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Here's my personal list so far but have a lot more to get through:

 

Antemasque - S/T
Ty Segall - Manipulator
Run the Jewels 2
PANGEA - Badillac
Real Estate - Atlas
Marissa Nadler - July
La Sera - Hour of the Dawn
IamSu - Sincerely Yours
Milo - a toothpaste suburb
Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 3
Spoon - They Want my Soul
Blues Pills - S/T
The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia
Aphex Twin - Syro
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
Ryan Adams - S/T
St. paul and The Broken Bones - Half the City
New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
The Antlers - Familiars
FKA Twigs - LP1
St Vincent - S/T
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Evil Arrows - EPs 1-4
Nick Mulvey - First Mind
Death From Above 1979 - Physical World
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
Beck - Morning Phase
Thee Oh Sees - The Drop
La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
Reigning Sound - Shattered
Sloan - Commonwealth
Kelis - Food
New Electric Ride - Balloon Age
Ava Luna - Electric Balloon
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I find that's the the mid-point of these threads. What they always turn into is people moaning that they haven't heard of most of the bands mentioned. As if that's the fault of the people who have.

 

They aren't made up. The whole point of "Best of" lists is to share. Youtube them. You might like them.

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Make it 51

 

Decemberists album has leaked

 

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Hope it's good. I've been disapointed pretty much accross the board with all of the new stuff from my favourite bands this year. TV On The Radio's new one is better than their last but still a bit off the two before that. New Porno's is canny but not up to their best. Liars, Beck and Tune Yards are about the only ones who I've really thought ws up with their better stuff.
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These threads always turn into people namedropping the most obscure pile of complete shite they can think of. It doesn't make you more interesting

 

Most of them have been reviewed by the Guardian and The Sunday Times :lol:

 

Nothing obscure about our quality broadsheets.

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I find that's the the mid-point of these threads. What they always turn into is people moaning that they haven't heard of most of the bands mentioned. As if that's the fault of the people who have.

 

They aren't made up. The whole point of "Best of" lists is to share. Youtube them. You might like them.

 

It's a 'best album' thread, meaning pick one. Not reel off 30 unheard of bands. People are that desperate that they haven't even stuck to the thread. I bet nowt named in here wins a best album award anywhere as well. Wonder why.

 

Almost as pretentious as the Whiskey thread.

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Some of them already have won album of the year awards. Just about all of them feature in the tip 50s at the nme, guardian, moji, uncut etc

 

Its not pretentious anymore than saying film if the year might be something like Mr Turner rather than Transformers 4,

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Here's my personal list so far but have a lot more to get through:

 

Antemasque - S/T

Ty Segall - Manipulator

Run the Jewels 2

PANGEA - Badillac

Real Estate - Atlas

Marissa Nadler - July

La Sera - Hour of the Dawn

IamSu - Sincerely Yours

Milo - a toothpaste suburb

Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 3

Spoon - They Want my Soul

Blues Pills - S/T

The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia

Aphex Twin - Syro

Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End

Ryan Adams - S/T

St. paul and The Broken Bones - Half the City

New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

The Antlers - Familiars

FKA Twigs - LP1

St Vincent - S/T

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

Evil Arrows - EPs 1-4

Nick Mulvey - First Mind

Death From Above 1979 - Physical World

Lykke Li - I Never Learn

Beck - Morning Phase

Thee Oh Sees - The Drop

La Roux - Trouble in Paradise

Reigning Sound - Shattered

Sloan - Commonwealth

Kelis - Food

New Electric Ride - Balloon Age

Ava Luna - Electric Balloon

Be a pal, put a Spotify playlist together?

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It's a 'best album' thread, meaning pick one. Not reel off 30 unheard of bands. People are that desperate that they haven't even stuck to the thread. I bet nowt named in here wins a best album award anywhere as well. Wonder why.

 

Almost as pretentious as the Whiskey thread.

 

Oh dear tbh.

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War on Drugs

Sun Kil Moon

Run the Jewels 2

Aphex Twin

Real Estate

 

I think Benji is a thing of beauty and will top a lot of lists. It's an absorbing listen and manages to make melancholy uplifting.

 

The War on Drugs is not everyone's cup of tea apparently but I love it. Think that will be there or thereabouts on most lists too.

 

Not kept up with a lot of releases in the second half of the year but RTJ 2 and Aphex Twin have managed to listen to a lot. Both great examples of their genres.

 

Overall, listened to a lot of good tracks off average albums this year. Great albums are a rarity nowadays as artists just don't make the effort anymore. A lot of electronic artists make very good albums but they just don't have wide appeal. The new Andy Stott, Leon Vynehall, Francis Harris etc are great listens but only if you like that sort of thing. The 5 albums listed above however, for me should appeal to a broad audience and deserve it.

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I've made a playlist with those albums minus the War or Drugs cos I've already approved that recommendation earlier in the year.

 

Probably worth me mentioning that you're on a yellow card for Lone - Reality Testing. Picked it at random from your earlier list and nearly tore my ears off to make it stop.

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That Lone album was approved by the 'Toontastic electronica committee' :razz: but like most stuff in that genre, it might not be to everyone's taste.

 

Depends on what you are looking for. Electronic music that evokes dark nights chewing my own face off in the corner of a dancefloor floats my boat. Not that the Lone album does that particularly. Aphex Twin does at times.

 

The Sun Kil Moon album only really makes sense when you listen to it all. Its a proper album.

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