Tracks, artists, shows etc., found along the way in 2016…
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Added | Released / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devendra Banhart | Lucky | Ape in Pink Marble | Nonesuch | 31/12/16 | Rel: 23/09/16 |
| Lisa Hannigan | Snow | At Swim | ATO Records | 27/12/16 | Rel: 19/08/16 |
| Jesca Hoop | The Lost Sky | Memories Are Now | Sub Pop | 24/12/16 | Rel: 17/02/17 |
| Christine And The Queens (Heloise Letissier) |
Tilted | Chaleur Humaine | Because | 19/12/16 | Rel: 26/02/16 |
| Augustana | Boston | All the Stars and Boulevards |
Epic | 14/12/16 | Rel: 06/09/05 |
| The Longpigs | Lost Myself | The Sun Is Often Out |
Mother | 09/12/16 | Rel: 18/04/96 |
| Sarah McLachlan | Angels | Surfacing | Nettwerk | 03/12/16 | Rel: 24/11/98 |
| Bare Naked Ladies | If I Had A Million Dollars | Gordon | Reprise | 29/11/16 | Rel: 28/11/92 |
| Elbow | Lost Worker Bee | Lost Worker Bee EP |
Polydor | 25/11/16 | Rel: 24/07/16 |
| Sylvan Esso | Kick, Jump Twist | 12″ Single | Loma Vista | 21/11/16 | Rel: 17/11/16 |
| The Shins | Dead Alive | Single | Columbia Records | 15/11/16 | Rel: 26/10/16 |
| She Drew The Gun | Since You Were Not Mine |
Memories of the Future |
Skeleton Key | 12/11/16 | Rel: 26/05/15 |
| The Duke Spirit | Serenade | Serenade EP | Ex Voto | 05/11/16 | Rel: 30/08/16 |
| Lambchop | The Hustle | Flotus | City Slang / MergeRecords |
01/11/16 | Rel: 01/11/16 |
| Penetration | Danger Signs | Single / 12″ | Virgin | 29/10/16 | Rel: April 1979 |
| Enur featuring Natasja | Calabria (2007) | Raggatronic | Ultra Music | 21/10/16 | Rel: 13/03/07 |
| The Orb | 5th Dimensions | COW / Chill Out World! |
Kompact Records | 14/10/16 | Rel: 14/10/16 |
| Minor Science | Naturally Spineless | Vinyl 12″ | Whities | 10/10/16 | Rel: 29/07/16 |
| XTC | Battery Brides | Go2 | Virgin | 06/10/16 | Rel: 06/10/78 |
| Edwyn Collins | Home Again | Edwyn Collins | Heavenly Records | 30/09/16 | Rel: 17/09/07 | P J Harvey | The Wheel | The Hope Six Demolition Project |
Vagrant / BMG |
24/09/16 | Rel: 15/04/16 |
| Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike | One Nation Under A Brolly |
All day Long In Bliss |
Lobby Lud | 19/09/16 | Rel: 1982 |
| Sylvan Esso | Radio | 12″ Single | Loma Vista | 10/09/16 | Rel: 31/08/16 |
| Pavo Pavo | Somewhere in Idaho | Young Narrator In The Breakers |
Bella Union | 02/09/16 | Rel: 11/11/16 |
| Belle & Sebastian | Step Into My Office Baby |
Dear Catastrophe Waitress |
Rough Trade | 29/08/16 | Rel: 06/10/03 |
| Young Marble Giants | Cakewalking | Colossal Youth | Rough Trade | 24/08/16 | Rel: Feb. 1980 |
| Primal Scream | [Feeling Like A] Demon Again |
Chaosmosis | First International | 19/08/16 | Rel: 18/03/16 |
| Disco Bob | Professor Bobo & Bosko Slim |
Single Download (only) |
PB&BS Soundcloud |
14/08/16 | Rel: 05/03/14 |
| Clean Bandit | Rather Be (featuring Jess Glynne) |
New Eyes | Atlantic / Black Butter | 09/08/16 | Rel: 08/02/14 |
| Nils Frahm | Nobody Knows Who You Are |
Single | Erased Tapes | 04/08/16 | Rel: 12/06/15 |
| Gruppo Sportivo | Beep Beep Love | Ten Mistakes | Ariola / Epic | 30/07/16 | Rel: 1978 |
| The Black Madonna / Lady Foursquare | A Jealous Heart Never Rests |
Lady of Sorrows (EP) | Argot / Midnight Riot | 21/07/16 | Rel: 08/10/13 |
| Judy Bridgewater (Jane Monheit) | Never Let Me Go | Songs After Dark | Polestar / Kazuo | 14/07/16 | Rel: 03/09/10 |
| Black Box Recorder | The English Motorway System |
The Facts of Life | Nude Records | 07/07/16 | Rel: 01/05/00 |
| First Aid Kit | My Silver Lining | Stay Gold | Columbia | 05/07/16 | Rel: 13/05/14 |
| Maximum Ballon (Feat. Kittie Harloe) | High | Single / MP3 | Soundcloud | 05/07/16 | Rel: 01/08/16 |
| Pleasure | Joyous | Joyous | Fantasy Records | 31/06/16 | Rel: 1977 |
| Peter Bellamy | Nostradamus | Fair Annie | Fellside Recordings | 25/06/16 | Rel: 01/01/04 |
| BadBadNotGood | In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson |
IV | Innovative Leisure | 23/06/16 | Rel: 08/07/16 |
| The Slambovian Circus of Dreams | A Very Unusual Head | A Box Of Everything | Bandcamp | 19/06/16 | Rel: 01/04/14 |
| White Denim | Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah) | Stiff | Downtown | 15/06/16 | Rel: 01/02/16 |
| Kate Tempest | Bad Place For A Good Time |
Single | Big Dada | 14/06/16 | Rel: 20/01/15 |
| She Drew The Gun | Poem | Single | Skeleton Key | 14/06/16 | Rel: 23/02/16 |
| Laura Gibson | Not Harmless | Empire Builder | City Slang | 11/06/16 | Rel: 01/04/16 |
| The Kills | Heart Of A Dog | Ash & Ice | Domino | 11/06/16 | Rel: 18/04/16 |
| Julia Holter | The Sea Calls Me Home |
Have You In My Wilderness | Domino | 11/06/16 | Rel: 26/08/15 |
| Lindstrøm | Closing Shot | Single | Feedelity | 11/06/16 | Rel: 08/03/16 |
| Emma Pollock | Dark Skies | In Search Of Harperfield | Chemikal Underground | 05/06/16 | Rel: 10/04/16 |
| The Duke Spirit | Wounded Wing | KIN | Ex Voto | 05/06/16 | Rel: 08/04/16 |
| Beth Orton | Moon | Kidsticks | Anti Records | 05/06/16 | Rel: 27/05/16 |
| Barenaked Ladies | One Week | Stunt | Warner Bros. | 04/06/16 | Rel: 22/09/98 |
| East Forest | 10 Laws | Education Of The Individual Soul | EastForest.Org | 01/06/16 | Rel: 17/10/08 |
| O.B.F. Featuring Charlie P. | 16 Tons Of Pressure | 12″ vinyl | Scotch Bonnet | 01/06/16 | Rel: 09/05/16 |
| Discobeistet/Richard Seabourne Remix | Birkelunden | Single | Paper Recordings | 01/06/16 | Rel: 11/05/16 |
| Tupac | California Love | All Eyez On Me | Interscope | 31/05/16 | Rel: 1996 |
| Dieter Mobius & Conny Plank | Rastakraut & Pasta | Rastakraut Pasta | Sky Records | 19/05/16 | Rel: 1980 |
| Yuna Zara’ai | Mermaid | Single | Yuna Room | 30/04/16 | Rel: 07/06/07 |
| Babymetal | Karate | Metal Resistance | BMD Fox | 30/04/16 | Rel: 01/04/16 |
| Link Wray | Fire & Brimstone | Link Wray | Polydor | 10/04/16 | Rel: June 1971 |
| Culture | Two Sevens Clash | Culture | Joe Gibbs | 04/04/16 | Rel: 07/07/77 |
| Maria Kalaniemi and Aldargaz | Nautilus | Ahma | Rockadillo Records | 25/03/16 | Rel: 16/01/13 |
| Holly Go Lightly | Wherever You Were | The Good Things | Damaged Goods | 25/03/16 | Rel: 2005 |
| Birocratic | Easy Living | Biro makes A Beat | BLVNT | 25/03/16 | Rel: 25/10/15 |
| Ennio Morricone | Come Maddalena (Cosmos / Tom Middleton Remix) | Ennio Morricone Remixes (Vol. II) | Compost | 25/03/16 | Rel: 02/02/04 |
| Chemical Brothers & St. Vincent | Under Neon Lights | Born In The Echoes | Virgin EMI | 19/03/16 | Rel: 22/06/15 |
| Mayssa Karaa | White Rabbit | American Hustle (Soundtrack) | Sony Music CMG | 12/03/16 | Rel: 23/12/13 |
| Foo Fighters | Best of You | In Your Honour | RCA | 12/03/16 | Rel: 13/06/05 |
| Simple Minds | Theme For Great Cities |
Sons & Fascination / Sister Feelings Call | Virgin Records | 09/03/16 | Rel: Sept 1981 |
| Edgar Winter Group | Frankenstein | They Only Come Out At Night | Epic Records | 09/03/16 | Rel: 21/02/73 |
| Plaid | Booc | Single (WAP103) | WARP Records | 08/03/16 | Rel: 2000 |
| Gabin feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater | Into My Soul | Mr Freedom | Astralwerks | 28/02/16 | Rel: 2004 |
| Ary | Higher | The Orange Collection | Eskimo Recordings | 25/02/16 | Rel: 11/05/15 |
| Yeasayer | Amen & Goodbye 6 | Amen & Goodbye | Mute | 24/02/16 | Rel: 01/04/16 |
| White Balance | Hunter | single | VILD Recordings | 24/02/16 | Rel: 16/02/16 |
| Kruder & Dorfmeister | Black Baby | Shakatakadoodub | G-Stone | 22/02/16 | Rel: 2008 |
| Bedrock | Beautiful Strange | Beautiful Strange EP | All Music | 22/02/16 | Rel: 2001 |
| Choir of Young Believers | Hollow Talk | This Is for the White in Your Eyes | Tigerspring | 20/02/16 | Rel: Sept 2008 |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Necessary Evil | Multi-Love | Jagjaguwar | 20/02/16 | Rel:26/05/15 |
| Field Music | Disappointed | New View | Memphis Industries | 14/02/16 | Rel: 11/01/16 |
| Violent Femmes | Blister In The Sun | Violent Femmes | Slash | 14/02/16 | Rel: April 1983 |
| Daughter | Numbers | Not To Disappear | 4AD | 01/02/16 | Rel: 15/01/16 |
| Rhysical Pheck | Just A Little Piece | The Vitamin D LP | Ballagroove | 29/01/16 | Rel: 29/06/15 |
| Sonic Youth | Dirty Boots | Goo | DGC | 27/01/16 | Rel: April 1991 |
| Fragile State | Four Four Four | Voices From The Dustbowl | Hide Inside | 19/01/16 | Rel: 21/09/07 |
| Alucidnation | I’m Not Bad | Induction | Big Chill Recordings | 19/01/16 | Rel: 2004 |
| Dr. Rubberfunk | Harry The Guitar | The First Cut | Southern Fried | 19/01/16 | Rel: 2001 |
| Ida Maria | Oh My God! | Fortress Round My Heart | Island / Def Jam | 17/01/16 | Rel: 01/10/07 |
| El Vy | Need A Friend | Return To The Moon |
4AD | 17/01/16 | Rel: 26/10/15 |
| Indian Wells | Alcantara | Single / MP3 | Bad Panda | 16/01/16 | Rel: 11/03/15 |
| KB Project – Daniel Bell |
Nothing Can Stop You |
The Symphony (12″ 33) | Elevate Detroit | 16/01/16 | Rel: 1999 |
| Flaming June | Freedom’s Fairy Tale For Girls |
In Pursuit Of Happiness (EP) | Flaming June Cambridge | 08/01/16 | Rel: 01/12/15 |
[First Published Friday 08th January 2016. Updated on dates tracks added].