#21
  1. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears
  2. Lykke Li - So Sad So Sexy
  3. Snail Mail - Lush
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#22
  1. Hilary Woods - Colt
  2. Virginia Wings - Ecstatic Wing
  3. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
#23
  1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
  2. Kids See Ghosts
  3. SOPHIE – Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides

Also liked Oneohtrix and Kiefer’s ‘Happysad’

#24
  1. Flasher - Constant Image
  2. Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music?
  3. Leon Vynehall - Nothing is Still
#25

Strong month:

  1. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears
  2. Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
  3. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
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#26

Decent month, with five stand outs…

  1. Jon Hassell - Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)
  2. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
  3. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age of
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  4. Ben Vince - Assimilation
  5. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Also look forward to spending more time with the Disintegration State compilation, Leon Vynehall, Abul Mogard, Death Grips and Alex Zhang Hungtai.

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#27
  1. Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music
  2. SOPHIE - Oil of Every Person’s Un-insides
  3. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
#28
  1. Hilary Woods - Colt
  2. Beyoncé & JAY-Z - Everything Is Love
  3. SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES
#29
  1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth
  2. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
  3. Death Grips - Year Of The Snitch
#30
  1. The Wave Pictures - Brushes With Happiness
  2. Hilary Woods - Colt
  3. East Brunswick All Girls Choir - Teddywaddy

So tight… Let’s Eat Grandma, FJM, Neko Case, Lump and Self Defense Family would be up there any other less stacked month. Also really enjoyed Dancehall, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Death Grips, Virginia Wing and Jonathan Bree

#31

:1st_place_medal:Melody’s Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage
:2nd_place_medal:Lykke Li - so sad, so sexy
:3rd_place_medal:Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears

  1. Snail Mail - Lush
  2. Kids See Ghosts - KSG

Very disappointed to see so little love for Melody’s Echo Chamber - it’s a special follow-up to a promising debut. Much of it builds on the gorgeous sound of that album, but it explores a lot of new ground too, with parts of it (especially Dark Horse) sounding like a more tuneful version of the Voidz. Excellent stuff.

Lykke Li would have won in most other months. An excellent pop album, so many memorable moments. Let’s Eat Grandma is also stellar, rounding out what might be the strongest top 3 of the year. 2018 will have been very strong indeed if any of these miss out on top-10.

Was initially nonplussed by Snail Mail, as it’s fairly standard indie. But after a couple of listens it’s clear these are extremely well written “just-good-indie-pop” songs in the same way that Alvvays’ debut was. Glad that Kanye slightly redeemed himself with Kids See Ghosts, which is not as good as Daytona but miles ahead of Ye

#32
  1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
#33

If I hadn’t just listened to it for the first time yesterday it could very well have ended up in my top 3, very impressed

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#34

Yeah the Melody’s Echo Chamber record is great in places. Shirim is pretty much a Giorgio by Moroder cover and is wonderful for it.

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#35

I’m glad we agree :wink: (and let’s pretend the bit with the Aussie doesn’t exist)

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#36
  1. Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music
  2. Don’t Worry - Who Cares Anyway?
  3. Flasher - Constant Image
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#37
  1. Fr John Misty - God’s Favourit Customer
  2. Neko Case - Hell On
  3. The Wave Pictures - Brushes With Happiness

Haven’t listened to a lot of new stuff this month.

#38

  1. Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music?

  2. DANCEHALL - The Band

  3. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

  4. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears

  5. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

#39
  1. Snail Mail - Lush
  2. Colin Mawson - Miniature Epiphanies
  3. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears

Snail Mail hits a sweet spot, nothing revolutionary but mighty satisfying, looking forward to seeing them live.

Colin/Bamnan’s album is brilliant and you should all go and listen and buy it.

Only just starting listening to I’m All Ears but quite struck by it.

Haven’t really listened to much other new stuff this month as I’ve been jamming favourite summer records and also been drawn into the deep dank well of the Classic Hip Hop Thread.

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#40
  1. Crayola Lectern - Happy Endings
  2. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
  3. Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit