DECEMBER MUSIC PICKS:
Burning Spear-SOCIAL LIVING (Blood & Fire '80)
Gene Clark-WHITE LIGHT (Sundazed '71)
Francoise Hardy-ET SI JE M'EN VAIS AVANT TOI (Virgin '72)
Lijadu Sisters-DANGER (Knitting Factory '76)
Magazine-NO THYSELF (Wired-Sound)
Omar S. -IT CAN BE DONE BUT ONLY I CAN DO IT (FXHE)
Popol Vuh-REVISITED & REMIXED (SPV '70-'99)
Pusha T-FEAR OF GOD II (G.O.OD. Music/Decon)
Roots-UNDUN (Def Jam)
Andy Stott-PASSED ME BY/WE STAY TOGETHER (Modern Love)
Roger Waters-AMUSED TO DEATH (Columbia '92)
NOVEMBER MUSIC PICKS:
Atlas Sound-PARALLAX (4AD)
Various Artists-BANGS AND WORKS, VOLUME 2 (Planet Mu)
Kate Bush-50 WORDS FOR SNOW (Fish People/Anti-)
Drake-TAKE CARE (Young Money)
DRC Music-KINSHASA ONE TWO (Warp)
Etta James-CALL MY NAME (Kent '67)
Miranda Lambert-FOUR THE RECORD (Columbia)
Sigur Ros-INNI (XL)
Tourists-GREATEST HITS (Camden/BMG '79-'80)
Water Borders-s/t (Tri Angle)
Yelawolf-RADIOACTIVE (Shady/Interscope)
OCTOBER MUSIC PICKS:
Amebix-SONIC MASS (Amebix/Easy Action)
Atheist-ELEMENTS (Relpase '93)
Bjork-BIOPHILIA (Nonesuch)
Damned-CHISWICK SINGLES (Ace '79-'88)
Died Pretty-FREE DIRT (Aztec Music '86)
Leyland Kirby-EAGER TO TEAR APART THE STARS (HAFTW)
Kuedo-SEVERANT (Planet Mu)
M83-HURRY UP, WE'RE DREAMING (Mute)
Pink Floyd-DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (Capitol '73)
Rustie-GLASS SWORDS (Warp)
St. Vincent-STRANGE MERCY (4AD)
Tom Waits-BAD AS ME (Anti-)
Zola Jesus-CONATUS (Sacred Bones)
SEPTEMBER MUSIC PICKS:
Albert Ayler-THE LAST ALBUM (Impulse '69)
Hollie Cook-s/t (Mr. Bongo)
Damned-THE BLACK ALBUM (Chiswick '80)
Das Racist-RELAX (Greedhead)
Girls-FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST (True Panther Sounds)
Shin Joong-Hyun-BEAUTIFUL RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS (Light in the Attic '58-'74)
Mastodon-THE HUNTER (Reprise)
Opeth-HERITAGE (Roadrunner)
Theo Parrish-UGLY EDITS (no label)
Pentagram-FIRST DAZE HERE (Relapse '01)
Ricardo Villalobos/Max Loderbauer-RE: ECM (ECM)
Wild Flag-s/t (Merge)
Wolves in the Throne Room-CELESTIAL LINEAGE (Southern Lord)
Yob-ATMA (Profound Lore)
AUGUST MUSIC PICKS:
Advisory Circle-AS THE CROW FLIES (Ghost Box)
Various Artists-BACK AND 4TH (Hotflush)
Bjork-THE CRYSTALLINE SERIES - OMAR SOULEYMAN VERSIONS (Nonesuch)
Burial-"Street Halo" (Hyperdub)
Cabaret Voltaire-MICRO-PHONIES (Virgin '84)
Alice Coltrane-UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS/LORD OF LORDS (Impulse '71-'72)m
Comus-EAST OF SWEDEN (Dirter)
El-P-"Drones Over Brooklyn" (Adult Swim)
Horrors-SKYING (XL)
Various Artists-HORSE MEAT DISCO III (Strut '77-'11)
Jay-Z/Kanye West-WATCH THE THRONE (Def Jam)
Wiz Khalifa featuring Too Short-"On My Level" (Atlantic)
Carol Kleyn-LOVE HAS MADE ME STRONGER (Drag City '76)
Machine Drum-ROOM(S) (Planet Mu)
Maria Minvera-CABARET CIXOUS (Not Not Fun)
Ras G-DOWN 2 EARTH (THE STANDARD EDITION) (Ramp)
Pharoah Sanders-VILLAGE OF THE PHAROAHS/WISDOM THROUGH MUSIC (Impulse '72-'73)
Patti Smith-OUTSIDE SOCIETY (Legacy '75-'07)
Omar Souleyman-HAFLAT GHARBIA - THE WESTERN CONCERTS (Sublime Frequencies)
Various Artists-THAI? DAI (Finders Keepers)
Various Artists-THE TRUE SOUND OF CHICAGO & BEYOND (BBE '75-'86)
Weeknd-THURSDAY (self-released)
JULY MUSIC PICKS:
Araabmuzik-ELECTRONIC DREAM (Duke)
Caretaker-AN EMPTY BLISS BEYOND THIS WORLD (HAFTW)
Clams Casino-THE RAINFOREST (Triangle)
Cut Hands-s/t (Very Friendly)
Death Grips-EXMILITARY (mixtape)
EMA-PASTLIFEMARTYREDSAINTS (Soutterain Tracks)
Jim Ford-HARLAN COUNTY (Light in the Attic '69)
Fusioon-ABSOLUTE FUSIOON (Finders Keepers)
Googoosh-s/t (Finders Keepers '70-'75)
Nicki Minaj-"Super Bass" & "Moment 4 Life" (Young Money)
Sbtrkt-s/t (Young Turks)
Wiley-100% PUBLISHING (Big Dada)
Amy Winehouse-FRANK (Island '03)
Zomby-DEDICATION (4AD)
JUNE MUSIC PICKS:
Bon Iver-s/t (Jagjaguwar)
Kate Bush-DIRECTOR'S CUT (Fish People)
Fucked Up-DAVID COMES TO LIFE (Matador)
Hail Mary Mallon-ARE YOU GONNA EAT THAT? (Rhymesayers)
Iceage-NEW BRIGADES (What's Your Rupture?)
Paul McCartney-MCCARTNEY II (Concord '80)
Miguel-ALL I WANT IS YOU (Jive)
Lee Perry-THE RETURN OF SOUND SYSTEM SCRATCH (Pressure Sounds '73-'79)
Shabazz Palaces-BLACK UP (Sub Pop)
Yma Sumac-MIRACLES (Omni '72)
These Trails-s/t (Drag City '73)
Jamie Woon-MIRRORWRITING (Polydor)
MAY MUSIC PICKS:
Altar of Plagues-MAMMAL (Profound Lore)
Beastie Boys-HOTSAUCECOMITTEEPARTTWO (Capitol)
Kate Bush-THE DREAMING (Fish People '82)
Captain Beyond-SUFFICIENTLY BREATHLESS (Capricorn '73)
Fleet Foxes-HELPLESSNESS BLUES (Sub Pop)
Angel Haze-ALTERED EGO (mixtape)
Millie Jackson-FEELIN' BITCHY (Southbound '77)
Jesu-ASCENSION (Calbo Verde)
Liturgy-AESTHETICA (Thrill Jockey)
Jon Lucien-RASHIDA (BBR '73)
Magnetic Man-s/t (Columbia)
ooOoo-s/t (Triangle)
Sandwell Project-s/t (self-released)
Weeknd-HOUSE OF BALLOONS (self-released)
APRIL MUSIC PICKS:
Anne-James Chaton-EVENEMENTS 09 (Raster-Noton)
Big K.R.I.T.-RETURN OF 4EVA (mixtape)
Cold Cave-CHERISH THE LIGHT YEARS (Matador)
Kode 9 & the Spaceape-BLACK SUN (Hyperdub)
Millennium-BEGIN (Sundazed '68)
Joni Mitchell-THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS (Asylum '75)
John Morales-THE M+M MIXES II (BBE)
Mountain Goats-ALL ETERNALS DECK (Merge)
Nitty Gritty-GENERAL PENITENTIARY (Dug Out '81)
Radiohead-THE KING OF LIMBS (XL/TBD)
Bob Seger-MONGREL (Capitol '70)/RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN (Capitol '69)/SEVEN (Capitol '74)
tUnE-yArDs-who kill (4AD)
TV On the Radio-NINE TYPES OF LIGHT (Interscope)
Virgo Four-RESURRECTION (Rush Hour '84-'90)
MARCH MUSIC PICKS:
Baby Dee-REGIFTED LIGHT (Drag City)
James Blake-s/t (A&M)
Various Artists-BRAZIL BOSSA BEAT (Soul Jazz '63-'71)
Cornershop-AND THE DOUBLE-O GROOVE OF FEATURING BUBBLEY KAUR (Ample Play)
Crass-PENIS ENVY (Crass '71)
Das Racist-SIT DOWN, MAN (Mad Decent)
Neil Diamond-THE BANG YEARS 1966-1968 (Columbia/Legacy)
Embrujo-s/t (Normal '71)
Grayceon-ALL WE DESTROY (Profound Lore)
Howlin' Wolf-THE HOWLIN' WOLF ALBUM (Get On Down '68)
Lykke Li-WOUNDED RHYMES (Atlantic)
Power of Zeus-THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ZEUS (Get On Down '71)
Pusha T-FEAR OF GOD (mixtape)
Rainbow Arabia-BOYS AND DIAMONDS (Kompakt)
Sub Rosa-NO HELP FOR THE MIGHTY ONES (Profound Lore)
Kurt Vile-SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO (Matador)
Wipers-BOX SET: IS THIS REAL?/YOUTH OF AMERICA/OVER THE EDGE (Zeno '80-'83)
FEBRUARY MUSIC PICKS:
Adele-21 (Columbia)
Various Artists-BOSSA NOVA (Soul Jazz '58-'70)
Charles Bradley-NO TIME FOR DREAMING (Daptone)
Cut Copy-ZONOSCOPE (Modular)
Demdike Stare-TRYPTYCH (Modern Love)
Destroyer-KAPUTT (Merge)
Dirtbombs-PARTY STORE (In the Red)
Electric Wizard-BLACK MASSES (Rise Above/Metal Blade)
PJ Harvey-LET ENGLAND SHAKE (Vagrant)
Tim Hecker-RAVEDEATH 1972 (Kranky)
Nucleus-UNDER THE SUN/SNAKEHIPS ETCETERA (BGO '74-'75)
Off!-FIRST FOUR EPS (Vice)
Roedelius-SELBSTPORTRAIT (Bureau B '79)
Sonny Sharrock-GREEN LINE (Victor '70)
Twilight Singers-DYNAMITE STEPS (Sub Pop)
JANUARY MUSIC PICKS:
John Adams-SHAKER LOOPS/LIGHT OVER WATER (New Albion '87)
Balam Acab-SEE BIRDS (Triangle)
Birthday Party-HEE HAW (Buddha '80)
Broken Records-LET ME COME HOME (4AD)
Ex-CATCH THE SHOE (Ex)
Here & Now-GIVE AND TAKE (Esoteric '78)
Lone-EMERALD FANTASY TRACKS (Magic Wire)
Move-LOOKING ON (Repertoire '70)
Shackleton-FABRICLIVE.55 (Fabric)
Soft Moon-s/t (Captured Tracks)
Ike & Tina Turner-NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS/FEEL GOOD (Raven '72-'73)
Wire-RED BARKED TREE (Pink Flag)