I’ve been watching a lot of movies over the last week to try and whittle down the pile of movies I’ve bought since Black Friday, and I couldn’t really settle on which one to write about, so I decided to list instead my top albums of the year (and the labels they were released on). Let it be known that I do not spend all my time consuming film. Top 5 are the ones I’ve probably listened to the most.
- Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains (Drag City)
- !!! – Wallop (Warp)
- The Cinematic Orchestra – To Believe (Ninja Tune)
- Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars (Columbia)
- Hump Back – 人間なのさ(VAP)
- Sekitori Hana – 逆上がりの向こうがわ (Universal)
- Wy – Softie (Hybris)
- Sunn O))) – Life Metal (Southern Lord)
- Sunn O))) – Pyroclasts (Southern Lord)
- Flying Lotus – Flamagra (Warp)
- La Bien Querida – Brujería (Elefant)
- Plaid – Polymer (Warp)
- Aldous Harding – Designer (Flying Nun/4AD)
- Hot Chip – A Bath Full of Ecstasy (Domino)
- Generationals – Reader As Detective (Polyvinyl)
- Danny Brown – uknowhatimsayin¿ (Warp)
- Oh Chill – Oh, Two Animals (Mirrorball)
- Battles – Juice B Crypts (Warp)
- Turnover – Altogether (Run For Cover)
- Friends – HEARTS GIRL (Sony)
- Denis Sulta – Aye Spoake Te Sumwuhn & They Listenhd (Ninja Tune)
- Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas (Metal Blade)
- Floating Points – Crush (Ninja Tune)
- I Don’t Like Mondays. – FUTURE (rhythm zone/Avex Trax)
- Bibio – Ribbons (Warp)
- Shibata Satoko – がんばれ!メロディー (P-Vine)
- Tempalay – 21世紀より愛をこめて (Space Shower)
- Aimyon – 瞬間的シックスセンス (Warner Music Japan)
- AAAMYYY – BODY (Space Shower)
- Ex Hex – It’s Real (Merge)
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