eFests Album of the Year 2022

[Hugh Jass II]

14 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth

Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and the Big Steppers

HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending

Fred Again - Actual Life 3

Denzel Curry - Melt Your Eyez, See Your Future 

Track of the Year: HAAi, Fred Again, Romy - Lights Out

Gig: Kendrick Lamar - Glastonbury

I admire you for editing this to put your picks in bold.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

I admire you for editing this to put your picks in bold.

Just gutted we don't have comic sans as an option. Sat here, waiting to get on a call at 10am. Thought I'd kill some time between the GnR hate, Peter Kay suggestions and "cause plane" in-jokes

Edited December 8, 2022 by Supernintendo Chalmers

[qualia]

First post! What a year in music! 🙂

AOTY:

1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
2. Christian Lee Hutson - Quitters
3. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
4. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain, I Believe In You
5. Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS
6. billy woods - Aethiopes
7. Kendrick Lamar - Mister Morale & The Big Steppers
8. SCALPING - Void
9. Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit
10. Alex G - God Save The Animals
11. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
12. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
13. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
14. u-Ziq - Magic Pony Ride
15. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever

TOTY: Big Thief - Simulation Swarm

GOTY: DIIV @ Columbia Theatre

Edited December 8, 2022 by qualia

[pops1998]

Skinty Fia - Fontaines DC

Being Funny In A Foreign Language - The 1975

The Theory of Whatever - Jamie T

Actual Life 3 - Fred again..

Wet Leg - Wet Leg

 

Edited December 8, 2022 by pops1998

[lessthanwill1]

2 hours ago, gigpusher said:

Even though we won't count the other 45 can we have @lessthanwill1full 50 and details of how you manage to score etc purely because I am so impressed by the idea that you have this just there and ready. 

I won't be submitting mine for a couple of weeks yet Little Simz has an album out on Monday for a start!!

Haha I’m waiting for Simz as well!  I reckon it will slot in somewhere in my AOTY list quite high.  Got a top 100 songs list ready to go as well! 

[gigpusher]

1 minute ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Haha I’m waiting for Simz as well!  I reckon it will slot in somewhere in my AOTY list quite high.  Got a top 100 songs list ready to go as well! 

I need to know how you do this as well. I get to the end of the year and apart from absolute favourites spend a few days agonising. You need to share your methodology!

[Avalon_Fields]

Contrary list to everyone else:

Jack White - Fear of the Dawn (The other one, Entering Heaven could also be on the list)

Katherine Priddy - The Eternal Rocks Beneath

Julia Jacklin - Prepleasure

Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangabin - Ali

Placebo - Never Let Me Down

[castlecaryquery]

1. The Car - Arctic Monkeys

2. Skinty Fia - Fontaines DC

3. Wet Leg - Wet Leg

4.  A Light for Attracting Attention - The Smile 

5. Chloë and the Next 20th Century - Father John Misty 

Track - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball - Arctic Monkeys 

Gig - Macca Glastonbury (top gig of my life... So far) 

[Harmonic Prospector]

1. Gang of Youths - Angel in Realtime

2. Mamas Gun - Cure The Jones

3. Ashe - Rae

4. May Erlewine - Tiny Beautiful Things

5. 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language 

6. The Commoners - Find a Better Way

7. Frank Turner - FTHC

8. The Lone Bellow - Love Songs for Losers 

9. Eddie Vedder - Earthling

10. Mondo Cozmo - This Is For The Barbarians 

11. Trombone Shorty - Lifted

12. D/Troit - Heavy

13. Lucius - Second Nature 

14. Taylor Swift - Midnights 

15. Son Mieux - The Mustard Seed

16. First Aid Kit - Palomino 

17. Monster Truck - Warriors

18. Lizzie - Carving Canyons

19. Harry Styles - Harry's House

20. Flevans - A Short Distance to Fall 

Honorable mentions to the following who also made it into my Albums of The Year playlist:

Def Leppard, Spoon, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners, The California Honeydrops, GUISE, Charlie Winston, Sam Redmore, Jacob Banks, Samm Henshaw, Gavin James, Foals, Paolo Nutini, Father John Misty  Ural Thomas & The Pain, Orgone, Alfie Templeman,  Cory Henry, and C Duncan 

 

[scatteredscreens]

1. Black Country New Road - Ants from Up There

2. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

3.  Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

4. Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and the Big Steppers

5. Bartees Strange - Farm to Table

[Quark]

2 hours ago, pryce said:

1. First Aid Kit - Palomino

2. Florence And The Machine - Dace Fever 

3. The Big Moon - Here is Everything 

4. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows

5. Aurora - The Gods We can Touch 

 

Track: As it Was - Harry Styles (i cant believe how much i enjoyed it)

Gig: Phoebe Bridgers - Nos Alive (honorable mention - Killers in Coventry) 

Big Moon and Death Cab. I approve.

[Gnomicide]

1. Butch Walker - Glenn
2. Frank Turner - FTHC
3. Paolo Nutini - Last Night In The Bittersweet
4. Craig Finn - A Legacy of Rentals
5. The Snuts - Burn The Empire

Track of The Year - the least I could hang my hat on as it can depend entirely on mood but right now: Paolo Nutini - Through The Echoes

Gig of The Year:  Frank Turner - Liverpool Academy (still 2 to go so could change)

Edited December 18, 2022 by Gnomicide
Further consideration

[Hutchmaster]

1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
2. Let's Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons
3. Jockstrap - I Love You, Jennifer B
4. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
5. Florence & The Machine - Dance Fever

Track of the Year: BC, NR - Basketball Shoes

Gig of the Year: Yeah Yeahs Yeahs @ o2 Brixton Academy

[JayDiesel]

Fuck all the others, JayDiesel's list is here

*Artists quake in their boots with nerves*:

1) Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

2) Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain, I Believe in You

3) Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia

4) Arctic Monkeys - The Car

5) The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language 

Honourable Mentions:

Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet

Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes

Beach House - Once Twice Melody

The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and The Big Steppers

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future (and the funky version too)

Track of the year - BC,NR - Basketball Shoes OR Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Gig of the Year - Slowdive at Primavera, Lorde at O2 Academy Birmingham, or Fontaines DC at Swansea Arena

Edited December 8, 2022 by JayDiesel

[Giraffe Man]

1	DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT	CHEAT CODES
2	YEAH, YEAH, YEAHS	COOL IT DOWN
3	THE SMILE	A LIGHT FOR ATTRACTING ATTENTION
4	SAULT	11
5	KAE TEMPEST	THE LINE IS A CURVE
6	NAS	KINGS DISEASE 3
7	BONOBO	FRAGMENTS
8	LOYLE CARNER	HUGO
9	EZRA COLLECTIVE	WHERE I`M MEANT TO BE
10	FRANK TURNER	FTHC
	FIRST AID KIT	PALAMINO
	OLIVER SIM	HIDEOUS BASTARD
	SHARRON VAN ETTEN	WE`VE BEEN GOING ABOUT THIS ALL WRONG
	PAOLO NUTINI	LAST NIGHT IN THE BITTERSWEET
	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	DANCE FEVER
	KOJEY RADICAL	REASON TO SMILE
	KELLY LEE OWENS	LP.8
	KENDRICK LAMAR	MR MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS
	KHRUANGBIN & VIEUX FARKA TOURE	ALI

[GeezLouise]

i'm gonna submit based on my last.fm most-listened (I am lazy): 

* Midnights - Taylor Swift

* Crash - Charli XCX

* The Family - Brockhampton

* Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick

* Nocturnal - Mothica

Track of the year - New Shapes (Charlie, Caroline, Chrissssss)

Gig of the Year - Prodigy during the heatwave. 

Edited December 8, 2022 by GeezLouise

[reflekting]

1. Arctic Monkeys - The Car

2. Kendrick - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers

3. Paolo Nutini - Last Night In the Bittersweet

4. Wet Leg - Wet Leg

5. The 1975 - Being Funny In a Foreign Language

Track - Body Paint - Arctic Monkeys

Gig - Wolf Alice (Glastonbury)

[maelzoid]

I'm quite embarrassed to say that I only bought two new albums this year... 😔

[4AssedMonkey]

Unranked, but:

The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field

First Aid Kit - Palomino

Lizzo - Special

Gabriels - Angels & Queens

Loyle Carner - Hugo

Prediction: The New Gaz Coombes will be in my 2023 top 5 (out 13/1/23).

[blutarsky]

Wet Leg - Wet Leg

Bob Vylan - The Price of Life 

HAAi - Baby We're Ascending 

Fred Again - Actual Life 3

Taylor Swift - Midnights 

Track of the year: Two Shell - Home

Gig of the year: IDLES - The Other Stage 

[EssexIndie]

1. Suede - Autofiction

2. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia

3. Frank Turner - FTHC

4. The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not The World

5. October Drift - I Don't Belong Anywhere

Honourable mentions - Jamie T, Editors, Wet Leg, Embrace

Disappointment of the year - Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire

Track of the year - Jamie T - The Old Style Raiders

Gig of the year - Red Rum Club, Islington

[foolee]

1. Arcade Fire - WE

2. Kid Kapichi - Here’s What You Could Have Won

3. The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language 

4. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia

5. Foals - Life Is Yours

Track of the year: Palaye Royale - Fever Dream with Taking Me Back by Jack White a close second.

Gig: Nine Inch Nails at The Eden Project but I probably had 4 10/10s including Hellamegatour, MGK @ Wembley Arena and the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show. 

[sfroml]

Sea Power - Everything Was Forever

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers

Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott

Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful

 

Gig of the Year for me was a tie between Spiritualized at Bridgewater Hall, the version of 'The A Song' totally blew my mind (and chest).

And Sparks at Albert Hall. Absolutely incredible!

[Bennykill]

1. Bob Vylan - Price of Life

2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool it Down

3. Panda Bear / Sonic Boom - Reset

4. Lau.ra - Vol 1 Mixtape

5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity

Honorable mentions,

Belle and Sebastian - A Bit of Previous, Yard Act - The Overload, Metronomy - Small World, Johnny Marr - Fever Dreams, Confidence Man - Tilt, Leftfield - This is What We Do, Kae Tempest - The Line is a Curve, Orbital - 30 Something.

Track of the year :  Belle and Sebastian - Unnecessary Drama

Gig of the year : Metronomy - Ally Pally

[Movingfurtheraway]

1. Just Mustard - Heart Under

2. Wunderhorse - Cub

3. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

4. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia

5. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

Track - Denzel Curry - The Last

Gig - The Cribs - Brudenell