Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2020

And I've started a new Spotify playlist for the second half of 2020:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qrVPKXlZwbRmJp9IQskiu?si=vazzt-9uT-GfZoR15fEkRw

I shamefully forgot for a while that the Meredith Monk / Bang on a Can album Memory Game is totally amazing.

Rough top 10 albums would be:

Jessie Ware
Dua Lipa
Charli XCX
Parisalexa
HAIM
Chloe x Halle
Magdalena Bay
Laura Marling
Moses Sumney
Okay Kaya

Songs? Chris' "La vita nuova", Róisín's "Murphy's Law", "Experience" by Victoria Monet & ors, Ngaiire's "BOOM" and Coy's "Promises", plus various tracks from the albums listed above. My rolling playlist is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/186l1llI0xtBi8jbtz6478

monotony you should be on the janet thread

I’ve been following along loosely and intend to vote! Don’t have much to say yet other than “I hope people don’t forget to vote for “Go Deep””, but more may come to me when I give everything a full re-listen

Albums:

Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? 
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Owen Pallett - Island
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 
Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
Kate NV - Room for the Moon 
Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
Moodymann - Taken Away
Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova EP
Gesu No Kiwame Otome - Streaming, CD, Record
Okkyung Lee - Yeo-Neun
LEYA - Flood Dream
Auscultation - III
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Algiers - There Is No Year
The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green 
tricot - Makkuro  
Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
Poppy - I Disagree

rolling tracks here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EAMyvdgkglRVWTEID7s3N?si=VkgssMJETkCbFu7s9KHE2Q

^^^ similar enough to my own list that I now need to check out everything I haven’t heard

Also wow with everything that has happened in the meantime I totally forgot that the Algiers album was even this year.

the yoshimura album is actually a reissue and shouldn't be there - i just copied and pasted that from my personal 2020 list and forgot to take it out. but it's great! hadn't heard it before.

Five trax/five albums I've been into recently

Javiera Mena - Corazón Astral
The Beths - Dying to Believe
Gilbert Cohen & Ariel Kalma - Des Câlins, Des Pingouins
Kelsey Lu - Morning Dew
Moses Boyd ft. Poppy Ajudha - Shades of You

Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
Molero - Ficciones Del Trópico
HAIM - Women in Music Pt III
Various Artists - For the Love Of You

i'm not very good at describing music but the slum of legs record is post-punky and surprisingly catchy and i dig the violin

I've only spun it for 24 hours, but I feel pretty safe in saying Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings E&F Sides is gonna be a fave of the year.
Otherwise, here's July; "best of the year" considerations with asterisks.

Albums:
* Lonnie Holley - National Freedom
* HAIM - Women In Music Part III
* Azana - Ingoma
* Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova
Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, 9th Wonder - Dinner Party
Nihiloxica - Kaloli
v/a - Pure Moods (1994)
Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata - Final Fantasy Tactics OST (1997)
Emahoy Tsegué-Mayram Guébrou - Ethiopiques v21: Solo Piano
v/a - Hildegard Competition Winners v1
Lila Iké - The Experience (thanks Rob! The production is a bit hit and miss but her voice and the songwriting is killer)
Derek Carr - Warm Machines (2020), Reset (2019), Pioneers (2018)
Willie Nelson - First Rose of Spring
Nico Stojan - Cardano

Singles:
*Hwa Sa - Maria
*Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera
*Emma O'Halloran and the Refugee Orchestra - Constellations
K Camp - Lottery
Stray Kids - Easy
Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, 9th Wonder - First Responders
Rodion - Processare
BLACKPINK - How You Like That
saer - heyo
Noname - Song 33
SUNMI - pporappippam
Sound Sultan - Odo
Malim - Moonshine
Sun Tai La, Tulenkey - Aboa Tintin
Protoje, Lila Ike, Agent Sasco - Not Another Word
Kareem Ali - Night Echoes
Lila Iké - Thy Will
Beenie Man - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
Derek Carr - Spider Droid, Off Grid, Acid Bath, Decaying Orbit
Priori - Dreams of a Digital Sublime
Lonnie Holley - Do T Rocker
Eddy Manda with Marioo - Mwendo
Willie Nelson - Our Song, We Are the Cowboys
Azana - Egoli, Goodbye, Lovers and Best Friends, Ngize Ngifike, Umaqondana, Bafazi, Your Love, Sikelela (how fucking good is this album, seriously)
HAIM - Up From a Dream, Los Angeles, Man from the Magazine, Don't Wanna, Leaning on You
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - River Dreams
Mshayi, Mr Thela, T-Man - iParty
La Chica - Venezuela, La Serpiente, waterfall (psyched for a new album; Cambio was highly underrated imo)
RJ the DJ - Huna Baya (with Bill Nas), Acha Nilewe (with Meja Kunta)
Buju Banton - Blessed
Mort Garson - This Is My Beloved
Lazare Hoche, S.A.M. - The GB
Busy Signal - World Crisis
Anderson.Paak - Lockdown
Charlie Puth - Girlfriend

my pleasure! btw, since you singled out "Thy Will," I feel obliged to check that you know The Tamlins Sly+Robbie-produced cover of "Baltimore": https://youtu.be/GOFLMAmrp5M

i do now! that's dope.

asterisks mean shoo-in, or reservations?

They sure feel like shoo-ins now! I'm trying to mark my tops when the passion is high.

Albums:

Real Estate - The Main Thing
Destroyer - Have We Met
Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques
Swamp Dogg - Sorry You Couldn't Make It
Gigi Masin - Calypso
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Rustin Man - Clockdust
Stabscotch - 7 is a Cycle
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
Dream Syndicate - The Universe Inside
Gezan - Klue
Hazey Haze - Is Mise
Owen Pallett - Island
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Run The Jewels - RTJ4
John Carroll Kirby - The Garden
Freddie Gibbs/The Alchemist - Alfredo
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
RVG - Feral
Khruangbin - Mordechai
Haim - Women in rock pt. III
Sofie - Cult Survivor
TOPS - I Feel Alive
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
Nathan Fake - Blizzards

Basically haven't been able to stop listening to MAITA's 'Best Wishes' for a month.

Except for when I was listening to Jessie Ware.

Albums #1 and #2 of the year in some order.

top 5 albums as of... right now: Yves Tumor, Moses Sumney, Pantayo, Waxahatchee, Black Dresses

August was a pretty great listening month; lots of killer summer singles and several remarkable and memorable albums.
"Best of the year" considerations with asterisks.

Albums:
* Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings: E & F Sides
* Miyamoto is Black Enough - Burn/Build
* Burna Boy - Twice as Tall
* Roomful of Teeth - The Ascendant
Gelsey Bell - Cairns: https://gelseybell.bandcamp.com/album/cairns
Nathan Fake - Blizzards
Mungo's H-Fi - Soul Radio
Caylee Hammack - If It Wasn't for You
Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova Remixes
Sam Weis - Paradox (2012)
Roman Flügel - Acid Test
45 Roller and Shy FX - Rain/Outrun
Sei A - Kinetic Action
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)
Chris Thile - Bach: Sonatas and Partitas v.1 (2013)
Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us (1982)
Sandy Nassan - Just Guitar (1970): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bShsZvjWOQ
Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping (1968)
Kolinda - 1 (1976)

Tracks:
* Govana and Aidonia - Yeah Man
* Beverly Glenn-Copeland - La Vita
* Wizkid and DJ Tunez - Cool Me Down
* Roomful of Teeth - No. 5, Are We Death
* Sansibar - Glide Till Dawn
* Jasiah - Crisis
* Headie One, AJ Tracey, Stormzy - Ain't It Different
Floorplan - The Struggle, Save the Children
Brandy - Saving All My Love, Rather Be, High Heels (still need to dig in deep on this)
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion - WAP
SG Lewis, Robyn, Channel Tres - Impact
E-40 - Goop
Jhené Aiko - Summer 2020
Black Thought, Pusha T, Killa Mike, Swizz Beatz - Good Morning
Chloe x Halle - Do It, Ungodly Hour
Govana - Likkle Bit a Money
Giveon - Untitled (How Does It Feel)
Jazmine Sullivan - Lost One
Fireboy DML and Reminisce - Ogaranya
Mort Garson - Dragonfly(!)
Fredfades and Jawn Rice - Luv Neva Fades
Skinshape and D'Alma - Sua Alma
Roomful of Teeth - Just Constellations
Trance Wax, Ejeca - Lifeline
Lecrae - Over the Top
Nas - Ultra Black
Rock Abruham and Quelle Chris - Heel
Protoje and Popcaan - Like Royalty
Ciara and Ester Dean - Rooted
Burna Boy - Wetin Dey Sup, No Fit Vex, Naughty By Nature, Onyeka, Bebo, Level Up
The Mountain Goats - As Many Candles as Possible
Slum of Legs - Benetint and Malevolence, Slum of Legs
Aaliyah - One In a Million (Giegling Remix)
Aubrey Qwana - Ngaqonywa (DJ Tira Remix), Molo, Ngakwenzani (with Emtee)
Tommy Vicari Jr - Marisa
AJR and Hayley Kiyoko - Bang! (AhhHaa Remix)
Sei A - Foundation
Pearson Sound - Mi Cuerpo
Tkay Maidza - Grasshopper
S1mba and DTG - Rover
Busy Signal and Riff Raff (no not him) - Turn Up the Sound
PinkFantasy - Shadow Play
Focalistic, DJ Maphorisa, Kabza de Small - Ke Busy
Payroll Giovanni - It's Around
Reniss - Nyama Nyama
Vico da sporo with Sandile - Luthando, Umuhle ntombi
Mikkel Metal - Untitled (Vainqueur Remix)
Tobe Nwigwe - I NEED YOU TO
Prince - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (1979 Demo), Cosmic Day, Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2)
Caylee Hammack - Looking for a Lighter, Redhead
The Tamlins - Baltmore
Jamila Woods - SULA (paperback)
Fantastic Negrito and E-40 - Searching for Captain Save a Hoe
MAITA - Pay to Play

The Tamlins - Baltimore is not a 2020 track is it?

Not at all. There’s a few non 2020 singles sprinkled in there but I tend not to include unless they dominated a days listening

please correct me if I’m wrong but I think forks might haven gotten to this version of “Baltimore” through Lila Iké’s use of it in her “Thy Will”.

Scroll up :)

ah oui

si

My top 10 albums of the year so far would be:

Sault
Cleo Sol
Yves Jarvis
Fiona Apple
Haim
Helena Deland (This one not out yet but based on past eps and the songs released so far I’ll love it)
Jessie Ware
Kelly Lee Owens
Tiwa Savage
Westerman

good list moka, the yves jarvis, tiwa, and fiona albums are likely to make my list too

also dig the westerman album, need to revisit

I'm digging the Lydia Loveless album

Westerman album is quietly turning into my favourite of the year so far

My top 10 would be (EPs included):

Nubya Garcia - Source
Exquisite Corpse - ∀∃
Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson - Antenna Echoes
Park Hye Jin - How Can I
Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
Mieko Shimizu - I Bloom
Deena Abdelwahed - Dhakar
Tienhaara - Tienhaara EP
The Yazz Ahmed Quintet - When We Were Live
v/a - No Justice No Peace

Howard Riley - More Listening, More Hearing
Sara Serpa - Recognition
Jasmine Infiniti - BXTCH SLÄP
Christopher Icasiano - Provinces
Eric revis - Slipknots Through a Looking Glass
Julia Reidy - Vanish

End of the 3rd quarter of an abysmal year for life but a great one for music. I spent a healthy week or two of September chasing singles by billboard artists and radio pop ingenues i didn't know and ILX recommendations, all with mixed results. That distracted me from digging too deeply into several excellent albums, most notably the Sign of the Times reissue. I'm working on it.
"Best of the year" considerations with asterisks.

Albums:
* DJ Slyngshot - Workshop 29
* Brandy - B7
* SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) (late pass; surprisingly fully realized for so much output!)
* Tyler Childers - Long Violent History
* William Tyler - New Vanitas (such a nice vibe)
Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form (there's a lot here and I haven't gotten through all of it but I like literally every track I've played)
Tiwa Savage - Celia (squint at this and you might think it was a Dawn Richard album; I need to listen a bit more before I crown it but goddamn it's very very good)
Lianne LaHavas - s/t
Jyoti - Mama, You Can Bet!
Disclosure - ENERGY (need more time)
Mungo's Hi-Fi with Marina P - Soul Radio
Parker Ramsey - Bach's Goldberg Variations (Arranged for Harp)
Suzanne Ciani - A Sonic Womb (Live at Lapsus)
Michi Wiancko - Planetary Candidate
Laksa - Sen on One
Thelonious Monk - Live at Palo Alto High School
Karenn - Music Sounds Better with Shoe
v/a - Blue Note Re:Imagined

Tracks:
* Dizzee Rascal with Chip - L.L.L.L.
* Aya Nakamura - Jolie Nana
* Mort Garson - Ode to an African Violet (Alternate Take... what a treasured switch up on one of my favorite songs of his!)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Deep River (Live), Colour of Anyhow (Live), Ever Now
Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky (this is fucking good!)
Morgan Wallen - 7 Summers
Megan Thee Stallion and NWA - Girls in the Hood
SAULT - Wildfires
Owen Pallett - River Man
Rian Treanor - Hypnic Jerks
Black Thought, Pusha T, Swizz Beats and Killer Mike - Good Morning
Tom Petty - Confusion Wheel
Travis Scott, Young Thug, MIA - Franchise
DaBaby - BLIND (with Young Thug), Rockstar (with Roddy Ricch)
Pop Smoke - Got It On Me, For the Night (with DaBaby and Lil Baby), The Woo (with Roddy Ricch and 50 Cent)
Robert Glasper with Meshell Ndegeocello and HER - Better Than I Imagined
Brandy - Borderline
HER - Do To Me
XUM - DDALALA
Darey and Patoranking - Jojo
Ashley McBride - One Night Standards
Stray Kids - Back Door
Maddie and Tae - Die from a Broken Heart
Taylor Swift - Betty, cardigan
Billie Eilish - my future
Michael Jackson - Human Nature (Makoto and Specialist Remix)
Polo G - Martin and Gina
Migos and Youngboy NBA - Need It
Don Toliver - After Party
Cracker Mallo - Do Better
Veeze - Law and Order
Kaki King - Forms of Light and Death
Brent Faiyaz - Dead Man Walking
Everglow - LA DI DA
Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo
YG - Equinox, Out on Bail (this is gonna be a good album)
Actress - Walking Flames (with Sampha), Loveless (with Aura T-09) (this is gonna be a good album)
DJ Q - Zip Zap
Shirazee with Busiswa - Right Thang
Love Regenerator, Steve Lacy - Live Without Your Love
Beyonce - Black Parade
Zephaniah OHora - We Planned to Have It All, Black and Blue
DJ Ganyani with Busiswa - Xigubu
Olamide - Eru
Chung Ha - Bad Boy
Katie Pruitt - Look the Other Way
Jamila Woods - SULA (Hardcover)
NSG - MCM
Public Enemy with Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, Jahi - Fight the Power 2020
Boddhi Satva with DJ Maphorisa - Toumbalo
Jim White - Sum of What We've Been
Samora Pinderhughes, J Hoard, Vuyo Saotashe, et al - Star-Blooded Work Song (perhaps a bit po faced but feels honest to me)
Brandy Clark with Brandi Carlile - Same Devil (DEFINITELY po faced but feels honest to me)
Red Velvet - Milky Way
DJ Slyngshot - Untitled A1, Untitled A2, Untitled B1
Carly Pearce - Next Girl
Lil Tecca with Polo G and Lil Durk - When You Down
Boldy James - Brick Van Exel, Monte Cristo, Roxycontin (Need to listen to both full 2020 albums)
Sandile with Vico da Sporo - Ndod'mnyama
India Shawn with Anderson.Paak - Movin' On
Yelle - J'veux un chien, Vue d'en Face, Mon beau chagrin
Tkay Maidza - PB Jam
Nas - The Definition
Potatohead People with Posdnous - Baby Got Work (great stuff)
Riddim Punks with Chronixx - Sell My Gun
Tune Yards - Nowhere Man
Busy Signal - Chip Chop
Vic Spencer - Seat for One
AG Club with ND Choppa and ASAP Ferg and Crime Mob - Memphis pt 2 (this slaps)
Tarrus Riley with Shenseea - Lighter
Jojo - Comeback
Ari Lennox and Anthony Ramos - If You Want Me to Stay
Max Julian with Vic Spenser - Atlas Theme Music
SZA and Ty Dolla $ign - Hit Different
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
Stefflon Don - Move
Bryson Tiller - Inhale (very very vaporwave!)
Beenie Man - Election Time, Neva Eva
Vico da Sporo - Inkumbulo (with Forbye)
Hudson Mohawke - Hoiarp, Schmurgen
Identified Patient - Secretary
Action Bronson - Golden Eye
Mthunzi with Simmy - Selimathunzi
SG Lewis with Robyn and Channel Tres - Impact (Soulwax Remix)
Tems - The Key
Call Super - Every Mouth Teeth Missing
Contours and Yadava - Low Slung
Dizzee Rascal with Smoke Boys - Act Like You Know
Gillian Welch - I Just Want You To Know, Beautiful Boy
Prince - Forever in My Life (Vocal Demo), Adonis and Bathsheba, Vagina, Love and Sex, Power Fantastic (Live in Studio),
Disclosure - Birthday (with Kehlani and Syd), ENERGY (Clipz Remix), Watch Your Step (with Kelis)
Matmos - Warm Opening (with Oneohtrix), Maybeism, Circle of Swords (with clipping.)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Long Road Home
Fatima Yamaha - Day We Met
Busiswa with Kamo Mphela - SBWL
Govana - Strike Force, That Mi Like Hear (with XTassi)
Dua Lipa - Physical (Mark Ronson Remix)
Black Motion with Ami Faku - Uleleni
Tiwa Savage - Glory, Dangerous Love, Temptation (with Sam Smith)
Ben Harper with Rhiannon Giddens - Black Eyed Dog
Mungo's Hi-Fi - The Beat Goes Ska (dub version is better), Great Wave
AJ Tracey with Mabel - West Ten (this seems kinda trashy but i really like it)
Saweetie with Too Short - Tap In
Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
Bonobo - Heartbreak
Vinka - Red Card
Lucky Daye with Babyface - Shoulda
dvsn with Ty Dolla and Buju Banton - Dangerous City
Tiana Major9 - Think About You (Notion Mix)
Koffee with Buju Banton - Pressure
JAHMED with Freddie Gibbs - Glimpse (Gibbs kills this)
Tame Impala - Borderline (Blood Orange Remix)
Frisco, Skepta, Jammer, JME, Shorty - Red Card
Alicia Keys with Khalid - So Done
Lady Leshurr with Busy Signal - Quaranting
RV, Kush, Double Z, Bandokay, Lowkey, Dezzie - On Deck Remix
Rotimi and Wale and Enya - In My Bed
Lonnie Holley - I'm a Suspect (Galcher Lustwerk Remix)
Lianne La Havas - Please Don't Make Me Cry, Paper Thin
Summer Walker - Eleven (with Khalid), My Affection (though not the parts with partynextdoor)
Rhye - Helpless
Dottz - Electric Slide

I think I will be able to put together a top 100 2020 albums by the end of the year that I can be pretty pleased with but let's keep listening.

October roundup. "Best of the year" considerations with asterisks.

Album
* Tiwa Savage - Celia (on further listens, this is exemplary)
* Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies - This Land (sounds amazing, out in January)
* Lionel Loueke - HH
* Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All the Rest
Beverly Glenn Copeland - Transmissions
Black Motion - The Healers
Charley Crockett - Welcome to Hard Times
clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Conversion - 1
Dizzee Rascal - E3AF (need more listening still)
Duval Timothy - Brown Loop
Mariah Carey - The Rarities (hard to take in big doses but great track by track)
Melted Bodies - Enjoy Yourself
Pearl Jam - MTV Unplugged (1991, haven't listened to this in decades, oh the nostalgia)
TI - The LIBRA
Vic Spencer - Bare Maximum

Tracks
* Gwamba and Mlindo the Vocalist - Yaz Abantu
* Megan Thee Stallion and Young Thug - Don't Stop
* Simmy with Da Capo and Sun-El Musician - Emakhaya
Actress - Leaves Against the Sky, Angels Pharmacy (slowly breaking open the new album, every track has been good)
Ak Dan Gwang Chil - Let's go go! (love love love this band, gotta spin the album)
Akae Beka with Chronixx - Black Carbon (DUB SCIENCE)
Alfredo92 - Helfand
Alicia Keys and Tierra Whack - Me x 7
Ami Faku - Ebhayi (EA Wave Remix)
Andrew Bird - Andalucia
ARASHI - Whenever You Call
Ariana Grande - positions, 34+35 (will crack the album this week i imagine)
Artificial Intelligence - Cold Expanse
Baba Stiltz - Running to Chad (DJ Python Remix)
Bakersteez and Iwata - Furda More
BbyMutha - Scam Likely, Mutha Magick (Muthaland sounds great on a first play)
Beenie Man and Moses - No Punchline
Bicep - Apricots (really looking forward to the album)
Bktherula - MIND FUCK (nice bjork flip)
Brandy with Ty Dolla - No Tomorrow, pt 2
Busta Rhymes with Kendrick Lamar - Look Over Your Shoulder
Busy Signal - Fiery, Juvie Slow Down, Stop Chat
Cam - Forgetting You (I am skeptical about this album)
Chris Stapleton - Arkansas
Chris Thile and Gaby Moreno - Thank You NY 2020
clipping. - Say the Name, 96 Neve Campbell, Check the Lock, Pain Everyday, Looking Like Meat
Conway the Machine and Freddie Gibbs - Seen Everything but Jesus
Daniiboo - Drop It n Pop It
D Double E - Tell Me a Ting (remix too), Where Do We Come From?
De La Soul, Styles P, Talib Kweli Pharoah Monch, Mysonne, Chuck D - Remove 45
Denyque and Shaneil Muir - Same Guy
Dizzee Rascal - Body Loose, Don't Be Dumb, Eastside
DJ Q - All That I Could, It's You
DJ Raff - El Rito
Du Lipa and Angèle - Fever
Duval Timothy - Ball (most of the new album is great too, minimalist pop piano)
E-40 and TI - I Stand On That (would like to pull the Lucas verse)
Emili Sande and Stonebwoy and Nana Rogue - More of You
Esteban Gabriel - Piel de Seda
Fatima Yamaha - We Are Drops
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams, Never Going Back Again The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, Gold Dust Woman (yeah, tiktok got me and this was a pleasant Rumours excursion)
French Montana and Pop Smoke - Double G
Flo Milli - May I
Ghetts and Skepta - IC3 (pretty great)
Gillian Welch - Beautiful Boy, Lonesome Just LILke You
Goodie Mob - Frontline, Are You Ready (more the former than the latter)
Harry Styles - Adore you
Homeboy Sandman - Monument (digging into the album now)
Hudson Mohawke - Be Ur Fantasy, Hoiarp
Jalopy Bungus and Quelle Chris - J Cole & NoName
James Bangura - Bronx Metro
Jaz Elise with Govana - Fresh and Clean
Jorja Smith with Popcaan - Come Over
JT and Mlindo the Vocalist - Nomungathini
K CAMP and Jacquees - What's On Your Mind
Kelly Moran - Helix III
The Killers - Dying Breed (not a bad song really)
Lee Fields - Two Timer
Lil Uzi and Oh Wonder - The Way Life Goes
Luke Dick and Miranda Lambert - Polyester
MAMAMOO - Dingga (very fun!)
Mapara a Jazz with Ntosh Gazi and Colano - John Vuli Gate
Mary J - See What You've Done
Master KG with Nomcebo Zikode - Jerusalema
Melted Bodies - 99 Scents
Money Man with Lil Baby - 24
Morgan Wallen - More Than My Hometown
Mort Garson - Didn't You Hear?, Space Walker (Gotta Crack this Album!)
Mother Mother - Oh Ana
Narciss - Pop the Hood
Nas - 27 Summers
Nilufer Yanya - Crash
Nobuhle with Sun El Musician - Never Never
Nyck Caution with Joey Badass - How You Live It
Oneohtrix Point Never - Auto & Allo
Parris Mitchell with Nina Kraviz - Feel My Butterfly (Dance System and DJ Deeon Remix)
Pa Salieu - Betty
Payroll Giovanni - What's a Plug
Philip Corner - Chord
Phora and Kehlani - Cupid's Curse
Plutonic Lab with Black Milk - Enemy
Preme, Popcaan - Weekend, MURDA (should likely listen to the album)
Public Enemy - GRID
Queen Naija - Pack Lite
Rafiki - What We Want pt 2
Rebecca Garton with Jeremih - Comfortable
REFUND SISTERS - DON'T TOUCH ME
Rhye - Helpless, Black Rain
Riff Raff and Yelawolf - Million Dollar Mullet (does what it says on the label)
Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit, Ignite a War
RUSH, Jay Nice, Quelle Chris - Kalamata Olives
Seba Kaapstad - I'm Scared, Our People
SeeMeNot - Borderline (Roman Flugel Acid Remix)
SEVENTEEN - HOME RUN
Sevyn Streeter - HMU
Siete Gang Yabbie - Gift of Gab
Skillibeng - Mr. Universe
Steam Down - Etcetera
Stokley and Snoop Dogg - Vibrant (wheeeeee)
Stray Kids - ALL IN
Sturgill Simpson - Old King Coal, Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean
Styles P, Nas, Remy Ma, Dave East, Ghostface - The Mecca
Sun-El Musician with Julia Church - Garden
T9ine and Hotboii - When We Ball
TeaMarr - Doin It Wrong (DJ iMarkkeyz Remix)
Theo Parrish - Hambone Cappuccino, All Your Boys are Biters
TI - Hypno, Pardon, Ring, Horizons
Tiana Major9 - Same Space?
Tierra Whack - Dora (I WANT NICE THINGS)
VanJess - High&Dry
Weki Meki - COOL
WhoHeem - Lets Link
Wiley - Speaks
WJSN Chocome - Hmph!
Xenia Rubinos - Who Shot Ya
Your Old Droog - Ukraine

Sun-El Musician with Julia Church - Garden
what? a new Sun-El track and you didn’t tell anyone?

i assumed you knew! It's not as good as the other two but it's not bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K09EbOCfoGU

Siete Gang Yabbie - Gift of Gab

yessssss lol

yeah, thanks for that recommendation!
NB: if you post something that you like in the rolling genre threads and say "this is good" you can count on me listening to it.

NB: if I post something in the rolling genre threads, unless I say “I’m not sure about this one”, you can count on it being good and worth listening to.

(waiting to collect my first (?) fp’s)

Really fun month of listening for me, especially for singles. Potential best of the year material noted with an asterisk.

Albums
* Ariana Grande - Positions
* Dizzee Rascal - E3AF (Upgraded to great on multiple listens)
* The Hawtplates - Make Me Down
* Simmy - Tugela Fairy (Made of Stars)
Actress - Karma & Desire
Carolina Eyck - Elephant in Green
DaBaby - My Brother’s Keeper
Felbm - Tape 4 (very Haruomi Hosono)
Homeboy Sandman - Don’t Feed the Monster
Juana Molina - ANRMAL Live in Mexico
Linda Buckley - From Oceans Floor
Masego - Studying Abroad
Mort Garson - Music from Patch Cord Productions
Omarion - The Kinection
Progetto Tribale - Vol 7
Victoria Monet - Jaguar

Tracks
* Burna Boy - 20 10 20
* Busiswa and Mr JazziQ - Makazi ( need to get deeper on the album)
* Fatima Yamaha - Unwashed (late pass on the LP, will get there before end of year)
* Jazmine Sullivan - Pick Up Your Feelings
* Katie Pruitt - Ohio, After the Gold Rush
* Morray - Quicksand
* Omarion and T-Pain - Can You Hear Me?
* Q Twins with Claudio and Kenza - Vuma
* Roisin Murphy - Narcissus
* SG Lewis with Lucky Daye - Feed the Fire
* Theo Parrish and Maurissa Rose - This Is For You
Ferg and Monica - Big A$AP
Abra Cadabra - Spin this Coupe
AC/DC - Shot in the Dark, Kick You When You’re Down
Alessandro Cortini, Matteo Vallicelli (looking forward to hearing this album)
Alpoko Don - Mad at Myself
And Brun - After the Great Storm, Crumbs
Arina Grande - Shut Up
Austra and Cecile Believe - Mountain Baby (Octo Octa’s Contemplation Remix)
BackRoad Gee and Lethal Bizzle and JME - Enough Is Enough
Bella - Something You Like
Benjamin Louis Brody and Ian Chang - ASMR II
Bibio - Madame Grotesque (this album seems great so far)
Bicep with Clara La San - Saku
Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas - The Creator Has a Master Plan
Camper with Brandy - Sleep
Carolina Eyck - Northern Lights
Chip with JME and Dizzee Rascal - Ignite
Chris Stapleton - You Should Probably Leave
Coco and Breezy with Dawn Richard - U.
DaBaby - Handgun, More Money More Problems, Gucci Peacoat
Da Les with Focalistic, Kamo Mphela and Jobe London - Elon Musk
Danalogue with Alabaster de Plume - All Who Wonder Are Not Lost (definitely need to dig into this album
Dauwd - Idris
David Banner, Ne-Yo, Big KRIT, T-Pain (!) - Come Home
Davido - FEM
DC Young Fly with Fetty Wap - No Choice
De Mogul SA with Sino Msolo - Amanyan-nyan
Dizzee Rascal - Only One King
DJ Q - All That I Could
Elvis Costello - Revolution 49, No Flag, They’re Not Laughing At Me Now (need to get through the album a few more times)
Gillian Welch - There’s a First Time for Everything, Peace in the Valley
Homeboy Sandman - Hello Dancer, Don’t Look Down, Trauma
Howie Lee - The Unreasonable Song
Indochine and Christine and the Queens - 3SEX
Ir Sais, Sean Paul and Davido - Dream Girl (Global Remix)
Jim White - Money in a Silo, Highway of Lost Hat
Folamour and Jitwam - Sun After Rain
Julian De’Angelo - N’aie Pas Peur (Exchange Mix)
K1N5 - Bando
Kettma - Anniversary
Lady Leshurr - Quarantine Speech
Lil Nas X - HOLIDAY (hey this is really good!)
Lone and KETTAMA - The Way You Feel
LOONA - Universe, Oops!
Mariah Carey - Cool on You
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl - Lemon Trees, Last Minute Smears
Masego - Mystery Lady
Micem and Serge Beynaud - Affronter
Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa - Prisoner (sure, why not)
NMESH - Cimcool 15kv Distribution
Octo Ota - River
Olamide - Green Light
Omah Lay - Godly
Omarion - Mutual, Involved, Unbothered,
Onehohtrix Point Never - Answering Machine
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto (Copycat Killer Version)
Roman Flügel - Pattern 9
Smashing Soweto - Weekend
Saweetie with Jhene Aiko - Back to the Streets
Seba Kaapstad - Konke
SG Lewis - Chemicals
Shordie Shordie - Good Evening
Simmy - Wamuhle, Indaba, Konke, Mabhungu
Statik Selektah, Conway the Machine, 2 Chainz, Killer Mike - Play Around
Sturgill Simpson - Railroad of Sin, Sometimes Wine
Sun-El Musician with Ami Saku - Mandinaye
SUSS - Echo Lake
Tion Wayne and MIST - Deludeed
Victoria Manet - Jaguar, Moment, Experience, Touch Me
Volpe Co. - Don’t Touch Your Face

Okay, I'm sure I'll be frantically filling this up with a lot more from copious end of year listing but let's call it on Christmas. You know what I haven't been able to stop listening to all month is Bob James' 1977 hit "Angela (Theme from Taxi)", so a very honorable mention there. Best of the year asterisked. A very very good year for music! Not for anything else.

Albums
* Fatima Yamaha - Spontaneous Order
* Jake Blount - Spider Tales
* Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
* Sir Richard Bishop - Oneiric Formulary
Bryant Taylorr - Rare
Gabe Lee - Honky Tonk Hell
Leon Chang - Return to Bird World
Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice
Ron Obasi - Sun Tapes

Tracks
* Christopher Willis - Mickey's Song (The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse End Credits Theme)
* Joff Bush - Bluey Theme Song
* Justine Darcenne - Off Days
* Felbm - Filatelie
* Jacque Satre - Anatole Trance
* Masego - Mystery Lady
* Stylo G - Oh Lawd
* Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies - Another Holiday
* Viagra Boys - Ain't Nice
Aimee Mann - Avalanche
The Aces - Daydream
Alkaline - Buryberry
Ana Tijoux - Antifa Dance
ARTHUR - 8 Melodies
Ashley Ray - Dirty Work
Bambounou - Tftt
Basketmouth with Flavour and Phyno - Papa Benji
Boy Harsher - ROV (New Beat Edit Part Time Punks Session)
Brian Brown with Reaux Marquez - Runnin
Bryant Taylorr - Strange Rooms
Caroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (AG Cook Remix)
Cate le Bon - Here It Comes Again, Miami
Caveboy - NYP
Chekov - Swerl
Chuck Indigo with JORDAN Xx - Okay Today
CS + Kreme - April Fool's Day
Justine Darcenne - I'm OK with That, It'll Be You (with Blake Waters)
Denis Sulta - Ambition is a Beautiful Poison (Brunswick Hotel Mix)
DJ Stokie with Loxion Deep and Kabza de Small - Senorita
Doja Cat - Say So
Erica Banks - Buss It
Falz and Niniola - Squander
Fantastic Man - Body Hurt (Tensino Mix)
Fantastic Shadows - The Time for Peace is Now
Flatbush Zombies - Afterlife
Gabe Lee - Imogene, Honky Tonk Hell
Ghost Power - Asteroid Witch
Ron Gilmore with Tim Gent and Jamiah - Take My Time
Haiey Whitters - Ten Year Town, Heartland
Honey Dijon with Hadiya George - Not About You
Howie Lee - The Wriggled Mind
I Waata - Digi Loan, Start It
Jahvillani - Lizzad Pon Limb, Smooth (with Skillibeng)
Joeboy - Lonely
Julia Wu with SHOU - Qi Shi Yi Fen Zhi Yi Jia Yi
Keedron Bryant - I Just Wanna Live
Kem - Lie to Me
Lee Hye - Erase You
Lous and the Yakuza - Amigo
Man Power with Amy Douglas - Acid God
Max de Wardener and Kit Downes - The Sky Has a Film
Miley Cyrus - WTF Do I Know, Gimme What I Want, Midnight Sky
Mr G - Gathering NYC
Mya - I'ma Do It
Nathan Fake - Arboretum
Nicole Atkins - AM Gold
Nilufer Yanya - Tears
Object Blue and TSVI - Turing Machine
Obongjayar - 10K
Oxlade - AWAY
Pangaea - Like This
Payroll Giovanni - Tired of Being Single
Pearson Sound - Alien Mode
Porij - 150
Psalmwves - Back At It
Rapsody - 12 Problems
Reol - The Sixth Sense
Ron Obassi - Eastside Marauders, Dem Crackas (with $hrames)
Sada Baby - Aktivated
SG Lewis with Rhye - Time
Shenseea - Bad Alone
Sleaford Mods - Shortcummings
Sleep D - Freak of...
Sylvan Esso - Rooftop Dancing
Taylor Swift - August
Teejay - Bubble Nuh, City of Gods
Tienhaara - Avaa hiukset, Medusa
Tom Petty - Harry Green ("he stopped a redneck from kickin' my ass")
US Girls - 4 American Dollars
Yusufkanbai - do and undo
Zain SA - PE Yano
Zeroh - Aquamane