Category: BEST OF 2016
MAGNET’s #1 Album Of 2016: Lucy Dacus’ “No Burden”
Lucy Dacus had an unfair advantage in getting our attention this year: Her debut album, No Burden, came out twice,
MAGNET’s #2 Album Of 2016: David Bowie’s “Blackstar”
Given the tragic circumstances, David Bowie could’ve uncorked a mediocre sendoff, and it would’ve likely been met with sympathetic ears.
MAGNET’s #3 Album Of 2016: case/lang/veirs’ “case/lang/veirs”
How could any one-off supergroup ever aspire to be more than the sum of its parts, even one that combines
MAGNET’s #4 Album Of 2016: William Tyler’s “Modern Country”
While it could serve beautifully to soundtrack any number of settings and situations, the genre-straddling Nashville guitarist’s latest opus is
MAGNET’s #5 Album Of 2016: GOAT’s “Requiem”
GOAT has been trying to convince us that the tiny hamlet from which it hails is home to an ages-old
MAGNET’s #6 Album Of 2016: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ “Skeleton Tree”
It’s impossible to tell how the death of Nick Cave’s son, Arthur, during the recording of Skeleton Tree shaped its

















