Gorilla vs Bear Top 60 - First list I've seen that doesn't include either Blackstar or Skeleton Tree
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2016/
5. KATE CARR - I HAD MYSELF A NUCLEAR SPRING
A chilled, ambient album of field recordings made in wetlands situated in deepest France. Set in a nondescript village with no services, frequently isolated by the surrounding flooded River Seine, with a huge nuclear power station looming large over...
10. PRINCE RAMA - XTREME NOW
Art concept albums are pretty rare these days but the Larson sisters surpass their previous one detailing the final top 10 before the apocalypse with this one that deals with a future where high art, energy drinks and extreme sports combine as one. As is their forte...
15. LIMINANAS - MALAMORE
French husband and wife duo flesh out their Stooges/Velvet Underground garage rock sound even further to include the influences of Gainsbourg, 60s ye-ye pop, and soundtracks from obscure French and Italian films from the 70s and 80s. The resulting psych-pop sound exudes...
Here we go with mine, what was originally meant to be a Top 10 with a brief sentance has somehow expanded into a Top 20 with accompanying paragraph. Apologies for any verbosity in advance.
20. SNEAKS - GYMNASTICS
Sneaks consists of vocalist Eva Moolchan, her bass, and a drum machine, paired...
Rough Trade are first out of the traps with their list of the best albums of 2016. Seems like a list of any half listenable indie albums released this year.
https://roughtrade.com/albums-of-the-year
Feel free to add your own top 10 and links to any other similar lists.