2017 Favs

A brief selection…

…Influences…

 

 

Kendrick Lamar “DAMN.”

Ryuichi Sakamoto “async”

JAY-Z “4.44”

SZA “Ctrl”

Vince Staples “Big Fish Theory”

 

King Krule “The Ooz”

Moses Sumney “Aromanticism”

Charlotte Gainsbourg “Rest”

Thundercat “Drunk”

The War on Drugs “A Deeper Understanding”

 

Tyler, The Creator “Flower Boy”

Cigarettes After Sex “Cigarettes After Sex”

Mount Kimbie “Love What Survives”

Jlin “Black Origami”

Slowdive “Slowdive”

 

Four Tet “New Energy”

Sampha “Process”

The xx “I See You”

LCD Soundsystem “American Dream”

Ibeyi “Ash”

 

Kelela “Take Me Apart”

Björk “Utopia”

Fleet Foxes “Crack-Up”

Drake “More Life”

Gorillaz “Humanz”

 

Big Thief “Capacity”

Arca “Arca”

Julie Byrne “Not Even Happiness”

Broken Social Scene “Hug of Thunder”

Joe Goddard “Electronic Lines”

 

 

 

2016 Favs

Influences…

Here it is. The list of my 30 favorite albums of the year. For Your Consideration.

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Bon Iver “22, A Million”

Radiohead “A Moon Shaped Pool”

Anderson Paak “Malibu”

Beyoncé “Lemonade”

Tim Hecker “Love Streams”

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Solange “A Seat at the Table”

Michael Kiwanuka “Love and Hate”

Kanye West “The Life of Pablo”

Frank Ocean “Blond” / “Endless”

James Blake “The Color in Anything”

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Jenny Hval “Blood Bitch”

Kendrick Lamar “untitled unmastered”

Chance The Rapper “Coloring Book”

Angel Olsen “My Woman”

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The Radio dept. “Running Out of Love”

A Tribe Called Quest “We got it from Here..”

ANOHNI “HOPELESSNESS”

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Skeleton Tree”

Aphex Twin “Cheetah”

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Blood Orange “Freetown Sound”

Brian Eno “The Ship”

Young Thug “No, My Name is JEFFERY”

Mitski “Puberty 2”

Danny Brown “Atrocity Exhibition”

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David Bowie “Blackstar”

Kate Tempest “Let Them Eat Chaos”

PJ Harvey “The Hope Six Demolition Project”

Andrew Bird “Are You Serious?”

Drive-By Truckers “American Band”

2015 Favs

Inspired by…

 

One more time, here are my recommendations. The list of my 30 favorite albums of the year. For Your Consideration.

 

30. Unkown Mortal Orchestra “Multi-Love”

29. Julia Holter “Have You In My Wilderness”

28. U.S Girls “Half Free”

27. Chvrches “Every Open Eye”

26. Neon Indian “VEGA INTL. Night School”

25. Thundercat “The Beyond. Where The Giants Roam”

24. Lightning Bolt “Fantasy Empire”

23. Happyness “Weird Little Birthday”

22. Future “DS2”

21. Shamir “Ratchet”

20. Low “Ones And Sixes”

19. Courtney Barnett “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”

18. Natalie Prass “Natalie Prass”

17. Drake “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”

16. Kurt Vile “b’lieve i’m going down…”

15. Miguel “Wildheart”

14. Tobias Jesso Jr. “Goon”

13. Arca “Mutant”

12. Father John Misty “I Love You, Honeybear”

11. Björk “Vulnicura”

10. Blur “The Magic Whip”

9. Kamasi Washington “The Epic”

8. Titus Andronicus “The Most Lamentable Tragedy”

7. Deerhunter “Fading Frontier”

6. Oneohtrix Point Never “Garden Of Delete”

5. Jamie XX “In Colour”

4. Tame Impala “Currents”

3. D’Angelo “Black Messiah”

2. Kendrick Lamar “To Pimp A Butterfly”

1. Sufjan Stevens “Carrie & Lowell”