Published on December 31st, 2016 | by Denise Borders
0Top 10 Albums of 2016: PWV Staff Picks
I have a small group of super rad people that help with the photographing and album review duties for PWV, and here are there year-end top 10 lists also! If you missed mine (PWV founder, Denise), don’t miss it!!
Olly Hanks – PWV contributing photographer and occasional album reviewer
10. Cane Hill – Smile
9. Oathbreaker – Rheia
8. Every Time I Die – Low Teens
7. Mute – Remember Death
6. Face To Face – Protection
5. letlive. – If in The Devil
4. Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
3. Nothing – Tired of Tomorrow
2. Touché Amore – Stage Four
1. Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
You can see some of Olly’s work here:
PHOTOS: Pierce The Veil, letlive., Creeper @ O2 Academy, Birmingham (UK)
PHOTOS: Korn, Limp Bizkit, Madball @ Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff (UK)
PHOTOS: Alien Ant Farm, Sumo Cyco @ Sub89, Reading (UK)
Brandon Mizar – PWV contributing photographer
LPs
10. Thrice – To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
9. Kill Corporations – 432Hz
8. The Bouncing Souls – Simplicity
7. Pulley – No Change In The Weather
6. Ignite – A War Against You
5. Face to Face – Protection
4. Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
3. Useless ID – The State Is Burning
2. Brian Fallon – Painkillers
1. Killswitch Engage – Incarnate
EPs
5- Masked Intruder – Love and Other Crimes
4- Protest the Hero – Pacific Myth – EP
3- Millencolin – True Brew – EP
2- Death by Stereo – Just Like You’d Leave Us, We’ve Left You for Dead – EP
1- Implants – The Olden Age – EP
Check out some of Brandon’s photos!
PHOTOS: Thrice and La Dispute (Salt Lake City and Los Angeles)
Photos: PRB Day Two (Descendents, Millencolin, Dwarves, Buzzcocks, D4 + More)
Photos: PRB Day 3 (Face to Face, Dag Nasty, Flogging Molly, Strung Out, OWTH + More)
Erik Ghint – PWV contributing album reviewer
10. Against Me! – Shape shift with me
9. Basement – Promise Everything
8. Despite Everything – Trails
7. Descendents – Hypercafium Spazzinate
6. Joyce Manor – Cody
5. Ship Thieves – No Anchor
4. Thrice – To be everywhere is to be nowhere
3. Trash Boat – Nothing I write you can change what you’ve been through
2. Totorro – Come to Mexico
1. Useless I.D. – State is burning
Be sure to read some of his reviews!
Album Review: Useless ID “We Don’t Want the Airwaves”
Album Review: Mean Jeans “Tight New Dimension”
Album Review: Unwritten Law “Acoustic”