Our Last and Most Curious List ~ Epic Album Scores of 2016
Epic Album Scores of 2016
Our Last and Most Curious List
Not every epic album score is a new release! This list pays homage to all those albums we've rediscovered - managed to score copies of - ole'timers that are new to our ears...
Albums we just couldn't stop listening to in 2016...
DAVE
JIMMY SMITH - The Sermon
MASTERS OF REALITY - Masters of Reality
DAVE LIEBMAN - Lookout Farm
HERBIE HANCOCK - Mwandishi
ELEPHANT9 - Walk The Nile
IRENE
HERBIE HANCOCK - Head Hunters
FELA KUTI - Vinyl Box Set 2
PIERCED ARROWS - Straight To The Heart
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Revolucion: The Chicano's Spirit
ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Ella & Louie Box Set
JANE'S ADDICTION - Ritual De Lo Habitual
BEBE
THE CURE - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
TINY RUINS - Some Were Meant For Sea
ARLO
RUN THE JEWELS - Run The Jewels
NWA - "Straight Outta Compton"
PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!
ANDREW
BILL EVANS - Interplay
ETTA JAMES - Tuff Lover
HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT (HDU) - Fire Works
The MAX BLOCK - Max Block
EYELESS IN GAZA - Photographs As Memories
MEDIEVAL - Medieval Kills!
Until next year...
2016 Relics New Release Favourites
2016 Relics Faves !! The NEW RELEASES we loved the most...
2016 Relics Faves !!
The NEW RELEASES we loved the most...
Every year all the Relics crew offer up their favourite new release albums... here are our WONDEROUS pickings of 2016 !!
Andrew
MYSTERY LIGHTS - Mystery Lights
LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Ghosts of Highway 20
THE VEILS - Total Depravity
SWANS - The Glowing Man
AGNES OBEL - Citizen Of Glass
GHOLD - Pyr
BLACK RAINBOWS - Stellar Prophecy
HOLY GROVE - Holy Grove
MUTUAL BENEFIT - Skip A Sinking Stone
CAVEMEN - Born To Hate
Arlo
THE 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Death Of A Bachelor
MELANIE MARTINEZ - Cry Baby
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
MR. HANKEY'S CHRISTMAS CLASSICS - RSD Special Release
Bebe
DEVANDRA BANHART - Ape in Pink Marble
DRAKE - Views
LAMBCHOP - Flotus
DIIV - The Is The Are
ERYKAH BADU - But You Caint Use My Phone
BON IVER - 22, A Million
Irene
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD - Nonagon Infinity
MOGWAI - Atomic (Soundtrack)
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
THEE OH SEES - A Weird Exits
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - We Got It From Here... Thank You For Your Service
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Skeleton Tree
DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
OLAFUR ARNALDS AND NILS FRAHM - Collaborative Works
Dave
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Day Of The Dead Boxset (Grateful Dead Tribute)
RAY LAMONTAGNE - Ouroboros
MOGWAI - Atomic (Soundtrack)
DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
BLACK MOUNTAIN - IV
ERYKAH BADU - But You Caint Use My Phone
DIIV - Is The Is Are
CAR SEAT HEADREST - Teens Of Denial
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
PUSCIFER - Money Shot
It is worth noting here, that posts like this are SUPER difficult because (as always) we all revisited a number of amazing YEARS GONE PAST albums this year and explored many 2nd hand ones that were NEW to our ears too...
we'll probably make a list of those another day...
LOVE NZ RECORD STORE HISTORY? Check this...
LOVE NZ RECORD STORE HISTORY? Check this...
If you love your NZ history, and you especially love history that involves record stores... here is an article for you... even has a wee mention of Dave's old Auckland record store 'Corner Records'...
Comprehensive, great pics and a walk down memory lane if you ever trawled through crates in the AK...
TRAWLING THROUGH THE CRATES - LOST RECORD STORES OF INNER AUCKLAND - Article by Simon Grigg
To add to that great article, here's our Dave James back in the day in Corner Records c.1996.
This photo was taken in the Lorne Street location... first shop was in the basement on Queen Street & Victoria Street, where Whitcoulls is currently located.
That KISS pinball machine definitely added to the pinball obsessions of many in town!! (one of my fave's)
