1. Alexander Wolfe - Everythinglessness
2. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
3. Ye - Bully
4. Madonna - Confessions II
5. The Veils - Fragile World
6. Sunday Mourners - A Rhythm Absolute
7. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
8. Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
9. Angine De Poitrine - Vol. II
10. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country Till We Get There

4e lijstje van 2026:

Alle albums die ik minimaal 5x beluisterd heb en een score van 3,5 - 4* heb gegeven met uitzondering van 1e plek = 4,5* (en laag op mijn lijst = nog weinig geluisterd / nieuw )

weinig veranderd in mijn top 10.

1. Keep Shelly in Athens - V (electronic / shoegaze)
2. Hello Seahorse! - Montaña (indie rock / dance)
3. Sainte Vie - Pablo (house / electro )
4. Joe Jackson - Hope and Fury (piano pop rock)
5. La Joaqui - Electra ( reggaeton / rkt )

6. Sotomayor - Wabi Sabi (tribal / cumbia )
7. Metric – Romanticize the Dive (indie rock)
8. Ladytron - Paradises (synthpop)
9. Judie Tzuke – Now or Never (pop rock)
10. Tokischa – Amor & Droga (Hip Hop / Reggaeton / Latin)

11. Hiqpy - Slow death of a good girl (indie rock / alternative rock)
12. Marlon Magnée - Dark Star (synthpop / psychobilly : La Femme frontman
13. Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane (pop rock)
14. ChesDana - Enamórate Otra Vez (bolero / latin pop)
15. Holy Wars – Shadow Work / Light Work (gothic rock / alternative rock)

16. Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale vol. 2 (alternative / jazz / pop / latin)
17. Julieta Venega - Norteña (latin / mexican / folk / pop )
18. Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (pop / pop rock / indie rock)
19. Lila Downs – Cambias mi Mundo (latin / pop / mexican / son cubano / folk)
20. Sébastien Tellier - Kiss the Beast ( synthpop / nu-disco)

21. The Paper Kites - If you go there, I hope you find it (folk rock / indie rock)
22. U2 - Easter Lily EP (alternative rock / pop rock)
23. M.I.A. – M.I.7
24. Julia Cumming - Julia (alternative / pop rock / retro) frontvrouw van Sunflower Bean
25. Moby - Future Quiet (downtempo / minimal / piano / modern classical)

26. José González - Against the dying of the light (folk / minimal)
27. Jorge Drexler – Taracá (Latin / Folk / percussion )
28. María José Llergo - El Juego (pop / flamenco / electronic )
29. The New Pornographers - The former site of (indie rock / folk rock)
30. Adult. - Kissing Luck Goodbye (electro / ebm / punk )

31. luisa – Call Me the Witch (indie rock / pop rock )
32. LIFE – Abstract / Natural (alternative / pop / punk)
33. They Might Be Giants – The World is to Dig (indie rock / alternative / Pop)
34. Crack Cloud - Peace and Purpose (lo-fi / punk / alternative)
35. Poppy - Empty Hands (alternative rock / metal)

36. Las Robertas – All We Need is Now (shoegaze / indie rock)
37. Loreen - Wildfire (pop / dance / house)
38. U2 - Days of Ash EP (alternative rock)
39. RAYE - This music may contain hope (pop / soul / jazz )
40. Mikaela Davis - Graceland Way (harp / folk / country / pop rock )

41. Linda Perry – Let it Die Here (alternative rock / blues rock / soul)
42. Lykke Li - The Afterparty (electronic / pop / dream pop)
43. The Dandy Warhols - Pin Ups (covers / alternative / minimal / psychedelic)
44. Tessa Rose Jackson – The Lighthouse (acoustic / pop / folk )
45. The Haunted Youth – Boys Cry Too (alternative rock / indie rock)

01. (01) Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie
02. (--) Madonna - Confessions II
03. (02) Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
04. (03) Flea - Honora
05. (04) James Blake - Trying Times
06. (05) Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndingubani
07. (06) RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
08. (07) Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
09. (--) The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
10. (08) Boards of Canada - Inferno

11. (09) The Boxer Rebellion - The Second I’m Asleep
12. (10) Kula Shaker - Wormslayer
13. (11) Patty Pravo -Opera
14. (12) Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra - Vila
15. (13) Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere
16. (14) Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Irreversible
17. (--) The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
18. (--) Charlie Marie - Signs
19, (--) Ryan Beatty - Sweet Fortune
20. (15) Archive - Glass Minds

Hoogtepunten van 2026 (nog niet gerangschikt)

* Akusmi - Terra Incognita
* Anastasia Kristensen - Bestiarium Sombre
* Boards of Canada - Inferno
* Craven Faults - Sidings
* Danny L Harle - Cerulean
* Ital Tek - Mind Abandon
* Markus Guentner - On Brutal Soil, We Grow
* Miserere Luminis - Sidera
* Sadness - Spring 2025
* Sor - INSOMNIA
* The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
* Warning - Rituals of Shame

Tijd voor een update. Prima muziekjaar so far, met twee 4,5*-albums en eentje die daar tegenaan schuurt. Als mr Morby zijn album iets korter had gehouden, had hij mogelijk om de prijzen mee kunnen doen. Nu iets te langdradig met wel een aantal heerlijke momenten.

1. The Notwist - News from Planet Zombie
2. Aldous Harding - Train On the Island
3. Boards of Canada - Inferno
4. Altin Gün - Garip
5. Sault - Chapter 1
6. James Blake - Trying Times
7. Angine de Poitrine - Vol.II
8. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open
9. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
10. Vince Staples - Cry Baby

01. (01) Ghinzu - W.O.W.A (artrock / indierock)
02. (--) Flea - Honora (jazz)
03. (03) Max Cooper - Feeling Is Structuren (IDM / electronic / ambient)
04. (04) A Wilhelm Scream - Cheap Heat (hardore punk)
05. (02) Mammal Hands - Circadia (jazz)

06. (05) Boards of Canada - Inferno (electronic)
07. (--) Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist (jungle / pop / neo-soul)
08. (06) The Notwist - News from Planet Zombie (Indietronica / post-rock )
09. (--) Cypress Hill - Dios Bendiga (hip-hop / cumbia)
10. (07) Gorillaz - The Mountain (wereld / pop / hip-hop)

11. (08) Abel & Sef - IJsland 2 (hip-hop / pop)
12. (--) James Blake - Trying Times (pop / electronic)
13. (--) Trooper Salute - Tomodachigaimashita (J-pop / J-rock )
14. (09) Karnivool - In Verses (Progressieve rock / metal)
15. (10) Altın Gün - Garip (psychedelic funk / wereld)

Alweer mijn 5e lijstje : en laag op mijn lijst = nog weinig geluisterd / nieuw

Geluisterd naar ruim 110 verschillende albums uitgekomen in 2026

Alle albums die ik minimaal 5x beluisterd heb en een score van 3,5 - 4* heb gegeven met uitzondering van 1e en 6e plek = 4,5*

1. Keep Shelly in Athens - V (electronic / shoegaze)
2. La Joaqui - Electra ( reggaeton / rkt )
3. Hello Seahorse! - Montaña (indie rock / dance)
4. Sainte Vie - Pablo (house / electro )
5. Joe Jackson - Hope and Fury (piano pop rock)
6. Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale vol. 2 (jazz / latin / pop / alternative)
7. Sotomayor - Wabi Sabi (tribal / cumbia )
8. Metric – Romanticize the Dive (indie rock)
9. Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (pop / pop rock / indie rock)
10. Ladytron - Paradises (synthpop)

11. Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane (pop rock)
12. Tokischa – Amor & Droga (Hip Hop / Reggaeton / Latin)
13. Judie Tzuke – Now or Never (pop rock)
14. Las Robertas – All We Need is Now (shoegaze)
15. HIQPY - Slow death of a good girl (indie rock / alternative rock)
16. Marlon Magnée - Dark Star (synthpop / psychobilly : La Femme frontman
17. ChesDana - Enamórate Otra Vez (jazz / pop / latin / retro)
18. Holy Wars – Shadow Work / Light Work (gothic rock / alternative rock)
19. The Haunted Youth – Boys Cry Too (alternative rock / indie rock)
20. Lila Downs – Cambias mi Mundo (latin / pop / mexican / son cubano / folk)

21. Julieta Venega - Norteña (latin / mexican / folk / pop )
22. Eartheater - Heavenly Body: If I'm The Bottle You're The Message (electronic / pop / alternative)
23. Sébastien Tellier - Kiss the Beast ( synthpop / nu-disco)
24. The Paper Kites - If you go there, I hope you find it (folk rock / indie rock)
25. Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film (indie rock / alternative / art rock)
26. U2 - Easter Lily EP (alternative rock / pop rock)
27. M.I.A. – M.I.7 (pop / electronic / soul / gospel)
28. Julia Cumming - Julia (alternative / pop rock / retro) frontvrouw van Sunflower Bean
29. Moby - Future Quiet (downtempo / minimal / piano / modern classical)
30. José González - Against the dying of the light (folk / minimal)

31. Jorge Drexler – Taracá (Latin / Folk / percussion )
32. María José Llergo - El Juego (pop / flamenco / electronic )
33. The New Pornographers - The former site of (indie rock / folk rock)
34. Adult. - Kissing Luck Goodbye (electro / ebm / punk )
35. luisa – Call Me the Witch (indie rock / pop rock )
36. LIFE – Abstract / Natural (indie rock / punk)
37. Madonna – Confessions II (dance / house)
38. They Might Be Giants – The World is to Dig (indie rock / alternative / Pop)
39. Crack Cloud - Peace and Purpose (lo-fi / punk / alternative)
40. Poppy - Empty Hands (alternative rock / metal)

41. Lizzie In My Bed - Lizzie In My Bed (alternative / post punk / shoegaze)
42. Loreen - Wildfire (pop / dance / house)
43. Linda Perry – Let it Die Here (alternative rock / blues rock / soul)
44. Tricky – Different when it’s silent (trip hop / alternative)
45. U2 - Days of Ash EP (alternative rock)
46. Violet Grohl – Be Sweet to Me (alternative rock)
47. RAYE - This music may contain hope (pop / soul / jazz )
48. mary in the junkyard - Role Model Hermit (alternative / pop)
49. Mikaela Davis - Graceland Way (harp / folk / country / pop rock )
50. Lykke Li - The Afterparty (electronic / pop / dream pop)

01. (01) Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie
02. (03) Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
03. (04) Flea - Honora
04. (02) Madonna - Confessions II
05. (05) James Blake - Trying Times
06. (06) Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndingubani
07. (07) RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
08. (--) Tyla - A*Pop
09. (08) Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
10. (09) The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues

11. (--) Max Volante - camouflage
12. (10) Boards of Canada - Inferno
13. (11) The Boxer Rebellion - The Second I’m Asleep
14. (--) Ralph Kaminski - GÓRA
15. (12) Kula Shaker - Wormslayer
16. (13) Patty Pravo -Opera
17. (--) IST IST - Dagger
18. (--) Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse!
19. (--) Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton
20. (16) Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Irreversible

Update kwartaal 3:

1. Trooper Salute - 友達がいました
2. Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film
3. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball
4. hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea
5. RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
6. WIES - AH!
7. mary in the junkyard - Role Model Hermit
8. Truthpaste - I Don't Know Either
9. Bill Callahan - My Days of 58
10. Tyler Ballgame - For the First Time, Again
11. Hen Ogledd - Discombobulated
12. Vince Staples - Cry Baby
13. Inundaremos - Tanquemante
14. My New Band Believe - My New Band Believe
15. Hiqpy - Slow Death of a Good Girl

11 viersterrenplaten:

Tyler Ballgame - For the First Time, Again 
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – We Are Together Again 
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express – Ranjha
Aldous Harding – Train on the Island
Flea – Honora
Alela Diane – Who’s Keeping Time?
Westside Cowboy – It Goes On
DEADLETTER – Existence Is Bliss
Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me
The Womack Sisters – The Womack Sisters
Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales

1. Alexander Wolfe - Everythinglessness
2. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
3. Madonna - Confessions II
4. The Veils - Fragile World
5. Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
6. Ye - Bully
7. Sunday Mourners - A Rhythm Absolute
8. Arab Strap - Half Hold Tales
9. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
10. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On
11. Angine De Poitrine - Vol. II
12. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country Till We Get There

4.5*
1. (-) Bill Orcutt - Music In Continuous Motion
2. (1) Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
3. (-) Chat Pile - Who Loves The Sun

4*
4. (-) Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton
5. (3) Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
6. (-) Sugar Horse - Not a Sound in Heaven=
7. (4) Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World
8. (-) Weezer - Weezer
9. (6) Mandy, Indiana - Urgh
10. (-) Zoh Amba - Eyes Full

Alicia's voorlopige Top 10 2026

01. Shearwater - The New World
02. Bruce Soord - Ghosts in the Park
03. Sleeping Pulse - Dreams & Limitations
04. IST IST - DAGGER
05. Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
06. Junius - Sotera
07. And Also the Trees - The Devil's Door
08. Antipole & Pedro Code - Future Echoes
09. Moonspell - Far from God
10. Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton

Ik denk, ik gooi 'm er ook maar in. Er kan natuurlijk nog van alles gebeuren. Steven Wilson, The Pineapple Thief, The Foreshadowing, Echo and the Bunnymen: ze kunnen allen nog roet in het eten gooien en dat gaan ze waarschijnlijk ook doen.

Ik zet nog niets op volgorde, maar dit zijn tot nu toe de kanshebbers voor mijn top10:

Westside Cowboy - It Goes On
Ye Vagabonds - All Tied Together
Katherine Priddy - These Frightening Machines
Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight
Joshua Burnside - It's Not Going to Be Okay
The Red Clay Strays - Grateful
One Leg, One Eye - Crone
Bonnie Prince Billy - We Are Together Again
Kneecap - Fenian
The Itch - It's The Hope That Kills You
Lemoncello - Perfect Place
Alela Diane - Who's Keeping Time?
Cinder Well - A Blooming Body

Beste EP: Madra Salach - It's A Hell Of An Age
Beste soundtrack: The History of Sound
Nieuwe releases waar ik erg naar uitkijk: Johnny & Lillie Flynn, Radie Peat, Fontaines DC, Gurriers.

Ook nog geen volgorde maar deze maken allemaal kans op mijn top 10 waarbij het toch wel gek moet lopen willen Lambchob en Syd Matters niet in de top vijf belanden.

Punching The Clown – Lambchob
The Ruins Of Things Unfinished – Slow Leaves
Open To Beauty: best Of The 21st Century – Cowboy Junkies
Landfill Poetry – Riley Downing
Frozen Charlotte – Jack White
Peaches – The Black Keys
Good Fiction – Sean Rowe
The Canyon – Jjerome ‘87
Mercurial Silence – David Eugene Edwards
The Boys Of Dungeon Lane – Paul McCartney
Frontier Crucible – Sean Rowe
A Pound Of Feathers – The Black Crowes
Train On The Island – Aldous Harding
A Gospel Of Some Sorte – Syd Matters
My Days Of ’58 – Bill Callahan
O! For A Muse Of Fire – Three For Silver
We Are Together Again – Bonnie Prince Billy

Er blijven maar sterke albums uitkomen, en er zitten nog een aantal albums in de pijplijn waar ik hoge verwachtingen van heb. Een update. Waarbij de volgende albums nog niet zijn meegenomen, maar wel potentie hebben om de lijst te halen: Ezra Collective, Bonobo, Interpol, Beck en Agnes Obel

1. Shearwater - The New World
2. Aldous Harding - Train On the Island
3. The Notwist - News from Planet Zombie
4. Mary In the Junkyard - Role Model Hermit
5. Boards of Canada - Inferno
6. Altin Gün - Garip
7. James Blake - Trying Times
8. Sault - Chapter 1
9. Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho
10. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open

Kleine update.
Nieuwe The Ocean, Anthrax, Playgrounded, Artificial Silence, Deaf Center, Bruce Soord, Kristoffer Gildenlow nog niet meegenomen. En er komen nog een paar interessante releases aan. Lijkt wel weer een aardig jaar te worden zo.

1. [1] Karnivool - In Verses | 5*

2. [2] Archive - Glass Minds | 4*
3. [3] Gaerea - Loss | 4*
4. [-] Hammock - The Second Coming Was a Moonrise | 4*
5. [-] Harboured - We're Only the Love That We Lead |4*
6. [-] Mastodon - Marrow Deep |4*
7. [-] Alter Bridge - Alter Bridge | 4*
8. [4] Black Label Society - Engines of Demolition| 4*

9. [5] Enter Shikari - Lose Your Self | 3,5*
10. [-] The Black Keys - Peaches! | 3,5*
11. [6] Gorillaz - The Mountain | 3.5*
12. [7] Megadeth - Megadeth | 3.5*
13. [8] The Boxer Rebellion - Flowers in the Water | 3,5*
14. [-] Major Parkinson - Valesa - Chapter II: Viva the Apocalupse! | 3,5*
15. [9] Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. |3.5*
16. [10] Lamb of God - Into Oblivion |3.5*
17. [11] Soen - Reliance | 3.5*
18. [12] The Browning - Burn This World [Evolved] |3,5*

Top 20 | incl. 3e kwartaal (+4)
van populairder naar meer experimenteel, geen ranking mijn voorkeur ligt in het moment

> Ed O’brien - Blue Morpho
+ Shearwater - the new world
+ Agnes Obel - the meaning of flowers
+ Beck - ride lonesome
> Aldous Harding - Train on the Island
> Bruce Soord - Ghosts in the Park
> Fink - The City is Coming to Erase it all

> Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good
> Searows - Death in the Bussiness of Whaling
> Hania Rani - Sentimental Value
> Julianna Barwick, Mary Latimore - Tragic Magic
> Altin Gün - Garip
> Laura Misch - Lithic

+ Akusmi - Terra Incognita
> Passeparout Duo - Pieces from Places
> Your Brother’s Keepers, Gary Bartz - Where Rivers Meet
> Jeff Parker, ETA iVet, Anna Butters - Happy Today
> Michel Banabilla - Private Underscore
> Stephen Emmer - Assymmecretal Dot
> Midori Hirano - otonoma

Ik heb nog geen enorme uitschieter kunnen ontdekken dit jaar.

01. (01) Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie
02. (--) Orville Peck - Mule
03. (02) Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
04. (03) Flea - Honora
05. (04) Madonna - Confessions II
06. (05) James Blake - Trying Times
07. (--) Beck - Ride Lonesome
08. (06) Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndingubani
09. (--) Soft Cell - Danceteria
10. (07) RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

11. (08) Tyla - A*Pop
12. (09) Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
13. (10) The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
14. (--) Echo and the Bunnymen - Apples for Isaac
15. (11) Max Volante - camouflage
16. (13) The Boxer Rebellion - The Second I’m Asleep
17. (12) Boards of Canada - Inferno
18. (14) Ralph Kaminski - GÓRA
19. (15) Kula Shaker - Wormslayer
20. (18) Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse!

Update (vorige = 1 april):

01. (==) ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever
02. (==) Slow Fiction - dollhouse
03. (01) Francis of Delirium - Run, Run Pure Beauty
04. (02) Chalk - Crystalpunk
05. (==) Shearwater - The New World
06. (==) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball
07. (03) alexsucks - Autopilot
08. (04) False Figure - Incarnate
09. (05) Requin Chagrin - Décollage
10. (07) The Sheila Divine - The Middle Ages

1. Alexander Wolfe - Everythinglessness
2. Madonna - Confessions II
3. The Veils - Fragile World
4. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
5. Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
6. Gilla Band - Pugnello
7. Ye - Bully
8. Arab Strap - Half Hold Tales
9. Sunday Mourners - A Rhythm Absolute
10. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
11. Beck - Ride Lonesome
12. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On
13. Angine De Poitrine - Vol. II
14. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball
15. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country Till We Get There

dix, geen zorgen, ik was alleen de kwartaalupdate vergeten, maar heb netjes de btw-aangifte gedaan. Afijn, m'n lijstje:

1. (2) Olivia Rodrigo – You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love 4,5*
2. (–) Aldous Harding – Train on the Island
3. (1) Charli XCX – Wuthering Heights 4*
4. (3) Arlo Parks – Ambiguous Desire
5. (–) Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal – Doomed!
6. (–) Charli XCX – Music Fashion Film
7. (4) Vince Staples – Cry Baby
8. (7) Kim Gordon – Play Me
9. (5) Dälek – Brilliance of a Falling Moon
10. (6) James Blake – Trying Times

1. Robert Henke - Signal to Noise - Volume II
2. Picture - Eeeeeeee
3. Caterina Barbieri & Bendik Giske - At Source
4. Joshua Abrams - Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation
5. Rod Modell - Frequencies in the Fog

Aan tien kom ik nog niet, beetje weinig nieuwe albums geluisterd.

Het wordt dringen in de top10, The Wran - The Stone Man draait overuren deze week...

6e lijst van 2026 - ruim 125 albums beluisterd
In de lijst alleen albums met tussen de 3,5* en 4* - uitgezonderd de eerste 2 = 4,5*

Alles minimaal 5x beluisterd en de top 25 = 20x - 60x
( hoe lager op deze lijst = nieuw of nog weinig beluisterd )

1. Keep Shelly in Athens – V (electronic / shoegaze)
2. Mon Laferte – Femme Fatale vol. 2 (jazz / pop / latin / downtempo / alternative)
3. La Joaqui – Electra ( reggaeton / rkt )
4. Hello Seahorse! - Montaña (indie rock / dance)
5. Sainte Vie – Pablo (house / electro )
6. Joe Jackson – Hope and Fury (piano pop rock)
7. Sotomayor – Wabi Sabi (tribal / cumbia )
8. Metric – Romanticize the Dive (indie rock)
9. Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (pop rock / indie rock)
10. Ladytron – Paradises (synthpop)

11. Tokischa – Amor & Droga (Hip Hop / Reggaeton / Latin)
12. Las Robertas – All We Need is Now (dream pop / shoegaze / alternative)
13. Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane (pop rock)
14. Judie Tzuke – Now or Never (pop rock)
15. HIQPY - Slow death of a good girl (indie rock / alternative rock)
16. Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film (electronic / pop rock / dance / experimental)
17. Marlon Magnée - Dark Star (synthpop / psychobilly : La Femme frontman
18. The Haunted Youth – Boys Cry Too (alternative rock / indie rock)
19. ChesDana - Enamórate Otra Vez (latin pop / bolero)
20. Eartheater - Heavenly Body: If I'm The Bottle You're The Message (electronic / pop / alt.)

21. Holy Wars – Shadow Work / Light Work (gothic rock / alternative rock)
22. Lila Downs – Cambias mi Mundo (latin / pop / mexican / son cubano / folk)
23. Julieta Venega - Norteña (latin / mexican / folk / pop )
24. Nicole Atkins – Drama (pop rock / folk rock / alternative)
25. Sébastien Tellier - Kiss the Beast ( synthpop / nu-disco)
26. The Paper Kites - If you go there, I hope you find it (folk rock / indie rock)
27. U2 - Easter Lily EP (alternative rock / pop rock)
28. M.I.A. – M.I.7 (electronic / pop / religion)
29. Julia Cumming - Julia (alternative / pop rock / retro) frontvrouw van Sunflower Bean
30. Moby - Future Quiet (downtempo / minimal / piano / modern classical)

31. José González - Against the dying of the light (folk / minimal)
32. Jorge Drexler – Taracá (Latin / Folk / percussion )
33. María José Llergo - El Juego (pop / flamenco / electronic )
34. The New Pornographers - The former site of (indie rock / folk rock)
35. Adult. - Kissing Luck Goodbye (electro / ebm / punk )
36. LIFE – Abstract / Natural (pop rock / punk)
37. luisa – Call Me the Witch (indie rock / pop rock )
38. Chaka Khan – Chakzilla (funk / soul / pop / electronic)
39. Madonna – Confessions II (dance / pop)
40. They Might Be Giants – The World is to Dig (indie rock / alternative / Pop)

41. Crack Cloud - Peace and Purpose (lo-fi / punk / alternative)
42. Poppy - Empty Hands (alternative rock / metal)
43. Bayonne – Filters (electronic / dream pop)
44. Emma Ruth Rundle – These Killing Times (shoegaze)
45. Lizzie In My Bed - Lizzie In My Bed (alternative / post punk / shoegaze)
46. Prince – Timeless (funk / soul)
47. Soft Cell – Danceteria (synthpop)
48. Stanley Simmons – Dancing While the World is Ending (retro 70s rock)
49. The Afghan Whigs – Soft Control (alternative rock)
50. M83 – I Wrote You A Letter (electronic / dream pop)

51. De Staat – De Staat (indie rock / alternative rock)
52. Loreen - Wildfire (pop / dance / house)
53. Saul Williams – Leap Life (poetry / ambient / electronic / hip hop)
54. Violet Grohl – Be Sweet to Me (alternative rock)
55. Linda Perry – Let it Die Here (alternative rock / blues rock / soul)
56. Tricky – Different when it’s silent (trip hop / alternative)
57. Bodega – All Inside Aquarium (indie rock )
58. Actors – Our Love Will Live Forever (post-punk / darkwave)
59. Ariana Grande – petal (pop)
60. Death Valley Girls -Welcome to Earth (pyschedelic rock / garage)

61. Mould – Hoping as a Coping Mechanism (alternative rock / punk)
62. U2 - Days of Ash EP (alternative rock)
63. RAYE - This music may contain hope (pop / soul / jazz )
64. mary in the junkyard - Role Model Hermit (alternative)
65. Fischer-Z – X-Ray Serenade (pop rock / folk rock)
66. Kirstin Hersch – Sugar on Blackstone (alternative / dream pop / folk)
67. Mikaela Davis - Graceland Way (harp / folk / country / pop rock )
68. Miley Cyrus – Bass Persuades (dance / pop)
69. Lykke Li - The Afterparty (electronic / pop / dream pop)
70. Susanne Sundfør - Revelations of Divine Love (electronic / neoclassical )

01. (--) World News - In Purgatory
02. (01) Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie
03. (--) Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber
04. (02) Orville Peck - Mule
05. (03) Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
06. (06) James Blake - Trying Times
07. (04) Flea - Honora
08. (05) Madonna - Confessions II
09. (08) Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndingubani
10. (07) Beck - Ride Lonesome

11. (10) RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
12. (--) Michael Kiwanuka - Fudge
13. (09) Soft Cell - Danceteria
14. (12) Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
15. (11) Tyla - A*Pop
16. (13.) The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
17. (14) Echo and the Bunnymen - Apples for Isaac
18. (15) Max Volante - camouflage
19. (16) The Boxer Rebellion - The Second I’m Asleep
20. (17) Boards of Canada - Inferno

1. Alexander Wolfe - Everythinglessness
2. The Veils - Fragile World
3. Madonna - Confessions II
4. Gilla Band - Pugnello
5. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
6. Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
7. Ye - Bully
8. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
9. Arab Strap - Half Hold Tales
10. Billy Fuller - Fragments
11. Sunday Mourners - A Rhythm Absolute
12. Beck - Ride Lonesome
13. Westside Cowboy - It Goes On
14. Angine De Poitrine - Vol. II
15. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball
16. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country Till We Get There
17. Kristin Hersh - Sugar On Black Stone
18. Michael Kiwanuka - Fudge

Mijn eerste opzet voor een eindlijstje. Het wordt wel serieus nu.

1. Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber
2. Olivia Rodrigo - You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl so in Love
3. Agnes Obel - The Meaning of Flowers

4. Mary in the Junkyard - Role Model Hermit
5. Alela Diane - Who's Keeping Time
6. Grace Cummings - Bloodhorse!
7. Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys - Pale Bloom
8. Nicole Atkins - Drama
9. Lucie Antunes - Silence
10. Marina Herlop - Dja Dja

Voor nu op de voet gevolgd door Carla dal Forno en Memorials. Voor het einde van het jaar kijk ik nog in het bijzonder uit naar het soloalbum van Radie Peat.

Alela

Na een bijzonder trage start, is het toch een chique muziekjaar geworden:

01. Michael Kiwanuka – Fudge
02. Protomartyr – Hotel Usona
03. Beck – Ride Lonesome
04. Aldous Harding – Train on the Island
05. Flea – Honora
06. Tyler Ballgame - For the First Time, Again 
07. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – We Are Together Again 
08. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express – Ranjha
09. Alela Diane – Who’s Keeping Time?
10. Westside Cowboy – It Goes On

Voor degenen die dit releasejaar nog niet overtuigend vinden: aanstaande vrijdag komt de nieuwe Nickelback uit, dus dan komt er sowieso nog een zwaargewicht bij voor de eindlijstjes

01. Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber
02. The Bevis Frond - Horrorful Heights
03. Courtney Marie Andrews - Valentine
04. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
05. Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton
06. The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
07. Michael Kiwanuka - Fudge
08. Widowspeak - Roses
09. Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight
10. The Jayhawks - Sanctuary Park
11. Big Big Train - Woodcut
12. Danny Bryant - Nothing Left Behind
13. Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere
14. Margo Cilker - Little White Cross
15. Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Irreversible
16. Galasphere 347 - The Syntax Of Things
17. Shearwater - The New World
18. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Future Soul
19. Snail Mail - Ricochet
20. Tori Amos - In Times Of Dragons

Alicia's voorlopige Top 10 2026 (Update)

01. (01) Shearwater - The New World
02. (--) Protomartyr - Hotel Usona
03. (02) Bruce Soord - Ghosts in the Park
04. (10) Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton 🪞
05. (--) World News - In Purgatory
06. (03) Sleeping Pulse - Dreams & Limitations
07. (04) IST IST - DAGGER
08. (--) The Pineapple Thief - Far and Wide
09. (05) Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
10. (--) Stefano Panunzi - Caravaggio