Nearly time to wrap up the year now, but I’m still fishing out more recommendations for my end of year albums list: this week including SZA, Delia Gonzalez and Prana Crafter. Elsewhere here: two righteous sets from my beloved Hiss Golden Messenger; Psychic Temple covering Curtis; Chris Dave, and many others from D’Angelo’s band, going it alone; Jack White’s tantalising collage; and a fantastic new one from Sunwatchers.
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1 Nicole Mitchell – Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds by Nicole Mitchell
2 Psychic Temple – We Got to Have Peace (Joyful Noise)
Holiday Party, Vol. 1 by Psychic Temple
3 Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin (Drag City)
4 Chris Dave And The Drumhedz – Destiny N Stereo (Feat. Elzhi, Phonte Coleman & Eric Roberson) (Blue Note)
5 Tomaga – Memory In Vivo Exposure (Hands In The Dark)
6 Hiss Golden Messenger – Bowery Ballroom, New York 7/12/17 (nyctaper.com)
7 SZA – Ctrl (Top Dawg)
8 Delia Gonzalez – Horse Follows Darkness (DFA)
Horse Follows Darkness by Delia Gonzalez
9 Jack White – Servings And Portions From My Boarding House Reach (Third Man)
10 Amir El Saffar/Rivers Of Sound – Not Two (New Amsterdam)
Not Two by Amir ElSaffar / Rivers of Sound
11 Brigid Mae Power – The Two Worlds (Tompkins Square)
12 Hiss Golden Messenger – Bowery Ballroom, New York 8/12/17 (nyctaper.com)
13 Creep Show – Mr Dynamite (Bella Union)
14 Hamad Kalkaba And The Golden Sounds – 1974-1975 (Analog Africa)
15 Jaimie Branch – Fly Or Die (International Anthem)
16 Gospel Of Mars – Gospel Of Mars (Amish)
17 Prana Crafter – MindStreamBlessing (Eiderdown)
Prana Crafter “MindStreamBlessing” by Prana Crafter
18 Sunwatchers – II (Trouble In Mind)
19 Robert Stillman – Portals (Orindal)
20 Amir ElSaffar & The Two Rivers Ensemble – Crisis (Pi)
Crisis by Amir ElSaffar & The Two Rivers Ensemble
21 Desertion Trio – Midtown Tilt (Shhpuma/Clean Feed)
22 Flying Saucer Attack – In Search Of Spaces (VHF)
23 Iggy Pop & Jarvis Cocker – Red Right Hand (Rough Trade)