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The Fred Thomas Interview: Punk, Self-Acceptance, & "Changer"

On Friday, Fred Thomas released the excellent new album "Changer."

Today, Fred was nice enough to talk with me about his album, about Michigan bands, and about why punk is self-acceptance.

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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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#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

The "Magic Time Eraser" Spotify Playlist (#IHateRadio Transmission #32)

Magic Time Eraser could refer to listening to this playlist and losing all track of time or whatever you want it to mean.

Whatever you choose, this playlist includes new Run The Jewels, Japandroids, Slothrust, Aesop Rock, Tyvek and many others.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNovember 8, 2016#IHateRadio, Magic Time Eraser, I Heart Radio, Clandestine Jagermeister Missile, Kicker, Alex G., Beach Music, Something I Can Never Have, Vitamin String Quartet, String Quartet Tribute To Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine, Every Time, Fury, Grey Erasure, True Widow, Avvolgere, Ready for the Magic, Honeyblood, Babes Never Die, Tip to Tail, Tyvek, Origin of What, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, Japandroids, My Belly, Aesop Rock, Run The Jewels, RTJ 3, Ya Ya, Naked Giants, R.I.P. EP, Trial and Error, Slothrust, Everyone Else, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Radiohead, Kid A, preverb, indie garage rock, bow pop, string quartet, straight edge, hardcore, nu gaze, shoegaze, garage psych, alt-indie-rock, garage pop, noise popo, noise pop, neo psychedelic, neo-psychedelic, noise rock, vancouver indie, indie rock, lo-fi, freak folk, experimental rock, dance punk, abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, hip hop, underground hip hop, indie punk, seattle indie, brooklyn indie, permanent wave, alternative rock, melancholia, rockComment