Rounding up the results of the Disc Course for the first half of 2026, including discussion on:
Angine de Poitrine - Vol. 1 (2024) The Beths - Straight Line Was a Lie (2026) Craven Faults - Sidings (2026) Crowded House - Woodface (1991) Dakhabrakha - Alambari (2020) Fishbone - Stockholm Syndrome (2025) IQ - Dominion (2025) Luxury - Like Unto Lambs (2024) Thundercat - Distracted (2026) Titanic - Hagen (2025) Turnstile - Never Enough (2025) Scott Walker Scott 4 (1969)
A long-form roundtable discussion on the top 10 albums curated by the channel's viewership using the Geneva Emotional Music Scale as a lens for discussion.
The 2025 Disc Course led me here. My favorite albums from 2025 - any year, any genre, all quality. The 2025 Album of the Year lies before you....
Recorded on location on vacation in San Antonio! The results of my Spring spin-off! 12 meticulously curated albums from as far back as 1978 to add to your playlists.
Painstakingly curated throughout the year, this list is sure to include your new favorite album:
And here's a playlist of some outstanding tracks from each album:
Happy New Year's, all! Here's what I'll be listening to this evening....
The path through the Top 20 starts here! This first half covers albums ranked 11-20.
Peter Gabriel - i/o (dark side) (2023) Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode (2023) Floating Points - Eleania (2015) Asgier Trausti - Dýrð í dauðaþögn (2012) The Guess Who/Derek Sharpe & the Champagne Jam - Plein D'Amour (2022) Autechre - LP5 (1998) Leprous - Melodies of Atonement (2024) Avalanche Kaito - Talitakum (2024) Mo Troper -Troper Plays Brion (2023) Hjalmar - Skyjaborgin (2015)
A list of albums meticulously curated by my viewership, including:
Adventures of Jet - Muscle Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond Peter Gabriel - i/o (dark side mix) Jaga Jazzist - Pyramid Massive Attack - Mezzanine Nickel Creek - Celebrants Mong Tong - Tao Fire Polyphia - Remember that You Will Die Timmy Sean - Music From and Inspired By Noisewater The Smile - Wall of Eyes Toe - For Long Tomorrow Toehider - I Have Little to No Memory of These Memories
A curated list of my favorite music this year, including
Adventures of Jet - Muscle Avalanche Kaito - Talitakum Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond Death's Dynamic Shroud - Transcendence Bot J Dilla - Donuts Floating Points - Elaenia Peter Gabriel - i/o (dark side mix) Mo Troper - Troper Sings Brion Nickel Creek - Celebrants Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - ..Of the Last Human Being Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
My Viewer's Choice list for 2023. These albums were curated from the identical pool of albums that I went through this year, but were selected by my viewership through the same selection process that I used. I love that its significantly different than mine. In truth, I get to live a bit vicariously through it, because I really do love all these albums, but they just got edged out for one reason or another
Are you not entertained?
A motley crew of albums make up this year's top 10! Including (alphabetically)
Adventures of Jet - Part 3: Coping With Insignificance Alvvays - Blue Rev Beauty Pill - Blue Period Crown Lands - Fearless Colin Hay - Going Somewhere Jantra - Synthesized Sudan Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
A thoroughly vetted list of my favorite music of 2023, including (alphabetically):
100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs Laurie Anderson - Big Science The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy Gunship - Unicorn HHY & the Kampala Unit - Lithium Blast Mammoth WVH - Mammoth II Trevor Rabin - Push Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever WITCH - Zango
Its finally here - the Viewer's Choice Top 12. Curated by you, the viewership - and what a solid set of albums it is! Check it out....
A few words about the process I go through to curate my annual Top 20 lists.
Part 1 of a two part series revealing my favorite albums of 2022!
Final results of my 2022 Showdown Series! These albums will have preferential treatment in the end of the year Top 20.
