This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 30 December 2016 (My Favourite Picks of the Year!)

December 30, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cabbage, David Bowie, Emma Ruth Rundle, Goat Girl, Kate Bush, Laura Sauvage, Margaret Glaspy, Okilly Dokilly, Prophets of Rage, Shame, SWMRS

Next year will be the fifth year of uninterrupted Top 11 Playlists, a weekly set of recommendations of songs that for one reason or another float my boat for that seven day period. As wretched 2016 comes to a close, here’s a look back at my favourite picks from the last 51 weeks and 561 songs. The whole shebang has been hosted by Mediazoic.

	ARTIST	SONG	ALBUM
1	David Bowie	Tis a Pity She Was a Whore	Blackstar
2	Laura Sauvage	Rubberskin	Extraordinormal
3	SWMRS	Drive North	Drive North
4	Goat Girl	Country Sleaze	Single
5	Shame	Gold Hole	Single
6	Okilly Dokilly	White Wine Spritzer	Howdilly Dodilly
7	Kate Bush	King of the Mountain	Before the Dawn
8	Cabbage	Kevin	Le Chou EP
9	Emma Ruth Rundle	Marked for Death	Marked for Death
10	Prophets of Rage	Prophets of Rage	Single
11	Margaret Glaspy	You and I	Emotions and Math

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