2018 Artists Picks – Marty Willson-Piper
Singer-songwriter Marty Willson-Piper renuites with producer Dare Mason for Noctorum. This is the duo’s first long-play in seven years. Slated for release on February 15, this album will be made available on heavy-weight gatefold vinyl, CD and digitally via Schoolkids Records. The former All About Eve and The Church guitarist took time out of his busy schedule to give us this extensive ‘best of’ which includes some tips for 2019.
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Enjoy the list:
Top Albums
Exit North – Book Of Romance And Dust
Anna Calvi – Hunter
Hjalte Ross – Embody
Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps
Jack White – Boarding House Reach
Richard Thompson – 13 Rivers
S. Carey – Hundred Acres
Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Thom Yorke – Suspiria
Vanessa Paradis – Les Sources
EPs:
Boygenius – s/t
TC&I – Great Expectations
Notable Mentions:
Neil Finn – Out Of Silence
Greta Van Fleet – Anthem Of The Peaceful Army
Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
Alice In Chains – Rainer Fog
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
Pale Waves – My Mind Makes Noises
Gwenno – Le Kov
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquillity Base Hotel And Casino
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
Kamsai Washington – Heaven and Earth
Still In The “To Be Listened To” Pile With High Expectations:
The Unthanks – Lines (3 x 10inch set)
Julia Holter – Aviary
Low – Double Negative
The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
First Aid Kit – Ruins
St. Vincent – Mass Education
Suede – The Blue Hour
Snail Mail – Lush
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Beak – >>>
Box Sets:
Holger Czukay – Cinema Box
Kate Bush – 4 Boxes (complete back catalogue and rarities)
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland Box
The Beatles – White Album/Esher Demos Box
Reissues:
David Sylvian – Dead Bees On A Cake extra tracks
Sylvian Czukay – Plight and Premonition/Flux and Mutability remix
And Then There’s The Great Ones I’ve Forgotten Because A Year Is A Long Time:
The Unheard – Desk Drawer Music
The Like Its – Missed Pleasures
The Forgotten Unknowns – Songs That Can’t Escape The Studio
The Nearlees – Better
The Obscurity Lovers – Dark Windows
2019 High Expectations So Far
Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
James Blake – Assume Form
Lou Doillon – Soliloquy
Deerhunter – Why Has Everything Already Disappeared?
Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweetie Revisited
The Delines – The Imperial
Box Sets:
Steven Wilson Home Invasion
Guitars photo by Olivia Willson-Piper