Definitely a great release of this year (awesome cover art too)


Cruise Family - We're in Heaven

actress - rip
addison groove - transistor rhythm
araabmuzik - instrumental university
asc & sam kdc - decayed society
benjamin damage & doc daneeka - they!live
burial - street halo / kindred
dean blunt & inga copeland - black is beautiful
funkystepz - royal rumble
goth trad - new epoch
the host - the host
icicle - rinse: 19
kasra - fabriclive 62
kwjaz - kwjaz (reissue)
lhf - keepers of the light
mark radford - rinse: 18
maya jane coles - dj kicks
mouse on mars - parastrophics
pinch - fabriclive 61
shackleton - music for the quiet hour / the drawbar organ eps
subwave - subwave
traxman - da mind of traxman
v/a - brainmaths
v/a - ramp 50

deserves all the praise it gets.

Definitely.

I love the new El-P. Hip Hop is basically all I've listened to this year. Oh, and does anyone else love the new Black Dice? Like, basically think its the best thing they have ever done?

guess i'll have to check that black dice out once more. i loved the past two ones (they were the best thing they've done imo) but i thought this one sounded like they were trying way too hard. will give it another chance

sounds like a normal year for myself. :p

The Men- Open Your Heart


At first I wasn't so impressed. Yeah, yeah, boys playing rock music. Then after I heard it the songs lingered in my head, and really made an impression! These are very well put together tunes. But hey, The Men, and Women, and the rest: yr bnd nms sck. ;)

Alexander Tucker - Third Mouth



best thing i've heard in a long time

What is this? Fucking artwork is amazing.

quarantine by laurel halo, released on hyperdub (kode9's album). hypnagogic ambient tracks with raw vocals - unique piece of art!

oh shit, i am listening to andromeon on youtube now. seriously amazing, am going to buy this album i think. thanks for the recommendation.

GUCCI BACK, GUCCI BACK!
this is sick. Gucci at the top of his game, with the flow & trap beat selection.
his best project in years, probably THE mixtape of the year so far, most def better than Rich Forever etc.
BURRRR! :p

Brilliant!

the trailer for Nas' new album has raised my expectations to the roof. seems like it's gonna be really dark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBT436mOO5k

really? it reminds me of six organs of admittance, six organs being much better and darker.

new Fiona Apple is album of the year you can all go home

i believe you.

Olympia band Broken Water new release the Tempest is a solid record. It's a bit noisey with some shoegazing guitar thrown in for good measure.

The vocalist sounds like Thurston Jr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4G-nsO17w

Their eps are also worth checking out especially the one from last year which is awesome.