There were a lot of records I didn't get the chance to listen to or listen to enough. No order.

Def faves

Lea Bertucci - Metal Aether
Tierra Whack - Whack World
Low - Double Negative
Felicia Atkinson & Jefre-Cantu Ledesma - Limpid as the Solitudes
Jan Jelinek - Zwischen
Simple Affections - Simple Affections
Kali Malone - Cast of Mind
Matchess - Sacracorpa
Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and friends - FRKWYS Vol 14 - Nue
Doja Cat - Amala
Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef
Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
Silvia Kastel - Air Lows

Also supra good

Alvin Lucier - Criss-Cross/Hanover
Stine Janvin - Fake Synthetic Music
Bardo Pond - Vol 8
Klara Lewis and Simon Fisher Turner - Care
Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita
Dead Can Dance - Dionysus
NPVR - 33 33
Sarah Davachi - Gave in Rest

And a whole lot more!

Favourite albums this year:

Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace
Speedy Ortiz - Twerp Verse
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
The Breeders - All Nerve
Mary Halvorson - Code Girl

Favorite albums this year as of right now:

DJ Koze - “Knock Knock”
Kids See Ghosts - s/t
JPEGMafia - “Veteran”
Young Fathers - “Cocoa Sugar”

Some fave songs this year:

“This is America” by Childish Gambino
“Ghost Town” by Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi, 070 Shake, John Legend
“Venice Bitch” by Lana Del Rey(shuttupitsgood!)
“I Heard” by DJDS

Blah. Not a formal or proper anything.

1. Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
2. Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place
3. Slow Crush - Aurora
4. Sumac - Love in Shadow
5. Bosse-de-Nage - Further Still

I'm just going to say that's my definitive top 5 and avoid the headache.

Only heard of #2.


My album of the year is Daydream Nation. Yay.