However, there's some fun new stuff in the mix. I LOVE new Youth Lagoon. Slaves is making some fantastic punk rock on the other side of the pond. Fresh faces like Jamie XX and Holly Herndon are putting out some interesst electronica alongside familiar names in the genre like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. Roisin Murphy and Micachu are pushing boundaries in interesting directions.
I also had a lot of my contemporary "standbys" like Panda Bear, Destroyer, and Dan Deacon continue to impress me with interesting and challenging albums.
I listened to a lot of stuff this year. Here is some of the music that stuck (in no particular order)...
SLAVES – Are You Satisfied
ROISIN MURPHY – Hairless Toys
YOUTH LAGOON – Savage Hills Ballroom
MICACHU AND THE SHAPES – GOOD SAD HAPPY BAD
DESTROYER – Poison Season
REFUSED – Freedom
FAITH NO MORE – Sol Invictus
SQUAREPUSHER – Damogen Furies
DAN DEACON – Gliss Riffer
JON HOPKINS – Late Night Tales
MARILYN MANSON – The Pale Emperor
APHEX TWIN – Computer Controlled Acoustic Music
*Couldn't find a clip on Youtube. Weird. Well, you know what Aphex sounds like.
*Couldn't find a clip on Youtube. Weird. Well, you know what Aphex sounds like.
JAMIE XX – In Colour
BJORK – Vulnicura
PANDA BEAR – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
HOLLY HERNDON - Platform
CLUTCH – Psychic Warfare
