This new Counter Culture 13 compilation collects many favourite releases of the last twelve months.
Every the staff at Rough Trade’s shops compile an annual release of those tunes that have received much in-store love in the year just ending. The result is a handy filter to who’s who and what’s what in the non-mainstream musical world. There’s naturally room here for big leftfield hitters (John Grant, The Knife, Matthew E White, Queens of the Stone Age), but acts who are relatively unheralded shine just as brightly. Dean Blunt’s The Redeemer is a great primer for his album of the same name; Parquet Courts make the case for their snotty garage rock; Omar Souleyman’s Ya Yumma is a Syrian trance delight; and Daniel Avery’s Naïve Response comes with a pleasing tech thump.
VBR~242 kbps | 276 MB | UL | OB | MC1+MC2
CD1
01. Julianna Barwick – One Half 3:38
02. Jessica Pratt – Hollywood 3:30
03. Sarah Neufeld – Sprinter Fire 2:49
04. Caitlin Rose – I Was Cruel 3:36
05. Charles Bradley – Strictly Reserved For You 3:42
06. Max Jury – Day Drunk 3:25
07. Valerie June – You Can’t Be Told 3:18
08. Eric Lau – Everytime feat Rahel 2:54
09. L. Pierre – Harmonic Avenger 3:31
10. John Grant – GMF 5:15
11. Matthew E. White – Big Love 4:41
12. John Wizards – Hogsback 2:30
13. Atoms For Peace – Ingenue 4:31
14. Moderat – Bad Kingdom 4:25
15. Satellites – Neon Sun 3:22
16. Spectral Park – Ornaments 3:29
17. Thee Oh Sees – No Spell 4:27
18. Queens of the Stoneage – Smooth Sailing 4:53
19. Purling Hiss – Rat Race 3:06
20. Archie Bronson Outfit – Dead Duck Dub 3:48
CD2
01. Savages – Hit Me 1:43
02. Fuzz – Sunderberry Dream 2:34
03. Joanna Gruesome – Secret Surprise 2:45
04. Sauna Youth – False Jesii Pt. II 2:41
05. Parquet Courts – Careers In Combat 1:08
06. Earth Dies Burning – Another Six Year Old 2:23
07. Melt Yourself Down – Fix My Life 4:02
08. Powell – Wharton Tiers On Drums 6:55
09. Jon Hopkins – We Disappear 4:49
10. Ras G – Find Ya Self (ANU Wrld) 2:06
11. Dexter – Witch/Room 2:02
12. Dean Blunt – The Redemer 3:32
13. The Knife – Ready To Lose 4:16
14. Darkstar – Armonica 3:38
15. Holly Herndon – Movement 4:51
16. Daniel Avery – Naive Response 5:23
17. Factory Floor – Fall Back 7:23
18. Omar Souleyman – Ya Yumma 4:30
19. Baxta – Barbwa Riddim 3:39
20. House Reverends – Weekend Treat 2:17
21. The Space Lady – Radar Love 4:36