Garbage: Empty (2016)

Garbage's first album in four years is a dark affair. The themes are a reaction to the current pop scene which is shiny, happy, and sucky. The video makes me dizzy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSa_hbutFt0   

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dark Necessities (2016)

"Dark Necessities" is the 30th RHCP song to reach the Billboard charts. Danger Mouse produced the album marking the first time in 25 years that Rick Rubin did not produce a RHCP album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_Tw0w3lLA

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats: SOB (2016)

The song is about alcohol addiction. Although it seems to take a lighthearted poke at it, there is some real horror behind the jocularity.

http://www.westword.com/music/nathaniel-rateliff-on-the-sobering-story-behind-sob-7105811

David Bowie: Lazarus (2016)

David Bowie is suffering from terminal cancer when he filmed this video. Like Johnny Cash's "Hurt", "Lazarus" is a goodbye to fans. At the same time, this song explains the dying process to the audience. Bowie's composure at the end of life is simply amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8