update november, top 50
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1.) portishead – third
2.) fleet foxes – s/t
3.) of montreal – skeletal lamping
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4.) the magnetic fields – distortion
5.) liz durrett – outside our gates
6.) frontier ruckus – the orion songbook
7.) ida – lovers prayer
8.) evangelista – hello voyager
9.) lucksmiths – first frost
10.) mia doi todd – gea
11.) merz – moi et mon camion
12.) the felice brothers – s/t
13.) samamidon – all is well
14.) shearwater – rook
15.) peter broderick – home
16.) mary hampton – my mother’s children
17.) chad vangaalen – soft airplane
18.) said the shark – silly killings
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19.) beatbeat whisper – wonder continental
20.) talkdemonic – eyes at half mast
21.) nalle – the sirens wave
22.) headless heroes – the silence of love
23.) wild beasts – limbo, panto
24.) bodies of water – a certain feeling
25.) rose kemp – unholy majesty
26.) plants and animals – parc avenue
27.) lau nau – nukkuu
28.) alina simone – everyone is crying out to me, beware
29.) the dodos – visiter
30.) robert forster – the evangelist
31.) cat power – jukebox
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32.) matt bauer – the island moves in the storm
33.) essie jain – the inbetween
34.) billy bragg – mr love & justice
35.) joanne robertson – the lighter
36.) malcolm middleton – sleight of heart
37.) scott matthew – s/t
38.) toumani diabate – the mande variations
39.) johnny flynn – a larum
40.) jayber crow – two short stories
41.) thao nguyen & the get down stay down – we brave bee stings and all
42.) white hinterland – phylactery factory
43.) kaki king – dreaming of revenge
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44.) bowery boy blue – stalk that myth
45.) constantines – kensington heights
46.) ignatz – III
47.) vampire weekend – s/t
48.) benjamin wetherill – laura
49.) the moondoggies – don’t be a stranger
50.) okkervil river – the stand ins
@krauspop: die frontier ruckus bewertung ist natürlich klasse! bowery boy blue entdecke ich auch an exponierter stelle. an the aluminum group pirsche ich mich noch einmal heran.
@udw: angemessenes verorten der neuzugänge, wie ich meine. nur die headless heroes hat mehr verdient.