2023 AOTY So Far

still The Tubs

Id add these to my shortlist above:

Lankum - False Lankum
The Clientele - I am not there anymore
Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER

probably norm by andy shauf for me. pretty much a perfect album. hopefully the new sparklehorse record tomorrow will knock it off its perch

Mine will def be:
The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does

Followed by:
feeble little horse - Girl with Fish
Blake Mills w/ Chris Weisman - Jelly Road
Westerman - An Inbuilt Fault
Natural Information Society w/ Ari Brown - Since Time Is Gravity
George Winstone w/ Ben Monder - Odysseus
David Lord - Forest Standards, Vol. 3
Thomas Bangalter - Mythologies
Rezzett - Meant Like This
Chris Speed Trio - Despite Obstacles
Trickster - Live In Brooklyn
Sam Weinberg Trio w/ Chris Lightcap & Tom Rainey - Implicatures
John Edwards/Andrew Lisle/Dirk Serries/Colin Webster - Out Of Nowhere
VoidCeremony - Threads Of Unknowing
Incantation - Unholy Deification
Conjureth - The Parasitic Chambers
Ulthar - Anthronomicon
Moufang/Czamanski - Recreational Kraut
Nondi_ - Flood City Trax
Tim Hecker - No Highs
Tirzah - trip9love...???

Reissues/archival releases:
No-Neck Blues Band - Niente Piu Canzoni
Rick White - Eric's Trip Demos (92-95)
Arthur Russell - Picture Of Bunny Rabbit
Sam Gendel - Pass If Music
Nana Vasconcelos/Nelson Angelo/Novelli - Nana, Nelson Angelo, Novelli

Jute Gyte and Tirzah simuldrop has def shaken up my standings, Fire-Toolz still on top tho

This has really been a difficult year for me, there are a handful of albums I enjoy, but nothing truly great. I think I need to find some new genre to get obsessed with.

tirzah
amaarae
pj harvey
meshell ndegeocello
laura groves
avalon emerson
kelela
jessy lanza
ratboys
julie byrne
zach bryan

Some recent albums deserving of love

Modern Cosmology - What Will You Grow Now?
Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Invention
Belbury Poly - The Path
Blank Banshee - 4D
George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)

Currently leaning:
Flesh and the Dream - Choose Mortality

some i haven't seen here yet:

beatings are in the body - st
being dead - when horses would run
ben howard - is it?
asher gamedze - turbulence and pulse
philippe brach - les gens qu'on aime
bernice - cruisin'
jana horn - the window is the dream

Here are some favorites that I haven't posted on this thread yet:

Kurt Rosenwinkel - Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - Kings Highway
v/a - I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100
Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair - Set the Roof EP
Nakibembe Embaire Group (Nyege Nyge)
Maxine Funke - River Said
Tristan Arp - End of a Line or Part of a Circle? EP
Metrist - Pollen III (Timedance)
Daniel Ake - Green Thumb
Lukas Traxel - One-Eyed Daruma

co-sign that being dead album

also would be remiss if i didn't list my two most-listened albums of the summer

babyface ray - summer's mine
veeze - ganger

Noname deserves a mention

The Tubs - Dead Meat
&
billy woods/Kenny Segal - Maps

are solidly my top 2

My most listened to for last few months:

Amaarare - Fountain Baby
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time
JIM - Love Makes Magic
Ben Howard - Is It?
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Django Django - Off Planet Pts 1-4
The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore
Overmono - Good Lies

this is my corny head in the sand list

rezzett - live at stand by
mpu101 - mpu103
nimu - picture in picture
life expectancy - decline
exhibition - the last laugh
örnatorpet - evigt främmande, evigt fjärran
ascended dead - evenfall of the apocalypse
randolph & mortimer - the incomplete truth
cloud forest protection agency - c.f.p.a vol. ii
golden hallway music - rules & chance vol. 3
billy woods and kenny segal - maps
asymetric80 - blood lies
rae sremmurd - sremm 4 life
lana del rey - did you know that there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd
kassem mosse - workshop 32
hans peter neergård - til deg
boldy james, richgains - indiana jones

one more:

wave temples - panama shift

this slowdive album is a major contender for me. I've listened to it an awful lot considering it came out a week ago.

BC Camplight - The Last Rotation Of Earth

the tubs - dead meat

Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)

― Muad'Doob (Moodles)

+1

Strong year in the country space so far. Two favorites I haven't seen mentioned yet are Jessye DeSilva's Renovations and Rhiannon Giddens' You're the One.

Probably the Tubs, but I have found my self listening to a lot of the Wednesday Rat Saw God record as of late.

Tee Vee Repairmann - What’s on TV?
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
Acid Mothers Temple - Paralyzed Genius Brain
Tropical Fuck Storm - Submersive Behaviour
OSEES - Intercepted Message

I haven't heard too many albums but so far I'm enjoying Reuben Vaun Smith, Jarak Qaribak, A-Star, Ruger, Empire State Bastard and Chemical Brothers

I should really write that properly:

Reuben Vaun Smith - Da Cuckoo Ya Ya
Dudu Tassa & Johnny Greenwood - Jarak Qaribak
A-Star - King of Afrodance
Ruger - RU The World
Empire State Bastard - Rivers of Heresy
Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling

Digging this Tee Vee Repairmann record. Not breaking a whole lotta new ground but it's a fun and relatable.

Tinashe!

Chief Adjuah

cool list:

Another mention for Lisa O'Neill who I love, but also...

Dina Ögon, Oas - random Spotify discovery from earlier in the year, really coming into its own now summer is beginning. Immaculate, smooth, baroque jazzpop from Stockholm, just the right side of too cute.

Hamish Hawk, Angel Numbers - terrific Scottish sophistipop which has grown on me a lot since my initial disappointment.

Langendorf Utd, Yeahno Yowouw Land - gorgeous Ethiopiquey jazz from Swedish saxophonist who's played with James Yorkston etc.

David Brewis, The Soft Struggles - makes a strong case for Sunderland as the new Canterbury scene, lovely, wistful, astralweeksy chamberfolk.

Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay - sublime, duelling, twangling acoustic guitars from Yorkshire and Wales.

Felicita, Spalarkle - moreish, wonky hyperpop. Occasionally like Virginia Astley signed to PC Music.

― Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:38 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Updated my google doc for anyone interested. Still tilts towards stuff released in the first half of the year because of the "Best So Far" lists but I've added all the new additions from the other sources:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzSEKqspuhsXRiJx_klRxL6PRIFsSJK3F4qo0Nw_sK8/edit?usp=sharing

These are the albums repped by at least two sources that are not mentioned in the first post above:

Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Joanna Sternberg - I've Got Me
The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore
Feeble Little Horse - Girl With Fish
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
bar italia - Tracey Denim
Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Home is Where - The Whaler
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade
Algiers - SHOOK
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Andy Shauf - Norm
Arthur Russell - Picture of Bunny Rabbit
Asake - Work of Art
Blake Mills - Jelly Road
Blue Lake - Sun Arcs
Everything But the Girl - Fuse
Fires in the Distance - Air Not Meant for Us
GEL - Only Constant
Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - Afro Futuristic Dreams
James Holden - Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental
Kylie Minogue - Tension
m83 - Fantasy
Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight
Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun
MSPAINT - Post-American
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams
Noname - Sundial
Overmono - Good Lies
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Ratboys - The Window
Screaming Females - Desire Pathway
Sexyy Red - Hood Hottest Princess
Sparklehorse - Bird Machine
Superviolet - Infinite Spring
U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess
Veeze - Ganger
Victoria Monet - Jaguar II
Yeule - Softscars
Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Zulu - A New Tomorrow

Favorites so far, no particular order:

Laurel Halo
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
Lankum
Sweeping Promises
Slowdive
Joanna Sternberg
Julie Byrne
Avalon Emerson
Yo La Tengo
Lana Del Rey

Bubbling under:
Amaare
The Tubs
Nourished by Time
En Attendant Anna
Everything But the Girl
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Kelela

a lot of records came out in the past month that shot up to the top of my list: corinne bailey rae, laurel halo, tinashe, tomb mold, code orange

Faves so far:

1. Julie Byrne
2. Kara Jackson

Everything else:

Agriculture
Anti-God Hand
Austere
bdrmm
Beach Fossils
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Zach Bryan
Chief Adjuah
Indigo de Souza
Elvis Depressedly
Eternal Dust
Gaadge
Liturgy
Miserere Luminis
Slowdive
Subsonic Eye
Ukandanz
Wednesday
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
yeule

enjoying the new a.s.o.

xp great top two.

A few favs I haven't seen mentioned (outside of the lists):

Asake - Work of Art
Brennen Leigh - Ain't Through Honky Tonkin' Yet
Fenne Lily - Big Picture
Lori McKenna - 1988
Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Skee Mask - B
Whitney Rose - Rosie
Yaeji - With a Hammer - 4

Haven't seen it mentioned on this thread yet but deserves to be:

Jonny Nash - Point of Entry

Shoegaze ambient-folk? Anyway, sublime album from the Melody As Truth head honcho and Gaussian Curve member

Das Koolies - DK.01

Super Furry Animals back with a vengeance, without Gruff. Somehow it works. Just a mad, mad, long, fun album.

my list as of today

Gorod, The Orb
Blood Ceremony, The Old Ways Remain
Weep, Life in Shades of Grey
Winger, Resurrect Me
Godflesh, Purge
Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book
Fall Out Boy, So Much for Stardust
Scott Tuma, Nobody's Music
Alkaloid, Numen
Quavo, Rocket Power
Marty Stuart, Altitude
Anna Colom, Cayana
Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins
Frozen Crown, Call of the North
SinHeresy, Event Horizon

"Life in Shades of Grey" is an EP though really.

enjoying the new a.s.o.

― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||)

Nice Trip-hop throwback album. Also one half of ASO is Tornado Wallace, who makes great music too.

Listening to the James Holden now for the first time. This is great stuff. All wobbly and spacey, like if you put the orb from the Orb inside the tangerine from Tangerine Dream

nowhere else to really post about this as i'm still trying to figure how to genre them but--- even if it's brand new and just a 12 minute ep, idc because the new luna luna is absolute disco pop perfection and my favorite thing of the year so far. maybe their best material yet. the ep just came out on friday, but 3 of the songs had been on preview for at least a few weeks. ALLNIGHTIBEENLIVINALIEYEAH! oh my god, it's so good.

only on spotify for now.

tubs

yup ... Tubs

yes, tubs, checked out the album thanks to ilx and it rules

just listening to the new Laurel Halo for the first time but pretty sure this will be up there, I am going to be listening to this a lot

graham lambkin / james rushford - gondolas (erstwhile 095-2)

https://erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/gondolas

sorry for the double post. bought a physical copy of gondolas back in mid-august. to my surprise, the entire digital version was unlocked. i could go on about this album (jon abbey would most likely prefer that i don't) but i'm wiped out. it's a great listen.

tubs

― flopson, Sunday, 1 October 2023 4:25 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

yup ... Tubs

― alpine static, Sunday, 1 October 2023 9:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

yes, tubs

whole thread should just be a 200 post sequence of this