Last year I did podcasts so this year I’ll do music.
Singer/Songwriter/Indy
Purple Mountain - Purple Mountain - Reminds me of ‘I love you, honeybear’ as album with superb songwriting and pacing.
Craig Finn - I Need a War - Get beyond the voice sounding like Springsteen and it’s brilliant work.
Jenny Lewis - On the Line - Catchy Singer/Songwriter grew on me like last year’s Kacey Musgrave.
Eerie Wanda - Pet Town - Nice soft tunes, bring some bubblegum.
Electro
Crazy P - Age of the Ego - near perfect neo-Disco.
Xeno & Oaklander - Hypnos - New-new wave? DM fans should circle.
High Tides - Paradise Daze - Could be for Washed Out fans who don’t want singing.
Move D - Building Bridges (DJ Mix) - Background beats.
Leif - Loom Dream - electronic soundscape
Lindstrom - On a Clear Day I Can See You Forever - Only 4 songs, but impactful and unpredictable
Teebs - Anicca - Nice sounding and consistent.
Country / Folk / Blues
Tyler Childer - Country Squire - West Kentucky country, awesome voice
Cody Jinks - The Waiting - Still slinging that outlaw stuff
Jon Pardi - Heartache Medication - Me & Jack best song of the year?
Caroline Spence - Mint Condition - Incredible voice, excellent production quality
Ellen Jewell - Gypsy - Swampy
William Tyler - Goes West - Nice instrumental acoustic
Metal
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rat’s Nest. - Year’s goto metal album from an aussie band that isn’t really a metal band.
Russian Circle - Blood Years - Engaging Instrumental
Sleep Terror - Abreaction - Surf + Metal + Prog and only 23 mins long