This is it, the sonic brass ring...our favorite albums of the year! We did ten each, with five honorable mentions each to start things off. If you don't want to wait to hear our picks, you can view them below. As always, thanks for listening, and happy holidays! We'll be back in January with a new episode!
Honorable Mentions:
Scott:
- The Biology of Plants—Vol. 2
- Blood Incantation—Hidden History of the Human Race
- Freddie Gibbs/Madlib—Bandana
- Hiss Golden Messenger—Terms of Surrender
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard—Infest The Rat's Nest
JimJam:
- All Your Sisters—Trust Ruins
- Tim Berne/David Torn/Ches Smith—Sun of Goldfinger
- Floating Points—Crush
- Leprous—Pitfalls
- Thom Yorke—ANIMA
Top Ten:
Scott:
- Lightning Bolt—Sonic Citadel
- Orville Peck—Pony
- Pound—• •
- Exulansis—Sequestered Sympathy
- Lingua Ignota—CALIGULA
- Dysrhythmia—Terminal Threshold
- Toro y Moi—Outer Peace
- Clipping.—There Existed An Addiction To Blood
- Hashshashin—Badakhshan
- Xiu Xiu—Girl With Basket of Fruit
JimJam:
- Xiu Xiu—Girl With Basket of Fruit
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds—Ghosteen
- Swans—Leaving Meaning
- Surachai—Come, Deathless
- William Basinski—On Time Out of Time
- Danny Brown—uknowhatimsayin¿
- Amon Tobin—Fear In A Handful of Dust
- Little Simz—GREY Area
- John Zorn—Tractatus Musico Philosiphicus
- Blood Incantation—Hidden History of the Human Race
