January 10, 2017 Playlist

THE BEST OF 2016
Featuring the
KOSMIK RADIATION TOP 25!
 
"Nonagon Infinity" by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (2016)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Nonagon Infinity"  2016 (Australia)
Dave 3000's choice for the best album of the year automatically becomes a classic album of the week, and for the first time in the show's history, this year's Kosmik Top 25 is led by an Australian group. KG&LW first came to the attention of this show with their 2014 album I'm In Your Mind Fuzz, which made the KR Top 10 that year. It turns out that was actually the fifth album they had released since 2012! Every Gizzard album since has been a Kosmik Radiation favorite, but this year's high concept album tops them all. The concept is that the nine songs on the album form a continuous suite of music - one long song in nine parts - and the piece ends exactly the same way it begins. Thus if you program the CD version to repeat, it becomes an infinitely long song - hence the title, Nonagon Infinity! It struck me recently that there is a Grateful Deadish component to KG&LW: they have two drummers, a resident "blues guy" on harmonica (kind of like Pigpen with his organ), and of course they like to jam. Though one key point of distinction would be that Gizzard songs are much more high energy! The band made some classy low budget videos to accompany this album: Gamma Knife and check out the special effects in People-Vultures! The next KiGi LizWiz release comes out in February 2017: Flying Microtonal Banana, sure to be another hit from the top psych band of today!
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
The Luck Of Eden Hall A Man Of Conservative Style
The Acceleration Of Time (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #11 album of 2016)
2016 (self release)USA
The Monkees Birth Of An Accidental Hipster
Good Times! (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #22 album of 2016)
2016 (Rhino)USA/UK
Eleanor Friedberger Because I Asked YouNew View (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #7 album of 2016)
2016 (French Kiss)USA
Parquet Courts One Man No CityHuman Performance (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #13 album of 2016)
2016 (Rough Trade)USA
The Mystery Lights 21 And Counting
The Mystery Lights (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #20 album of 2016)
2016 (Wick)USA
Trolley We All Fall DownCaught In The Darkness (N)2016 (Easter)USA
 
 
Deerhoof Life Is SufferingThe Magic (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #10 album of 2016)
2016 (Polyvinyl)USA
Woods Sun City Creeps
City Sun Eater In The River Of Light (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #9 album of 2016)
2016 (Woodsist)USA
Charles Bradley Ain't It A Sin
Changes (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #24 album of 2016)
2016 (Dunham)USA
Tim Presley The Wink
The Wink (N)
(tied for Kosmik Radiation #23 album of 2016)
2016 (Drag City)USA
Adam Green Interested In Music
Aladdin (N)2016 (Totally Gross National Product)USA
Squarewave Swim
A Tighter Knot (N)2016 (Artisinal)USA
   
 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Gamma Knife
 --> People-Vultures
 --> Mr. Beat
Nonagon Infinity (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2016)

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
2016 (ATO)Australia
Thee Oh Sees Nervous Tech (Nah John)An Odd Entrances (N)
(tied for Kosmik Radiation #5 album of 2016)
2016 (Castle Face)USA
Ty Segall Squealer
Emotional Mugger (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #4 album of 2016)
2016 (Drag City)USA
   
 
Thee Oh Sees Withered Hand (live)Live In San Francisco (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #14 album of 2016)
2016 (Castle Face)USA
Radio Moscow These Days (live)Live! In California (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #21 album of 2016)
2016 (Alive Naturalsound)USA
Droids Attack Mashenomak Strikes AgainSci-Fi Or Die (N)2016 (Riff Reaper)USA
Heron Oblivion OriarHeron Oblivion (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #16 album of 2016)
2016 (Sub Pop)USA
Octagrape Sky Juice
Aura Obelisk (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #25 album of 2016)
2016 (Sounds Familyre)USA
Black Mountain Constellations
IV (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #15 album of 2016)
2016 (Jagjaguwar)Canada
   
 
Kurt Vile & J Mascis Box Of Rain (The Grateful Dead)Day Of The Dead (N - various artists box set)
(Kosmik Radiation #3 album of 2016)
2016 (4AD)USA
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real Surprise
Something Real (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #17 album of 2016)
2016 (Royal Potato Family)USA
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real The Monsanto YearsEarth (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #6 album of 2016)
2016 (Reprise)Canada/USA
The Walking Faces The Buddha & The Rose BushThe Invisible Planet (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #18 album of 2016)
2016 (Cosmic Primitive)USA
 
  
David Bowie blackstarblackstar (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #2 album of 2016)
2016 (Columbia)UK
Iggy Pop Chocolate Drops
Post Pop Depression (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #19 album of 2016)
2016 (Loma Vista)USA
Suuns Paralyzer
Hold/Still (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #12 album of 2016)
2016 (Secretly Canadian)Canada (Quebec)
Swans The Glowing Man (excerpt)
The Glowing Man (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #8 album of 2016)
2016 (Young God/Mute)USA
      
   
   
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