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OK, it's time for the annual list of your best music for 2018.

 

Albums of the Year:

 

Genre Albums of the Year:

 

Discovery of the Year (Something that you first heard this year but that wasn't released this year):

 

Track of the Year (song or tune):

 

Live performance of the Year:

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Albums of the Year:

Wooden Shjips - V

Vive La Void - Vive La Void

Gabriella Cohen - Pink is the Colour of unconditional Love

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Glitoris - The Policy

 

Genre Albums of the Year:

Cypress Hill - Elephants On Acid

 

Discovery of the Year (Something that you first heard this year but that wasn't released this year):

The Teskey Brothers - Half Mile Harvest

Astronomy Class - Mekong Delta Sunrise

 

Track of the Year (song or tune):

Glitoris - The Policy

 

Live performance of the Year:

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Albums of the Year:

A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant

A.A.L (Against All Logic) - 2012 - 2017

Antimatter - Black Market Enlightenment

Auri - Auri

God Is an Astronaut - Epitaph

Ghost - Prequelle

Haken - Vector

Jon Hopkins - Singularity

Judas Priest - Firepower

MaYaN - Dhyana

Riverside - Wasteland

The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution

Windhand - Eternal Return

 

 

Discovery of the Year (Something that you first heard this year but that wasn't released this year):

Ghost's entire back catalogue due to their latest album release Prequelle.

 

Live performance of the Year:

Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live

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Albums of the Year:

A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant

Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile

Luke Howard - Open Heart Story

Globular - Entangled Everything

TesseracT - Sonder

Buddy Guy - The Blues is Alive and Well

 

Discovery of the Year (Something that you first heard this year but that wasn't released this year):

TesseracT 

Laura Mvula 

 

Track of the Year

not sure if it's track of the year but Disillusioned from "Eat the Elephant" is on high rotation at the moment
 

 

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My best of 2018 roughly in descending order:

 

Popular 

 

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy

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A hip-hop flavoured gem from a lady with as much attitude as PJ Harvey and creative sauce as Sly Stone. Exceptionally well-integrated songs that make you want to listen again and again...

 

Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance

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An old-school rock band with something to say: Bristol-based Idles easily qualify, in a genre that had its heyday 30 years ago. Joy as an Act of Resistance is an original slice of neo-punk served up with conviction. 

 

Pusha T - Daytona

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A terrific hip-hop record by an artist with a purposeful style, aided by the harmonic backdrop of the album's producer, Kanye West. His lean sculpting and a short run-time gives Daytona a thrifty wholeness. 

 

A.A.L (Against All Logic) - 2012–2017

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Chilean-American producer Nicolas Jaar presents a funky sample-fest that maintains its quality throughout, in a throwback to '90s house music.  

 

SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 

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Debut album by a Scottish artist with a trully original vision in the electronic sphere. Sophie Xeon's soaring vocals are interwoven with impelling beats, creative textures and catchy motifs, and the album is perfectly judged in length.

 

Jazz 

 

Maisha - There Is A Place

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London sextet fluent in the idiom of '70s jazz (Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Sun Ra, Tony Williams, Osibisa, Alice Coltrane et al). Comparisons out of the way—Maisha are their own men, and their debut record abounds with musicality.

 

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album 

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A newly unearthed 1963 recording from the Van Gelder vault featuring a studio version of 'Impressions' and several other gems. Coltrane is in relatively subdued form so Both Directions is not up there with his quartet's monumental statements, but it is still essential. McCoy Tyner certainly shines. Talk about an unexpected treat for jazz lovers!

 

Classical

 

Schubert: Symphony in C major "The Great" - Holliger, Kammerorchester Basel

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A new Schubert cycle from Heinz Holliger and his Basel chamber orchestra—who sound anything but lightweight; the dynamic balance between strings, woodwinds and brass is a delight. This textural clarity aids an interpretation that stays within the bounds of early Romanticism, and the masterful structure of Schubert's last symphony is all the more apparent.

 

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 - Chamayou, Orchestre National de France

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French pianist Bertrand Chamayou plays these concertos with refined virtuosity and animation, his crystal-clear legato breathtaking at times. Complemented by well-engineered sound, this recording is sublime.

 

Messiaen: Catalogue d’Oiseaux - Pierre-Laurent Aimard

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I saw Aimard at the Sydney Recital Centre two years ago playing Messiaen's Vingt Regards, and it was the experience of a lifetime, such is the power of the composition and Aimard's immersion in it. In his interpretation of Catalogue d’Oiseaux (Catalogue of birds) the pianist brings to life Messiaen's imagery and colour in a feast of dexterity. 

 

 

 

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  On 27/11/2018 at 10:57 PM, was_a said:

Female artists and electronica and hip-hop highlight my list of favourites this year. Roughly in descending order:

 

Popular 

 

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy

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Immaculate and inspired hip-hop from a lady with as much attitude as PJ Harvey and creative sauce as Sly Stone...A great listen no matter how many times you spin it.

 

Pusha T - Daytona

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Another terrific hip-hop record by an artist with a strong sense of style that's perfectly complemented by the harmonic backdrop of its producer, Kanye West. His careful editing and a relatively short running-time gives the album a perfect sense of flow. West flunked on everything else he did this year but helped make something special here. Daytona is also immune to repeated listening.

 

Marian Hill - Unusual

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Philadelphia electro-pop duo with a superb sophomore LP. This grew on me with every play, and I would hope it's towards the top of critics' lists this year.

 

Hookworms - Microshift

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English noise-rock band whose third album Microshift is less 'noise' and more 'coherence' this time out. This was the first album that grabbed me in 2018, helped by opening track 'Negative Space' which has some '80s new wave about it.

 

Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman 

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The fifth album from French-Canadian electronic producer Davidson is impossible to ignore. Depending on your gender, she grabs you by the t__s or b__s from the opening monologue, and it's a compelling piece of work from start to finish.

 

SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 

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In the same vein and equally compelling is this debut by Scotland's SOPHIE, a true artist with an original vision. Oil of Every Pearl... interweaves soaring vocals with impelling techno, creative electronic textures and some catchy hooks, yet it is concise in its diverseness and perfectly judged in length.

 

Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance

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Finally an old-school rock band with something to say musically. Not an easy achievement in a genre that had its heyday 30 years ago. Hailing from Bristol, Idles have created a slice of neo-punk that is almost necessary in its conviction. I love it. 

 

Hubert Lenoir - Darlene 

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Hugely enjoyable and deceptively purposeful album by another French-Canadian talent, Hubert Lenoir, who really deserves a higher profile outside the French-speaking world. Lenoir hops between styles with ease and has a great singing voice.

 

Uppermost - Perseverance {edited!} 

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Catchy Parisian electro with several standout singles, including 'Atoms'. Unfortunately the appealing vocal numbers alternate with sprawling, mundane instrumentals - surely an error of judgement by Uppermost (real name Behdad Nejatbakhshe). Which is why I've edited out most of them from my playlist:

 

(01. Perseverance; 02. The Brightest Light; 03. Slide; 04. Step by Step; 05. Atoms; 06. Better Days Ahead; 07. Where Your Heart Goes; 08. Healing; 09. Late Hours). 

 

A.A.L (Against All Logic) 

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Chilean-American producer Nicolas Jaar (aka A.A.L.) successfully recalls '90s house music in a lengthy album that somehow maintains its quality throughout. 

 

The Presets - Hi Viz

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A bombastic jaunt by Aussie duo The Presets. Ten years on from their massive Apocalypso album, this latest one is an unapologetic techno romp and should be appreciated that way. 

 

Das Body - Das Body (EP) 

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Four '80s-inspired synth-pop songs from Norway's Das Body. (Ultravox, anyone?). There's a bit of Euro hype around this foursome, and a full-length album from them would be intriguing.

 

Jazz 

 

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album 

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A newly unearthed 1963 recording from the Van Gelder studio, Both Directions features a studio version of 'Impressions' and several other gems. Not quite up there with the quartet's (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Coltrane) monumental artistic statements, it is nevertheless essential. Talk about an unexpected treat for jazz lovers!

 

Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles

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One of Barron's finest, and that's saying something considering the breadth of output from this 75-year-old pianist. Concentric Circles is engaging, original and as relevant a contemporary jazz album as anything going. Furthermore, Barron's technique has never been better.

 

Jeremy Pelt - Noir en rouge (Live in Paris) 

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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's close-knit quintet play their brand of neo-bop with intensity and freedom in this tasteful outing at the Sunside/Sunset club.

 

Classical

 

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 - Bertrand Chamayou, Orchestre National de France

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My standout classical recording of the year. Emerging French pianist Chamayou plays these concertos with refined virtuosity and animation, his delicate, crystal-clear legato breathtaking at times. Aided by well-engineered sound quality, this recording is sublime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I don’t know any of those records but an excellent review

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Albums of the Year:

TesseracT - Sonder

 

Discovery of the Year:

Dave Grusin The Gershwin Connection

 

Live performance of the Year:

1. Tesseract,

2. Queen

3. Jordan Rudess

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Album - A Perfect Circle:  Eat The Elephant.

 

Live performance - (is this recorded or in person?) I'm going with in person, so David Campbell.

 

Discovery - High Flying Birds:  Chasing Yesterday

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Live performance was Bob Dylan, particularly the rendition of Desolation Row. I gave up on Dylan concerts years ago ( late 70’s) but was dragged along by my kids. I expected his Bobness to murder his songs, but in fact the stuff from Highway 61 in particular was delivered simply and authenticaly

We saw him at the ‘gong, but i expect the show was the same elsewhere

 

Best Album

Well, is this the first year since he died 40+ years ago that J M Hendrix hasnt brought out an album?!

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  On 27/11/2018 at 10:57 PM, was_a said:

Female artists and electronica highlight my list of favourites this year. Roughly in descending order:

 

Popular 

 

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy

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A hip-hop flavoured gem from a lady with as much attitude as PJ Harvey and creative sauce as Sly Stone. Exceptionally well-integrated songs that make you want to listen again and again...

 

Hookworms - Microshift

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English noise-rock band whose third album Microshift is less 'noise' and more 'cohesion' this time out. It's the first album that grabbed me in 2018, helped by opener 'Negative Space' which has some '80s new wave about it.

 

Pusha T - Daytona

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A terrific hip-hop record by an artist with a strong sense of style, complemented by the harmonic backdrop of the album's producer, Kanye West. His careful sculpting and a short run-time gives Daytona a perfect sense of flow. West flunked on everything else he did this year but helped make something worthwhile here. 

 

Marian Hill - Unusual

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A superb sophomore LP by this Philadelphia electro-pop duo. Unusual grew on me with every play, and I hope it finds its way towards the top of critics' lists this year.

 

Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman 

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The fifth album from French-Canadian electronic producer Davidson is impossible to ignore. She grabs you by the short and curlies from her opening monologue, and it's a compelling piece of work from start to finish.

 

SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 

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Equally compelling is the debut album by Scotland's SOPHIE, a true artist with an original vision in the electronic sphere. Her soaring vocals are interwoven with impelling beats, creative textures and catchy motifs, yet the album is concise in its diverseness and perfectly judged in length.

 

Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance

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An old-school rock band with something to say: Bristol-based Idles easily qualify, in a genre that had its heyday 30 years ago. Joy as an Act of Resistance is an inimitable slice of neo-punk served up with conviction. I love it. 

 

Hubert Lenoir - Darlène 

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Hugely enjoyable yet purposeful album by another French-Canadian talent, Hubert Lenoir, who deserves a higher profile outside the Francophone world. Lenoir hops between styles with ease and has a great singing voice.

 

Uppermost - Perseverance {edited!} 

cover.thumb.jpg.b6563d3d222909ac6f1523041b595165.jpg

Parisian electro with several standout singles including 'Atoms' and 'Slide'. Unfortunately the vocal numbers alternate with sprawling, mundane instrumentals - surely an error of judgement by Uppermost (real name Behdad Nejatbakhshe). Which is why I've left most of them out of my playlist:

 

(01. Perseverance; 02. The Brightest Light; 03. Slide; 04. Step by Step; 05. Atoms; 06. Better Days Ahead; 07. Where Your Heart Goes; 08. Healing; 09. Late Hours). 

 

A.A.L (Against All Logic) 

Cover.thumb.jpg.0031e44ea0d505d295790ab75d43a53a.jpg

Chilean-American producer Nicolas Jaar (aka A.A.L.) successfully recalls '90s house music in a lengthy album that somehow maintains its quality throughout. 

 

The Presets - Hi Viz

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Ten years on from their brilliant Apocalypso album, the Aussie duo take a more forthright approach in the techno-infused Hi Viz. It's at its most engaging in the expansive tracks where the primal beat takes over.

 

Das Body - Das Body (EP) 

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Four '80s-inspired synth-pop songs from Norway's Das Body. (Ultravox, anyone?). There's a bit of Euro hype around this foursome, and a full-length album would be intriguing.

 

Jazz 

 

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album 

cover.thumb.jpg.3a43be129f1b6cf09002e6c61cca82dc.jpg

A newly unearthed 1963 recording from the Van Gelder vault featuring a studio version of 'Impressions' and several other gems. Coltrane is in subdued form so Both Directions is not up there with the quartet's monumental artistic statements, but it is nevertheless essential. McCoy Tyner certainly shines throughout. Talk about an unexpected treat for jazz lovers!

 
Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles
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One of Barron's finest, and that's saying something considering the breadth of output from this 75-year-old pianist. Concentric Circles is as engaging and relevant a mainstream jazz album as anything going. Furthermore, Barron's technique has never been better.
 
Jeremy Pelt - Noir en rouge (Live in Paris) 
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's close-knit quintet play their brand of neo-bop with exuberance in this tasteful outing at the Sunside/Sunset club.
 
Classical
 
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 - Bertrand Chamayou, Orchestre National de France [24/96]
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My nomination for classical album of the year. French pianist Chamayou plays these concertos with refined virtuosity and animation, his crystal-clear legato breathtaking at times. Aided by well-engineered sound, this recording is sublime.
 
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' & Strauss R: Horn Concerto - Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh SO [24/192]
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Honeck is moulding the Pittsburgh Symphony into one hell of an orchestra, and this recording of the Eroica is one of the best in decades. There's great intensity in the way Honeck builds to those heavenly moments of dissonance in the first and second movements, and the emotional effect is as profound as Klemperer or Kleiber's Beethoven. Highly recommended. 
 
Messiaen: Catalogue d’Oiseaux - Pierre-Laurent Aimard [24/96]
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I saw Aimard at the Sydney Recital Centre two years ago playing Messiaen's Vingt Regards, and it was the experience of a lifetime, such is the power of the composition and Aimard's immersion in it. In his interpretation of Catalogue d’Oiseaux (Catalogue of birds) the pianist brings to life Messiaen's imagery and colour in a feast of dexterity. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Excellent post. It must have taken a bit of effort to put this together. Thanks, I’ll check some of these out.
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Discovery Album of the Year-

George Benson- The Other Side Of Abbey Road

The pinnacle of my journey so far.

 

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Albums of the Year:

Tony Allen & Jeff Mills -Tomorrow Comes The Harvest

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Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvær - Nordub

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Cat Power - Wanderer

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Heard about the first two on SNA

Much more older music to discover:

Eraldo Bernocchi & Netherworld - Himuro - 2017

Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams - 2017

 

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Beatles Escher demos ( 2 discs from the 5 cd set or 4 lp set. Fresh as a daisy, the most alive sounding Beatles ever.
Chris Whitley Perfect Day. A stunning covers album by a great bluesman. Not a new recording but the dsd remasterd sacd is new. It is already one of myfave albums of the last decade, but the remaster kis a whole new thing, the best SACD i have head.
John Hiat Dirty Jeans and mudslide Hyms. Ok, Bring The Family is one of my favourite all time albums, but i have not liked anything else he has done ( that LP was produced by the Jesus of cool himself, Nick Lowe) this album is good, very good- it sounds authentic, which is a battle for him in my opinion. If you,ve been waiting 25 years + like me, then go for it. And it is realised as a high res 24/96 disc and redbook ($30 or so for both)

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Hmmm, this is a hard one to say... (think of Lovage when you read that  :D)

 

Albums of the Year:

So apparently, if my Squeezebox server is correct, I've only bought 3 actual CDs released this year, with the rest being Bandcamp purchases.  Wow.  Okay then.  And none of the CDs quite get into the album of the year category.  Although I don't mind Dead Can Dance - Dionysus and it does sound good on my stereo.

 

But I think ultimately, it's going to have to go to Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want.  Can't say I've heard of them before this year.  And considering how I go on and off with John Zorn and Battles and other noise related style music, I may not be listening to them regularly in a couple of years time.  Or I could be.  Who knows?  Who nose.  It does kind of depend on my mood.  But yeah, there's just something about the energy in this album.  And the not quite right off kilter kind of sound with a punk...ish kind of attitude and math rock-ish sound at times that I'm just enjoying since it was released.  It makes me want to jump around.  And I don't jump around.  Nice.

 

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https://daughters.bandcamp.com/album/you-wont-get-what-you-want

 

Discovery of the Year (Something that you first heard this year but that wasn't released this year):

 

Many many discoveries this year, thanks to the threads on here, Bandcamp and looking at who were supporting other bands I was going to see. 

 

Electric Moon.  German psychedelic band.  Really like what I've heard of theirs so far.  I can't seem to get into the psychedelic stuff that sounds like it's from the 70s, so this is good for me.  Just like The Cosmic Dead.  (the good for me bit, not the just like bit)

 

Eg https://electric-moon.bandcamp.com/album/theory-of-mind-live

 

Sam Eden.  Local bloke.  Ambient atmospheric guitar driven kind of drone thingy going on.  Love it.  Actually, he did release Eden this year, but I heard his other stuff first, so yeah, in this category.

 

https://samhaven.bandcamp.com/album/eden

 

And seem to have gotten into atmospheric (spacey or depressive, whatever) black metal more this year.  Bands like Mahr, None, Arkhtinn, Encircling Sea, that kind of thing.  The vocals really are more another sound than actual vocals for most of it.  So get the music style without the style of vocals that I don't like so much.  Win!

 

Wait, did I get into Chelsea Wolfe this year or last?  Not sure, maybe she counts as a definite win here.  I probably didn't contribute to last year's thread, so yeah, okay, she gets mentioned here.  Hopefully she will tour at some stage.  Do like her stuff.

 

But I think I'm really going to have to go with YLVA.  M E T A was released last year, so it's all good.  :D  Melbourne heavy post-metal sludge/doom/awesomeness.  No idea what the vocals say.  But I love the sound.  Although they only have the one album, it's a goodun.  New music work in progress too which is good.

 

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https://ylva-tl.bandcamp.com/album/m-e-t-a

 

Live performance of the Year:

 

Ohhh.  This gets a bit tricky now.  I mean I've seen Primus, Queens of the Stone Age and Cog this year.  C'mon man.  

 

Primus at the Eaton Hills Hotel.  One of my favourite bands since the 90s, but apart from seeing them at Soundwave a few years ago when they had a half-set, I've never seen them live. :(  So good to see them up closer, but I was carrying a poster, so couldn't get that close as I was worried about the condition of that the whole time and I don't know, I should have loved it.  And while I kind of did, something just wasn't quite right unfortunately.  Don't get me wrong, it was still frigging awesome, but...  :logik:  Maybe it's just the hassle of getting home from there when the gig finishes ha.  Although apparently they did enjoy some fishing while they were here.  :lol:

 

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QOTSA at the River Stage.  Yeah.  I really wish I was closer for that one.  They pretty much nailed it I think.  So cool.  Seen them a number of times now.  And they just keep getting better ever time.  And man, Jon Theodore can drum!

 

Royal Blood also at the River Stage.  Now that was a surprise!  I mean, I knew their music, but had never checked out any of their live performances on Youtube.  Wow.  They ******* kicked arse for two dudes playing guitar and drums.  Was not expecting such a heavy sound.  But it was raining a bit, and I didn't have a poncho, so was pretty miserable and I think I got a cold out of it, so damn it.  But still, it was an awesome performance.

 

Cog.  Back at The Tivoli.  Finally.  Oh man that was good!  Really liked it.  I don't know, there's just something about them and The Tivoli that go together for me.  So good.  Well.  Okay, maybe from where I was standing, the sound could have been better, but oh that was good.

 

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Also saw Hope Drone a couple of times this year.  Both were times were frigging good.  The Woolly Mammoth gig had more space and visuals, although way less crowd unfortunately, was a bit more up and personal at the Crowbar.   And they're also working on new material which is good.  

 

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YLVA.  Crowbar.  A couple of times.  I don't know hey.  Something just clicked with me and their music.  

 

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Not sure I can pick a favourite live gig this year actually.  There's been some good ones.  Damn.  Indecision.   Okay.  One of the above.  Or one of the other ones.  :) 

 

 

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Thanks for the photos. Hope your ears have stopped ringing!

(I'm giving that Daughters album another go).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Discovery of the year-

1. Shearwater..amazing powerful stuff out of Texas

2. A lot of serious harmonica music ( curtesy of my youngest son who may become the best in Aus)..Little Walter, Satan snd Adam ( the buskers in the U2 video for ‘Streets’

 

 

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  On 28/11/2018 at 9:49 AM, crisis said:

Discovery of the Year:

Dave Grusin The Gershwin Connection

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Your welcome ?

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Albums of the Year:

Sonder - Tesseract

Vector - Haken 

Know -  Jason Mraz

Depth of Field - Sarah Blasko

Catharsis - Machine Head

 

Discovery of the Year:

jonathan Livingston Seagul - Neil Diamond

C’mon - Low

Forward in Reverse - Dizzy Mizz Lizzy 

Down where the spirit meets the bone - Lucinda Williams

 

Track of the Year:

Nil by Mouth - Haken

Making it Up - Sarah Blasko

Juno - Tesseract

 

 

Live performance of the Year:

Sarah Blasko

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  On 09/12/2018 at 11:33 AM, Alpine Electrocats said:
Discovery of the year-
1. Shearwater..amazing powerful stuff out of Texas
2. A lot of serious harmonica music ( curtesy of my youngest son who may become the best in Aus)..Little Walter, Satan snd Adam ( the buskers in the U2 video for ‘streets’

And also this guy ( who is not playing a trumpet)

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Hi All,

 

Album of the Year and Discovery: Alaskan Tapes - You Were Always An Island - Ambient Piano, minimalist, Philip Glass like at times.

 

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Also From Bandcamp: The Mankind In Cryosleep by Musicformessier & Insomnia Project; A mix of ambient / post rock /prog

 

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For more general released albums: A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant

 

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JJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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world/jazz/contemporary classical

Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams ECM

Laurie Anderson / Kronos - Landfall

Kim Kashkashian  -  Bach’s 6 Suites for Viola Solo (cello suites transcribed for viola) ECM

Brad Mehldau - After Bach ECM

Christian Grøvlen - Inside Polyphony - Bach various piano works  - 2L

Keith Jarrett - La Fenice

 

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Album of the Year: Father John Misty ~ God's Favourite Customer.

 

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Find of the Year: as a few others have posted regularly over the past 6 months, Alaskan Tapes ~ The Ocean No Longer Wants Us

 

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  On 10/12/2018 at 8:23 AM, buddyev said:

world/jazz/contemporary classical

Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams ECM

Laurie Anderson / Kronos - Landfall

 

 classical

Kim Kashkashian  -  Bach’s Cello suites transcribed for viola ECM

Christian Grøvlen - Inside Polyphony - Bach various piano works  - 2L

 

 

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Laurie Anderson / Kronos - Landfall is good isn't it!?

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