Best Of 2016

The Top OnPirateSatellite.com Posts of 2016

I went through my analytics for 2016 and these were my most popular posts of 2016.

If you missed them the first time, here is your chance to catch up!

Thanks for all the support for my blog and writing this year and Happy 2017!

Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 31, 2016Mr. Robot, Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, The Flash, Halt And Catch Fire, Vinyl, Chvad SB, C. Allen Bargfrede, Berklee College of MusicComment

Best of 2016: Top #OPS Twitter Interactions

Writing a music and television blog is a passion project, but sometimes it gives you a platform to talk to some of the people that you write about.

Here is a synopsis of some of the big Twitter interactions (or, at least big to me) that I had this year.

Enjoy!

My Top 45 Albums of 2016: The Complete #OPS Guide

The easy guide to finding all 45 of my Top Albums of 2016 and all of the companion playlists.

Too many albums to list here but let's just say it was a good year for Car Seat Headrest, Danny Brown, and Savages.

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My Best Albums of 2016: The Gold Medals: 10-1

Here it is, 100's of hours of work, and a whole year of listening to albums has led to these final ten albums.

My Top Ten Albums of 2016 (and a special tribute)

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 8, 2016glam rock, art rock, permanent wave, protopunk, rock, singer-songwriter, mellow gold, new wave, classic rock, dance rock, David Bowie, Blackstar, Columbia Records, straight edge, hardcore, fury, Fury, Paramount, Triple B Records, australian alternative rock, deep australian indie, Camp Cope, Poison City Records, folk-punk, indie-punk, folk punk, alternative emo, Jeff Rosenstock, Worry., The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, preverb, brooklyn indie, Mitski, Puberty 2, Dead Oceans, Your Best American Girl, St. Vincent, Lucy Dacus, No Burden, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nonagon Infinity, ATO Records, Courtney Barnett, Talking Heads, DEVO, garage psych, post punk, post-punk, Preoccupations, Flemish Eye Records, Jagjaguwar, Joy Division, noise pop, neo-psychedelic, nu gaze, indie rock, dream pop, experimental rock, noise rock, dance punk, Savages, Adore Life, Matador, Matador Records, escape room, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, detroit hip hop, Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition, Kanye West, Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial, Will Toldeo, Spotify, #SpotifyComment

My Best Albums of 2016: The Silver Medals: 20-11

The Madness of my Best of 2016 list continues...

Today I am introducing My Best of 2016 Albums #20 - 11 including Angel Olsen, Kino Kimino, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and many others.

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 6, 2016The #OPS Best Albums of 2016 List, The Clash, Hideous Sun Demon, The Industry Connections LP, hallelujah the hills, A Band Is Something To Figure Out, The Avalanches, Wildflower, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive, Angel Olsen, My Woman, Lithics, Borrowed Floors, Kino Kimino, Bait Is For Sissies, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Pretty Years, Moon City Boys, I Need MOre, I Need More, A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service, Vince Staples, ATCQ, Malik, Phife Dawg, Joe Strummer, Redemption Song, Chris Salewicz, deep australian indie, australian alternative rock, boston rock, electronic, australian dance, trip hop, alternative dance, new rave, indietronica, synthpop, indie pop, chamber pop, stomp and holler, freak folk, indie folk, folk pop, indie rock, lo-fi, anti-folk, noise pop, Neo-Psychedelic, post punk, post-punk, garage psych, preverb, brooklyn indie, noise rock, nu gaze, experimental rock, dance punk, deep swedish indie pop, hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, alternative hip hop, rapComment

#OPS Best Albums Of 2016 Part 1 Spotify Playlist (Albums #45-21)

Selections From My Best Albums Of 2016 Part 1 - Albums #45-21 #SpotifyPlaylist

This is the first companion playlist to my Best of 2016 Best Albums list (#45-21). It includes Gonjasufi, Radiohead, Tyvek, De La Soul, Sneaks, and many others.

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Best Of 2016, PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDecember 4, 2016Daydreaming, Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, XL Recordings, Human Om, Tobacco, Sweatbox Dynasty, Ghostly International, Dramamine, Vomitface, Hooray For Me, HY Records, Victorious (National Anthem), Attention Ritual, Ex-Cult, Negative Growth, In The Red Records, Yak, Alas Salvation, Octopus Electrical, Losing You, Super Unison, Auto, Deathwish Inc., Her Face, Powell, Sport, Can't Exist, Tyvek, Origin Of What, How To Taste, Violent Soho, Waco, Dine Alone Music, Life Is Suffering, Deerhoof, The Magic, Polyvinyl Records, Maniac Depressant, Gonjasufi, Callus, Warp, Father's Day, Big Business, Command Your Weather, Joyful Noise Records, Easy Eating, Naked Giants, R.I.P. EP, Driving Through Darkness, Controlled Bleeding, Larva Lumps and Baby Bumps, Artoffact Records, Shotgun Shooter, GOGGS, Go Home, Summer Cannibals, Full Of It, Kill Rock Stars, X.T.Y., Sneaks, Gymnastics, Merge, Snoopies, De La Soul, David Byrne, and the Anonymous Nobody..., Ugly Flower Pretty Vase, Moonface & Siinai, My Best Human Face, JaJaguwarComment

The #OPS Best Albums of 2016 List: The Bronze Medals: 40-21

The madness begins, I stayed up until 5 a.m. putting this together Friday night. Every year, doing this almost kills me but every year I love doing it.

Okay, this is the Bronze Medals, the albums ranked 40-21 (and maybe a few bonus albums too). Albums like "Callus" by Gonjasufi, "A Moon Shaped Pool" by Radiohead, "Hooray For Me" by Vomitface and many others.

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 3, 2016#OPS, Xylouris White, Black Peak, Cretan Luts, Gretan Lute, Tyvek, Origin Of What, Super Unison, Auto, Deathwish Inc., Naked Giants, R.I.P. EP, Miscreant Records, Summer Cannibals, Full Of It, Kill Rock Stars, Tobacco, Sweatbox Dynasty, Ghostly International, Ex-Cult, Negative Growth, In The Red Records, Sneaks, Gymnastics, Merge Records, Eva Moolchan, Chris Shaw, Powell, Sport, Cabaret Voltaire, XL Recordings, Vomitface, Hooray For Me, Help Yourself Records, Big Business, Command Your Weather, Joyful Noise Records, Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, Violent Soho, Waco, Dine Alone Music, Deerhoof, The Magic, Polyvinyl, Polyvinyl Records, Gonjasufi, Callus, Warp, GOGGS, In The Red, De La Soul, and the Anonymous Nobody..., AOI, Moonface & Siinai, My Best Human Face, Jagjaguwar, Controlled Bleeding, Larva Lumps and Baby Bumps, Artoffact Records, Chvad SB, Paul Lemos, Yak, Alas Salvation, Octopus Electrical, Joey Purp, iii Drops, Xenia Rubinos, Bella Union, drone folk, experimental psych, freak folk, chamber psych, garage pop, punk, post punk, indie punk, Preverb, seattle indie, indie garage rock, indietronica, bay area hip hop, fluxwork, outsider house, Chris and Cosey, Indie Punk, sludge metal, stoner metal, post-doom metal, stoner rock, post-metal, doom metal, drone metal, permanent wave, alternative rock, garage rock, melancholia, indie rock, rock, australian alternative rock, pop-punk, noise rock, bay area indie, noise pop, experimental rock, neo-psychedelic, lo-fi, nu gaze, wonky, bass mucis, hip hop, east coast hip hop, alternative hip hop, hardcore hip hop, industrial, industrial rock, experimental ebm, alt-indie rock, Mothers, When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired, Grand Jury Music, brooklyn indie, lo star, preverb, avantgarde metal, Rip It Up And Start Again, Simon Reynolds, Subrosa, For This We Fought The Battle of the Ages, Daymare Recordings, Big Ups, Before A Million Universes, Exploding In Sound RecordingsComment