(above : I do not like to hoard vinyl, however I’m still sick)
(Editor’s Note : A panel of exactly one person under inhuman degrees of pressure assemble to compile the list shown below ; CSTB’s former contributors are either working on their new careers as the world’s most handsome pundits or they’re trying to launch new web initiatives that are pitched as “sort of like James Woods on mushrooms instead of coke”)
As in past years, projects from labels that either pay the CSTB dog food bill or directly contribute to the thorough neglect of CSTB are ineligible. A version of this list was previously published somewhere that generates real traffic ; If you’re seeing it for the second time, please understand it is unlikely you will be asked to read it for a third – GC)
albums
The Native Cats – The Way On Is The Way Off (Chapter Music)
Sundae Painters – s/t (Leather Jacket
Glittering Insects s/t (Mind Meld)
Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary – Evicted In The Morning (Disciples)
Sanam – Aykathani Malakon (Mais Um Discos)
Ndox Electrique – Tëd Ak Mame Coumba Lamba Ak Mame Coumba Mbang (Bongo Joe)
Mother’s Milk – Render Void At Gate (State Laughter)
Dan Melchior Band – Redacted City (Midnight Cruiser)
Leda – Neuter (Discreet Music)
Institute – Ragdoll (Roach Leg)
Daniel Bachman – When The Roses Come Again (Three Lobed)
Chrisman – Dozeage (Hakuna Kulala)
Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection (Petty Bunco)
Bhajan Bhoy – To Love Is To Love, Vol.’s 1 & 2 (Feeding Tube/Cardinal Fuzz)
Zoh Amba, Chris Corsano, Bill Orcutt – The Flower School (Palilalia, 2023)
Vomitatrix – Violently Ill (ugEXPLODE)
Natural Information Society with Ari Brown – Since Time Is Gravity (Eremite, 2023)
Donna Allen with Adam Jones – Melon Koly Song Diary #1 (ever/never)
Wet Dip – Smell Of Money (Feel It)
Thee Retail Simps – Live On Cool Street LP (Total Punk)
Barbara Manning – Charm Of Yesterday, Convenience Of Tommorow (Badabing)
Modern Nature – No Fixed Point In Space (Bella Union)
The Lloyd Pack – I Can’t Remember (Digital Regress)
Tyvek – Overground (Ginkgo)
Rome Streetz – Noise Kandy 5
The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition (Astral Spirits)
FACS – Still Life In Decay (Trouble In Mind)
Ballister – Smash & Grab (Aerophonic)
Reissues :
Mark Glynne & Bart Zwier – Home Comfort (La Scie Dorée)
Dawson – Discography (Sorcerer)
Da Slime – If There’s No Rubble, You Haven’t Played 1977-1989 (Celluloid Lunch)
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – These Things Remain Unassigned (Bulbous Monocle)
Dredd Fool & The Din – We Will Fall 1983 (Corbett vs Dempsey)
Burnt Envelope – I’m Immature : The Singles Vol. II (Hozac)
Operating Theatre – Rapid Eye Movements / Spring Is Coming WIth A Strawberry In Its Mouth ( Allchival)
Live :
Still House Plants, 411Kent, Brooklyn
Obituary, Mohawk , Austin
Bill Orcutt / Chris Corsano, Goner Fest, Memphis
Aaron Dilloway, Hotel Vegas, Austin
Unwound, Irving Plaza, NYC
EXEK, Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne
reading :
Who Cares Anyway : Post Punk San Francisco & The End Of The Analog Age – Will York
Holy Ghost : The Life & Death Of Albert Ayler – Richard Koloda
Wayward : Just Another Life To Live – Vashti Bunyan
film :
Fremont (Babak Jalali)
R.M.N. (Christian Mungiu)
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt)
Black Medusa (Youssef Chebbi, Ismaël)
small screen:
South Side
Barry
(tie) Stephen Reid On LSD / Stephen Reid Being Hit By A Car (FINALLY)