Top 5 Charts
1.) Bicep – Isles
A mixture of classic techno and house with influences spanning the whole world, Isles has everything people love about electronic music.
2.) Menahan Street Band – The Exciting Sound of Menahan Street Band
I think the title speaks for itself in this one–Menahan Street Band is upbeat, groovy, and, most of all, exciting.
3.) Visionist – A Call to Arms
Simultaneously a horrific utopia and a gorgeous wasteland, A Call to Arms is a self-portrait that leaves out no details, good or bad.
4.) Black Country, New Road – For the first time
Turning a lot of heads in the alt-rock community, Black Country, New Road provides a fantastic collection of songs that feel both classic and completely new.
5.) Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth
Genesis Owusu is charming, eccentric, and a great musician all around–listen to Smiling With No Teeth to find out why.
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bicep | Isles | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | Menahan Street Band | The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
| 3 | Visionist | A Call To Arms | Mute |
| 4 | Black Country, New Road | For the first time | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling With No Teeth | House Anxiety/Ourness |
| 6 | Khruangbin | Late Night Tales | Night Time Stories |
| 7 | The Avalanches | We Will Always Love You | Astralwerks |
| 8 | Puma Blue | In Praise Of Shadows | Blue Flowers/PIAS |
| 9 | Pink Siifu And Fly Anakin | FlySiifu's | Lex |
| 10 | JIMMY EDGAR | CHEETAH BEND | Innovative Leisure |
| 11 | Das Mortal | Miami Beach Witches | Lisbon Lux |
| 12 | Cal Fish | Plastic Flag | Fire Talk |
| 13 | Immaterial Possession | Immaterial Possession | Cloud |
| 14 | Femi Kuti | Stop The Hate | Partisan |
| 15 | Ola Sweet | Carnation | Younger Dryas |
| 16 | Adrian Younge | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
| 17 | Bodies Of Water | Is This What It's Like | Thousand Tongues |
| 18 | Cassandra Jenkins | An Overview On Phenomenal Nature | Ba Da Bing |
| 19 | Badlands | Djinn | Self-Released |
| 20 | Kyle Edward Connolly | On Arrival | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| 21 | Django Django | Glowing In The Dark | Because |
| 22 | Sloping | Completed Songs | Sound As Language |
| 23 | Cloud Nothings | The Shadow I Remember | Carpark |
| 24 | Made Kuti | For(e)ward | Partisan |
| 25 | Katy Kirby | Cool Dry Place | Keeled Scales |
| 26 | Lanks | SPIRITS PT. 2 | Self-Released |
| 27 | Wilson's Prom | Wilson's Prom [EP] | Self-Released |
| 28 | Weather Station, The | Ignorance | Fat Possum |
| 29 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 30 | Har Mar Superstar | Roseville | Self-Released |
Top 3 Adds
1.) Doohickey Cubicle – Don’t Fix Anything 😉
Recommended if you like: Crumb, Mild High Club, HOMESHAKE
2.) yehno – Tomorrow We’ll Be Here
Recommended if you like: Daniel Avery, Apparat, Skee Mask
3.) Louisahhh – The Practice of Freedom
Recommended if you like: Chicks on Speed, Ladytron, Zamilska
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doohickey Cubicle | Don't Fix Anything 😉 | Self-Released |
| 2 | yehno | Tomorrow We'll Be Here [EP] | Disques Durs |
| 3 | Louisahhh | The Practice Of Freedom | He.She.They |
| 4 | Allie Crow Buckley | Moonlit And Devious | Self-Released |
| 5 | Linda Smith | Till Another Time: 1988-1996 | Captured Tracks |
| 6 | Vallens | In Era | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| 7 | Bernice | Eau De Bonjourno | Telephone Explosion |
| 8 | Landlady | Landlady | Landladyland |
| 9 | Corvair | CORVAIR | Paper Walls |
| 10 | Born Ruffians | Pulp [EP] | Yep Roc |