Oh goodness, there is pretty much no way I could detail everything I listen to outside of several essays, but I can provide a short list of some of my favorite albums and artists from the last few years in no meaningful order.
- Daft Punk’s entire catalog
- “The Seer” and “To Be Kind” by Swans
- "A U R O R A" by Ben Frost
- “Obsidian” and “Ocean Death EP” by Baths
- “Strange Mercy” and St. Vincent’s self titled LP from earlier this year.
- “Say Yes to Love” by Perfect Pussy
- “Concrete Misery” by Sevendeaths
- “Same Trailer, Different Park” by Kasey Musgraves
- “Lavender Country” (which is from 1974, I know, but it was just reissued this year and it’s queer and great and fuck you)
- “It’s Album Time” by Todd Terje
- The first half of Bleacher’s “Strange Desire”
- “Ultraviolence” by Lana Del Rey
- “The Electric Lady” by Janelle Monae
- “Settle” by Disclosure
- “Tarot Sport” and “Slow Focus” by Fuck Buttons
- “Acid Rap” by Chance the Rapper
- “Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean
- The Joy Formidable’s live shows
- “Silence Yourself” by Savages
- “Cupid Deluxe” by Blood Orange
- The first half of “Yeesus” by Kanye West
- FKA Twigs (I am eagerly awaiting her debut LP next month)
- “Benji” by Sun Kil Moon
- “Sea When Absent” by A Sunny Day in Glasgow
- “The Bones of What You Believe” by Chvrches
- “Night Time, My Time” by Sky Ferreira
- “Psychic” by Darkside
- Several of Jungle’s singles
- “Burn Your Fire For No Witness” by Angel Olsen
- “W H O K I L L” by tUnE-yArDs
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