2018 Year End Longlist, Part 1

It's that time of year again - actually that time of year seems to arrive sooner every year - and I'm in the process of whittling down my longlist to arrive at my Top 20 for my FOURTEENTH ANNUAL (!!) countdown show on UMFM on NYE. As I narrow the field I'll start sharing what I considered but didn't make the cut and due to a particularly LONG longlist, I'm just going to post a track from each without any commentary. There's no order to what I'll be listing in each entry, but some of these song selections might end up on my Top 20 songs even if the album didn't make the Top 20 as a whole. Hope you make some discoveries as you work your way through the list.

Curtis Roush - Cosmic Campfire Music [Modern Outsider]


Anna Burch - Quit the Curse [Polyvinyl]


Gizelle Smith - Ruthless Day [Jalapeno]


Kirsten Ludwig - We Get It Now [Oscar St. Records]


The Brothers Nylon - Bitches Cold Brew [Resistant Mindz]


Eric Chenaux - Slowly Paradise [Constellation]


Imarhan - Temet [City Slang]


Jeff Rosenstock - POST- [Polyvinyl]


The James Hunter Six - Whatever It Takes [Daptone]


Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us [Anti-]


Yamantaka//Sonic Titan - Dirt [Paper Bag]


MAST - Thelonious Sphere Monk [World Galaxy]


Typhoon - Offerings [Roll Call]


Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive [Merge]


Palm - Rock Island [Carpark]

Typhoon - Offerings

New year, and time to get back to spotlighting new music and not just running down the year-end goods.

January 12th marks the release date for Offerings, the latest from Typhoon. I was fortunate enough to hear the full-length via Roll Call Records and had hoped to spotlight "Remember" or "Chiaroscuro," my personal faves, but only two tracks are currently streaming at the Bandcamp link below.

Typhoon - "Young Fathers"

Not sure if I count as a young father at 36, but this song still resonates. "When you're young / you have your whole life before... and now your choices surround you / indecision confounds you." This second single from Typhoon's White Lighter just builds my anticipation even further than the first one.

Typhoon - "Dreams of Cannibalism"

It's somewhat fitting that the first song from the new Typhoon record has dreams in the title - the band's first two albums were kinda slept on. Here's to the third time being the charm when White Lighter is released on August 20th. Free download on Soundcloud.