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 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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