- Billy & Dolly – “Bobby” – Five Suns (Shit Krystal)
- Dirty Projectors – “Break-Thru” – Lamp Lit Prose (Domino)
- Eternal Summers – “Oblivious” – Every Day It Feels Like I’m Dying… (Nevada Music)
- Kyle Gann – “Reverse Gravity” – Hyperchromatica (Other Minds)
- Jim James – “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” – Tribute to 2 (ATO)
- Matoko and Myers – “Seed Cycling” – Basis Key (Open Hand)
- Momma – “Interloper” – Interloper (Danger)
- Olden Yolk – “Cut to the Quick” – S/T (Trouble in Mind)
- Razz – “Outside In” – Time Frames (Emotional Response)
- Strypes – “Behind Closed Doors” – Spitting Image (Virgin Girl)
- Tune-Yards – “Home” – I Can Feel You Creeping Into My Private Life (4AD)
- Wimps – “Cave Life” – Garbage People (Kill Rock Stars)
2018
Curt Reply’s Faves -> 18 Albums for 2018 Fuzzy, Fast or Jes’ Plain Fun!
- Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys – Rot (What’s Your Rupture)
- Beths – Future Me Hates Me (Carpark)
- Burnt Palms – 2/18/17 (We Were Never Being Boring)
- CHAI – Pink (Burger Records)
- Cut Chemist – Die Cut (A Stable Sound)
- Death By Unga Bunga – So Far So Good So Cool (Jansen)
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Close But No Cigar (Colemine)
- Durand Jones and The Indications – Durand Jones and The Indications (Dead Oceans)
- Flasher – Constant Image (Domino)
- Lithics – Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
- Pantones – For the Ones Who Love You, The Living Room Demos (S/R)
- Primo! – Amici (Upset the Rhythm)
- Remember Sports – Slow Buzz (Father/Daughter)
- Tommy and the Commies – Here Comes Tommy and the Commies (Slovenly)
- Tony Molina – Kill the Lights (Slumberland)
- Typical Girls, Vol 3 – Compilation (Emotional Response)
- Turqouiz Noiz – Sweat Lodge (Related)
- Wimps – Garbage People (Kill Rock Stars)
Berkestir 2018
New Stuff
- A Place To Bury Strangers-Pinned Brainwashing Edition (Dead Oceans)
- The Beths-Future Me Hates Me (Carpark)
- The Breeders-All Nerve (4AD)
- Bombino-Deran (Partisan)
- Chromium Hawk Machine Nik Turner Helios Creed Jay Tavsig-Annvnaki (Black Widow)
- Anna Calvi-Hunter (Domino)
- Chris Carter-CCCL Volume One (Mute)
- Cloud Nothing-Last Building Burning (Carpark)
- Death Valley Girls-Darkness Rains ( Suidcide Squeeze)
- Deaf Wish-Lithium Zion (Sub Pop)
- Earthless-Black Heaven (Nuclear Blast)
- Escape-Ism-The Lost Record (Merge)
- Exploded Head-Obey (Sacred Bones)
- Hawkwind-Road To Utopia (Cherry Red)
- Jerusalem In My Heart-Daqaliq Tudaiq (Constellation)
- Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams-Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
- J.Mascis-Elastic Days (Sub Pop)
- Marissa Nadler-My Crimes (Sacred Bones)
- Nonpareils-Scented Picture (Mute)
- Oh Sees-Smote Reverser (Castle Face)
- Emma Ruth Rundle-On Dark Horses (Sargent House)
- Richard Thompson-13 Rivers (New West)
- Thought Gang-S/T (Sacred Bones)
- Lavra Veirs-The Lookout (Raven Marching Band)
- Warm Drag-S/T (In The Red)
- Tony Joe White-Bad Mouthin’ (Yep Roc)
- Wooden Shjps-V (Thrill Jockey)
- Neil Young + Promise Of The Real-The Visitor (Reprise)
Old Stuff
- Curved Air-Airconditioning (Esoteric)
- Curved Air-Second Album (Esoteric)
- Curved Air-Phantasmagoria (Esteric)
- Holger Czukay-Cinema (Groenland)
- Hawkwind-Best Of Live (Secret)
- Hawkwind-Victim Of Sonic Attach! (Cleopatra)
- Various African Artists-African Scream Contest 2 Benin 1963-1980 (Analog Africa)
- Various Jazz Artist-The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
- Various Exotic Artist-Technicolor Paradise Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights (The Numero Gruop)
- Wire-Pink Flag Special Edition (Pink Flag)
- Wire-Chairs Missing Special Edition (Pink Flag)
- Wire-154 Special Edition (Pink Flag)
- Neil Young-Songs For Judy (Reprise)
- Neil Young-Roxy Tonight’s The Night Live (Reprise)
DJ Aahh’s Top 2018 Shortwave Albums by Artist Z to A
- Rhye – Blood Remixed (Loma Vista)
- Marcus Marr – Familiar Five EP (DFA)
- Funkadelic – Funkadelic Reworked by Detroiters (Westbound)
- Fit of Body – Black Box No Cops (2MR)
- Elovaters – Defy Gravity (Rootfire Cooperative)
- DJ Taye – Still Trippin’ (Hyperdub)
- Dabrye – Three / Three (Ghostly International)
- CMD – Haptic Controls (Jacktone)
- boerd – Static (Anjunadeep)
- Blockhead – Funeral Balloons (Backwoodz Studioz)
Notable albums that made me smile in alphabetical order, plus a few songs I couldn’t get out of my head:
- Alexandre Desplat-The Sisters Brothers(OST)(Lakeshore)
- All Them Witches-ATW(New West)
- Amen Dunes–Freedom(Sacred Bones)
- Angelique Kidjo–Remain in Light(Kravenworks)
- Anton Batagov–An Evening Hymn(Melodiya)
- ARP–Zebra(Mexican Summer)
- Beak>->>>(Temporary Residence)
- Belly-Dove(S/R)
- Benjamin Cartel–Flickering Light(Mother West)
- Bettye Lavette–Things Have Changed(Verve)
- Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas–S/T(Smalltown Supersound)
- Charles Lloyd & The Marvels feat. Lucinda Williams–Vanished Gardens(Blue Note)
- Chris Carter–Chemistry Lessons, Vol. 1(Mute)
- Chris Liebing & Ralf Hildenbeutel–Burn Slow(Mute)
- Daniel Binelli & Pedro H. da Silva-Tango Fado Duo(Sorel Classics)
- Eiko Ishibashi–The Dream My Bones Dream(Drag City)
- Gabriele Kahane–Book of Travelers(Nonesuch)
- Goat Girl–S-T(Rough Trade)
- Gurrumul–Djarimirri[Child of the Rainbow](Skinnyfish)
- Hailu Mergia-Lala Belu(Awesome Tapes from Africa)
- Hookworms–Microshift(Domino)
- Iggy Pop & Underworld–Teatime Dub Encounters EP(Caroline Intl.)
- Jennifer Castle–Angels of Death(Paradise of Bachelors)
- Lonnie Holley–MITH(Jagjaguwar)
- Low–Double Negative(Sub Pop)
- Makaya McCraven–Universal Beings(International Anthem)
- Marc Ribot & Fay Victor-Songs of Resistance 1942(Anti-)
- Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra–Stereoscope(S/R)
- Mary Lattimore–Hundreds of Days(Ghostly Intl.) + Ghost Forests(Three Lobed Recordings)
- Mc’n’Mac-Beautie on the Waters(Long Song)
- Melody’s Echo Chamber–Bon Voyage(Fat Possum)
- Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret-The Other Side Of Air(Firehouse 12)
- Nathan Bowles–Plainly Mistaken(Paradise of Bachelors)
- Neko Case–Hell-On(Anti-)
- New Music Detroit–Smoke: Music of Marc Mellits(Innova)
- Odetta Hartman-Old Rockhounds Never Die(Northern Spy)
- Oliver Coates-Shelley’s on Zenn-LA(Rvng Intl.)
- Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis– Wild!Wild!Wild!(Bloodshot)
- Robert Haigh-Creatures of the Deep(Unseen Worlds)
- Rosali-Trouble Anyway(Scissor Tail)
- Roseanne Cash–She Remembers Everything(Blue Note)
- Sam Gendel–Pass If Music(Leaving Records)
- Simian Mobile Disco–Murmurations(Wichita)
- Stu Mindeman-Woven Threads(Sunnyside)
- The Essex Green–Hardly Electronic(Merge)
- Thea Hopkins-Love Come Down EP(S/R)
- Tissues-Veil(S/R)
- Ty Segall-Freedom’s Goblin(Drag City)
- U.S. Girls–In a Poem Unlimited(4AD)
- Warm Drag-S/T(In the Red)
- Yo La Tengo-There’s A Riot Going On(Matador)
Songs:
- Orchestra of Spheres– “Koudede” – Mirror(Fire Records)
- Richard Thompson– “The Storm Won’t Come” -13 Rivers(New West)
- Johnny Marr– “Actor Attractor” – Call The Comet(New Voodoo)
Fernando’s Favorite Songs of 2018
- La Luz – “Loose Teeth” Floating Features (Hardly Art)
- Tanukichan – “Lazy Love” Sundays (Company)
- The Pantones – “Shades of Blue” Shades of Blue (S/R)
- The Jeanines – “Hits The Bone” Hits The Bone (S/R)
- Say Sue Me – “But I Like You” Where We Were Together (Damnably)
- Automatic – “Strange Conversations” Automatic (S/R)
- Virginia Wing – “The Second Shift” Ecstatic Arrow (Fire)
- Lithics – “Edible Door” Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
- Shannon Shaw – “Cryin’ My Eyes Out” Shannon In Nashville (Easy Eye)
- Habibi – “Gypsy Love” Cardamom Garden (Modern Sky)
- Cariño – “Canción De Pop De Amor” Movidas (Elefant)
- Niños del Cerro – “El Sueño Pesa” Lance (Quemasucabeza)
- The Goon Sax – “Sleep EZ” We’re Not Talking (Wichita)
- Lower Self – “In The Glow” In The Glow (S/R)
- Shannon and the Clams – “I Leave Again” (Easy Eye)
- Shy Boys – “Something Sweet” Bell House (Polyvinyl)
- Small Crush – “Signal Dreams” Blush (S/R)
- Lala Lala – “I Get Cut” The Lamb (Hardly Art)
- Suzie True – “Don’t Grow Up” Nothing To You (Buzz)
- Las Odio – “Lo Quiero Todo” Lo Quiero Todo (S/R)
- Anna Hillburg – “Cherries and Wine” Really Real (California Clap)
- Fenne Lily – “Car Park” On Hold (S/R)
- Shopping – “Suddenly Gone” The Official Body (FatCat)
- Goat Girl – “Cracker Drool” Goat Girl (Rough Trade)
- Our Girl – “Boring” Stranger Today (Cannibal Hymns)