Best of 2024

Τραγούδια της χρονιάς:

20. Maximo Park - "Quiz Show Clue" (Stream Of Life - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

19. Father John Misty - "She Cleans Up" (Mahashmashana - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

18. Rui Gabriel - "Target" (COMPASSION - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)  

17. Gruff Rhys - "On the Far Side of the Dollar" (Sadness Sets Me Free - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

16. Honeyglaze - "Ghost" (Real Deal - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)     

15. Soccer Mommy - "Changes" (Evergreen - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

14. Fontaines DC - "In the Modern World" (Romance - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

13. English Teacher - "Nearly Daffodils" (This Could Be Texas - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

12. Elbow - "Good Blood Mexico City" (AUDIO VERTIGO - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

11. Julia Holter - "Something in the Room She Moves" (Something in the Room She Moves - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

10. Orlando Weeks - "Wake Up" (LOJA - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

09. Nilüfer Yanya - "Binding" (My Method Actor - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

08. Chelsea Wolfe - "House of Self Undoing" (She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

07. Magdalena Bay - "Death and Romance" (Imaginal Disk - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

06. The Cure - "Endsong" (Songs Of A Lost World - buy from Amazon.co.uk) 

05. Tindersticks - "Always a Stranger" (Soft Tissue - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

04. The Last Dinner Party - "Burn Alive" (Prelude to Ecstasy - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

03. Beak>- "Hungry Are We" (>>>> - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

02. Beth Gibbons - "Floating on a Moment" (Lives Outgrown - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

01. The Smile - "Bending Hectic" (Wall of Eyes - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

Άλμπουμ της χρονιάς:

Honorable Mentions:

Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze, English Teacher - This Could Be Texas, Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat, Laetitia Sadier - Rooting for Love, Pearl Jam - Dark Matter, Thurston Moore - Flow Critical Lucidity

20. Nick Cave - Wild God (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

19. BMX Bandits - Dreamers on the Run (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

18. Hayden Thorpe - Ness (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

17. Colouring - Love to You, Mate (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

16. Tapir!- The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

15. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

14. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

13. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

12. The WAEVE - City Lights (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

11. The Smile - Cutouts (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

10. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

09. Sam Lee - Songdreaming (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

08. Orlando Weeks - LOJA (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

07. Tindersticks - Soft Tissue (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

06. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

05. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

04. Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

03. Thus Love - All Pleasure (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

02. Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

01. The Smile - Wall of Eyes (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

 

 

 

 

 

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Best of 2023

Τραγούδια της χρονιάς:

20. Cloth - "Secret Measure" (Secret Measure - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

19. Animal Collective - "Soul Capturer" (Isn't It Now? - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

18. James Blake - "Tell Me" (Playing Robots Into Heaven - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

17. Yo La Tengo - "Miles Away" (This Stupid World - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

16. Romy - "Loveher"  (Mid Air - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

15. Sleaford Mods - "Rhythms of Class" (UK GRIM - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

14. Jessie Ware - "That! Feels Good!" (That! Feels Good! - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

13. Boygenius - "$20" (The Record - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

12. Miss Grit - "Follow the Cyborg" (Follow the Cyborg - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

11. Fever Ray - "Shiver" (Radical Romantics - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

10. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - "Why Am I Alive Now?"(My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

 - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

9..Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - "Haseen Thi" (Love In Exile - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

8. H. Hawkline - "I Need Him"(Milk For Flowers - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

7. Caroline Polachek - "Butterfly Net"(Desire, I Want To Turn Into To You - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

6. Liela Moss (feat. Gary Numan) - "Vanishing Shadows" (Internal Working Model - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

5. John Cale - "Out Your Window" (Mercy - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

4. Depeche Mode - "Before We Drown" (Memento Mori - buy from Amazon.co.uk)

3. Squid - "The Blades" (O Monolith - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

2. DM Stith (feat. My Brightest Diamond) - "In the Gloom" (Fata Morgana - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

1. Mitski - "The Deal" (The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)  

Άλμπουμ της χρονιάς:

Honorable Mentions:

The Church - The Hypnagogue, Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day

30. King Creosote - I DES (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

29. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

28. L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

27. Shana Cleveland - Manzanita (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

26. Liela Moss - Internal Working Model (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

25. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

24. Meg Baird - Furling (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

23. BC Camplight - The Last Rotation of Earth (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

22. Gaz Coombes - Turn The Car Around (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

21 .Juni Habel - Carvings (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

20. Pozi - Smiling Pools (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

19. The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

18. Miss Grit - Follow the Cyborg (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

17. Slowdive - Everything Is Alive (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

16. Mitski - The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

15. John Cale - Mercy (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

14. Romy - Mid Air (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

13. Wilco - Cousin (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

12. The WAEVE  - The WAEVE (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

11. ANOHNI & The Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

10. Anjimile - The King (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

9. Sigur Rós - ÁTTA (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

8. Bdrmm - I Don't Know (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

7. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

6. Squid - O Monolith (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

5. Modern Nature - No Fixed Point in Space  (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

4. This Is the Kit - Careful of Your Keepers (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

3. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

2. DM Stith - Fata Morgana (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

1. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

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Best of 2022

Τραγούδια της χρονιάς:

30. Florence & the Machine - "My Love" 

29. Anna Calvi - "Ain't No Grave"7

28. Gwenno - "Kan Me"

27. Black Angels - "El Jardin"

26. Metronomy - "Losing My Mind"

25. Alex G - "Miracles"

24. Large Plants - "Never Seen"

23. Everything Everything - "Leviathan"

22. Launder - "Withdraw"

21. alt-J - "The Actor"

20. C Duncan - "Bell Toll"

19. Regina Spektor - "Through A Door"

18. Nilüfer Yanya - "Midnight Sun" 

17. Father John Misty - "The Next 20th Century"

16. Sea Power - "Fire Escape in the Sea"

15. Dry Cleaning - "Conservative Hell"

14. Iraina Mancini - "Undo the Blue"

13. Jockstrap - "Concrete Over Water"

12. Spoon - "Wild"

11. The Smile - "You Never Work You Never Work in Television Again"

10. Sun's Signature - "Golden Air"

9. Bill Callahan - "Coyotes"

8. Melody's Echo Chamber - "Alma The Voyage"

7. Harry Styles - "As It Was"

6. Warpaint - "Hard to Tell You"

5. Beach House - "Masquerade"

4. Porridge Radio - "U Can Be Happy If U Want To"

3. Daniel Rossen - "Shadow in the Frame"

2. The Smile - "Skrting on the Surface"

1. HAAi & Jon Hopkins - "Baby, We're Ascending"

Άλμπουμ της χρονιάς:

Honorable Mentions:

Katy J Pearson - Sound of the Morning, Mitski - Laurel Hell, King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me, Launder - Happening           

25. Sophie Jamieson - Choosing (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

24. The Unthanks -  Sorrows Away (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

23. Lambchop - The Bible (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

22. Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

21. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

20. Fenella - The Metallic Index (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

19. Tomberlin - I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This... (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

18. Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

17. Just Mustard - Heart Under (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

16. Shearwater - The Great Awakening (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

15. Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

14. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)     

13. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

12. Melody's Echo Chamber - Emotional Eternal (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

11. Daniel Rossen - You Belong There (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

10. TRAAMS - Personal Best (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

9. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

8. alt-J - The Dream (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

7. Papercuts - Past Life Regression (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

6. Jenny Hval - Classic Objects (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

5. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

4. Spoon - Lucifer On the Sofa (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

3. Dungen - En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

2. Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

1. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

 

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Best of 2021

Τραγούδια της χρονιάς:

30. Japanese Breakfast - "Glider"

29. Curtis Harding - "Can't Hide It"

28. Lost Girls - "Real Life"

27. Babeheaven - "The Hours"

26. Bess Atwell - "Silver Fir"

25. Billy Nomates - "Heels"

24. Hayden Thorpe - "Metafeeling"

23. Amyl and the Sniffers -  "Guided by Angels"

22. Black Country, New Road - "Track X"

21. Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection -  "Imminent Shadow"

20. Still Corners - "Last Exit"

19. tune-Yards - "Hold Yourself"

18. Samantha Crain - "Bloomsday"

17. Gruff Rhys - "Distant Snowy Peaks"

16. Art School Girlfriend - "Is it Light Where you Are?"

15. Elbow - "What Am I Without You" 

14. Ed Dowie - "Then Send Them"

13. Liars - "Big Appetite"

12. Self Estteem - "I Do This All the Time"  

11. Marissa Nadler - "Bessie Did you Make It"  

10. The Coral - "Faceless Angel"

9. Hamish Hawk - "Caterpillar"

8. Sleaford Mods - "Mork 'n Mindy"

7. New Dad - "I Don't Recognise You"

6. Emma-Jean Thackray -  "Spectre"

5. Arlo Parks -  "Caroline"

4. Wolf Alice -  "Lipstick on the Glass"    

3. Nation of Language - "This Fractured Mind"

2. The Weather Station - "Atlantic"

1. Jane Weaver - "Heartlow"

Άλμπουμ της χρονιάς

Honorable Mentions:

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Anna B Savage - A Common Turn, Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince,  Ed Dowie - The Obvious I, Villagers - Fever Dreams, Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds,  Goat Girl - On All Fours

20. The Coral - Welcome to Coral Island (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

"Lover Undiscovered", "Mist On The River" 

19. Ishmael Ensemble - Visions of Light (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Feather", "The Gift"

18. A Winged Victory For the Sullen - Invisible Cities (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"So That The City Can Begin to Exist", "Desires Are Already Memories" 

17. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Smile", "Lipstick On The Glass"

16. Nation of Language - A Way Forward (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"This Fractured Mind", "A Word & A Wave"

15. Weather Station - Ignorance (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Robber", "Atlantic" 

14. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Somebody Like Me", "...At the Holiday Party"

13. William Doyle -  Great Spans of Muddy Time (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"I Need to Keep you In My Life", "Theme from Muddy Time"

12. Black Country, New Road - For the First Time (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Science Fair", "Track X"

11. Tindersticks - Distractions (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"I Imagine You", "The Bough Bends"

10. Hayden Thorpe - Moondust For My Diamond (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"No Such Thing", "Metafeeling", "Supersensual"

9. Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Movement 1", "Movement 6", "Movement 9"

8. Modern Nature - Island of Noise (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Performance","Spell","Dunes"

7. Piroshka - Love Drips and Gathers (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Hastings 1973", "The Knife -Thrower's Daughter", "Loveable"

6. Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Hurt", "Caroline" "Eugene"

5. Liars - The Apple Drop (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Big Appetite", "From That Never Was", "Acid Crop" 

4. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage (buy from Amazon.co.uk)

"Hand Of God", "Carnage", "Shattered Ground"

3. Daniel Knox - Won't You Take Me With You (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Vinegar Hill", "Fool In The Heart", "Look At Me"

2. Low - Hey What (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"I Can Wait", "Hey", "Don't Walk Away"

1. Jane Weaver - Flock (buy from Amazon.co.uk | Bandcamp)

"Heartlow", "Modern Reputation", "Flock", "Solarised"

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Best of 2020

Τραγούδια της χρονιάς

30. Róisín Murphy - "Something More"

29. Working Men's Club - "Valleys"

28. Rufus Wainwright - "Only the People That Love"

27. EOB - "Brasil"

26. Bebel Gilberto - "Bolero"

25. Nosaj Thing deat. Park Hye Jin - "Clouds"

24. Phoebe Bridgers - "Savior Complex"

23. Planningtorock - "Jam Fam"

22. Jordan Rakei - "Mind's Eye" 

21. Run the Jewels - "Never Look Back"

20. Laura Marling - "Strange Girl"

19. Katy J Pearson - "Take Back the Radio"

18. Agnes Obel - "Broken Sleep"

17. SAULT - "Wildfires"

16. Silverbacks - "Up the Nurses"

15. Pottery - "Reflection"

14. Pozi - "The Nightmare" 

13. Burial/ Four Tet/ Thom Yorke -  "Her Revolution"/ "His Rope"

12. Katie Gately - "Flow"

11. Wilma Archer feat. Sudan Archives - "Cheater" 

10. HAIM - "Summer Girl"

09. Orlando Weeks - "Milk Breath"

08. Billy Nomates feat. Jason Williamson - "Supermarket Sweep"

07. Tim Heidecker feat. Weyes Blood - "Oh How We Drift Away"

06. Muzz - "Summer Love"

05. Fontaines DC - "Televised Mind"

04. Grimes - "So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth" 

03. Alex Maas - "What Would I Tell Your Mother"

02. Jehnny Beth - "French Countryside"  

01. I Break Horses - "The Prophet"

 

Άλμπουμ της Χρονιάς

Honorable mentions:

Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club

Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd

Douglas Dare - Milkteeth

MJ Guider - Sour Cherry Bell

Rustin Man - Clockdust

The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning

Moses Sumney - Grae 

Thundercat - It Is What It Is

25. Deradoorian - Find The Sun

"Monks Robes", "It Was Me"

24. Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open

"Hollywood", "Life Worth Missing"

23. Alex Maas - Luca

"Slip Into", "What Would I Tell Your Mother"

22. Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink

"Club Cougar", "Buckfast"

21. Flaming Lips - American Head

"Flowers of Neptune 6", "Mother I've Taken LSD"

20. Throwing Muses - Sun Racket

"Bo Diddley Bridge" "Upstairs Dan"

19. Katy J. Pearson - Return

"Take Back the Radio", "On the Road"

18. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension

"Die Happy", "Landslide"

17. I Break Horses - Warnings  

"The Prophet", "Death Engine"

16. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans

"School", "Teenage Birdsong"

15. Nana Adjoa - Big Dreaming Ants

"Throw Stones", "No Room"

14. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

"So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth", "Violence"

13. Billy Nomates - Billy Nomates

"Supermarket Sweep", "Fat White Man"

12. Fleet Foxes - Shore

"Jara", 'Maestranza"

11. Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs of Sorrow

"Wouldn't Want to Say", "Internal Hourglass Discussion"

10. Silverbacks - Fad

"Drink It Down", "Up the Nurses"

09. Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

"I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep", "Social Lacerations"

08. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

"Jason", "Leave"

07. Loma - Don't Shy Away

"Half Silences", "Don't Shy Away"

06. BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff

"Ghosthunting", " I Wanna be in the Mafia"

05. Orlando Weeks - A Quickening

"Milk Breath", "Moon's Opera", "Blood Sugar"

04. Jehnny Beth - To Love Is To Live

"I Am", 'Heroine" "French Countryside"

03. Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death

"Televised Mind", "You Said", "Sunny"

02. Owen Pallett - Island

"Transformer", Fire- Mare", "In Darkness"

01. This is The Kit - Off Off On

"Started Again", "No Such Thing", "Shinbone Soap"

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