Half Time - AOTYs so far....

[Quark]

Always tricky, but a useful halfway check and reminder. No particular order and not exhaustive, but high points so far:

Goat Girl
Still Corners
Claud
Mogwai
Maximo Park
Gentlemans Dub Club
Fightmilk
Morcheeba
Gary Numan
Penfriend
James
Wolf Alice
Greentea Peng
Japanese Breakfast

Edited June 22, 2021 by Quark

[MrHew]

Finally listening to the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album. Fuck me, it's breathtaking!

[TKOCF]

1) Black Country, New Road - For the first time

 

2) Godspeed you! black Emperor - God’s Pee at State’s End

 

3) Slowthai - TYRON

[Mattymooz]

Bit late as I was on holiday last week but this is what my current topster is looking like

[SheffJeff]

6 Musics 21 albums of 21 so far... a few on here I've not listened to yet or not given enough of a chance so that's this afternoons playlist sorted:

https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/newmusicfix2021/

 

1. Arlo Parks - ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’
2. Bicep - 'Isles'
3. Billie Marten - ‘Flora Fauna’ 
4. Black Country, New Road - ‘For The First Time’
5. The Coral - 'Coral Island'
6. Dry Cleaning - ‘New Long Leg’
7. Greentea Peng - ‘Man Made’
8. Jane Weaver - ‘Flock’
9. John Grant - ‘Boy from Michigan’
10. LoneLady - ‘Former Things’
11. Madlib - ‘Sound Ancestors’
12. Mogwai - ‘As The Love Continues’
13. Mykki Blanco - ‘Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep’
14. Rostam - 'Changephobia'
15. serpentwithfeet - 'DEACON'
16. shame - ‘Drunk Tank Pink’
17. Sleater-Kinney - ‘Path of Wellness’
18. Sons of Kemet - ‘Black to the Future’
19. Squid - ‘Bright Green Field’
20. The Staves - ‘Good Woman’
21. St. Vincent - ‘Daddy's Home’

  

[Avalon_Fields]

Definitely enjoying this year's albums by:

Black Country, New Roads

The Coral

Billy F Gibbons

Valerie June

Kings of Leon

Gary Numan

Black Keys

Squid

Steve Earle

Probably elicit ridicule, but the KoL album is my favourite. Most memorable gig so far (OK limited choice!) was BC,NR, apart from an intro before they started I'm sure they are the only band I've ever seen who spoke not one word to the audience.

Disappointed with previous 'album of the year' choices, Nick Cave & Lana Del Rey.

Much fun to be had in depth re-listening to full careers of King Crimson, Tina Turner, Blur, Super Furry Animals, Prince, Al Stewart, Gillian Welch, Gentle Giant etc

[priest17]

21 hours ago, SheffJeff said:

6 Musics 21 albums of 21 so far... a few on here I've not listened to yet or not given enough of a chance so that's this afternoons playlist sorted:

https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/newmusicfix2021/

 

1. Arlo Parks - ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’
2. Bicep - 'Isles'
3. Billie Marten - ‘Flora Fauna’ 
4. Black Country, New Road - ‘For The First Time’
5. The Coral - 'Coral Island'
6. Dry Cleaning - ‘New Long Leg’
7. Greentea Peng - ‘Man Made’
8. Jane Weaver - ‘Flock’
9. John Grant - ‘Boy from Michigan’
10. LoneLady - ‘Former Things’
11. Madlib - ‘Sound Ancestors’
12. Mogwai - ‘As The Love Continues’
13. Mykki Blanco - ‘Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep’
14. Rostam - 'Changephobia'
15. serpentwithfeet - 'DEACON'
16. shame - ‘Drunk Tank Pink’
17. Sleater-Kinney - ‘Path of Wellness’
18. Sons of Kemet - ‘Black to the Future’
19. Squid - ‘Bright Green Field’
20. The Staves - ‘Good Woman’
21. St. Vincent - ‘Daddy's Home’

  

What are the odds that their ranked albums are in alphabetical order

[SheffJeff]

30 minutes ago, priest17 said:

What are the odds that their ranked albums are in alphabetical order

Hadn't noticed that and was gonna call it lazy journalism but when I looked at the artical again it does actually say 'listed from A-Z'.... should have noted that in my original post.

[Superscally]

Carnage. Best by a full furlong.

[Punksnotdead]

Top 5 probably:

Fightmilk 

Hold Steady 

James 

Arab Strap 

Black Country New Road 

Unlike some on here, I don't think it's been a great year for albums so far, certainly not compared to last year. But those 5 will almost certainly be in my top ten AOTY.