![]() Jehnny Beth, Savages Best record : David Bowie - Blackstar Best film: Childhood of a leader - by Brady Corbet Best TV series: Cosmos - with Neil deGrasse Tyson Best cartoon: Adventure Time Best book: Life in the folds, Henri Michaux Best gig: Iggy Pop, The Greek Theatre, LA Best radio show: 'Start Making Sense' on Beats1 ) Best Jewel maker: Simone Nunes, Beijos (Paris) Best clothes designer: Minimarket (Swedish brand) Best shoe maker: KMB (handmade in Spain) Lucy Dacus Best realizations I had this year: 1. And without further ado, let the coronations of Solange, 75 Dollar Bill and Heron Oblivion begin - GC : Anthony Anzaldo Jr., Ceremony 21 ALBUMS David Bowie - Blackstar Frank Ocean - Blonde Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Key Anohni - Hopelessness Suede - Night Thoughts Teenage Fan Club - Here Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker Tony Molina - Confront The Truth Blaqk Audio - Material Dark Blue - Start Of The World Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow Terry - HQ Marissa Nadler - Strangers Fury - Paramount Brian Eno - The Ship Solange - A Seat at the Table Super Unison - Auto Swans - The Glowing Man Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Neurosis - Fires Within Fires 11 SHOWS Prince - Paramount Theater, Oakland CA Prince - Oracle Arena, Oakland CA Echo And The Bunnymen - Regency, SF CA Royal Headache - Great American Music Hall, SF CA Give - 924 Gilman St, Berkeley CA Johnny Marr - The Independent, SF CA Drive Like Jehu - The Independent, SF CA Fury - Sound And Fury pre show, LA CA Tørsö - 1234GO!, Oakland CA Morrissey - GSR, Reno NV Masses - Melbourne AUS RIP Bowie, Prince, Alan, Leonard, Woods, Cash and all of the victims of the Ghost Ship/Oakland Fire. Questions or comments about our predictable tastes and/or inexplicable omissions are welcome (but it's totally ok if you keep it to yourself - just because show business people are serial oversharers doesnt mean you have to follow suit). For some historical perspective, here’s last year’s selections. Even worse, we continue to overlook persons currently recording for or working for the record label - go figure. In the past, the exercise has been an trying process, fraught with nagging, teeth-gnashing and no shortage of hesitant participants, some of whom actually changed labels or places of employment or their identities to avoid the task. out of the label’s artist roster and our show business pals. ![]() ![]() Our Annual Orgy of Self-Congratulation, Grandstanding & Overconsumption : Matador Artists & Staff Select Their 2016 Favoritesĭecember 19th, 2016 at 4:34 pm by Gerard (above : Brandon Victor Dixon of Broadway smash, "Hamilton" reads a prepared statement imploring Matador ownership to reissue the Unsane back catalog in 2017 for the good of the nation) Around this time every year, your under appreciated conscientious editor attempts to coax a list of favorite recordings, books, television programs, life events, etc.
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