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Jared Smith's avatar

*rubbing my hands together like Birdman*

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

😂😂😂

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Findlay Anderson's avatar

thrilled as always to read your AOTY lists!! always feel a sense of pride when i recognise something on there. can certainly vouch for Brown Horse. seen them a couple times play in tiny basements here in Manchester, UK. terrific live act

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riv's avatar

So much great stuff, thanks for the list 🙌

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Jacqui Devaney's avatar

so so so many good ones on here. hadn't heard lucky cloud before — love it.

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Steven Alexander's avatar

I enjoyed scrolling through this album list. It's like a bird's nest of words, all of them totally meaningless to me (except maybe Stereolab). Albums I'll never hear, music that means nothing to me.

This is not a new thing, I've felt this way since 1993. You've listened to twenty five albums, just from this year! Then there's a list of another forty below. When will I ever catch up? What about the twenty five thousand albums I've missed since 2000? And I thought I liked music.

I'm not a high-volume consumer of music, I guess.

Anyway, I'm jealous of your rich musical life. I'm also a bit scared at how much music there is out there.

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josh terry's avatar

I’m sure there’s something on here that’ll reignite the spark. Appreciate you checking it out

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Nick Hart's avatar

Love seeing Cutouts on here!!

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Jamecono's avatar

Florry is at the top of my new and frequent listens! As someone described it, it’s like MJ Lenderman and Kurt Vile’s love child. Or Neil Young and Big Star. Or just Florry, which is just fine with me!

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Man in Plaid's avatar

I’m always complaining there’s no good new music anymore and usually default to the old favorites (as my posts probably make obvious). Seems the good stuff’s out there after all, we just have to dig a little.

This list is a solid place to start.

Thanks for the nudge out of my musical rut!

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Matt Bull's avatar

What a list! Lots I don't know, which is exciting. Squid and Dutch Interior featuring in mine. So cool to see little old Norwich show up with Brown Horse. Thanks for putting it on the map!

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Aaron Tinder's avatar

This is a kickass list! Thanks for sharing it. I've got my own mid-year list going but this gives me a few more listens to possibly add.

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josh terry's avatar

Will Johnson heads unite!

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Aaron Tinder's avatar

That’s still probably my number one or two at this point in the year.

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Steve DiMatteo's avatar

Truly, honestly, can't thank you enough for putting this together. I can't wait to dive in here.

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Hoàng Long Nguyễn's avatar

Wonderful list. Thank u for sharing your taste:))

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Mackenzie O'Brien's avatar

Incredible list as usual!

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Half Gringa's avatar

thanks for the shout out!

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Sam Westpy's avatar

such an insane list, so many of these sound right up my alley and i've never heard of them. can't wait to check all of these out. thanks so much for this!

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Dan Pal's avatar

So many albums here to check out! How did you find the time to hear so many and presumably many more?! I've yet to determine one album as the best so far this year. I need to listen to them times over!

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