Was war das nur ein Quartal für Musikalben. Bereits am ersten Freitag im April kam die Dreifachpackung aus Flaming Lips, James Blake und The Knife in die Plattenläden, im Mai hagelte es im Wochentakt neue Alben der Indiegrößen The National, Vampire Weekend und Deerhunter. Ganz zu schweigen von den bald darauf nachziehenden Daft Punk, Kanye West und Boards Of Canada, herausragenden Werken der (noch) weniger etablierten Savages, Deafheaven oder Jon Hopkins, Geheimtipps wie Altar Of Plagues, Stellar OM Source, Chance The Rapper, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die und ach noch so viel mehr.
Oft mehrmals pro Woche reizte das nicht nur unsere Wertungsskala bis ins obere Fünftel aus, sondern machte auch das Format der Kurzkritiken zu einer wahren Erleichterung beim Versuch, so viel Hörens- und Besprechenswertes auf unserer Seite unterzubringen. Nicht unbedingt identisch damit sind die Platten, die allen einzelnen von uns jeweils die Herzallerliebsten waren, doch machte sich auch hier die Reichhaltigkeit dieser drei Monate bemerkbar: Beim Erstellen einer Top 10 brachen sich derart viele einen ab, dass es diesmal schon ein wenig mehr sein musste. So präsentieren wir nun unsere (bis zu) 15 Highlights der letzten drei Monate – nicht auszudenken, sollte uns den Rest des Jahres nochmal genausoviel Gutes erwarten.
MARKUS WILUDDA
| 01 Thundercat – Apocalypse 02 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories 03 Homeboy Sandman – Kool Herc Fertile Crescent EP 04 Jon Hopkins – Immunity 05 Kanye West – Yeezus 06 Vondelpark – Seabed 07 James Blake – Overgrown |
08 Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth 09 James Holden – The Inheritors 10 Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap 11 Deerhunter – Monomania 12 Paisley Parks – Бｈ○§† 13 Stellar OM Source – Joy One Mile |
BASTIAN HEIDER
| 01 Kanye West – Yeezus 02 Dagobert – Dagobert 03 Deafheaven – Sunbather 04 Jon Hopkins – Immunity 05 Altar Of Plagues – Teethed Glory And Injury 06 Lower Plenty – Hard Rubbish 07 Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die 08 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories |
09 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City 10 Queens Of The Stone Age – …Like Clockwork 11 Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South 12 Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap 13 The Flaming Lips – The Terror 14 Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth 15 Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light |
PASCAL WEIß
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01 The National – Trouble Will Find Me 02 Lower Plenty – Hard Rubbish 03 Jon Hopkins – Immunity 04 Queens Of The Stone Age – …Like Clockwork 05 Deerhunter – Monomania 06 Jagwar Ma – Howlin‘ 07 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories 08 Absolute Boys – Heavy Flow |
09 Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record 10 Primal Scream – More Light 11 Mikal Cronin – II 12 Boards Of Canana – Tomorrow’s Harvest 13 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City 14 Holden – The Inheritors 15 Diverse – After Dark 2 |
KEVIN HOLTMANN
| 01 The National – Trouble Will Find Me 02 Mikal Cronin – MCII 03 Baths – Obsidian 04 Sigur Rós – Kveikur 05 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City 06 Deerhunter – Monomania 07 Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light 08 Still Corners – Strange Pleasures |
09 Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt 10 Phoenix – Bankrupt! 11 Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam 12 Akron/Family – Sub Verses 13 Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest 14 The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Whenever, If Ever 15 James Blake – Overgrown |
CARL ACKFELD
| 01 Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South 02 Hanni El Khatib – Head In The Dirt 03 The National – Trouble Will Find Me 04 Akron/Family – Sub Verses 05 Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle 06 Magic Arm – Images Rolling 07 Buffalo Tales – Roadtrip Confessions 08 Mikal Cronin – MCII |
09 Majical Cloudz – Impersonator 10 Lloyd Cole – Standards 11 Frankie & The Heartstrings – The Days Run Away 12 Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart 13 Jon Hopkins – Immunity 14 Case Studies – This Is Another Life 15 Tunng – Turbines |
FELIX LAMMERT-SIEPMANN
| 01 Deafheaven – Sunbather 02 Sigur Rós – Kveikur 03 Eluvium – Nightmare Ending 04 Jon Hopkins – Immunity 05 Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest 06 Savages – Silence Yourself 07 Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record 08 Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze |
09 Mikal Cronin – MCII 10 The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Whenever, If Ever 11 Palms – Palms 12 Deerhunter – Monomania 13 Aidan Baker – Already Drowning 14 Kylesa – Ultraviolet 15 The Ocean – Pelagial |
DANIEL GERHARDT
| 01 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City 02 Deerhunter – Monomania 03 Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record 04 Koreless – Yugen EP 05 Kanye West – Yeezus 06 Deafheaven – Sunbather 07 Savages – Silence Yourself 08 The National – Trouble Will Find Me |
09 Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light 10 The Flaming Lips – The Terror 11 Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die 12 Merchandise – Totale Nite 13 Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap 14 Sigur Rós – Kveikur 15 Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels |
ULI EULENBRUCH
| 01 Paisley Parks – Бｈ○§† 02 Prudence Rees-Lee – Court Music From The Planet Of Love 03 Classixx – Hanging Gardens 04 The Knife – Shaking The Habitual 05 Momoiro Clover Z – 5th Dimension 06 Jenny Hval – Innocence Is Kinky 07 Paramore – Paramore 08 Eluvium – Nightmare Ending |
09 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City 10 Jagwar Ma – Howlin 11 RP Boo – Legacy 12 Natasha Kmeto – Crisis 13 Secret Circuit – Tactile Galactics 14 Young Galaxy – Shapeshifting 15 Owel – Owel |
MARK-OLIVER SCHRÖDER
| Deafheaven – Sunbather Dalhous – An Ambassador For Laing Savages – Silence Yourself Bass Drum Of Death – Bass Drum Of Death Dirty Beaches – Drifters / Love Is The Devil |
Lower Plenty – Hard Rubbish Daft Punk – Random Access Memories VHÖL – VHÖL Jon Hopkins – Immunity Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze |
DANIEL WELSCH
| 01 Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze 02 Mikal Cronin – MCII 03 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories 04 Deafheaven – Sunbather 05 Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die 06 Queens Of The Stone Age – …Like Clockwork 07 Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels |
08 The Flaming Lips – The Terror 09 Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap 10 James Blake – Overgrown 11 Savages – Silence Yourself 12 Jon Hopkins – Immunity 13 The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Whenever, If Ever 14 The Uncluded – Hokey Fright 15 Jenny Hval – Innocence Is Kinky |
CONSTANTIN RÜCKER
| 01 Stellar OM Source – Joy One Mile 02 Julia Holter – Maria 03 IVVVO – Occult 04 Sean Nicholas Savage – Other Lives 05 JFM – JFM 06 Dean Blunt – The Redeemer 07 Deafheaven – Sunbather 08 The Knife – Shaking The Habitual |
09 Hieroglyphic Being – Imaginary Soundscapes 10 Wolf Eyes – No Answer: Lower Floors 11 Lotide – Moonless 12 Justin Walter – Lullabies And Nightmares 13 Andrew Pekler – Cover Versions 14 RP Boo – Legacy 15 Mammane Sani Et Son Orgue – La Musique Electronique Du Niger |
