Well, the less said about the state of 2016 in general, the better.

However, it's been another inspiring year for music and film, so here are my picks of 2016. In no particular order, and as it's my house I didn't limit them to ten.

Albums

• Wussy - Forever Sounds
• Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams
• She Makes War - Direction Of Travel (As I mentioned last year, it was always going to make a second appearance)
• Gitta de Ridder - Feathers
• Sad13 - Slugger
• Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
• Martha - Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart
• Julia Jacklin - Don't Let The Kids Win
• Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Mirage
• Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
• Angel Olson - My Woman
• Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
• Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Void Beats / Invocation Trex
• Emma Pollock - In Search Of Harperfield
• Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion

Films

(If you want to see what I picked when limited to ten films, then you can have a look at my Letterboxd Top Ten for 2016)

• Arrival
• Deadpool
• Zootopia
• Sing Street
• Hail, Caesar!
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• The Nice Guys
• Swiss Army Man
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Midnight Special
• Captain America: Civil War
• Jungle Book