What are the albums you come back to time and time again? The ones you listen to not because they’re classics (although they may well be) but for comfort, for that long car ride, for that specific memory, or because they move you in some profound way? I got thinking […]
#25: Natalie Prass, The Future and the Past The Future and the Past starts off with “Oh My,” a slinky slice of ‘70s dance pop. “Short Court Style” and “Sisters” […]
#50: Gulfer, Dog Bless Canadian indie rock group that plays in odd time signatures, which often change (sometimes multiply) within the same track. Tempos shift, the music starts and stops […]
#75: Preoccupations, New Material Goth electronica, like an angrier, less dance-friendly New Order with pounding percussion. “Decompose” is driven by an urgent triplet bass figure and augmented by a downward […]
#100: Kyle Craft, Full Circle Nightmare If Kyle Craft’s voice and music doesn’t give it away, his hairdo (see the album cover) will: ’70s glam rock. You’ll hear lots of […]
This year I decided to list some honorable mentions to cover albums that didn’t fit into my top 100 but which are worthy of mentioning. Some of these are a tad tongue in cheek! Best Instrumentals Given the importance I place on melody and lyrics, I’ve always struggled with how to […]
I am, as I write this, finishing my top 100 albums for 2018. It was a record year for me as I listened to 324 new albums! It remains to be determined which of these will make the final cut, but just to tease my top 100, here is the complete […]
#25: Bjork, Utopia More ethereal fairy music from the Icelandic pixie. (And I don’t use “fairy” lightly: just listen to the title track and tell me the flutes and strings don’t […]
#50: King Krule, The OOZ To understand this album, just imagine stoned jazz. Very stoned jazz, with a lower-class English accent. You can see him holding a mic and not […]
Granddaddy, Last Place Jessica Lea Mayfield, Sorry Is Gone Diet Cig, Swear I’m Good at This Austra, Future Politics Slowdive, self-titled White Reaper, The World’s Best American Band Pile, A […]