Okay, so it's a little over halfway through the year, but I finally got my act together.
Top 10 Albums
1. Bibio - Mind Bokeh (Warp)
2. Kraak & Smaak - Electric Hustle (Jalepeno)
3. Friendly Fires - Pala (XL/Hostess)
4. Bag Raiders - Bag Raiders (Modular)
5. Cut Copy - Zonoscope (Modular)
6. WIN WIN - WIN WIN (Vice)
7. Junior Boys - It's All True (Domino)
8. Austra - Feel It Break (Domino)
9. FM Belfast - Don't Want to Sleep (Morr Music)
10. Rainbow Arabia - Boys and Diamonds (Kompakt)
Top 10 Remixes
Adele - Rolling in the Deep (Jamie XX Remix / Jamie XX Shuffle)
Daft Punk - Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix)
Bikini - R.I.P. (CFCF Remix)
The Death Set - Can You Seen Straight? (Nadastrom Moombahton Remix)
Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
Lykke Li - Sadness is a Blessing (Gold Panda Remix)
Afrobeta - Play House (Alexander Technique & Junior Sanchez Remix)
Joy Formidable - Whirring (Innerpartysystem Remix)
Foster the People - Houdini (RAC Remix)
Dirty Vegas - Little White Doves (VISITOR Remix)
Best EP
Chad Valley: Equatorial Ultravox [EP] (Cascine)
Best freebie download
Best freebie compilation
Various: True Blue (Paper Bag)
Did I miss anything so far this year? Let me know! I'm sure I did. :)
I'll be featuring all of these artists on tonight's "best of the year so far" show, August 3, 9 to 11 p.m.! Stream it for the next two weeks at kdhx.org/beepbeepboopboop.
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