On what has been one of the crappiest years in existence, thankfully it was also one of the best for new music. I could go on to make 3 volumes, after compiling a rather huge “short”list for this compilation. We shall see! Anyway, here’s a few selected personal highlights, I hope you all enjoy…
1. Electric Orange – Shattered (4:40)
2. Amber Arcades – Right Now (3:55)
3. Beyond the Wizards Sleeve – Iron Age (3:52)
4. North Sea Radio Orchestra – Alsace Lorraine (5:11)
5. Churn Milk Joan – Fuzzy Baby (2:43)
6. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Like Describing Colors to a Blind Man on Acid (2:59)
7. The Winstons – 番号番号 (Number Number) (6:09)
8. UXO – Blind Suicide (3:54)
9. Roy Montgomery – You Always Get What You Deserve (4:37)
10. Modular – La Alfombra Mágica (3:39)
11. Higher Authorities – Abracadbra (3:42)
12. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Where I’m Going (3:47)
13. Konono N°1 & Batida – Yambadi Mama (6:21)
14. Night Beats – No Cops (3:10)
15. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – When I Try, I’m Full (3:51)
16. The Coral – Chasing the Tail of a Dream (3:43)
17. CFM – Glass Eye (2:33)
18. Programm – On That Day (2:53)
19. Drakkar Nowhere – In the Eye of Time (2:11)
20. Violeta de Outono – A Painter of the Mind (4:55)