See http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-ed...alftime-report Uncut's editor has done his best albums of the first half of the year. There's 62 in total, with Dylan Howe's Subterranean at #19. I haven't heard of most of the rest.
1. Luke Abbott – Wysing Forest (Border Community)
2. Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast (Sub Pop)
3. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots (Parlophone)
4. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - Dereconstructed (Sub Pop)
5. Olga Bell – Krai (One Little Indian)
6. Black Bananas – Electric Brick Wall (Drag City)
7. Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patient (MIE Music)
8. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Piano Nights (PIAS)
9. Bill Callahan – Have Fun With God (Drag City)
10. Hans Chew – Life And Love (At The Helm)
11. Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt (Trouble In Mind)
12. Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté - Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit)
13. Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans (ATO)
14. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen)
15. Fennesz – Bécs (Editions Mego)
16. Grandma Sparrow - Grandma Sparrow & his Piddletractor Orchestra (Spacebomb)
17. Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper – FRKWYS VOL 11: Cantos De Lisboa (RVNG INTL)
18. The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams (Washington Square)
19. Dylan Howe – Subterranean: New Designs On Bowie's Berlin (Motorik)
20. Howlin Rain – Live Rain (Agitated)
There's also a nice review of the album at http://www.marlbank.net/reviews/1813...ik-recommended
Henry
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