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It's about the right time of year for one of these threads. Floating the good ship Slugger this year has been ...
Sam Amidon. Lily-O
Withered Hand New Gods
We are Catchers. We are Catchers
Sun Kil Moon. Benji
Lucinda Williams Down where the Spirit meets the Bone
Vikesh Kapoor The Ballad of Willy Robbins
The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream
Ought More than any other day
The Barr Brothers Sleeping Operator
Will Varley As the Crow Flies
Courtney Barnett A Sea of Split Peas
Off the top of my head....
Off the top of my head....
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
James Yorkston - CRAWS
AWVFTS - Atomos
Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
From the List Man , my top 30
From the List Man , my top 30 of 2014 - which I'll bore my facebook friends with from now until Christmas.
This thread always costs me a
This thread always costs me a fortune! A lot of my favourite albums of 2014 were 2013 releases discovered through this thread last year, or from pre-GM research. I've already seen a few that have passed me by in the posts above.
Anyway, I thought I'd list five or six from 2014 and then found I'd got to 20 with little effort. I'm sure I'll have a missed a couple as well, so not too shabby a year overall.
Samantha Crain - Kid Face
Gin - Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures
Damien Jurado - Brothers & Sisters of the Eternal Son
Bonnie Prince Billy - Singer's Grave ...
Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
U2 - Songs Of Innocence
James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recoding & Wassailing Society
Sinead O’Connor - I’m Not Bossy, I'm The Boss
John Grant with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Live in Concert
Fat White Family - Champagne Holocaust
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rhythm
Wildest Dreams (DJ Harvey) - Wildest Dreams
Gruff Rhys - American Interior
Robert Plant - Lullaby & The Ceaseless Roar
The Wave Pictures - Artistic Vice
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars
Julian Casablancas - Tyranny
A lot of agreement here and a
A lot of agreement here and a few more for me to try, but here are mine:
Beck Morning Phase
Steve Gunn Way Out Weather
Hiss Golden Messenger Lateness of Dancers
Mac De Marco Salad Days
Future Islands Singles
Goat Commune
Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire For No Witness
King Creosote From scotland with Love
Teleman Breakfast
East india Youth Total Strife Forever
Grouper Ruins
Real Estate Atlas
Asgeir In the Silence
Mutual Benefit Loves Crushing Diamond
Sun kil Moon Benji
Samaris Silkidrangar
Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes
Caibou Our love
First aid kit Stay Gold
AWVFTS Atomos
Wildbirds & Peacedrums Rhythm
Jane Weaver The Silver globe
Colorama's new(ish) one.
Colorama's new(ish) one.
Peridot, can you get in touch re Pretty Viscious? Phone no via daughters?
I think they've done that. I
I think they've done that. I've also sent you a DM via Twitter.
OK here are mine:
OK here are mine:
Family - The Thompson Family
The Delines - Colfax
Brightly Painted Ones - Tiny Ruins
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack
Greta Isaac - ep
Tuneyards - Nikki Nak
She & Him - Classics
Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs
Fair Warning - The Rails
My Favourite Faded Fantasy - Damien Rice
Here's my list:-
Jane Weaver, Syd Arthur, The Soundcarriers, Damon Albarn, Temples, Goat, Colorama, Real Estate, Woods, Quilt, Allah Las, Seahawks, Thee Oh Sees, The Wicked Whispers...actually it's an uncannily similar list to my wish-list for G.M. '15.
You can fill-in the album titles yourselves...