Year in Review: The Best Albums of 2016

We invited our team of contributors to share some of their favourite albums of 2016. Many identify with their top picks on a personal level where the album is the soundtrack to their year; for some, their list represents a culmination of 2016’s hard work; and others select clear stand-outs amidst the transforming process of discovering new music.

Every one of these lists is vital to what we do, and represents the various ways in which our contributors interact with the global music community on behalf of Aesthetic Magazine. Our contributors come from different backgrounds, but our passion for music brings us together to inform, engage, grow, learn from each other, and to share our experiences with our readers.

Thank you for reading Aesthetic Magazine, and see you all in 2017!

Click each name to view each contributors’ picks for the best albums of 2016:

Aaron Eck
Alx Bear
Alyssa Bardol
Andrew Hartl
Callie Craig
Chloe Thomson
Daniel Hager
Emmett Robinson Smith
Gunnar Mallon
Julian Avram
Kristen Fisher
Mike Fowler
Morgan Hotston
Tim Nguyen
Amrit Sandhu
Joey Diaz
Andrew Gomez