My Favourite Songs of 2018 Part 2 

 

Velvet Noose - Thunderpussy - Thunderpussy

Knockin' On The Coffin - Trembling Bells - Dungeness

Soft Parade - Vulfpeck - Hillclimber

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Melvins - Pinkus Abortion Technician

Answer Me My Love - Swamp Dogg - Love, Loss and Auto-Tune

I'm Not Your Mother I'm Not Your Bitch - Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Dynamite - Ese and the Vooduu People - Dynamite (E.P)

Imperfect 10 - Nels cline 4 - Currents, Constellations

Mr & Mrs Hush - Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Look Now

Muhal - Ben Lamar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun

The Drop - The Bones Of J R Jones - Ones To Keep Close

Cross My Heart - Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage

Running To The Silver Eagle - Neil Young - Paradox (OST)

Mama, Papa - Benjamin Biolay - Songbook

Skinhead # 2 - The Breeders - All Nerve

The Ramble - Julian Lage - Modern Lore

Bones Of Gilead - Richard Thompson - 13 Rivers

Tick Tock Tick - Gwyneth Herbert - Letters I Haven't Written

Haunt - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Wrong Creatures

Plunge Into An Ice Hole - Brom - Sunstroke

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.    

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist The Best Songs Of 2018 as selected by Grant Huw Phillips

 

My Favourite Songs of 2018 Part 1 

 

 

Safe in The Car - Ament - Heaven / Hell

Bone Dry - Eels - The Deconstruction

Trash can - Jon Spencer - Spencer Plays the Hits!

Chasing Ghosts - Murder By Death - The Other Shore

I'm Scum - Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance

That Don't Make It Junk - Hailey Tuck - Junk

Transgender Biscuits - Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead

My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark - Sons Of Kemet- Your Queen Is A Reptile

Shiggy- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

They Come At Night (Alt. Version) - Marianne Faithful - Negative Capability

Over and Over and Over - Jack White - Boarding House Reach

Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino - Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino

Cud - Bardo Pond - Volume 8

Rusty Trombone - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Beasts Of Burgundy

Oh Dear! - Gruff Rhys - Bablesburg

Tulum - Kristen Hersh - Possible Dust Clouds

The Morning After - Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt

Rubber Bullies - Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death In Meat Space

Fists Of Fury- Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Hell 

 

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.    

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist  

Best of 2018 part 1 spotify playlist  

 

My Favourite Songs of 2017 Part 2 

Birdland - Afghan Whigs - In Spades

How To Boil An Egg - Courtney Barnett -How To Boil An Egg (Single)

Beautiful Is Boring - Bones - Beautiful Is Boring

Sugar - Holy Moly and the Crackers - Salem

You Are The Problem Here - First Aid Kit - You Are The Problem Here Shakedown - Valerie June - The Order Of Time

I Put A Spell On You - Mark Lanegan- American Gods (ost)

Why? - Pegi Young & The Survivors - Raw

Nevermore - The Tiger Lillies - Edgar Allan Poe's Haunted Palace

Que He Sacado Con Quererte (AKA Violeta Parra) - Guadalupe Plata - Guadalupe Plata 2017

Clairvoyance - Gogol Bordello - Seekers and Finders

Kylie - John Garcia - The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues

L'accident - Juniore - Ouh Là Là

Everything Will Burn - Insomniac Folklore - Everything Will Burn

Dear Life - Beck - Colors

Cold Feet - Fink - Sunday Night Blues Club

Red Right Hand - Iggy Pop & Jarvis Cocker - Red Right Hand

Rattlesnake - Son Of Dave - Music For Cop Shows

Carnivale - Neil Young & The Promise of the Real - The Visitor

 

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.    

 

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist   Best of 2017 part 2 spotify playlist

My Favourite Songs Of 2017 Part 1 

Hippopotamus  - Sparks - Hippopotamus  
The Way You Used to Do - Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains 
Elvis Festival - The Blue Aeroplanes - Welcome, Stranger! 
It's A Jungle Out There - Randy Newman - Dark Matter 
Spent The Day In Bed - Morrissey - Low In High School 
Unfuck The World - Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage 
I Tried To Hold The World (In My Mouth) - Daniel Romano - Modern Pressure 
Baby Teeth, Wolfy Teeth - Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Women 
Amputation - Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage And Joy 
Nos chevaux sauvages - Jill Caplan - Imparfaite 
15' Somebody's Fetish - The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir  
Damascus Disco  - Fischer Z - Building Bridges 
Drink Me Under The Table (Drink Me) - Julian Cope - Drunken Songs  
Beehive - Mark Lanegan - Gargoyle 
Let the Water Run Dry - Ken Boothe - Inna De Yard 
Brillo De Facto - The Fall - New Facts Emerge 
Stormy Weather - Bob Dylan - Triplicate  
Fantastisch - Gasmac Gilmore - Begnadet für das Schöne 
Mojo - Blind Butcher - Alawalawa 
Jump Jelly Belly - Otis Taylor - Fantasizing About Being Black 
Funk 49 - Pere Ubu - 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo 
The Mallard - Michael Chapman - 50

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.    

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist  

Best of 2017 Part 1spotify playlist

My Favourite Songs Of 2016 Part 2 

I Was There (And I'm Told I had A Good Time) – The Monkees - Good Times! 
Dead Medium - Daniel Romano - Mosey 
Human - 50 Foot Wave - Bath White 
Ace - The Jayhawks - Paging Mr Proust 
Something Blue - Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra – Something Blue 
Four Years Of Chances - Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter 
The Kora - Anthony Joseph – Caribbean Roots 
See See Rider - Shy Albatross - Woman Blue 
Relevant - Howe Gelb - Future Standards 
Nadie Es Inocente - Chucho - Los Anos Luz 
Anything Goes - Tiger Lillies - Love For Sale 
The End Of Things - Bob Mould - Patch The Sky 
Don't Get Lost - Brian Jonestown Massacre - Third World Pyramid 
The Blind Pig - Emmi – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
Oona - Pixies - Head Carrier 
Miss Miss - Benjamin Biolay - Palermo Hollywood 
Grow Up Song - Dandy Warhols - Distortland 
Crayfish Hora - Fanfare Ciocarlia - Onward to Mars! 
Drive - Joe Bonamassa - Blues Of Desperation 
Private execution - Drones - Feelin Kinda Free

 

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.   

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist 

Best of 2016 part 2 spotify playlist

My Favourite Songs of 2016 Part 1 

Break Into Your Heart- Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

Poison In The Well - William Bell - Poison In The Well 

Green tangerine - Shonen Knife- Adventure

John The Revelator - Tom Waits - God Don't Never Change 

Elephant - Robert Ellis- Robert Ellis 

Wristband - Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger

Gold - The Handsome Family - Unseen

Lazarus - David Bowie - Black Star

Far From Your Web - Leyla McCalla - A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey

In The Pines - Fantastic Negrito- The Last Days Of Oakland

I walked for miles - Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not

If I Had A Dollar - Kirsty McGee- Diamond Days E.P

Holdin' The Bag - Supersuckers - Holdin' The Bag

Viper's Drag - Allen Toussaint - American Tunes

Steer Your Way - Leonard Cohen - So You Want It Darker

Right Now - Jeff Beck - Loudhailer

Burn The Witch - Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool 

Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders - Neil Young - Peace Trail 

Desperate Man - Devine Comedy - Foreverland 

In Bloom - Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth


www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.  
 
These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist
 
Best of 2016 part 1 spotify playlist

As always there will be a part 2 in June consisting of songs I left off this one for various reasons.

My Favourite Songs Of 2015 Part 2 

Made to Break Your Heart - Los Lobos - Gates of Gold  
Victory Or Die - Motorhead - Bad Magic  
Belly of The Whale - Guy Garvey - Courting the Squall  
What Went Down - Foals - What Went Down  
Honest Man Blues - Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra- Honest Man Blues  
Take My Love (I want to give it) - Tom Jones - Long Lost Suitcase  
The Raven - Jeff bridges - Sleep Tapes  
Psycho - Muse - Drones  
Mama Let The Wolf In - Allison Moorer - Down To Believing  
Add Shades of Tiffany - The Deer - On the Essence of the Indomitable Spirit  
Killing Strangers - Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor  
And I Love Her - Kurt Cobain - Montages Of Heck  
Caravan Man - Luke Haines -Adventures in Dementia: A Micro Opera  
1849 - Annabell Lee - By the sea ... and other solitary places  
I Love You All The Time - Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down  
The Tennessee Kid - Steve Earle - Terraplane 
Les Petite Pains Au Chocolate- Charles Aznavour - Encores  
Sea Calls Me Home - Julie Holter - Sea Calls Me Home 
Face to Faces - Sleaford Mods - Key Markets  
Preacher man- Melody Gardot - Currency of Man 
Snake man - Duke Garwood - Heavy Love 

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music.  

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist

Best of 2015 part 2 playlist

My Favourite Songs Of 2015 Part 1 

Big Dark Love - Murder By Death - Big Dark Love
Питерпитерпитер - Billy's Band - In Rock
Nemesis - Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now
Nunca Es Suficiente - Natalie Laforcarde - Hasta La Raíz
Pedestrian at best - Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think Sometimes I Just Sit
Something In The Water - Pokey La Farge - Something In The Water
Ta Bite - Circe Deslandes - Œstrogenèse
It's Always Something - Lulu Gainsbourg (feat. Ara Starck)- Lady Luck
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure - John Grant - Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
Qui Je Suis - Thomas Dutronc - Éternels Jusqu'à Demain
The Ballad of Red Buckets - Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There
Breathing Room - Jim White vs The Packway Handle Band - Take It Like A Man
If I Don't know - Neil Young & The Promise Of The Real - The Monsanto Years
Summertime Boy - Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer
Quit iPhone - The Fall - Sub-Lingual Tablet
Why Try To Change Me Now? - Bob Dylan - Shadows In The Night
A Singer Addresses His Audience - The Decemberists- What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
Guitar Heroes - Richard Thompson - Still 

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music. 

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as a playlist. 

Best Of 2015 Part 1 on Spotify

My Favourite Songs Of 2014 Part 2 

Vad Hände Med Dem? - The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation
OHM - Les Ogres De Barback - Vous M'Emmerdez
Metamoros - Afghan Wigs - Do The Beast
Down on the Bottom - Lost on the River Band - Lost on the River
Blue Boy - Mac DeMarco Salad Days
Shushie - Chuck E. Wiess - Red Beans and Weiss
The Weather (or not) - Gruff Rhys - American Interior
Say Goodbye - Beck - Morning Phase
Emerald Tuesday - Cibo Matto- Hotel Valentine
Full Grown Boy - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye
I Love You Ugly - King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
The Clearing - David Crosby - Croz Nemesis are Laughing - Bob Mould - Beauty and Ruin
Manos Vacías - Maria Rodés - Maria Canta Copla
White Linen - Jim Yarmouridis - True Blue Skies
Hunter of invisible Game - Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes
Snakes - Pixies - Indie Cindy
Lock Down Hurricane - Eels - The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
Death Trip To Tulsa - Mark Lanegan - Phantom Radio
Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn - Everday Robots
Eyes On You - The Melvins - Hold It In
Carnival - Pere Ubu - Carnival Of Souls 

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music. 

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as playlists. 

Best Of 2014 Part 2 on Spotify

My Favourite Songs Of 2014 Part 1 

Bird - Tetes Raides - Les Fiennes
Junk On The Radio - Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra - Talk About the Weather
Heartbeats - Blind Butcher - Albino
Adolfo Suicide - Nacho Vegas - Resusitasion
The Flow - Melanie De Biasio - No Deal
Somebody Touched Me - Leo Welch - Sabagula Voices
My Oh My - Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Wind Don't Have To Hurry - John Hiatt - Term of My Surrender
Impressions - Dizzy Heights - Neil Finn
Fuck up! - Supersuckers - Get The Hell
Chemical Plant - Robert Ellis - The Lights From The Chemical Plant
Oompa Augustus - Primus - Primus and the Chocolate Factory with & the Fungi Ensemble
Urn St. Tavern - Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - Devil's Tale Sweet Talk - Kirsty McGee - Old Demons
Feathers Not A Bird - Rosanne Cash - Needle and the Thread
Lou Reed Lou Reed - Luke Haines - New York In The 70's
Mother Wolf - Marianne Faithful - Send My Love To London
J Smoov - Steve Macmus & the Jicks - Wig out at JagBags
Who's Gonna Stand Up? (orchestral) - Neil Young - Storytone
Just One Drink - Jack White - Lazaretto
World Peace Is None Of Your Business - World Peace Is None Of Your Business -Morrissey
Frank's Most Likeable Song Ever... - Michael Fassbender - Frank Official Sound Track

www.rateyourmusic.com is an excellent website and was a big help finding this music. 

These songs are also available on my Spotify profile as playlists. 

Best Of 2014 Part 1 on Spotify