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Top 20 albums of 2020 as selfies + Top 150 playlist

In lieu of our usual collage, here are our 20 favorite albums of 2020 with their cover artwork recreated as selfies at home during lockdown. Follows a 10 hour playlist curated from our 150 favorite records of the year (including a couple EPs), available on Spotify, Deezer or YouTube, with the full list down below.

Hope you might find at least a couple hidden gems to add to your own favorites. Enjoy the music, and follow us on either streaming platform for more playlists, and on Instagram @albumcovergirl for more recreated covers of iconic albums, old and new, and regular content on new music releases.


Covers of the top 20 albums of 2020 revisited as lockdown selfportraits by Albumcovergirl / ©GoodMorninCaptn

Covers of the top 20 albums of 2020 revisited as lockdown selfportraits by Albumcovergirl / ©GoodMorninCaptn

Or stream / watch the playlist via YouTube, with videos whenever available

All links in the list below directly point towards the respective album page on Bandcamp when available, or the label or artist official online store, so that you can easily stream, download or order them to support the artists. (only first 100 links added for now; remaining 50 to be progressively completed within the coming days)

  1. Fiona AppleFetch the Bolt Cutters (Epic Records, US)
  2. Lyra PramukFountain (Bedroom Community, US / DE)
  3. EartheaterPhoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (PAN, US)
  4. Thanya IyerKind (Topshelf Records, CA)
  5. Perfume GeniusSet My Heart On Fire Immediately (Matador, US)
  6. TorresSilver Tongue (Merge Records, US)
  7. Adrianne LenkerSongs + Instrumentals (4AD, US)
  8. Moses SumneyGræ (Jagjaguwar, US)
  9. Johanna WarrenChaotic Good (Wax Nine / Carpark Records, US)
  10. Douglas DareMilkteeth (Erased Tapes, UK)
  11. Lido PimientaMiss Colombia (Anti- Records, CO / CA)
  12. TenciMy Heart is an Open Field (Keeled Scales, US)
  13. SevdalizaShabrang (Twisted Elegance, IR / NL)
  14. Hania RaniHome (Gondwana Records, PL)
  15. Zebra KatzLess Is Moor (ZFK Records, US)
  16. Kelly Lee OwensInner Song (Smalltown Supersound, UK)
  17. NnamdïBrat (Sooper Records, US)
  18. Phoebe BridgersPunisher (Dead Oceans, US)
  19. Dana GavanskiYesterday Is Gone (Full Time Hobby / Ba Da Bing!, CA)
  20. Sufjan StevensThe Ascension (Asthmatic Kitty, US)
  21. Becca MancariThe Greatest Part (Captured Tracks, US)
  22. Jessie WareWhat’s Your Pleasure? (Virgin EMI, UK)
  23. ObongjayarWhich Way Is Forward? (EP) (September, UK / NG)
  24. Half WaifThe Caretaker (Anti- Records, US)
  25. AnjimileGiver Taker (Father/Daughter Records, US)
  26. Thao & The Get Down Stay DownTemple (Ribbon Music, US)
  27. ActivityUnmask Whoever (Western Vinyl, US)
  28. JFDRNew Dreams (White Sun Recording / Krunk, IS)
  29. Dua SalehRosetta (EP) (Against Giants, US)
  30. LA PriestGene (Domino Records, UK)
  31. A Grape DopeArthur King Presents A Grape Dope: Backyard Bangers (Dangerbird Records, US)
  32. AlgiersThere Is No Year (Matador, US)
  33. Wye OakNo Horizon (EP) (Merge Records, US)
  34. Porridge RadioEvery Bad (Secretly Canadian, UK)
  35. Squirrel FlowerI Was Born Swimming (Polyvinyl Records / Full Time Hobby, US)
  36. JockstrapWicked City (EP) (Warp Records, UK)
  37. Keeley ForsythDebris (The Leaf Label, UK)
  38. Ana RoxanneBecause of a Flower (Kranky, US)
  39. Frances QuinlanLikewise (Saddle Creek, US)
  40. Owen PallettIsland (Domino Records, CA)
  41. Mourning [A] BLKStarThe Cycle (Don Giovanni Records, US)
  42. OhmmeFantasize Your Ghost (Joyful Noise Recordings, US)
  43. Zola MennenöhLonging for Belonging (Figureight Records, DE / DK)
  44. Other LivesFor Their Love (ATO Records, US)
  45. HachikuI’ll Probably Be Asleep (Milk! Records / Marathon Artists, AUS)
  46. Kate NVRoom For The Moon (RVNG Intl., RU)
  47. Fleet FoxesShore (Anti- Records, US)
  48. Dmitry EvgrafovSurrender (130701 / FatCat Records, RU)
  49. The Cool GreenhouseThe Cool Greenhouse (Melodic Records, UK)
  50. Wax ChattelsClot (Captured Tracks, NZ)
  51. LåpsleyThrough Water (XL Recordings, UK)
  52. Sylvan EssoFree Love (Loma Vista Recordings, US)
  53. Ela MinusActs Of Rebellion (Domino Records, CO / US)
  54. Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithThe Mosaic of Transformation (Ghostly International, US)
  55. Ian William CraigRed Sun Through Smoke (130701 / FatCat Records, CA)
  56. Jeff ParkerSuite for Max Brown (International Anthem, US)
  57. JónsiShiver (Krunk, IS)
  58. Princess ThailandAnd We Shine (À Tant Rêver Du Roi, FR)
  59. Hazel EnglishWake Up! (Polyvinyl Records, US / AUS)
  60. Land of TalkIndistinct Conversations (Saddle Creek, CA)
  61. ArcaKiCk i (XL Recordings, VZ)
  62. Helena DelandSomeone New (Luminelle Recordings, CA)
  63. Henriette Sennenvaldt (from Under Byen)Something Wonderful (Paper Bag Records, DK)
  64. Gabriel Garzón-MontanoAgüita (Jagjaguwar, US / CO)
  65. SamiaThe Baby (Grand Jury, US)
  66. Amnesia ScannerTearless (PAN, FI / DE)
  67. Yves TumorHeaven to a Tortured Mind (Warp Records, UK)
  68. AustraHiRUDiN (Domino Records / Pink Fizz Recordings, CA)
  69. DeradoorianFind the Sun (Anti- Records, US)
  70. Dominique AVie étrange (Cinq 7 / Wagram, FR)
  71. WestermanYour Hero Is Not Dead (Partisan Records, UK)
  72. Soccer MommyColor Theory (Loma Vista Recordings, US)
  73. LomeldaHannah (Double Double Whammy, US)
  74. Ben Lukas BoysenMirage (Erased Tapes, DE)
  75. GhostpoetI Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep (Again) ([PIAS], UK)
  76. WoodsStrange To Explain (Woodsist, US)
  77. Mary LattimoreSilver Ladders (Ghostly International, US)
  78. Cyril CyrilYallah Mickey Mouse (Born Bad Records, CH)
  79. Aoife Nessa FrancesLand of No Junction (Basin Rock, IE)
  80. Rina SawayamaSawayama (Dirty Hit, JP / UK)
  81. Dua LipaFuture Nostalgia (Warner Records, UK)
  82. Ben SeretanYouth Pastoral (Whatever’s Clever, US)
  83. InventionsContinuous Portrait (Temporary Residence Ltd., US)
  84. MAITABest Wishes (Kill Rock Stars, US)
  85. Nils BechFoolish Heart (Self-released, NO)
  86. Agnes ObelMyopia (Deutsche Grammophon, DK)
  87. Laura MarlingSong For Our Daughter (Chrysalis Records Limited / Partisan Records, UK)
  88. Rob MazurekExploding Star Orchestra’s Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem / Nonesuch Records, US)
  89. RoneRoom With A View (Infiné, FR)
  90. SonikkuJoyful Death (Bella Union, UK)
  91. Róisín MurphyRóisín Machine (Loaded Records / Skint, IE)
  92. Lorenzo SenniScacco Matto (Warp Records, IT)
  93. Nadia ReidOut Of My Province (Spacebomb Records, NZ)
  94. Reb FountainReb Fountain (Flying Nun Records, NZ)
  95. IsletEyelet (Fire Records, UK)
  96. Fontaines D.C.A Hero’s Death (Partisan Records, IE)
  97. Yes BasketballGoodbye Basketball (Les Disques Normal / À Tant Rêver du Roi, FR)
  98. Kyrie KristmansonLady Lightly (Iki records, CA)
  99. MelkbellyPITH (Wax Nine / Carpark Records, US)
  100. Sorry925 (Domino Records, UK)
  101. JunglepussyJP4 (Jagjaguwar, US)
  102. TunngTunng Presents… Dead Club (Full Time Hobby, UK)
  103. This Is the KitOff Off On (Rough Trade Records, UK)
  104. Madeline KenneySucker’s Lunch (Carpark Records, US)
  105. Nicole AtkinsItalian Ice (Single Lock Records, US)
  106. Luka KuplowskyStardust (Mama Bird Recording Co. / Next Door Records, CA)
  107. Julien GascL’Appel de la Forêt (Born Bad Records, FR)
  108. Jaye JaylePrisyn (Sargent House, US)
  109. AārpPropaganda (Infiné, FR)
  110. AmaaraeThe Angel You Don’t Know (Sad Saints Angry Angels, GHA / US)
  111. SaultUntitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals, UK)
  112. Told SlantPoint the Flashlight and Walk (Double Double Whammy, US)
  113. The Soft Pink TruthShall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (Thrill Jockey, US)
  114. YelleL’Ère du Verseau (Recreation Center, FR)
  115. GeorgiaSeeking Thrills (Domino Records, UK)
  116. LAAKEO (Somaa / Mercury Records, FR)
  117. Empress OfI’m Your Empress Of (Terrible, US)
  118. Garage BlondeRage nue (La Discrète Music, FR)
  119. RVGFeral (Fire Records, AUS)
  120. KidbugKidbug (Joyful Noise Recordings, US)
  121. MoaningUneasy Laughter (Sub Pop, US)
  122. Lo-FangNear Other Worlds (Ocean Cloud Records, US / PT)
  123. CabaneGrande est la maison (Cabane Records, BE)
  124. MockeParle, grand canard (Objet Disque, FR)
  125. SkeletonsIf the Cat Come Back (Shinkoyo, US)
  126. LomaDon’t Shy Away (Sub Pop, US)
  127. HjaltalínHjaltalín (Self-released, IS)
  128. Sam PrekopComma (Thrill Jockey, US)
  129. ZerohBLQLYTE (Leaving Records, US)
  130. Soundwalk Collective with Patti SmithPeradam (featuring Anoushka Shankar, Tenzin Choegyal, and Charlotte Gainsbourg) (Bella Union, US)
  131. Oiseaux-TempêteTlamess (Sortilège) O.S.T. (Sub Rosa, FR)
  132. Brigitte FontaineTerre Neuve (Verycords, FR)
  133. Jehnny BethTo Love Is To Live (20L07 LLC, FR)
  134. MottronGiants ([PIAS], FR)
  135. Monolithe NoirMoira (Kowtow Records, FR)
  136. Régina DeminaHystérie&! (Kwaidan Records, FR)
  137. NaeemStartisha (37d03d, US)
  138. Rico NastyNightmare Vacation (Atlantic Records / Sugar Trap, US)
  139. Megan Thee StallionGood News (300 Entertainment, US)
  140. Jonah MutonoGerg (EQT Recordings, UGA / US)
  141. Leifur JamesAngel in Disguise (Night Time Stories, UK)
  142. Kety FuscoDazed (Sugar srl, CH)
  143. Brigid Mae PowerHead Above The Water (Fire Records, IE)
  144. Allysen CalleryGhost Folk (Cosirecords Schallplatten, US)
  145. Andy ShaufThe Neon Skyline (Anti- Records, CA)
  146. Lee Ranaldo & Raül RefreeNames Of North End Women (Mute Records, US / SP)
  147. Hen OgleddFree Humans (Weird World, UK)
  148. Sonic BoomAll Things Being Equal (Carpark Records, UK)
  149. PantayoPantayo (Telephone Explosion, CA)
  150. Thor & Friends3 & 4 (Joyful Noise Recordings, US)
  151. Greg FoxContact (RVNG Intl., US)

Let me know the albums I have missed from your personal tops, and please come back in 10 hours after you’ve listened to the whole playlist to tell me which new albums you are digging ;-) In the meantime:

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Top 30 Albums of 2019

Here are our 30 favorite albums of 2019. It has been definitely hard to pick among the hundreds that we heard and liked last year! Let’s enjoy some of the best in indie rock, indie pop, folk, electro, post-punk, post-rock, hip-hop, experimental, ambient, and modern classical music released this year.

Best albums of the year 2019 - Playlist and collage by GooMorninCaptn, feat. Sasami - Sasami, Matmos - Plastic Anniversary, Hand Habits - Placeholder, Cate Le Bon - Reward, FKA Twigs - Magdalene, Kim Gordon - No Home Record, Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology, Holly Herndon - Proto, Lizzo - Cuz I Love You, Susanna & The Brotherhood Of Our Lady - Garden of Earthly Delights, Big Thief - U.F.O.F., Lafawndah - Ancestor Boy, Jungstötter - Love Is, Anna Meredith - FIBS, Christopher Tignor - A Light Below, Grey McMurray - Stay Up, Julia Jacklin - Crushing, Leafcutter John - Yes! Come Parade With Us, Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising, Jesca Hoop - Stonechild, JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs, Bon Iver - i,i, Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence, Glen Hansard - This Wild Willing, The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears, Lower Dens - The Competition, La Féline - Vie future, Lingua Ignota - Caligula, Oiseaux-Tempête - From Somewhere Invisible, Clipping. - There Existed An Addiction To Blood

Top 30 of 2019 - Playlist and collage by GooMorninCaptn

The playlist will be best enjoyed on YouTube, Spotify or Deezer. A couple tracks are missing from Soundcloud and Qobuz.

  1. SasamiSasami (Domino, US)
  2. MatmosPlastic Anniversary (Thrill Jockey, US)
  3. Hand HabitsPlaceholder (Saddle Creek, US)
  4. Cate Le BonReward (Mexican Summer, UK)
  5. FKA TwigsMagdalene (Young Turks, UK)
  6. Kim GordonNo Home Record (Matador, US)
  7. Vanishing TwinThe Age Of Immunology (Fire Records, UK)
  8. Holly HerndonProto (4AD, US)
  9. LizzoCuz I Love You (Deluxe) (Atlantic, US)
  10. Susanna & The Brotherhood Of Our LadyGarden of Earthly Delights (SusannaSonata, NO)
  11. Big ThiefU.F.O.F. (4AD, US)
  12. LafawndahAncestor Boy (Concordia / !K7, EG/IR/FR/UK/US)
  13. JungstötterLove Is (Pias, DE)
  14. Anna MeredithFIBS (Moshi Moshi Records, UK)
  15. Christopher TignorA Light Below (Western Vinyl, US)
  16. Grey McMurrayStay Up (Figureight, US)
  17. Julia JacklinCrushing (Polyvinyl / Transgressive, AUS)
  18. Leafcutter JohnYes! Come Parade With Us (Border Community, UK)
  19. Weyes BloodTitanic Rising (Sub Pop, US)
  20. Jesca HoopStonechild (Memphis Industries, US)
  21. JPEGMAFIAAll My Heroes Are Cornballs (EQT Recordings, US)
  22. Bon Iveri,i (Jagjaguwar, US)
  23. Chelsea WolfeBirth of Violence (Sargent House, US)
  24. Glen HansardThis Wild Willing (Anti-, IE)
  25. The Murder CapitalWhen I Have Fears (Human Season, IE)
  26. Lower DensThe Competition (Ribbon Music, US)
  27. La FélineVie future (Kwaidan Records, FR)
  28. Lingua IgnotaCaligula (Profound Lore Records, US)
  29. Oiseaux-TempêteFrom Somewhere Invisible (Sub Rosa, FR)
  30. Clipping.There Existed An Addiction To Blood (Sub Pop, US)

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Then The Clouds Went Red – Playlist

Then The Clouds Went Red, Fall 2017 playlist and digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn.

Then The Clouds Went Red - animated collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Then The Clouds Went Red - animated collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Tracklist:

  1. Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano (Berlin, DE) — “Winding And Unwinding”, from Everything” out on Erased Tapes.
  2. Briana Marela (Olympia, WA, USA) — “Quit”, from Call It Love” out on Jagjaguwar.
  3. Katie Von Schleicher (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — “Life’s A Lie”, from Shitty Hits” out on Ba Da Bing / Full Time Hobby.
  4. Waxahatchee (Philadelphia, PA, USA) — “Silver”, from Out in the Storm” out on Merge Records.
  5. Iron & Wine (USA) — “Call It Dreaming”, from Beast Epic” out on Sub Pop.
  6. Chad VanGaalen (CA) — “Old Heads”, from Light Information” out on Sub Pop.
  7. Balmorhea (Austin, TX, USA) — “Clear Language”, from Clear Language” out on Western Vinyl.
  8. Caroline Says (Austin, TX, USA) — “Winter Is Cold”, from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong” out on Western Vinyl.
  9. Sylvain Chauveau (FR / BE) — “Find What You Love And Let It Kill You”, from Post-Everything” out on Brocoli.
  10. Vivian Void (DE) — “No Choice Boys”, from Rhododendron” EP out on Woodland Recordings.
  11. Garage Blonde (FR) — “J’me souviens presque“.
  12. Deerhoof (San Francisco, CA, USA) — “Come Down Here and Say That” (feat. Lætitia Sadier), from Mountain Moves” out on Joyful Noise Recordings.
  13. Tera Melos (Sacramento, CA, USA) — “Trash Generator”, from Trash Generator” out on Sargent House.
  14. Zola Jesus (Merrill, WI, USA) — “Exhumed”, from Okovi” out on Sacred Bones Records.
  15. Hundred Waters (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Fingers”, from Communicating” out on OWSLA.
  16. Carmen Villain (NO) — “Borders” feat. Jenny Hval, from Infinite Avenue” out on Smalltown Supersound.
  17. Lina Tullgren (ME, USA) — “Asktell”, from Won” out on Captured Tracks.
  18. Chelsea Wolfe (CA, USA) — “16 Psyche”, from Hiss Spun” out on Sargent House.
  19. Bodies Of Water (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Here Among You”, from “Spear In The City” out on Thousand Tongues.
  20. Mount Kimbie (London, UK) — “Blue Train Lines” (feat. King Krule), from Love What Survives” out on Warp Records.
  21. Lali Puna (DE) — “Deep Dream”, from Two Windows” out on Morr Music.

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Passage – February 2017 playlist

Passage“, our new playlist and digital collage, compiling new releases from January and February 2017.

Passage - February 2017 digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Passage - February 2017 digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Surprisingly, this edition tends to heavily eye California (Foxygen, Ty Segall, Xiu Xiu, Banana, Cherry Glazerr). Hope for a political counterweight? Or is it a mere longing for sun? The latter could be confirmed by the presence of a couple artists from Toulouse in the French South West (Aquaserge, Laure Briard) as well as PVT from Australia. To get us back to the seasonal grayness, let’s welcome a couple Mancunians (Jesca Hoop, Irma Vep), and of course a few brilliant Scandinavians (Rainbrother, Lowly, Linnea Olsson)…

Beyond this reductive geography, let’s notice the first solo adventures of singers breaking away from Ought (Tim Darcy) and The Antlers (Peter Silberman), souls to console (Jesca Hoop, Shannon Wright, Peter Silberman), retro nods (Laure Briard, Molly Burch, Tim Darcy, Foxygen), and joyful or hypnotic loops to fly away (Banana, Aquaserge, Rainbrother, Six Organs Of Admittance, Mind Over Mirrors, PVT, Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche). Enjoy!

Featuring:

1 — Tim Darcy (Montreal, QC) — “Tall Glass of Water”, from Saturday Night on Jagjaguwar.
2 — Jesca Hoop (Manchester, UK) — “The Lost Sky”, from Memories Are Now on Sub Pop Records.
3 — Xiu Xiu (San Jose, CA, USA) — “Wondering”, from Forget on Polyvinyl Record Company (US) / Teenage Menopause Rds (FR) / Altin Village & Mine (DE) / La Tempesta (IT) / Upset the Rythm (UK, Australia).
4 — Dirty Projectors (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — “Keep Your Name”, from Dirty Projectors on Domino Recording Company.
5 — Foxygen (Westlake Village, CA, USA) — “America”, from Hang on Jagjaguwar.
6 — Banana (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Banana C”, from Live on Leaving Records.
7 — Aquaserge (Toulouse / Paris, FR) — “Tour du Monde”, from Laisse ça être on Almost Musique (FR) / Crammed Discs (rest of the world).
8 — Shannon Wright (Atlanta, GA, USA) — “The Thirst”, from Division on Vicious Circle.
9 — Linnea Olsson (SE) — “Weekend”, from For Show EP.
10 — Ty Segall (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Orange Color Queen”, from Ty Segall on Drag City Records.
11 — Rainbrother (Copenhagen, DK) — “Riverside”, from Tales From The Drought on General Bird.
12 — Six Organs of Admittance (Holyoke, MA, USA) — “Taken By Ascent”, from Burning The Threshold on Drag City Records.
13 — Mind Over Mirrors (Chicago, IL, USA) — “Restore & Slip”, from Undying Color on Paradise of Bachelors.
14 — PVT (Sydney, AUS & London, UK) — “Another Life”, from New Spirit on Felte / Create/Control.
15 — Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche (Montreal, QC) — “Alizé et Margaret D. Midi moins le quart. Sur la plage, un palmier ensanglanté II”, from Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much on Constellation Records.
16 — Lowly (Aarhus, DK) — “Mornings”, from Heba on Bella Union.
17 — Cherry Glazerr (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Told You I’d Be With The Guys”, from Apocalipstick on Secretly Canadian.
18 — Laure Briard (Toulouse, FR) — “On dit que je ne suis pas sage”, from Sorcellerie EP out on Midnight Special Records.
19 — Molly Burch (Austin, TX, US) — “Wrong For You”, from Please Be Mine on Captured Tracks.
20 — Peter Silberman (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — “Karuna”, from Impermanence on Anti Records / Transgressive.
21 — Irma Vep (Manchester, UK) — “A Woman’s Work is Never Done”, from No Handshake Blues on Faux Discx records.

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Music Is My Religion – Summer 2016 playlist

Music Is My Religion collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Music Is My Religion - June 2016 digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn

1 – case/lang/veirs (US) — Best Kept Secret, from the album case/lang/veirs on anti records.

2 – William Ryan Fritch (US) — Storms, from the album Clean War on Lost Tribe Sound.

3 – Ben Lukas Boysen (DE) Golden Times 1, from the album Spells on Erased Tapes.

4 – Deerhoof (US) Plastic Thrills, from the album The Magic on Polyvinyl Records (North America), Upset the Rhythm (UK), Clapping Music / Kythibong (France, BeNeLux), Altin Village & Mine (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Giradiscos / Humo (Spain), Lado ABC (Poland), Lovers & Lollypops (Portugal), Felicity (Japan).

5 – Throws (UK) The Harbour, from the self-titled debut album on Thrill Jockey Records / Full Time Hobby.

6 – Tiny Ruins (NZ) Dream Wave, from the Dream Wave 7” on Bella Union.

7 – Bert Jansch (UK) River Running from the 1985 album From The Outside reissued on Earth Records.

8 – Sarathy Korwar (UK) — Indefinite Leave To Remain, from the album Day To Day, out July 8 on Ninja Tune. Thursday November 3, 2016 at Festival WorldStock #4, in Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.

9 – Skeletons (US) All I Want Is You, from the album Am I Home?, on Altin Village & Mine.

10 – Paul Simon (US) — The Werewolf, from Stranger To Stranger, on Concord Music Group. European tour in October and November, incl. Nov 14 in Paris, Palais des Congrés.

11 – YEYEY (ex – Uzi & Ari, US) — The Vision, from the album The Vision on Hush Records. On tour in Europe in September, starting September 9 in Paris, FR, at le Carmen (free entrance).

12 – Converge (US) You Fail Me, from You Fail Me Redux, reissue of their 2004 album on Epitaph.

13 – Let’s Eat Grandma (UK) — Rapunzel, from the album I, Gemini on Transgressive Records.

14 – Message To Bears (UK) I’ll Lead You There (feat. Will Samson), from the album Carved From Tides out July 1st (self-released).

15 – David Toop (UK) Dry Keys Echo In The Dark And Humid Early Hours, from the album Entities Inertias Faint Beings on ROOM40.

16 – Flamingods (UK) Taboo Groves, from the album Majesty on Soundway.

17 – Son Lux (US) You Don’t Own Me, from Stranger Forms EP on Glassnote Records.

18 – Moonface and Siinai (CA) — Them Call Themselves Old Punks, from the album My Best Human Face on Jagjaguwar.

19 – Casket Girls (US) Sixteen Forever, from the album The Night Machines on Graveface Records.

20 – B/B/S/ (Aidan Baker, CA, Andrea Belfi, IT, and Erik Skodvin, NO) Cosmow, from the album Palace on miasmah.

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2010 – Top 30

GoodMorninCaptn's Top 2010 - Part 1

2011 HAS BARELY STARTED, AND… OH, SURPRISE! GOODMORNINCAPTN ISN’T QUITE DEAD YET. LET’S CELEBRATE AND HAVE A QUICK LOOK BACK AT WHAT EXCITED OUR EARS IN THE LAST YEAR, COMPLETE WITH LINKS, MP3s AND VIDEOS. SET YOUR EARPHONES AND FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS, AS THE FIRST PART OF OUR TOP 30 RECORDS OF 2010 HAS US TRAVELLING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN NORTH AMERICA AND NORTHERN EUROPE.

Silje Nes - OpticksThe Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring NightFaun Fables Light Of A Vaster Dark

30) SILJE NES – “Opticks” (FatCat Records)

Gentle lullabies from Norway -ideal to loosen up on your couch at night while petting your kitten (and writing your end-of-year top list)

Crystals by Silje Nes

> Listen to Opticks on Spotify or Deezer.

29) THE BESNARD LAKES – “The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night” (Jagjaguwar)

Roaring shoegazing from Montreal to slowly awaken.


The Besnard Lakes – “Albatross” directed by Kara Blake

> Listen to The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night on Spotify.

28) FAUN FABLES – “Light of a Vaster Dark” (Drag City)

Let’s now head down to sunny California and witness Dawn McCarthy’s possessed folk invocations.
Listen to a clip from “Housekeeper from “Light of a Vaster Dark“:

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Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps TradixionalesYeasayer - Odd BloodWill Stratton - New Vanguard Blues27) THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA – “Kollaps Tradixionales” (Constellation)

With a slightly reduced line-up (now only one guitar, 2 violins, contrabass and drums), Silver Mt. Zion seem more focused and inspired on this racy imprint, their 6th full-length in 10 years.

I Built Myself A Metal Bird by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

26) YEASAYER – “Odd Blood” (Secretly Canadian)

A pick whose presence in this selection has been highly debated. All tasteful considerations apart, the psychedelic back-to-the-eighties aesthetics of the album may be quite enjoyable and somehow much representative of 2010.


Yeasayer – “Madder Red” directed by Andreas Nilsson

> Listen to Odd Blood on Deezer or Spotify.

25) WILL STRATTON – “New Vanguard Blues” (self-released)

The young American singer-songwriter recorded and mixed his 3rd album over 48 hours before making it available through the Internet 2 weeks later, with a simple yet charming result.

> Listen to (and/or buy) New Vanguard Blues on Bandcamp or Spotify.

Nils Frahm & Anne Muller - 7fingersBenoit Pioulard - LastedOval - O24) NILS FRAHM & ANNE MÜLLER – “7fingers” (Hush Records)

After 2 much praised solo records, Berlin piano-wunderkind Nils Frahm joined forces with cellist Anne Müller for a post-classical record which in its best moments has us dream of Rachel’s classy compositions discretely but insidiously deconstructed by Oval’s digital experiments.
Listen to “Let My Key Be C (Thriller Edit)” from “7fingers“:

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> Listen to 7fingers on Deezer or Spotify.

23) BENOIT PIOULARD – “Lasted” (Kranky)

Thomas Meluch, better known as Benoit Pioulard, released his 3rd album for Kranky, filled as usual with ethereal, cloud-like layers of evanescent guitar, DIY rythms and lost voices.

Sault by Benoît Pioulard

> Listen to Lasted on Deezer.

22) OVAL – “O” (Thrill Jockey)

9 years after Ovalcommers, Markus Popp undoubtedly proves us that his heart clicks again.


Oval – “Ah!” directed by Darko Dragicevic

Deerhunter - Halcyon DigestUnder Byen - Alt Er TabtThe Morning Benders - Big Echo21) DEERHUNTER – “Halcyon Digest” (4AD)

Bradford Cox delighted us in the Fall of 2009 with his second solo record released under his Atlas Sound moniker, and once again did not disappoint us with the latest Deerhunter album.

Download Revival (MP3) from Halcyon Digest, or listen to the album on Deezer or Spotify.

20) UNDER BYEN – “Alt Er Tabt” (A:larm Music)

While their fellow Danes Efterklang got poppier and brighter on Magic Chairs, Under Byen persist in exploring dark and twistedly beautiful territories.
Listen to title track “Alt Er Tabt“:

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19) THE MORNING BENDERS – “Big Echo” (Rough Trade)

Co-produced by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, Big Echo, which has turned out a deserved break-through for its creators, is an uplifted and nicely orchestrated pop record, graced with the spontaneity of youth and a pleasantly retro sound.


The Morning Benders – “All Day Day Light ” directed by Jack Ferry

Listen to Big Echo on Deezer or Spotify.

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Weekly Indie News: Lisa Germano, Le Loup, Noah And The Whale, Volcano Choir

Lisa Germano "Magic Neighbor" / Rachel Grimes "Book Of Leaves" / Islands "Vapours" / Le Loup "Family" / Noah & The Whale "First Days Of Spring" / The Twilight Sad "Forget The Night Ahead" / Volcano Choir "Unmpa" / Why? "Eskimo Snow"

Pretty exciting week ahead, with a bunch of new releases out:

LISA GERMANO – “Magic Neighbor“, new album on Young God Records. Listen to “Snow” (MP3).

RACHEL GRIMES – “Book Of Leaves” (Karate Body / Ruminance). First piano solo album from one of The Rachel’s core members. More info and MP3 here.

ISLANDS – “Vapours” (Anti). The Canadians seem to have lost most of what once made them interesting. You may still listen to “Vapours” on their MySpace to prove me wrong.

LE LOUP – “Family” (Hardly Art / Talitres). Much expected follow-up to their 2007 magical debut LP. Listen to “Beach Town” (MP3).

NOAH AND THE WHALE – “First Days Of Spring“. Sophomore album and accompanying film are coming out this week in France (already out in the UK; 2 more weeks to wait for the US release). See the trailer below.

THE TWILIGHT SAD – “Forget The Night Ahead” (Fat Cat).

VOLCANO CHOIR – “Unmap” (Jagjaguwar). Intriguing debut of Bon-Iver-mastermind Justin Vermont’s more experimental band. Listen to “Island, IS” (MP3).

WHY? – “Eskimo Snow” (Anticon).