We asked the Granada promotions staff what were some of their favorite albums, songs, shows of the year thus far. Here’s what got them going.
RYAN “P-HEN” HENRY
Shows:
They Might Be Giants
Over the Rhine
Girls
Sleigh Bells
Steve Earle
Amanda Palmer & Nail Gaiman at Good Records
Spiritualized
M83 & I Break Horses
The Head & the Heart
Gillian Welch at The Majestic
White Arrows at La Grange
Nada Surf
Albums
Oshin – DIIV
Kill For Love – Chromatics
Sweet Heart Sweet Light – Spiritualized
Dry Land is Not A Myth – White Arrows
Bloom – Beach House
Fin – John Talabot
Diver – Lemonade
All Hell – Daughn Gibson
Visions – Grimes
Tramp – Sharon Van Etten
Trust – Airbird
Motor City – Sand Circles
Spooky Action at a Distance – Lotus Plaza
Voyageur – Kathleen Edwards
GAVIN “MULLOY” MULLOY
Shows:
Dr. Dog (only saw the encore, was at 35 Denton, but amazing)
Delta Spirit
Mystery Skulls at Homegrown Fest
Spiritualized
M83 (both shows, show of the year so far)
And So I Watch You From Afar at Brofest Club Dada
Power Trip at Queen City Hall
Killer Mike
At the Drive In at Trees
Dave Chappelle
Albums
I don’t listen to albums
TRANG “TRANG TRANG DANCE” NGUYEN
Shows:
M83 x 2
Spiritualized
The Weeknd
Grimes
Bleached / Mikal Cronin (35 Denton)
Balam Acab
King Khan & the Shrines
- Albums:
Beach House – Bloom
Lower Dens – Nootropics
Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend
Grimes – Visions
The Walkmen – Heaven
Trailer Trash Tracys – Ester
Tracks:
How To Dress Well – Ocean Floor For Everything
Burial – Kindred
Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
Purity Ring – Fineshrine
Matthew Dear – Her Fantasy
Ariel Pink – Baby
ALEX “LABARBS” LABARBA
Shows:
M83
Nicolas Jarr
St. Vincent
Spiritualized
Matthew Dear
Danny Brown
Flaming Lips
Cloud Nothings
At the Drive-In
The Weeknd
SBTRKT
Santigold
Youth Lgoon
Caveman
Penguin Prison
Sleigh Bells
Girls
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Peaking Lights
ALBUMS:
Bear in Heaven – I love You, It’s Cool
Chromatics – Kill For Love
Grimes – Visions
Beach House – Bloom
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble
Hot Chip – In Our Head
Jon Talabot – Fin
Tomas Barfod – Salton Sea
Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
CHRIS “C-MAC” McDONALD
My favorite shows:
Reptar at Prophet Bar
Other Lives at Good Records
Radiohead at AAC
Dr. Dog at Granada
White Denim at Granada
Delta Spirit at Granada
The Twelves at Rio Room
M83 (both nights!) at Granada
Maps & Atlases at Sons of Hermann
Daughn Gibson at The Labb
My favorite albums:
Hot Chip – In Our Heads
Daughn Gibson – All Hell
Beach House – Bloom
Maps & Atlases – Beware & Be Gone
Mind Spiders – Meltdown
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
DIIV – Oshin
Grimes – Visions
TV Girl – The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle
What are some of your favorites so far? Leave ‘em in the comments!