Despite there being two full months ahead of us, what the hell have been your favorite albums of this year?
Metal/Rock
The Gabriel Construct - Interior City
Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte
Zevious - Passing Through The Wall
Exist - Sunlight
Beehoover - The Devil and His Horsemen
Big Business - Battlefields Forever
Vhol - Vhol
Kayo Dot - Hubardo
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Jute Gyte - Discontinuities
Subrosa - More Constant Than The Gods
Melvins - Tres Cabrones
HIGHLY ANTICIPATING: Vaura, Mammatus
Jazz/Other
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do - Time Stands Still
Satoko Fujii New Trio - SPring Storm
Ingrid Laubrock Anti House - Strong Place
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
Convergence Quartet - Slow & Steady
September Trio - The Destructive Element
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense - Moment & The Message
Mary Halvorson - Illusionary Sea
Waclaw Zimpel Quartet - Stone Fog
Curtis Hasselbring - Number Stations
Ches Smith's These Arches - Hammered
Kris Davis - Capricorn Climber
Atomic - There's A Hole In The Mountain
Harris Eisenstadt - Golden State
The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
Metal/Rock
The Gabriel Construct - Interior City
Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte
Zevious - Passing Through The Wall
Exist - Sunlight
Beehoover - The Devil and His Horsemen
Big Business - Battlefields Forever
Vhol - Vhol
Kayo Dot - Hubardo
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Jute Gyte - Discontinuities
Subrosa - More Constant Than The Gods
Melvins - Tres Cabrones
HIGHLY ANTICIPATING: Vaura, Mammatus
Jazz/Other
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do - Time Stands Still
Satoko Fujii New Trio - SPring Storm
Ingrid Laubrock Anti House - Strong Place
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
Convergence Quartet - Slow & Steady
September Trio - The Destructive Element
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense - Moment & The Message
Mary Halvorson - Illusionary Sea
Waclaw Zimpel Quartet - Stone Fog
Curtis Hasselbring - Number Stations
Ches Smith's These Arches - Hammered
Kris Davis - Capricorn Climber
Atomic - There's A Hole In The Mountain
Harris Eisenstadt - Golden State
The Knife - Shaking The Habitual