(Editor’s Note : A panel of exactly one brilliant person was convened to compile the list shown below ; perhaps CSTB’s former contributors have some opinions on these matters, but frankly, they can continue spending their afternoons slaving for the oligarchs (until I need their help with something, anyway). Perhaps one of the fledgling outlets they’re writing for is eager to publish an essay about which public apologies aren’t sufficiently apologetic (and who’d have thought Vince Coleman’s would come off relatively well, in retrospect?)

As in past years, projects from labels that either pay the CSTB bandwidth bill or directly contribute to the growing neglect of CSTB are ineligible. A version of this list was previously published elsewhere. If you’re seeing it for the second time today, boo fucking hoo – GC)

Weather Weapon – Weather Weapon II (bandcamp)
ISS – Endless Pussyfooting (Erste Theke Tontraeger)

Michael Beach – Gravity / Repulsion (Spectacular Commodity)
Mdou Moctar – Sousoume Tamachek (Sahel Sounds)
Mordecai – Abstract Recipe (Richie)
Contributors – s/t (Monofonus Press)
Heavy Metal – LP 2 – Smash Criticism Smash Optimism Smash Arachnophobia (Static Age)

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Heavy Metal – LP 3 – The Nietzschean Supermen Of Dustbin Rock (Harbinger Sound)
David Nance – Negative Boogie (Ba Da Bing)

Headroom – Head In The Clouds (Trouble In Mind)

Fully Glazed – ‘OD Catastrophe’ (The Loki Label)
Institute – Subordination (Sacred Bones)
Protomartyr – Relatives In Descent (Domino)
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas (Rough Trade)
Endless Boogie – Vibe Killer (No Quarter)
US Weekly – s/t (Night Moves)
Various- Tokyo Flashback (Black Editions)
Spectre Folk – Vol. 4 (Vampire Blues)
Impalers – Cellar Dweller (540)
Golden Pelicans – Disciples Of Blood (Goner)
Obnox – Murder Radio (ever/never)

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Mazoma – Heavy Death Head (Feeding Tube)
Shit and Shine – Some People Really Know How To Live (Editions Mego)
The Weather Station – s/t (Paradise Of Bachelors)
Ted Leo – The Hanged Man (TL/RX)
Haram – When You Have Won, You Have Lost (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos)
Snakehole – s/t (Wharf Cat)

David Keenan – This Is Memorial Device : An Hallucinated Oral History of the Post-Punk Music Scene in Airdrie, Coatbridge and Environs 1978–1986 (Faber & Faber)

live :
Sir Richard Bishop, Tom Carter, Robert Millis, Jad Fair, Hotel Vegas, May
Peter Bröntzmann/Heather Leigh, Issue Project Room, June

Joe McPhee, Tashi Dorji, M. Geddas Gengras, Alphaville, June
Tyvek, Rays, 1-2-3-4-Go, February

Life Stinks, The World, The Nightlight, February
Wire, Baby’s Alright, September
Les Filles de Illighadad , Cafe Oto, April
Consumer Electronics, Barracuda, March
Power Trip, Mohawk, March
David Nance, Beerland, October

Feedtime, Hi-Tone, September