God this is always so Hard - So here is 20 albums i liked this year in no particular order but in capitals for some reason
CARIBOU - HONEY
NEW DAD - MADRA
SPRINTS - LETTER TO SELF
AMYL & THE SNIFFERS - CARTOON DARKNESS
THE SMILE - WALL OF EYES
KNEECAP - FINE ART
KENDRICK LAMAR - GNX
NIA ARCHIVES - SILENCE IS LOUD
ENGLISH TEACHER - THIS COULD BE TEXAS
FONTAINS DC - ROMANCE
MANNEQUIN PUSSY - I GOT HEAVEN
DROP 7 - LITTLE SIMZ
BOB VYLAN - HUMBLE LIKE THE SUN
FLOATING POINTS - CASCADE
MGMT - LOSS OF LIFE
LIME GARDEN - ONE MORE THING
JON HOPKINS - RITUAL
FOUR TET - THREE
JUSTICE - HYPERDRAMA
IDLES - TANGK
My research from the MC posts on Facebook found this:
Mad Cool 2024
Early December 2023: a few posts for future MCs such as "See you in 2025, See you in 2026”.
December 10, 2023: First post for the announcement of the line-up the next day.
Mad Cool 2023
November 22 to December 4, 2022: Clues leading to the line-up announcement.
December 5, 2022: first line-up announcement
Mad Cool 2022
June 16, 2011: First line-up announcement (date is not relevant as the early announcement is due of the return of festivals after Covid)
Mad Cool 2020
October 29, 2019: first confirmations for the line-up
October 24-28: Clues leading to the first announcement
It seems there is trend 🙂
If you ignore MC 2022, the first announcement is getting later every year.