Music I have discovered this year

I have discovered some fantastic music this year and thought I would share a few of my favourites.

Ismael Lo – The Balladeer, best of
Afro Pop

The Whitest Boy Alive – Dreams
Funk, indie pop, new wave

Newton Faulkner – everything he has done

Anyone got any recommendations along these lines or anything of note you have found recently as always looking for ‘new’ music.

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Fat Freddys Drop. Funky as the proverbial gibbon.

Clutch
The dead weather

Lots.

The Bronx

DJ Koze – experimental electronic
Alunageorge – Electro-pop with great vocals
Child of Lov – kind of rap/pop/indie
Young Fathers – rap
All new to me this year, along with loads more.

Edward sharpe and the magnetic zero’s – sort of hippy hillbilly gospel.

I’m listening to mostly Rival Sons, Kurt Vile and Grizzly Bear at the moment.

Chromatics – Chilled out electronic music that sounds like everything has a purpose, not just mindless loops designed to get radio plays. Spotify link

Marika Hackman – Folk music with hints of mediaeval styles and scales. Well sung and manages to stay interesting after multiple listens instead of being two-dimensional like some folk can be. Free album stream here

Also, another vote for AlunaGeorge, for managing to mix pop and R&B and still sound fresh.

EDIT: OH, and The Weeknd! Makes hip-hop but is actually a skilled vocalist that hits some brilliant notes. Maybe not to everyone’s taste, but give him a try.

Too much, but one that springs to mind as I was just listening is Spazzkid.

Cheers, I will get through all of these.

PS if you like the whitest boy alive, check out Erlend Oye’s solo stuff and kings of convenience.