It's hard to find time between all the spambots and real life to hear everything. Here are five records I need to check out that have the potential to be in my already published Favorites of 2016.
- Loren
Our annual round-up of the best music of the year 2016.
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It's the second half of our annual Pass The Mic feature and this time we're handing the microphone over to the bands and artists who brought us great music in 2016. We ask them to reflect on the year gone by and to share with us the sounds that shaped … Read more
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