2016.5: Best Minnesota Albums and Songs (So Far)

We’re halfway there.

Ali, @egyptoknuckles
Albums
Metasota “#RUMDMT”
ZULUZULUU “What’s the Price?”
Sarah White “Laughing At Ghosts EP”
Allan Kingdom “Northern Lights”
G.P. Jacob “The Longest Bridge”
Tony the Scribe “Mixed Blood EP”
Nazeem & Spencer Joles “The Album”
Guante & Katrah-Quey “Post-Post Race”
J.Plaza “Fuck It”
Why Khaliq “Under the Perspective Tree”

Songs
P.O.S “Sleepdrone/Superposition”
Metasota “Sheet Music”
Sarah White “Siren”
Why Khaliq “Knew The Half”
Allan Kingdom “Disconnect”
Tek “The 1st”
J.Plaza “Metro Boomin”
G.P. Jacob “The Strongest Kids”
Finding Novyon “Let’s Get Lit”
Nazeem & Spencer Joles “Chinatown Dreams”

Jon Jon Scott, @Soundverite1
ZULUZULUU – What’s The Price
Metasota – RUMDMT
su na – Surface
Polica – United Crushers
Sarah White – Laughing at Ghost
Allan Kingdom-Northern Lights
Fraea – Bend Your Bones
Nazeem & Spencer Joles – The Album
Ghostband – Grime Synthesis
Ced Linus -Autumn Sessions
Why Khlaiq – Under The Perspective Tree

Kyle, @solace
Ben Lubeck – Rented Rooms
The Jayhawks – Paging Mr. Proust
The Cactus Blossoms – You’re Dreaming
The Pines – Above The Prairie
Holidae – Tantrum
Fræa – Bend Your Bones
Fog – For Good
Kitten Forever – 7 Hearts
Astronautalis – Cut The Body Loose
Night Moves – Pennied Days

Jon,
Albums
1 Royal Brat – Negative Bone
2 Controversial New Skinny Pill-Big Whoop!
3 Kitten Forever – 7 Hearts
4 Breakaway – Unsettle
5 Leisure Bird – Zoom Lens
6 ZULUZULUU What’s The Price?
7 Lunch Duchess – My Mom…
8 Joey Joey Michaels Manchild
9 Daniel Bonespur- Daniel’s in Love
10 Big Cats- What If It Doesnt Get Better
Runners Up: Itch Princess – Moods in Rooms, Aby Wolf – Call the Rocks, Crystal Myslajek: Circadia, Frankie Teardrop: Hell Yep, Fog: Trying, Tony Peachka – Hello Tony, Pale Spectre – Principles & Faculties, Mala Leche – Demo

Songs
1. Breakaway – Horizontal
2. Dizzy Fae – Color Me Bad
3. Morly – The Choir
4. ZULUZULU – Black Maybe
5. Controversial New Skinny Pill – Told Me So
6. Joey Joey Michaels – Next To You
7. Kitten Forever – 200X
8. Royal Brat – SHADETHROWER
9. Aby Wolf – Hive
10. Itch Princess – Window

Josh
ALBUMS
Lunch Duchess – My Mom Says I Have A Rich Inner Life
Allan Kingdom – Northern Lights
Fog – For Good
ZULUZULUU – What’s the Price?
Kitten Forever – 7 Hearts
Metasota – #RUMDMT
Leisure Birds – Zoom Lens
Sarah White – Laughing At Ghosts
Def Kith II: The Price is Ill
Daisy Chains – Above Board
H/M: American Cream – We Are the World; Crystal Myslajek – Circadia; Big Cats! – What if it doesn’t get better?; joey joey michaels- Manchild;

SONGS
POS – Sleepdrone/Superposition
Mamadu (Toki Wright) – You Look Better Dancing