update juli, top 50
****1/2
1.) portishead – third
2.) fleet foxes – s/t
**** – ****1/2
3.) the magnetic fields – distortion
4.) ida – lovers prayer
5.) evangelista – hello voyager
6.) mia doi todd – gea
7.) merz – moi et mon camion
8.) the felice brothers – s/t
9.) samamidon – all is well
10.) said the shark – silly killings
****
11.) beatbeat whisper – wonder continental
12.) shearwater – rook
13.) nalle – the sirens wave
14.) wild beasts – limbo, panto
15.) the dodos – visiter
16.) plants and animals – parc avenue
17.) lau nau – nukkuu
18.) robert forster – the evangelist
19.) cat power – jukebox
***1/2 – ****
20.) billy bragg – mr love & justice
21.) malcolm middleton – sleight of heart
22.) scott matthew – s/t
23.) toumani diabate – the mande variations
24.) essie jain – the inbetween
25.) joanne robertson – the lighter
26.) johnny flynn – a larum
27.) thao nguyen & the get down stay down – we brave bee stings and all
28.) white hinterland – phylactery factory
29.) kaki king – dreaming of revenge
30.) tall firs – to old to die young
31.) baby dee – safe inside the day
***1/2
32.) constantines – kensington heights
33.) vampire weekend – s/t
34.) carcrashlander – s/t
35.) adem – takes
36.) mates of state – re-arrange us
37.) glorytellers – s/t
38.) sharron kraus – the fox’s wedding
39.) the last shadow puppets – the age of the understatement
40.) pia fraus – after summer
41.) monade – monster comic
42.) little annie and paul wallfisch – when good things happen to bad pianos
43.) the ruby suns – sea lion
44.) ports of call – like thieves
45.) beach house – devotion
46.) spires that in the sunset rise – curse the traced bird
47.) my morning jacket – evil urges
48.) micah p. hinson and the red empire orchestra – s/t
49.) me and the grownups – battling the mountains, the sky and the sea
50.) dead meadow – old growth
eps
1.) fleet foxes – sun giant ****
2.) laura veirs – two beers veirs ****
3.) breathe owl breathe – ghost glacier ****
4.) chris bathgate – wait, skeleton ***1/2 – ****
5.) laura gibson – six white horses ***1/2
6.) stephanie hladowski – the high, high nest ***1/2
7.) pete molinari – sweet louise *** – ***1/2