KEXP Albums of the Year

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KEXP is doing its annual Albums of the Year! To vote just follow this link:
http://kexp.org/polls/endofyear2013countdown/

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1. Star Anna - Go To Hell (She needs our help to make it to that list.)
2. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
3. Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
4. The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion
5. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
6. The Strokes - Comedown Machine
7. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
8. Mark Lanegan - Imitations
9. Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy
10. Phosphorescent - Muchacho

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KEXP's Best Albums of 2024

brianlux

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KEXP's Best Albums of 2024

I really like and appreciate the live performances that KEXP hosts and it's a very cool station, but I find their list at least a bit disappointing.  I by no means would call myself the best judge of music- to me, what we like is a personal thing and no one can claim to be better at saying what is best or good or what isn't, etc.  But to see none of the 5 albums I listed on the other  "best of 2024" thread on this list of 100?  I know I can't be that far off in what I like.  Not that it's a big damn deal, I'm just surprised.

The other thing I found odd was them putting Nada Surf's Moon Mirror clear down to number 80.  That album is not on my list, but only because I don't have it yet (Christmas present, maybe, lol!), but I've heard enough of it and read enough about it (thank you, The Big Takever!) to know it surely must rank higher than 80.

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What do you think about Pie & Vinyl (British independent record store) list, Brian?

1. Ezra Feinberg – “Soft Power”
2. Adrianne Lenker – “Bright Future”
3. Nala Sinephro – “Endlessness”
4. Fabiana Palladino – “Fabiana Palladino”
5. The Smile – “Cutouts”
6. Amyl And The Sniffers – “Cartoon Darkness”
7. Goat Girl – “Below The Waste”
8. Jessica Pratt – “Here In The Pitch”
9. Julia Holter – “Something in the Room She Moves”
10. Naima Bock – “Below A Massive Dark Land”
11. Porridge Radio – “Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me”

brianlux

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What do you think about Pie & Vinyl (British independent record store) list, Brian?

1. Ezra Feinberg – “Soft Power”
2. Adrianne Lenker – “Bright Future”
3. Nala Sinephro – “Endlessness”
4. Fabiana Palladino – “Fabiana Palladino”
5. The Smile – “Cutouts”
6. Amyl And The Sniffers – “Cartoon Darkness”
7. Goat Girl – “Below The Waste”
8. Jessica Pratt – “Here In The Pitch”
9. Julia Holter – “Something in the Room She Moves”
10. Naima Bock – “Below A Massive Dark Land”
11. Porridge Radio – “Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me”

I think this list puts me mildly to shame for not keeping up better with contemporary music, lol!  But the good news is that I like researching music I'm not familiar with, so this should be fun and keep me busy for a while, thank you!