So what have been peoples favourite albums of the year so far?
For me its Sasha involv3r, Foals, John Grant and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

I’m loving the Suuns new one.

Another vote for John Grant.

Quite like Steve Mason’s new album – but not as special, for me, as ‘Boys Outside’.

I’m enjoying The Joy Formidable right now. Must check out the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new one, It’s Blitz was awsum.

Depeche Mode – Delta

Their best album for a long time. As with most DM stuff the more you listen to it the better it gets.

Hookworms – Pearl Mystic and the new British Sea Power album at the moment.

All mentioned above but I’m liking John grant, Steve mason and hookworms

Also Big Inner by Matthew e white, the new Nick Cave and II bu unknown mortal orchestra

Oh and the new phosphorescent and low albums too

Major lazer- Free the universe

Tomahawk – Oddfellows

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away

Mogwai – Les Revenants

The Knife – Shaking the Habitual 😯

So far it’s been a pretty good year

Rhye – Woman
James Blake – Retrograde
Atoms for Peace – AMOK
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
Yo La Tengo – Fade
Steve Mason – Monkey minds in the devil’s time
Owiny Sigoma Band – Power Punch

autechre- exai
kurt vile- wakin on a pretty daze
Steve mason- monkey minds in the devils time

Another vote for Autechre – Exai. Also enjoyed new Nick Cave, Steve Mason, Death Grips.

Can’t believe no-one’s mentioned Johnny Marr yet, thought that would be right up the stereotypical STWer’s street

The Atoms for Peace album (Thom Yorke side project) is also pretty good

Will definitely be checking out the recommendations for Steve Mason and John Grant (loved their previous albums), thanks for the reminder.

Exit – Oliver Schories

For me

Frightened Rabbit .. Pedestrian Verse

Lusine – The Waiting Room

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Or Juj – Walnut

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True North by Bad Religion

Clutch – Earth Rocker
Cult of Luna – Vertikal

Wow, first 3 posts on here – Steve Mason, Joy Formidable, Suuns – the last 3 bands I saw live! (And Death Grips: the next one)
My faith in musical taste on STW is restored (almost!).

For me so far:
Young Fathers – Tape One
Wraetlic
Atoms for Peace
Joy Formidable

Sasha – Involv3r
Nick Warren – Renaissance Masters Series
Bonobo – North Borders

Miniature Horse Thieves – Thinking on the Next Apocolypse.
Bam Bam – Beats to Digest Dinner By.
The Inconsequentials – More of Nothing Matters.

Foals
Depeche Mode
Bill Ryder-Jones (guitarist with the coral) his latest solo album is stunning

DezB – Member

Wow, first 3 posts on here – Steve Mason, Joy Formidable, Suuns – the last 3 bands I saw live! (And Death Grips: the next one)

What are the Suuns like live? I’m going to see them next month in Leeds – really looking forward to it.

Anyone heard the Wave pictures? They were on Radio 6 last neet, impressive.

What are the Suuns like live?

Marvellously moody. As you’d expect. The blokes in the band don’t look like they have it in them! I saw em in a pub in Brighton about the size of my living room. Was superb.

Earth Rocker is gonna be the best album of 2013 I reckon. It’s just so good. Rivals Blast Tyrant I reckon.

Chelsea Light Moving is doing it for me, although I might just be missing SY.

Looking forward to new QotSA album.

What a useful thread for deciding what to try out on Spotify! Just listened to the first few tracks off the Kurt Vile album – top stuff.

Earth Rocker is gonna be the best album of 2013 I reckon. It’s just so good. Rivals Blast Tyrant I reckon.

That is my thinking too.

oooohhh Death Grips. Good call *wanders off to youtube*

Some overlap and some good ideas from above

Clutch – Earth rocker
Helen Money – Arriving angels
Serafina Steer – The moths are real
John Smith – Great lakes
Marnie Stern – Chronicles of Marnia
Pombagira – Meleficia Lamiah
Cult of Luna – Vertikal

Not out yet – but what I’ve heard is good:
Altar of Plagues – Teeth glory and injury

+1 for John Grant

+1 for Knife. Just off to listen to Kurt Vile on Spotify – useful thread…

What tyres for listening to Spotify?

Low-The invisible Way.Going to see them next week.

I love threads like these, as my musical taste expands futher every time 🙂

Thanks everybody!

Steven Wilson – The Raven that refused to sing
Von Hertzen Brothers – Nine Lives
Beardfish – The Void
Paul Gilbert – Vibrato

For me it’s the Foals, and Parov Stelar Trio.

Not sure if it’s a new 2013 album or end part of 2012 but I heard a group called Wolf People on the radio the other day, specifically a track called Athol. I freakin loved it. The album is called Fain but I can’t see it in any of the shops here. Probs have to get it off Amazon.

Check em out.

Can we have this one? I have two reasons:

1. It is (almost!) exactly 40 years old to the day
2. I have only just discovered it and it is blowing my mind!!

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