Listing To Starboard...Fifty Favorite LP's 2018

LISTING TO STARBOARD...

FIFTY FAVORITE LP'S 2018

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50) CLEARANCE: At Your Leisure

49) MISSING EARTH: Gold, Flour, Salt

48) TANUKICHAN: Sundays

47) TOTAL BETTYS: This Is Paradise

46) THE SPOOK SCHOOL: Could It Be Different

45) ANNA BURCH: Quit The Curse

44) MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER: Bon Voyage

43) PLLUSH: Stranger To The Pain

42) DOG PARTY: Hit & Run

41) SOME EMBER: Submerging The Sun

40) LET'S EAT GRANDMA: I'm All Ears

39) BUILDINGS AND FOOD: Quick Beat Save

38) CHASTITY: Death Lust

37) MADELINE KENNEY: Perfect Shapes

36) GRUFF RHYS: Babelsberg

35) GIRL GAZE: Fade Out

34) TUNE-YARDS: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life

33) LALA LALA: The Lamb

32) OBNOX: Bang Messiah

31) ADRIANNE LENKER: abysskiss

30) STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS: Sparkle Hard

29) ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Hope Downs

28) WYE OAK: The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

27) MIYA FOLICK: Premonitions

26) SPEEDY ORTIZ: Twerp Verse

25) SHOPPING: The Official Body

24) THE GOON SAX: We're Not Talking

23) KURT VILE & THE VIOLATERS: Bottle It In

22) THE BETHS: Future Me Hates Me

21) WAX IDOLS: Happy Ending

20) YO LA TENGO: There's A Riot Going On

19) NO AGE: Snares Like A Haircut

18) KHRUANGBIN: Con Todo El Mundo

17) CLOUD NOTHINGS: Last Building Burning

16) ILLUMINATI HOTTIES: Kiss Yr Frenemies

15) CAMP COPE: How To Socialise & Make Friends

14) SNAIL MAIL: Lush

13) BONNY DOON: Longwave

12) IAN SWEET: Crush Crusher

11) JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Both Directions At Once

10) SWEARIN': Fall Into The Sun

9) COURTNEY BARNETT: Tell Me How You Really Feel

8) YOWLER: Black Dog In My Path

7) SUPERCHUNK: What A Time To Be Alive

6) MITSKI: Be The Cowboy

5) TROPICAL FUCK STORM: A Laughing Death In Meatspace

4) MOURN: Sorpresa Familia

3) EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR: Teddywaddy

2) BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT: Mother Of My Children

1) SAY SUE ME: When We Were Together

Listing To Starboard...Fifty Favorite LP's 2017

FIFTY FAVORITE LP's: 2017

If nothing else, The Year That Was certainly reflected the world at large, ranging from systemic unease to pure distress, and everything in between. These were the LP's that saw us through, that said something about where we're at, if not how we got there, and what the hell do we do next... For the so inclined, here's a playlist with a cut off of each LP, otherwise, check the links below... Happy listening, and we'll see you out on the trail next year!

50) ANGEL OLSEN: Phases

49) KING WOMAN: Created In The Image Of Suffering

48) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE: Hug Of Thunder

47) MARK LANEGAN: Gargoyle

46) THE NATIONAL: Sleep Well Beast

45) HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF: The Navigator

44) METZ: Strange Peace

43) SHANNON LAY: Living Water

42) SLEAFORD MODS: English Tapas

41) LAS ROBERTAS: Waves Of The New

40) COURTNEY BARNETT/KURT VILE: Lotta Sea Lice

39) MEKLIT: When The People Move The Music Moves Too

38) HAUNTED SUMMER: Spirit Guides

37) WOODS: Love Is Love

36) CHELSEA WOLFE: Hiss Spun

35) COURTNEYS: II

34) BOSS HOG: Brood X

33) LOMELDA: Thx

32) MAKTHAVERSKAN: III

31) SAY SUE ME: Say Sue Me

30) BJORK: Utopia

29) BIG THIEF: Capacity

28) DOWNTOWN BOYS: Cost Of Living

27) PRIESTS: Nothing Feels Natural

26) JAY SOM: Everybody Works

25) ZOLA JESUS: Okovi

24) VAGABON: Infinite Worlds

23) ALEX G: Rocket

22) GOLD CLASS: Drum

21) GREAT GRANDPA: Plastic Cough

20) JEN CLOHER: Jen Cloher

19) DIET CIG: Swear I'm Good At This

18) SPOON: Hot Thoughts

17) JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Soft Sounds From Another Planet

16) DREAM SYNDICATE: How Did I Find Myself Here

15) PROTOMARTYR: Relatives In Descent

14) GIRLPOOL: Powerplant

13) GRANDADDY: The Last Place

12) AFGHAN WHIGS: In Spades

11) JENS LEKMAN: Life Will See You Now

10) CAYETANA: New Kind Of Normal

9) TWO INCH ASTRONAUT: Can You Please Not Help?

8) STEF CHURA: Messes

7) LOS CAMPESINOS!: Sick Scenes

6) PALEHOUND: A Place I'll Always Go

5) WAXAHATCHEE: Out In The Storm

4) CLOUD NOTHINGS: Life Without Sound

3) PEAKING LIGHTS: Fifth State Of Consciousness

2) CHASTITY BELT: I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone

1) RADIATOR HOSPITAL: Play The Songs You Like

The Needle Drops: Favorite Songs 2012

Continuing the year-end housekeeping, here's the songs that kept me going throughout 2012.  Some were the singles/focus tracks...whatever the hell they're called these days, and some are deep cuts that jumped out and grabbed me, and refused to let go.  There's no small amount of crossover with the previous Favorite Album List, but this is the place to explore the nooks and crannies of stand-alone tracks and EP's released during the year.  For obsessive compulsives, here's the top 10:

10) "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" TAME IMPALA from Lonerism (Modular)

9) "Give Out" SHARON VAN ETTEN from Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

8) "Seaside, Lowtide" CATE LE BON from Cyrk II (Control Group)

7) "Gun Has No Trigger" DIRTY PROJECTORS from Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)

6) "Erika America" JENS LEKMAN from I Know What Love Isn't (Secretly Canadian)

5) "Star Of The Age" SHEARWATER from Animal Joy (Sub Pop)

4) "Troublemaker" BEACH HOUSE from Bloom (Sub Pop/Bella Union)

3) "Now I'm Learning To Love The War" FATHER JOHN MISTY from Fear Fun (Sub Pop)

2) "Sleepover" HOSPITALITY from Hospitality (Merge)

1) "Somewhere There's A Someone" JASON LYTLE from Dept. Of Disappearance (Anti-)

Here for your convenience on this handy dandy playlist:

On a personal note, this post marks four years of this blog. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to visit, comment, heckle, and otherwise keep the faith.  There's always another show on the horizon...

(Stay tuned for the final housecleaning episode: The Year In Photos)