I haven’t really sat down and thought about a countdown of top albums this year, but I always make a note of what albums I’ve bought throughout the year (that are released during it) then just mark off what ones were really fucking good… then try to arrange them in some sort of rough order. This isn’t exactly fair as some albums get a billion plays since January, others only get 4 or 5 plays, over the last week! I also decided to combine releases for artists who have proper churned stuff out this year.
Regardless, here’s my attempt to organise some records I’ve enjoyed this year:
1. Astrohenge - Astrohenge
2. Teeth Of The Sea - Your Mercury
3. The Declining Winter - Scenes From The Back Bedroom Window EP
4. The Green Kingdom - Prismatic / Remixes
5. Altar of Plagues - Tides EP
6. Triptykon - Esparistera Daimones
7. Khuda - Palingnesia
8. Working For A Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest
9. Cloudkicker - Beacons / ]]][[[ EP
10. d_rradio - Parts / Seasons EP
11. Alcest - Écailles de Lune
12. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
13. Brave Timbers - For Every Day You Lost
14. The Moscow Coup Attempt - Transmissions From The End of The World
15. Mass - Paint By Numbers
16. We Are Knuckle Dragger - Doors To Rooms EP
17. Lafaro - Lafaro
18. IO - Materioptikon
19. Dead Meadow - Three Kings
20. Rose Kemp - Golden Shroud
21. Fieldhead - Riser EP / Long Train Journeys / Reference Line
22. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
23. The Dark Sky Singers - Like No English
24. Mogwai - Special Moves
25. worriedaboutsatan - Heart Monitor EP
26. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway / Heavy Sky EP
27. Wolf People - Steeple / Tidings
28. Baths - Cerulean
29. Admiral Angry - A Fire To Burn Down This World
30. Scott Kelly -The Wake
31. Gallops - Gallops EP
32. These Monsters - Call Me Dragon
33. Unkle - Where Did The Night Fall
34. BXI - BXI EP
35. The Books - The Way Out
36. Mender - The Happy Medium / Resonant Tense EP
37. Quack Quack - Slow As An Eyeball
38. Autechre - Oversteps
39. Silent Front - Dead Lake
40. Drum Eyes - Gira Gira
What have I missed then? I must point out that I didn’t find the time (or money) to buy every album I wanted to, so yes there are big gaps in the shape of God Is An Astronaut, SWANS, Grinderman, Chickenhawk, Humanfly (I only have that album on tape so it’s only had a couple of plays so far), Enslaved, The Phantom Band, Sleepy Sun, Melvins, Zach Hill, Bardo Pond, and so on… I’m still waiting for the postman to deliver the 2010 releases by Talons and Conquering Animal Sound too.
There’s also a load more that I didn’t mention as the list would end up going on forever. A top 40 is already too much to try to figure out! Feel free to discuss any of the records I have or haven’t included.
In 2011 I am looking forward to new releases from Vessels, Manatees, Three Trapped Tigers, Mogwai, And So I Watch You From Afar, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Necro Deathmort, The Pattern Theory, Alright The Captain, Dextro… the list goes on!
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