In the title "retro" stands for "restrospective" - that means this list is about my favorite discoveries of 2016! Not necesarily albums released this year, just stuff I stumbled upon these last 12 months.
I already have half writeups done, will start posting honorable mentions now - they're almost as many as albums on the final list, which has 30 albums, and isn't completely finished by now (there are a few albums I'm considering putting there or here). I hope to start posting the actual list during the last 2 weeks of 2016 or so
Honorable Mentions:- Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill OST
- Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
- BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
- Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
- Boris - Pink
- Burial - Burial
- Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions
- Dredg - Catch Without Arms
- Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science
- Giles Corey - Giles Corey
- Glen Hansard - Rhythm and Repose
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
- Fire! Orchestra - Enter
- Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
- Kashiwa Daisuke - april.#02
- Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
- Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul
- maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
- Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
- Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
- No-Man - Flowermouth
- No-Man - Returning Jesus
- No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts
- OSI - Office of Strategic Influence
- Porcupine Tree - Signify
- Saltillo - Monocyte
- Sigur Rós - Kveikur
- Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
- Susanne Sundfor - Ten Love Songs
- Swans - The Glowing Man
- The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The List: 30. Darren Korb - Bastion Original Soundtrack
29. Porcupine Tree - The Incident
28. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
27. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
26. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
25. Burial - Street Halo/Kindred
24. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
23. Anathema - A Sort of Homecoming
22. DJ Shadow - The Private Press
21. Ludovido Einaudi - Divenire
20. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season
19. Gazpacho - Night
18. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
17. Morcheeba - Big Calm
16. David Bowie - Blackstar
15. Obsidian Kingdom - A Year With No Summer
14. Bohren & der Club of Gore
13. Nils Frahm - Felt
12. Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
11. Kashiwa Daisuke - 88
10. Gorillaz - Demon Days
9. iamthemorning - ~
8. Darren Korb - Transistor Original Soundtrack
7. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II
6. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtrack
5. Dredg - El Cielo
4. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtrack
3. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls with Sand
2. Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
1. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
Recommended songs playlist.