I’m still mourning over the loss of Sophie this weekend. Electronic music lost a true innovator.
Category Archives: Music
Best of 2020
As strange as 2020 was I couldn’t finish the year without doing the regular exercise of reflecting on my favourite albums of the year. And here they are:
- Vaiapraia – 100% Carisma
- Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
- Perfume Genius – Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
- Dirty Projectors – 5EPs
- Touché Amoré – Lament
- Arca – KiCk i
- Future Islands – As Long As You Are
- Jessie Ware: What’s Your Pleasure?
- 070 Shake – Modus Vivendi
- Fleet Foxes – Shore
- Adrianne Lenker – songs
- Filipe Sambado – Revezo
- Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- Soccer Mommy – color theory
- Dehd – Flower of Devotion
- Haim – Women in Music Pt. III
- Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
- U.S. Girls – Heavy Light
- Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
- Son Lux – Tomorrows I
Best of 2017
I almost didn’t make a list of favourite records this year. But I know that one day I’ll appreciate going back to take a look at these. So here it goes:
- Perfume Genius – No Shape
- The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
- Phoenix – Ti Amo
- The xx – I See You
- Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
- Death From Above 1979 – Outrage is Now
- Pond – The Weather
- Curtis Harding – Face Your Fear
- Ty Segall – Ty Segall
- LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
And a few honorable mentions:
- 800 Gondomar – Linhas de Baixo
- Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up
- Wavves – You’re Welcome
- Temples – Volcano
- Duquesa – Norte Litoral
- Sevdaliza – Ison
- Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
- Lorde – Melodrama
- The Horrors – V
- Fever Ray – Plunge
- Japandroids – Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
- Madrepaz – Panoramix
- Moullinex – Hypersex
- TENDER – Modern Addiction
- Future Islands – The Far Field
- Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
- Feist – Pleasure
- Real Estate – In Mind
- Joe Goddard – Electric Lines
- Hercules & Love Affair – Omnion
Here’s my list from last year.
Nine Inch Nails – LESS THAN
Perfume Genius – Die 4 You
My favorite song (so far) from Perfume Genius’ latest album “No Shape”.
#boogiemaroto volume 7
LOT – Take a Look
Saw these gents last night opening for Thievery Corporation (yeah that’s still a thing…). It was a nice surprise.
Grimes ft. Janelle Monáe – Venus Fly
This is stunning.
#boogiemaroto volume 6
Best of 2016
As part of my annual tradition here’s my list of favourite records from the last year:
- Bon Iver – 22, A Million
- James Blake – The Color In Anything
- Angel Olsen – MY WOMAN
- M83 – Junk
- Metronomy – Summer 08
- Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
- Capitão Fausto – Capitão Fausto Têm Os Dias Contados
- Jagwar Ma – Every Now & Then
- Anohni – HOPELESSNESS
- Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Last.fm compiled a nice page with my listening stats, take a look.
Here’s my list from last year.