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John Barera
TOP 20 RECORDS OF 2015
| FLOATING POINTS Elaenia LP PLUTO |
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| RENÉ AUDIARD René Audiard LP THE DOUBLE R |
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| STANISLAV TOLKACHEV All Night Vigil 12" M_REC LRD GREY SERIES |
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| SOUND STREAM Bass Affairs 12" SOUND STREAM |
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| GARRETT DAVID A New Room 12" GRAMAPHONE |
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| CIVIL DUTY Civil Duty LP THE CORNER |
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| JOHN BARERA & WILL MARTIN 1, 2, 3 (Feels Right) 12" ARGOT |
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| VA Don't Be Afraid 19.5 12" DON'T BE AFRAID |
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| GALCHER LUSTWERK I Neva Seen 12" LUSTWERK MUSIC |
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| LEVON VINCENT Levon Vincent 4x12" NOVEL SOUND |
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| AURORA HALAL Shapeshifter 12" MUTUAL DREAMING RECORDINGS |
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TOP 10 RE-ISSUES & COMPILATIONS OF 2015
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| MARIAH Utakata no Hibi LP PALTO FLATS |
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Dan Schnebly
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| WILLIAM BASINSKI Cascade CD 2062 |
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| SUNN O))) Kannon CD SOUTHERN LORD |
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| BVDUB Safety in a Number CD SELF-RELEASED |
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Eric Benoit
| KAMASI WASHINGTON The Epic CD BRAINFEEDER |
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| KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp a Butterfly CD TOP DAWG |
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Sharing a bottle of Lamoresca Sicilia Bianco over a home cooked meal with Filippo Rizzo’s family on the land where the vines grow, and the wine finally made sense.
Meeting and conversing (via phone translator apps) with Manuel Lombardi at Le Campestre in Castel di Sasso, where I was finally able to experience the Conciato Romano formaggio.
Adrian Montes
| AUTECHRE October 4 PARADISE ROCK CLUB BOSTON, MA |
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| BLACKENED DISCO Mix Series DIGITAL SELF-RELEASED |
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| KEVIN DRUMM Bandcamp Series DIGITAL SELF-RELEASED |
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| LAWRENCE ENGLISH September 16 METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUSEUM BOSTON, MA |
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| ANNE GILLIS Archives Box CD ART INTO LIFE |
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| HEINZ HOPF Ultra Primitiv LP A DEAR GIRL CALLED WENDY |
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| Jeph Jerman & Tim Barnes May 22 GOETHE INSTITUTE BOSTON, MA |
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| KAM HASSAH Information Priority CS THRONE HEAP |
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| MARES LAIG Sweat Out the Saturnine Filth CS PRIVATE ARCHIVE |
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| METRO BOOMIN' April 10 GOODLIFE BAR BOSTON, MA |
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| PEDESTIRAN DEPOSIT The Architector LP MONORAIL TRESPASSING |
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| RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE KILLAH July 17 PARADISE ROCK CLUB BOSTON, MA |
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Rob Noyes
| RYLEY WALKER Primrose Green LP DEAD OCEANS |
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| ROYAL HEADACHE High LP WHAT'S YOUR RUPTURE |
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| SHOPPING Why Choose? CD FATCAT |
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| MEG BAIRD Don't Weight Down the Light CD DRAG CITY |
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| CHARLIE PARR Stumpjumper CD RED HOUSE |
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Reissue/Archival:
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| VA Destroy All Art LP ROCK 'N ROLL PARASITE |
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| REALLY RED Rest in Pain LP ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES |
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Pat Chaney
PATS YEAR IN LYST
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| DOROSOTO Odd Matters CS MOSS ARCHIVE |
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| JESSE SUMMERS Vanishings CS YDLMIER |
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| PARK & TAMIRISA Soto CS PRIVATE CHRONOLOGY |
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| The Illusionary Nature of Self |
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| ALIE BERGER Encounters in Fluidic Space CS VUR |
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| The Interdependence of All Phenomena |
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| Emptiness is form and form is emptiness |
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| VIRUSS Bouquet de Sable DIGITAL PRIVATE ARCHIVE |
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| HUFF DADDY Tease Business CS SLOW BLOOD |
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| LACK Atemporal DIGITAL TONE LOG |
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| FYOELK Klaus DIGITAL SELF-RELEASED |
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| HOLLY HERNDON Platform DIGITAL 4AD |
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Shea Alterio
| DJ SPANISH FLY Buck & Wild The Underground Album CD SELF-RELEASED |
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| SUSUMU HIRASAWA The Man Climbing the Hologram CD CHAOS UNION |
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| MISSA FUKUMA Festa Manifesto CD MIDI INC. |
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| JOE SMOOTH Promised Land LP DJ INTERNATIONAL |
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| KINGPIN SKINNY PIMP 2000 Rapdope Game CD LEGAL KEYZ RECORDS |
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| KUBOTA SAKI YUMEGATARI CD GT MUSIC |
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| VA Super Eurobeat Vol. 236 CD AVEX TRAX |
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| PLAYER 1 Negrito Narco Trafficante CD-R FRAYSERCLICK RECORDS |
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Chris Herndon
Favorite 2015 Releases
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| JOANNA NEWSOM Divers CD DRAG CITY |
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| RYOKO AKAMA senu hima CD MELANGE EDITION |
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| SUN KIL MOON Universal Themes 2LP ROUGH TRADE |
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Favorite 2015 Reissues/Anthologies/Archival Releases
Favorite 2015 Performances
| MAGMA April 11 BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL ALLSTON, MA |
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| FYOELK May 29 DEEP THOUGHTS JP JAMAICA PLAIN, MA |
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| PAPA M June 13 PETERBOROUGH UNITARIAN CHURCH PETERBOROUGH, NH |
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| LUCINDA WILLIAMS June 26 NEW HAVEN GREEN NEW HAVEN, CT |
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| ROYAL TRUX December 19 WEBSTER HALL NEW YORK, NY |
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