2021 Music Review

 

Artist of the year – Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

 

Top 5 of 2021

Chad Vangaalen - World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener

Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life

Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg

Kiran Leonard - Trespass On Foot Pt.2

Tirzah - Colourgrade 

 

Top 7 albums I am embarrassed to say embarrassed to say I didn’t already know from previous years

 

Janacek- On The Overgown Path

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - I Hope It Lands / Mother Of All Saints / Bob Dinners and Tubby Turdner Present…

Teenage Cool Kids - Denton After Sunset

Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques

Unwound - New Plastic Ideas

 

Best of here (songs new to me in 2021 not necessarily from 21)

 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tXEKymfYT5caqtf7Grkb4?si=77dc4ed53cd64533

 2020 Review

 

Artist of the year – Caroline Shaw

 

Top 5 of 2020…

 

Princess Nokia – Everything Sucks

Adrianne Lenker – Songs

LEYA – Flood Dream

God Sad Happy Bad – Shades

Medhane – Cold Water

 

Top 7 albums I am embarrassed to say I didn’t already know from previous years

 

Caroline Shaw – Orange

The Fall – The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country On The Click)

Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston

Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats

Silver Apples – Silver Apples

Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power

Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II

2019 Best

Top 5 albums to come out in 2019:

Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs (technically 2018 but appeared SO late)
Bunny Hoova - Longing
Cate Le Bon – Reward
Duendita – Direct Line To My Creator
Bill Callahan – Shepherd In A Sheepskin vest

Top 5 albums I am embarrassed to say I didn’t already know from previous years...

MIA – Arular
Tirzah – Devotion
Emmauelle Perrenin – Maison Rose
Micachu & The Shapes – Jewellery
Songs: Ohio – Didn’t It Rain

LAZY_EASY	Bunny Hoova
Golden Phone	Micachu
Bird Flu	M.I.A.
Home To You	Cate Le Bon
Not	Big Thief
Basic Need	Tirzah
Solid Silk	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Cattails	Big Thief
blue hands	duendita
Topknot	Cornershop
Claudia, Wilhelm R and Me	Roberto Musci
no comprende	low
Duchess	Scott Walker
Simini-Yaga	Collins Oke Elaiho And His Odologie Nobles Dance Band
Thibault et l'Arbre d'Or	Emmanuelle Parrenin
BZZ	Bunny Hoova
Shook Ones Pt. II	Mobb Deep
All My Happiness Is Gone	Purple Mountains
This Time Around	Jessica Pratt
Don't Know How To Keep Loving You	Julia Jacklin
Bingo	M.I.A.
Ontheway! (feat. Standing On The Corner)	Earl Sweatshirt
Arthur Walker	Cable
I Followed the River South to What	Cass McCombs
Morning is My Godmother	Bill Callahan

2019 all

Just Talk	A.C. Marias
Dolores & Kimberly	Advance Base
Summer Music	Advance Base
Fingerbib	Alarm Will Sound
The Barrel	Aldous Harding
Alberto Balsalm	Aphex Twin
The Platform On The Ocean	Arthur Russell
Don't Trust The Stars	The Auteurs
Bad Decisions	B Boys
Gene Takes A Drink	Bang On A Can All-Stars
Haywire	Bedhead
Not	Big Thief
Contact	Big Thief
Cattails	Big Thief
Jenni	Big Thief
For Tammy Rae	Bikini Kill
Shepherd’s Welcome	Bill Callahan
Black Dog on the Beach	Bill Callahan
Writing	Bill Callahan
Morning is My Godmother	Bill Callahan
747	Bill Callahan
953	black midi
Come On Petunia	The Blow
BZZ	Bunny Hoova
LAZY_EASY	Bunny Hoova
Glow Worms	Vashti Bunyan
Arthur Walker	Cable
Comprendez?	Cable
Ultra Violet	Cable
Whisper Firing Line	Cable
When You Are Mine	Calvin Johnson
Signature Car Funk	The Capstan Shafts
The Small of the Back the Crimewave	The Capstan Shafts
Entr'acte	Caroline Shaw
I Followed the River South to What	Cass McCombs
Estrella	Cass McCombs
Sleeping Volcanoes	Cass McCombs
Daylight Matters	Cate Le Bon
Home To You	Cate Le Bon
I Just Wanna Be Good	Cate Le Bon
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2	Chopin
Drawing to a Hole	The Clean
Holdin' On	The Clean
Simini-Yaga	Collins Oke Elaiho And His Odologie Nobles Dance Band
Satan Made a Mansion	Coma Cinema
Survivor's Guilt	Coma Cinema
Topknot	Cornershop
Natch	Cornershop
Hopefulessness	Courtney Barnett
Streatham	Dave
Gloriette	David Grubbs
Stimulus for Living	Drahla
blue hands	duendita
yikes!	duendita
Is It Any Wonder?	Durand Jones & The Indications
74	Earl Sweatshirt
Shattered Dreams	Earl Sweatshirt
Nowhere2go	Earl Sweatshirt
Ontheway! (feat. Standing On The Corner)	Earl Sweatshirt
Azucar	Earl Sweatshirt
Sleepy Eyes	Eerie Wanda
Yu-Gung (Futter mein Ego)	Einstürzende Neubauten
I'm Never Going to Understand	Elvis Depressedly
Plume Blanche, Plume Noire	Emmanuelle Parrenin
Thibault et l'Arbre d'Or	Emmanuelle Parrenin
Topaze	Emmanuelle Parrenin
Après l'Ondée	Emmanuelle Parrenin
No Comply	Enemymine
Slipping (Into Something)	The Feelies
Cellophane	FKA twigs
LesAlpx	Floating Points
Ivy	Frank Ocean
Victor Lazarro's Heart	Happyness
Sky Burial	Hen Ogledd
Problem Child	Hen Ogledd
Naked Reflection	Ice Baths
Shrunken Head	Jack Logan
Pressure To Party	Julia Jacklin
Time and Space	Jandek
As the World Turns	Jessica Pratt
This Time Around	Jessica Pratt
Crossing	Jessica Pratt
Barracuda	John Cale
01 - Bellbottoms	The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Don't Know How To Keep Loving You	Julia Jacklin
Black Skinhead	Kanye West
Come To Me Now	Kevin Morby
Air BnB	KIM GORDON
[Untitled]	King Biscuit Time
Betweemus	Lambchop
But I Was Different	Les Rallizes Denudes
White Awakening	Les Rallizes Denudes
Elizabeth Colour Wheel	Lilys
Go West	Liz Phair
no comprende	low
Starfire	Low
Tomorrow One	Low
Blue-Eyed Devil	Low
Pull Up the People	M.I.A.
Bucky Done Gun	M.I.A.
Bingo	M.I.A.
10 Dollar	M.I.A.
Sunshowers	M.I.A.
Bamboo Banga	M.I.A.
Bird Flu	M.I.A.
Boyz	M.I.A.
Nobody	Mac DeMarco
Rocks	Mega Bog
Mythomania	The Messthetics
Potholderz (Feat. Count Bass D)	MF DOOM
One Beer	MF DOOM
Vulture	Micachu
Golden Phone	Micachu
Floor	Micachu
The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)	Mobb Deep
Shook Ones Pt. II	Mobb Deep
Kalif Storch	Modeselektor
No Crying In Baseball	Mothers
BLAME KIT	Mothers
Speedial	Nardeydey
NYC - 25	Olivia Tremor Control, The
Heal	Pentagon
The Right Track	Phyllis Dillon
Nothing Takes The Place Of You	Prince Buster
All My Happiness Is Gone	Purple Mountains
I H8 Ppl	R. Stevie Moore
Ma mere l'oye: Le jardin feerique	Ravel
Ma mere l'oye: Le jardin feerique	Ravel
4 Dead Monks [Original Demo]	Red Snapper
Jogging	Richard Dawson
Catholic Architecture	Robert Wyatt
Claudia, Wilhelm R and Me	Roberto Musci
Taxi Cab	Roxy Girls
Still Space	Satoshi Ashikawa
Duchess	Scott Walker
November	Shannon Lay
Our Love	Sharon Van Etten
Weary	Solange
Didn't It Rain	Songs: Ohia
Steve Albini's Blues	Songs: Ohia
Ring The Bell	Songs: Ohia
Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid	Squarepusher/AFX
Solid Silk	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
John Cage Bubblegum	Stereolab
Water Wings	Superchunk
Wined And Dined	Syd Barrett
The Piston And The Shaft	Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Noble Experiment	Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Gladly	Tirzah
Holding On	Tirzah
Basic Need	Tirzah
Cath Carroll	Unrest
So Sick	Unrest
More Colour	Water World
Economy of Freedom	Yves Tumor

June/July/August/September 2019

The Barrel	Aldous Harding
Alberto Balsalm	Aphex Twin
The Platform On The Ocean	Arthur Russell
Gene Takes A Drink	Bang On A Can All-Stars
Haywire	Bedhead
Not	Big Thief
Contact	Big Thief
Cattails	Big Thief
Jenni	Big Thief
For Tammy Rae	Bikini Kill
Shepherd’s Welcome	Bill Callahan
Black Dog on the Beach	Bill Callahan
Writing	Bill Callahan
Morning is My Godmother	Bill Callahan
747	Bill Callahan
953	black midi
Come On Petunia	The Blow
BZZ	Bunny Hoova
LAZY_EASY	Bunny Hoova
Glow Worms	Vashti Bunyan
Arthur Walker	Cable
Comprendez?	Cable
Ultra Violet	Cable
Whisper Firing Line	Cable
When You Are Mine	Calvin Johnson
Signature Car Funk	The Capstan Shafts
The Small of the Back the Crimewave	The Capstan Shafts
Entr'acte	Caroline Shaw
Daylight Matters	Cate Le Bon
Home To You	Cate Le Bon
I Just Wanna Be Good	Cate Le Bon
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2	Chopin
Simini-Yaga	Collins Oke Elaiho And His Odologie Nobles Dance Band
Topknot	Cornershop
Natch	Cornershop
Hopefulessness	Courtney Barnett
Is It Any Wonder?	Durand Jones & The Indications
Sleepy Eyes	Eerie Wanda
Yu-Gung (Futter mein Ego)	Einstürzende Neubauten
Plume Blanche, Plume Noire	Emmanuelle Parrenin
Thibault et l'Arbre d'Or	Emmanuelle Parrenin
Topaze	Emmanuelle Parrenin
Après l'Ondée	Emmanuelle Parrenin
No Comply	Enemymine
Slipping (Into Something)	The Feelies
LesAlpx	Floating Points
Victor Lazarro's Heart	Happyness
Sky Burial	Hen Ogledd
Problem Child	Hen Ogledd
Barracuda	John Cale
Come To Me Now	Kevin Morby
Betweemus	Lambchop
But I Was Different	Les Rallizes Denudes
Elizabeth Colour Wheel	Lilys
Nobody	Mac DeMarco
Potholderz (Feat. Count Bass D)	MF DOOM
One Beer	MF DOOM
Vulture	Micachu
The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)	Mobb Deep
Shook Ones Pt. II	Mobb Deep
Kalif Storch	Modeselektor
All My Happiness Is Gone	Purple Mountains
Ma mere l'oye: Le jardin feerique	Ravel
4 Dead Monks [Original Demo]	Red Snapper
Jogging	Richard Dawson
Catholic Architecture	Robert Wyatt
Duchess	Scott Walker
November	Shannon Lay
Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid	Squarepusher/AFX
Solid Silk	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Gladly	Tirzah

March/April 2019

Cattails	Big Thief
Daylight Matters	Cate Le Bon
Drawing to a Hole	The Clean
Holdin' On	The Clean
Satan Made a Mansion	Coma Cinema
Survivor's Guilt	Coma Cinema
Streatham	Dave
Gloriette	David Grubbs
Stimulus for Living	Drahla
I'm Never Going to Understand	Elvis Depressedly
Cellophane	FKA twigs
Shrunken Head	Jack Logan
Time and Space	Jandek
Bellbottoms	The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Don't Know How To Keep Loving You	Julia Jacklin
[Untitled]	King Biscuit Time
White Awakening	Les Rallizes Denudes
Go West	Liz Phair
NYC - 25	Olivia Tremor Control, The
The Right Track	Phyllis Dillon
Nothing Takes The Place Of You	Prince Buster
Taxi Cab	Roxy Girls
Still Space	Satoshi Ashikawa
More Colour	Water World

Jan/Feb 2019

Just Talk	A.C. Marias
Dolores & Kimberly	Advance Base
Summer Music	Advance Base
Fingerbib	Alarm Will Sound
Don't Trust The Stars	The Auteurs
I Followed the River South to What	Cass McCombs
Estrella	Cass McCombs
Sleeping Volcanoes	Cass McCombs
blue hands	duendita
yikes!	duendita
Shattered Dreams	Earl Sweatshirt
Nowhere2go	Earl Sweatshirt
Ontheway!	Earl Sweatshirt
Azucar	Earl Sweatshirt
Naked Reflection	Ice Baths
As the World Turns	Jessica Pratt
This Time Around	Jessica Pratt
Crossing	Jessica Pratt
Tomorrow One	Low
Blue-Eyed Devil	Low
Pull Up the People	M.I.A.
Bucky Done Gun	M.I.A.
Bingo	M.I.A.
10 Dollar	M.I.A.
Sunshowers	M.I.A.
Bamboo Banga	M.I.A.
Bird Flu	M.I.A.
Boyz	M.I.A.
Mythomania	The Messthetics
No Crying In Baseball	Mothers
BLAME KIT	Mothers
Speedial	Nardeydey
I H8 Ppl	R. Stevie Moore
Our Love	Sharon Van Etten
Cath Carroll	Unrest
So Sick	Unrest
Economy of Freedom	Yves Tumor