A bit of anal-retentive listmaking today: my favourite 30 albums of the year so far (though I imagine I’ve forgotten one or two, and there’ll be a bunch more good ones that I haven’t heard as yet). I’m pretty sure these were all released between January and June (hence no July things like Endless Boogie and so on). As a bit of a cop-out, I’ve put them in alphabetical order rather than have a stab at rankings. What I need now, of course, are your lists, please. Looking forward to them… 1. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo 2. Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer Of The Void 3. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show Of The World 4. Bill Callahan – Rough Travel For A Rare Thing 5. Carlton Melton – Pass It On 6. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali & Toumani 7. Fool’s Gold – Fool’s Gold 8. Four Tet – There Is Love In You 9. Hiss Golden Messenger – Root Work 10. Hot Chip – One Life Stand 11. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening 12. Loscil – Endless Falls 13. Magic Lantern - Platoon 14. Steve Mason – Boys Outside 15. Moon Duo - Escape 16. James Murphy – Greenberg OST 17. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me 18. Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise 19. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today 20. Rangda – False Flag 21. Jack Rose – Luck In The Valley 22. Sleepy Sun - Fever 23. Sun Araw – On Patrol 24. Tamikrest - Adagh 25. Prins Thomas – Prins Thomas 26. Trembling Bells – Abandoned Love 27. Voice Of The Seven Thunders - Voice Of The Seven Thunders 28. Vampire Weekend - Contra 29. White Fence – White Fence 30. Vibracathedral Orchestra – Joka Baya//The Secret Base/Smoke Song Get Uncut on your iPad, laptop or home computer
A bit of anal-retentive listmaking today: my favourite 30 albums of the year so far (though I imagine I’ve forgotten one or two, and there’ll be a bunch more good ones that I haven’t heard as yet).
I’m pretty sure these were all released between January and June (hence no July things like Endless Boogie and so on). As a bit of a cop-out, I’ve put them in alphabetical order rather than have a stab at rankings. What I need now, of course, are your lists, please. Looking forward to them…
2. Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer Of The Void
3. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show Of The World
4. Bill Callahan – Rough Travel For A Rare Thing
5. Carlton Melton – Pass It On
6. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali & Toumani
8. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
9. Hiss Golden Messenger – Root Work
11. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
14. Steve Mason – Boys Outside
16. James Murphy – Greenberg OST
17. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
18. Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise
19. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
21. Jack Rose – Luck In The Valley
25. Prins Thomas – Prins Thomas
26. Trembling Bells – Abandoned Love
27. Voice Of The Seven Thunders – Voice Of The Seven Thunders
30. Vibracathedral Orchestra – Joka Baya//The Secret Base/Smoke Song
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