2026 JOTY

Zwang’d

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After some wailing and gnashing of teeth, I was able to parse the list down to 14. Comes with the corresponding playlist and the extra playlist complete with… extra.

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3/10 FF

3/13 MFF

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3/12 Smooth Operator

I’ll update the list after listening to the Tahoe show

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Wappy Sprayberry 1/3
Pure Saturation 1/13
Utopian Fir 1/14
Phil’s Farm 1/15
Bridgeless 1/17
No Diablo 1/22
Robot World 1/23
Day Nurse 1/29
Front Porch 2/1
Stepping Out 2/6
Piranhas 2/7
Resolution 2/11
Unevolved 2/13
Ringo 2/14
FF 3/10*
Smooth Operator 3/12*
Der Bluten Kat 3/13*
Making Flippy Floppy 3/13*

*-Without Jake

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What’s been on repeat from out west for all my ‘Phreaks out there? For me, it’s the Eugene BLBC. Very solid jam!

Seattle had a few great ones. Linear & Escape Goat, specifically. CYHMK w/ Skerik was fantastic even though I don’t think that quite gets to HOF shortlist territory.

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Agreed. Those were all great moments from the Seattle show but definitely not worth voting in HOF

NGL, so much of the 5-piece/WC run is micro-jam amazing, and it’s hard for me to rank/compare vs the first couple months.

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As I was too SHRN to articulate last night, my personal preferences may influence any sense of objectivity regarding the progression of this list. I’ve hit a bit of an ADHD paralysis for anything post 3/13 DBK>MFF, and don’t know if recency bias is playing a part either. I feel like i could find 4 or 5 songs from the WC run and replace them with any 4 or 5 songs that I have had listed, so I’m all ears for a little debate on the matter.

I’m FINALLY caught up on everything but 3/27 and 3/29 so I’ll add some. I’ve enjoyed the spontaneity and microjams this tour, but I sometimes do find it harder to add microjams to lists like this. That said, my main adds would be:

3/14 Down Under

3/17 Dance Hall Days

3/19 Kimble (probable HOF vote - the structure/build of this is insane)

3/21 Domino Theory (most gutwrenching BB solo in a long time)

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Wappy Sprayberry 1/3
Pure Saturation 1/13
Utopian Fir 1/14
Phil’s Farm 1/15
Bridgeless 1/17
No Diablo 1/22
Robot World 1/23
Day Nurse 1/29
Front Porch 2/1
Stepping Out 2/6
Piranhas 2/7
Resolution 2/11
Unevolved 2/13
Ringo 2/14
FF 3/10*
Smooth Operator 3/12*
Der Bluten Kat 3/13*
Making Flippy Floppy 3/13*
Down Under 3/14*
Dance Hall Days 3/17*
Kimble 3/19*
Domino Theory 3/21*

*-Without Jake

Bonus content:

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Can’t get enough of this MFF! It’s just so good. And a little bit of an atypical MFF jam. More uplifting than untz. BB carries it, but damn everyone is locked in

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I was surprised that it went in that direction after stasik just rips a fatty aggressive bassline to start it. Kinda figured it would do an A B section jam but glad it stuck with an uplifting tone

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Caverns 1348

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I should work on this, I suppose.

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Agree with Caverns 1348.

5/1 3x

5/1 Escape Goat

5/22 Escape Goat

5/22 Kimble

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Wappy Sprayberry 1/3
Pure Saturation 1/13
Utopian Fir 1/14
Phil’s Farm 1/15
Bridgeless 1/17
No Diablo 1/22
Robot World 1/23
Day Nurse 1/29
Front Porch 2/1
Stepping Out 2/6
Piranhas 2/7
Resolution 2/11
Unevolved 2/13
Ringo 2/14
FF 3/10*
Smooth Operator 3/12*
Der Bluten Kat 3/13*
Making Flippy Floppy 3/13*
Down Under 3/14*
Dance Hall Days 3/17*
Kimble 3/19*
Domino Theory 3/21*
Triple Wide 5/1*
Escape Goat 5/1*
Kimble 5/22*
Escape Goat 5/22*
1348 5/24*

*-Without Jake

The MFF and Jajunk to me are two legit JOTY contenders. Jake or no Jake.

If the rest of these are what’s considered JOTY, Jakeless era going to be rough long term.

NGL, I’ve been hard pressed to think of anything that stands out since early June.

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