I think part of me wonders whether any album this year is going to be as good as the next Big Thief album.The ludicrously titled Dragon New Warm Mountain is due at the end of February. But while it's title is desperately daft, the songs that have been pre-released in advance of its arrival are inexpressibly good. Big Thief have long been favouriteds of mine. They along with Protomartyr have been my favourite two contemporary bands in operation for several years. Big Thief have already put out several quite excellent records. Dragon sounds like it might well be their masterpiece to me.
Elsehwere, FKA Twigs, Blood Red Shoes, Band of Horses, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizzard (inevitably),Kendrick Lamar, Dexys, Michael Stipe, My Bloody Valentine, Anna Calvi, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Midlake, Arctic Monkeys, Spriritualised and numerous others should keep things interesting. But somehow I imagine the records that will excite me most are the ones by artists I am unaware of or barely aware of just yet. I'll do my best to keep you in the loop.
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