had a Dream that You Were Mine
・Lera Lynn — Resistor
・Thee Oh Sees — A Weird Exits
・Savages — Adore Life
Jay E., Director of Production
・Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
・Enemies — Valuables
・Andrew Bird — Are You Serious
・Bon Iver — 22, A Million
・Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
John R., Marketing Coordinator
・A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
・Lambchop – FLOTUS
・Angel Olsen – My Woman
・Dead Ryan – Always a Pallbearer, Never a Corpse
・GoGo Penguin — Man Made Object
Justin K., Co-founder
・Suuns — Hold/Still
・Serpentwithfeet — Blisters
・John Adams/St. Louis Symphony/Leila Josefowicz — Scheherazade.2
Michael C., Office Assistant
・Y La Bamba — Ojos del Sol
・Devendra Banhart — Ape in Pink Marble
・A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Myllicent F., Tech Staff
・A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
・Solange — A Seat at the Table
・Childish Gambino — Awaken, My Love
Rachael P., Music Director
・Solange — A Seat at the Table
・Big Thief — Masterpiece
・Angel Olsen — My Woman
・Clear Plastic Masks — Nazi Hologram
・Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
Sharif M., Tech Staff
・Hot Curl — Beached
・Wilco — Schmilco
・Luke Temple — A Hand Through the Cellar Door
Sierra S., Assistant to Director of Production
・75 Dollar Bill — WMPPRR
・Tråd Gräs och Stenar — Tråd Gräs och Stenar 2016 Box Set
・Ryley Walker — Golden Sings That Have Been Sung