Time to take stock. What is your year in music looking like so far?
Paul Coughlan kindly made Spotify playlists for both. Thanks Paul!
- Grimes – Visions (4AD)
- Chromatics – Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
- Kindness – World, You Need A Change Of Mind (Polydor)
- El-P – Cancer For Cure (Fat Possum)
- Chairlift – Something (Young Turks)
- Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters (Elestial Sound)
- Blondes – Blondes (RVNG Intl.)
- THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE (Sub Pop)
- John Talabot – Fin (Permanent Vacation)
- Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe (XL)
- Death Grips – The Money Store (Epic)
- Alt J – An Awesome Wave (Infectious)
- Actress – R.I.P. (Honest Jon’s)
- The Cast Of Cheers – Family (Schoolboy Error)
- Niki And The Dove – Instinct (Mercury)
- Tanlines – Mixed Emotions (True Panther)
- Clock Opera – Ways To Forget (Island)
- Frànçois And The Atlas Mountains – E Volo Love (Domino)
- Clark – Iradelphic (Warp)
- Julia Holter – Ekstasis (RVNG Intl.)
- Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Expulsion (Mute)
- Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum)
- Django Django – Django Django (Because)
- Mossy Nolan – Mossy Nolan
- Keaton Henson – Dear… (Oak Ten Records)
Top Irish albums of 2012 so far
It’s actually been a great half-year for EPs from Irish acts so far this year. For now, here are my top 12 Irish albums…
- The Cast Of Cheers – Family
- Mossy Nolan – Mossy Nolan
- Funeral Suits – Lily Of The Valley
- Logikparty – Oh Cult!
- Last Days Of 1984 – Wake Up To The Waves
- Grand Pocket Orchestra – Ronald & Sylma
- The Gandhis – After Autumn
- No Monster Club – Dublin
- Ghost Estates – Ghost Estates
- Katie Kim – Cover & Flood
- Seamus Fogarty – God Damn You Mountain
- The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock – The Brutal Here & Now
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Chromatics and Actress…….yes.
Djanjo Django and Cast of Cheers…….. no.
No Liars? WIXIW is an awesome album.
Liars make me go meh.
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No Screaming Females?
Nah
Probably not a popular opinion but I’m surprised the Django record isn’t higher.
fucking love it. Gets a thumbs down from a lot of my mates.
Too immediate? Too light?
Why ask your head when it’s your hips that are swinging? you know?
I seriously can’t get enough of that Death Grips record.
I need to give the El-P more spins.
Thanks for this list.
–Sean
No problem. It’s a half-year list. Handy for me to do too. I like the Django record a lot. Sure, we’ll see at the end of the year where it is!
I love comments on these posts. “No insert someone else’s favourite album here.” I hope people get something out of it and vice versa for me too.
That Frank Ocean record will be making an impact in the next iteration of this list, I have to think.
Any love for I:Cube?