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In a Field Near the River Adur: Top 25 Tracks of 2016

Limit one per artist. Format is #. Artist - Song || Genres || Country

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25. Black Marble - Iron Lung  ||  Post-Punk, Coldwave  ||  USA

24. Oathbreaker - Second Son of R.  ||  Blackgaze, Post-Metal  ||  Belgium

23. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People....  ||  Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop  ||  USA

22. Big Thief - Masterpiece  ||  Indie Rock  ||  USA

21. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk  ||  Canada

20. Death Grips - Giving Bad People Good Ideas  ||  Digital Hardcore, Industrial Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop  ||  USA

19. Chelsea Wolfe - Hypnos  ||  Gothic Rock, Ethereal Wave  ||  USA

18. Goat Girl - Country Sleaze  ||  Punk Blues, Noise Rock  ||  UK

17. 40 Watt Sun - Stages  ||  Slowcore, Post-Rock  ||  UK

16. Frank Ocean - Pink + White  ||  Alternative R&B  ||  USA

15. The Drones - Taman Shud  ||  Art Rock, Punk Blues  ||  Australia

14. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us  ||  Grindcore, Powerviolence  ||  USA

13. Tanya Tagaq - Aorta  ||  Inuit Vocal Games, Experimental  ||  Canada

12. The Avalanches - Because I'm Me  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Plunderphonics  ||  Australia

11. Aesop Rock - Blood Sandwich  ||  Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop  ||  USA

10. Emma Ruth Rundle - Real Big Sky  ||  Slowcore, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter  ||  USA

9.  Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny  ||  Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop  ||  USA

8. Swans - Cloud of Forgetting  ||  Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Drone  ||  USA

7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock, Ambient Pop  ||  Australia

6. Mac Quayle - 1.0_8-whatsyourask.m4p  ||  Progressive Electronic, Television Soundtrack  ||  USA

5. Klô Pelgag - Samedi soir à la violence  ||  Art Pop, Chamber Pop  ||  Canada

4. Radiohead - Burn the Witch  ||  Art Pop, Chamber Pop  ||  UK

3. Noname - Yesterday  ||  Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop  ||  USA

2. David Bowie - Blackstar  ||  Experimental Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock  ||  UK

1. Xiu Xiu - Falling  ||  Experimental Rock, Art Rock, Ethereal Wave  ||  USA

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