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50. Mothers – When You Walk A Long Distance You Get Tired // Graveyard Lovers – Past The Forest Of The Fruitless Thoughts For the first spot, I couldn´t help myself and decided to let two records take the merit. There isn´t that much similarity between Mothers debut album and Graveyard Lovers sophomore release, musically. Mothers take a route of silent disruption and diminutive vulnerability, while GL change between subversive sucker punches against the system and introspective anecdotes and encounters of personal growth. Yet, they both share the spirit of thought-provoking rock / folk music, neither of them play music solely for entertainment purposes or to create music that just sounds good. The instrumental choices of both bands are reflected in their musical messages. In When You Walk , you´ll get the forlorn opener “Too Small For Eyes”, sounding almost like sung in solitude, more for Leschper herself, then for a crowd or microphone for that matter. But Mothers will step...

40. Frank Ocean – Nikes ( Blonde ) “These bitches want Nikes” might be one of my favorite lines of this year. I Can´t give any rational explanation akin to the depth of such a statement, it just sounds incredibly good especially in the auto-tuned madness of Frank Ocean. While Blonde is full of great songs and an emotional and introspective ride that only someone like Ocean could pull off, “Nikes” is the perfect intro and re-introduction through the unfamiliar. If someone doesn´t need to pitch shift his voice, it is Ocean, but when he does, it becomes something as surreal, as the world “Nikes” introduces us to. This fashion of rnb melancholy still is something fresh and evocative and Ocean is truly a master of this craft. Frank Ocean - 'Nikes' from DoBeDo Productions on Vimeo . 39. Drake – U With Me? // Controlla ( Views ) Drake´s latest album was the first to receive deeper criticism of some flaws, his music has had throughout his career, but which became...