My CDs of the year 2016

Skeleton Tree by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

• Blackstar by David BOWIE
• The Party by Andy SHAUF
• Not to Disappear by DAUGHTER
• Masterpiece by BIG THIEF
• The Wilderness by EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
• 22, A Million by BON IVER
• The Hope Six Demolition Project by PJ HARVEY
• Superheroes, Ghost-Villains & Stuff by The NOTWIST
• Puberty 2 by MITSKI
• A Moon Shaped Pool by RADIOHEAD
• Going, Going... by The WEDDING PRESENT
• Empire Builder by Laura GIBSON
• Schmilco by WILCO
• Renaud by RENAUD
• Dream Darling by The SLOW SHOW
• Guidance by RUSSIAN CIRCLES
• Heads Up by WARPAINT
• Bronze by CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX

My discoveries of the year 2016

• BEAK>
• Aldous HARDING
• SPAIN
• Ibrahim MAALOUF
• Kristín ANNA
• MÚM
• BJÖRK
• THE WEDDING PRESENT
• Haley HEYNDERICKX

and also ÁSGEIR,   Steven WILSON,   Julien BAKER,   SLEAFORD MODS,   MOON DUO,   PSYCHIC ILLS,   Fernand ZESTE,   Cate LE BON,   Ben CAPLAN and the Casual Smokers,   Jóhann JÓHANNSSON,   DIE NERVEN,   Cass MC COMBS,   FENSTER

Live concerts 2016 - my personal top 10 (+13)

The most impressive gig I attended was:

• Beak> at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 19

Plus 9 excellent gigs:

• Daughter at Paris (La Gaîté lyrique) on January 30
• Lanterns On The Lake at Bruxelles (Botanique) on February 24
• Anna Ternheim at Berlin (Heimathafen Neukölln) on April 05
• Low at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 18
• Explosions In The Sky at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 19
• Wilco at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 19
• Damien Rice at Brugge (Cactus Music Festival) on July 09
• PJ Harvey at Esch (Rockhal) on October 18
• The Musical Box at Esch (Rockhal) on November 28

Other very good gigs were:

• Scout Niblett at Leipzig (Conne Island) on March 31
• Element Of Crime at Mannheim (Capitol) on April 09
• Get Well Soon at Luxemburg (Rotondes) on Mai 29
• Spain at Luxemburg (Bar National) on June 07
• Band Of Horses at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 19
• Ásgeir at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 19
• Kristín Anna at Reykjavik (Mengi) on July 28
• Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers at Luxemburg (De Gudde Wëllen) on September 28
• Daughter at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on October 16
• The Wedding Present at Luxemburg (Bar National) on October 24
• Haley Heynderickx at Luxemburg (Konrad Cafe & Bar) on December 06
• The Notwist at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on December 13
• Crippled Black Phoenix at Köln (Underground) on December 21