1. Sylvan Esso - What Now
  2. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
  3. Vok - Figure

Surprised that there aren’t any other mentions for Sylvan Esso yet. Excellent follow-up to their debut.

I would’ve mentioned it, but I forgot about it.

@BMS1 can I get my vote changed to…

  1. Gas
  2. Sylvan Esso
  3. Future Islands

Noted. No problem.

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1 Future Islands - The Far Field
2 The Smith Street Band - More scared of you than you are of me
3 BNQT - Vol 1

Mew
Future Islands
Guided By Voices

  1. GAS - Narkopop
  2. Actress - AZD
  3. Varg - Goretex City (thanks @Twinkletoes for bringing this to my attention)

Honourable mentions to Colin Stetson, Thurston Moore, Kendrick, and currently around half of Father John Misty. Good month.

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A lot of Arca mentions in here - will have to check it out…

  1. The Black Angels - Death Song
  2. Depeche Mode - Spirit
  3. Actress - AZD

Thurston Moore - Rock and Roll Conciousness
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Part Chimp - IV
Haven’t yet got round to Feist and Mark Lanegan but both scoring good reviews. May looking great too

  1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

  2. Part Chimp - Iv

  3. Happyness - Write In

  4. Thurston Moore - Rock N Roll Consciousness

  5. GAS - Narkopop

Also enjoyed albums by Woods, Real Life Buildings and Future Islands.

Still need to check out the Arca and Christian Fitness records.

For anyone who has not heard it, the new Colin Stetson record is extraordinary. Can I amend my list to:

  1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
  2. Arca - Arca
  3. Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory

Three absolutely brilliant records.

Noted.

  1. Arca - Arca
  2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
  3. The Octopus Project - Memory Mirror

Never heard any Colin Stetson, but read your post and just listened to the track embedded in the Pitchfork review. Extraordinary indeed. Thanks!

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  1. Gas - Narkopop
  2. You’re Jovian - They were selected and divided
  1. Future Islands - The Far Field
  2. Mew - Visuals
  3. Sue the Night - Wanderland
    honorable mentions:
    Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
    Blaenavon ‎– That’s Your Lot

6.Gallops
7.The Physics House Band

I’ll do the counting in the afternoon sometime. Get your choices in by around 1pm please.

Christian Fitness
Mew
The New Pornographers

  1. Gallops - Bronze Mystic
  2. Actress - AZD
  3. Clark - Death Peak

Also enjoyed the new Black Angels & GAS.

  1. Blood Youth - Beyond Repair
  2. Imelda May - Life Love Flesh Blood
  3. The Smith Street Band - More Scared Of You…
  4. Cassels - Foreword
  5. Mark Lanegan - Gargoyle