A message that one of the Uncut team, Bud Scoppa, had filed his Top 25 tracks of the last six months inspired me this morning to do something similar. I can’t manage Bud’s diligence in pinpointing individual tracks, and yet again I’ve bottled out of putting these 30 albums into anything other than alphabetical order. But a pretty healthy list, I think. All January to June 2009 actual releases, I think (Yeah I know Raphael Saadiq camer out last year in the US, but I’m working haphazardly to UK schedules). Have a look, then let me know your own picks. If I get enough, I’ll try and mash them all into some kind of crypto-comprehensive Wild Mercury Sound chart. 1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino) 2. Arbouretum - Song Of The Pearl (Thrill Jockey) 3. Sir Richard Bishop - The Freak Of Araby (Drag City) 4. James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game (Young God) 5. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Beware (Domino) 6. Boredoms - Super Roots 10 (Avex Trax) 7. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City) 8. Death - ...For The Whole World To See (Drag City) 9. Alela Diane - To Be Still (Names) 10. Dinosaur Jr - Farm (PIAS) 11. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Domino) 12. Ducktails - Ducktails (Not Not Fun) 13. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (Rabid) 14. The Field - Yesterday And Today (Kompakt) 15. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp) 16. Lemonheads - Varshons (Cooking Vinyl) 17. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - II (Eskimo) 18. Magik Markers - Balf Quarry (Drag City) 19. Mountains - Choral (Thrill Jockey) 20. Obits - I Blame You (Sub Pop) 21. Pocahaunted - Passage (Troubleman Unlimited) 22. Alasdair Roberts - Spoils (Drag City) 23. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony) 24. Sleepy Sun - Embrace (ATP Recordings) 25. Sonic Youth - The Eternal (Matador) 26. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade) 27. Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian) 28. Trembling Bells - Carbeth (Honest Jon's) 29. White Denim - Fits (Full Time Hobby) 30. Wooden Shjips - Dos (Holy Mountain)
A message that one of the Uncut team, Bud Scoppa, had filed his Top 25 tracks of the last six months inspired me this morning to do something similar.
I can’t manage Bud’s diligence in pinpointing individual tracks, and yet again I’ve bottled out of putting these 30 albums into anything other than alphabetical order. But a pretty healthy list, I think.
All January to June 2009 actual releases, I think (Yeah I know Raphael Saadiq camer out last year in the US, but I’m working haphazardly to UK schedules). Have a look, then let me know your own picks. If I get enough, I’ll try and mash them all into some kind of crypto-comprehensive Wild Mercury Sound chart.
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
2. Arbouretum – Song Of The Pearl (Thrill Jockey)
3. Sir Richard Bishop – The Freak Of Araby (Drag City)
4. James Blackshaw – The Glass Bead Game (Young God)
5. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Beware (Domino)
6. Boredoms – Super Roots 10 (Avex Trax)
7. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)
8. Death – …For The Whole World To See (Drag City)
9. Alela Diane – To Be Still (Names)
11. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (Domino)
12. Ducktails – Ducktails (Not Not Fun)
13. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Rabid)
14. The Field – Yesterday And Today (Kompakt)
15. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp)
16. Lemonheads – Varshons (Cooking Vinyl)
17. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas – II (Eskimo)
18. Magik Markers – Balf Quarry (Drag City)
19. Mountains – Choral (Thrill Jockey)
20. Obits – I Blame You (Sub Pop)
21. Pocahaunted – Passage (Troubleman Unlimited)
22. Alasdair Roberts – Spoils (Drag City)
23. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It (Sony)
24. Sleepy Sun – Embrace (ATP Recordings)
25. Sonic Youth – The Eternal (Matador)
26. Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade)
27. Richard Swift – The Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian)
28. Trembling Bells – Carbeth (Honest Jon’s)