Best of 2017

Here I am, doing it all wrong again by releasing my Best of 2017 list way before Xmas. Every year it shows, that I discover fabulous artists with some delay and I feel sorry these albums are missing the list, only because I wasn’t quick enough! Like in 2016, I failed to mention these excellent records:

Merk: Swordfish (self-released)
Snails: Safe in Silence (Fearl Child Records)
Minta & The Brook Trout: Slow (NorteSul)
CaStLeS: Foresteering (Hafod Mastering)
Ben Reed: Station Masters (Gare Du Nord)

If you haven’t heard of any of those artists, please check them out!

And here they are, the winners of the 2017 Golden Glades award:

 

Corridor: Supermercado (Requiem Pour Un Twister)
Mauno: Tuning (Tin Angel)
This Is the Kit: Moonshine Freeze (Rough Trade)
Brent Cash: The New High (Marina Records)
Raoul Vignal: The Silver Veil (Talitres)
The Parson Red Heads: Blurred Harmony (Fluff and Gravy)
Crepes: Channel Four (Deaf Ambition)
Sweet Baboo: Wild Imagination (Moshi Moshi)
Andrew Taylor: From The Outside Looking In (Rock Indiana)
Hand Habits: Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) (Woodsist)
Omni: Multi-Task (Trouble In Mind)
Faith Healer: Try (Mint Records)
Balduin: Bohemian Garden (self-released)
The Proper Ornaments: Foxhole (Tough Love)
Travis Bretzer: Bubble Gum (Human Sounds)
Baby Island: Break the Lease (Hello Records)
Human Heat: All Is Too Much (Offline Records)
Midnight Sister: Saturn Over Sunset (Jagjaguwar)

Of course this list is a purely subjective affair, but if you feel like I missed a highlight, please let me know!!

Also worth checking out: the voting of my ByteFM colleagues
best songs & best album

Indian Summer

Die Jahreszeit gab eine treffliche Vorlage, denn goldene Lichtungen finden sich gerade und vornehmlich in freundlichen Herbstmomenten. Der Indian Summer – kristallblauer Himmel, Blätter in dramatischem Bordeaux – lässt sich zum Glück nicht nur in Neuengland, sondern auch anderswo bewundern. So lag es nahe, ein paar lichtdurchflutete Musikeinlagen zu sichten und sorgsam zu sortieren. Voilà, in der heutigen Sendung erleuchten Painted Hills, Aquaserge und Minimum Chips.

 

PlaylistGG_KW41


ArtistTrackLabel
Soy ChristmasOh Nosoyxmas.bandcamp.com
SobsGirlMiddle Class Cigars
Beachwood SparksSomething I Don't RecognizeSub Pop
Painted HillsKaleidoscope EyesParasol
GospelbeacHIn the DesertAlive Records
Sandy RealmsLocal Godssandyrealms.bandcamp.com
Minimum ChipsKnow You Too WellChapter Music
AquasergeSi Loin, Si ProcheCrammed Discs
Hologram TeenMagique AfriquePolytechnic Youth
Antoine DiligentReasonsX Off Records
Dent MayAcross the MultiverseCarpark
Ty SegallAltaDrag City
Faith HealerWaitingMint Rec.
Swimming TapesWhat's On Your MindHand In Hive
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The ClienteleThe NeighbourTapete
Happy DaggerIndian Summerxhappydaggerx.bandcamp.com
Shake Some Action!Waiting For The Sunshakesomeaction.bandcamp.com
Lina TullgrenAsktellCaptured Tracks
Jack CooperOn a Pier in the WindTrouble In Mind
This Is the KitBy My Demon EyeRough Trade
MaunoAnything AnymoreTin Angel Records
WeavesWalkawayMemphis Industries
Ted LeoUsed to BelieveSuperEgo Records
Black TailSleepy VolcanoLady Sometimes
The Burning HellNurse & PatientBB*Island
Taylor KnoxLove Love LoveCadence Music
Ralegh LongSleeping On My DreamsMake It New Records
DartoCharacter StudyAagoo Records
The SeamsRememberance DayHand Drawn Dracula
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