Q1:

Best wel prima opening, al kende het niet veel directe uitschieters.

01. Tyler Ballgame - For the First Time, Again
02. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – We Are Together Again
03. DEADLETTER – Existence Is Bliss
04. Flea – Honora
05. RAMAN. - I do
06. Zach Bryan – With Heaven on Top
07. Kula Shaker – Wormslayer
08. Shaking Hand – Shaking Hand
09. Black Sea Dahu – Everything
10. Imarhan – Essam

11. The Notwist – News from Planet Zombie
12. Buck Meek – The Mirror
13. Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds – Mutiny After Midnight
14. Morrissey – Make-up Is a Lie
15. James Blake – Trying Times
16. Atlanter - Klokker
17. E.R. Jurken - To Be Continued
18. Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit
19. Ão – Malandra
20. Iron and Wine – Hen’s Teeth

De EP van Madra Salach - It's a Hell of an Age mag niet meedingen maar was m.i. het allerbeste van begin '26.

4*

1. Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World
2. Mandy, Indiana - Urgh
3. Xiu Xiu - Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1

3.5*

4. Shaking Hand - Shaking Hand
5. Kim Gordon - PLAY ME
6. The Notwist - News from Planet Zombie
7. Bill Callahan - My Days of 58

3*

8. Motorpsycho - The Gaia II Space Corps
9. deathcrash - Somersaults
10. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double

Na het eerste kwartaal komt bij mij dit elftal bovendrijven. Alles op 4*, dus voorlopig nog geen verdere ordening behalve dan de alfabetische. In totaal op 41 releases gestemd nu.

Archive - Glass Minds 
Craven Faults - Sidings 
Dry Cleaning - Secret Love 
Ethereal Darkness - Echoes 
Ingrina - Nåværende Lys 
Ladytron - Paradises 
Markus Guentner - On Brutal Soil, We Grow 
Miserere Luminis - Sidera 
Shackleton - Euphoria Bound 
Shaking Hand - Shaking Hand 
The Notwist - News from Planet Zombie 

Na drie maanden heb ik precies 10 albums op 4 sterren staan.

1. Sor - INSOMNIA
2. Miserere Luminis - Sidera
3. Craven Faults - Sidings
4. Baby Keem - Ca$ino
5. Danny L Harle - Cerulean
6. letterstoyou - Moonlight
7. Gorch - Stillamentum
8. Nathan Fake - Evaporator
9. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Points of Inaccessibility
10. Ellende - Zerfall

Ik kom eindelijk aan 10 beoordeelde albums voor dit jaar.

1. Karnivool - In Verses | 5*
2. Archive - Glass Minds | 4*
3. Gorillaz - The Mountain | 3.5*
4. Megadeth - Megadeth | 3.5*
5. Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. |3.5*
6. Lamb of God - Into Oblivion |3.5*
7. Soen - Reliance | 3.5*
8. The Browning - Burn This World [Evolved] |3,5*
9. MØL - Dreamcrush | 3*
10. Melissa Bonny - Cherry Red Apocalypse | 3*

1 (—) TRAITRS - POSSESSOR
2 (01) Archive - Glass Minds
3 (02) IST IST - Dagger
4 (04) Queen’s Pleasure - Stunt Double
5 (03) Ren - Vincent’s Tale
6 (05) Sam Sauvage - Mesdames, Messieurs!
7 (—) Lone Assembly - Knots & Chains
8 (—) Chalk - Crystalpunk
9 (07) DEADLETTER - Existence Is Bliss
10 (06) Gorillaz - The Mountain

11 (—) The Notwist - News From Planet Zombie
12 (08) Kula Shaker - Wormslayer
13 (9) GUM - Blue Gum Way
14 (—) Abel & Sef - IJsland 2
15 (10) Dead Dads Club - Dead Dads Club
16 (12) Morrissey - Make-up Is A Lie
17 (—) The Sophs - GOLDSTAR
18 (13) Shaking Hand - Shaking Hand
19 (11) Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar
20 (—) Kid Kapichi - Fearless Nature

4,5 Camel - Earthrise (2026)
Alternatieve titel: Live at the Marquee 1974
4,0 The Delines - The Set Up (2026)
3,5 U2 - Days of Ash EP (2026)
3,5 U2 - Easter Lily EP (2026)
3,0 Archive - Glass Minds (2026)
3,0 Bill Callahan - My Days of 58 (2026)
3,0 James Blake - Trying Times (2026)
3,0 Karnivool - In Verses (2026)
3,0 Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie (2026)
3,0 The Boxer Rebellion - The Second I'm Asleep (2026)

1. Alexander Wolfe - Everythinglessness
2. Ye - Bully
3. Sunday Mourners - A Rhythm Absolute
4. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
5. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country Till We Get There

1. The Notwist - News from Planet Zombie
2. Altin Gün - Garip
3. Sault - Chapter 1
4. James Blake - Trying Times
5. Angine de Poitrine - Vol.II
6. IJsland - IJsland 2
7. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
8. Deadletter - Existence Is Bliss
9. Apparat - A Hum Of Maybe
10. Avalon Emerson - Written Into Changes

Voorlopig een eerste lijstje

1. Keep Shelly in Athens - V (electronic / shoegaze)
2. Moby - Future Quiet (downtempo / minimal / piano / modern classical)
3. Joe Jackson - Hope and Fury (piano pop rock)
4, U2 - Easter Lily EP (alternative rock / pop rock)
5. José González - Against the dying of the light (folk / minimal)
6. The Paper Kites - If you go there, I hope you find it (folk rock / indie rock)
7. RAYE - This music may contain hope (pop / soul / jazz )
8. Ladytron - Paradises (synthpop)
9. Marlon Magnée - Dark Star (synthpop / psychobilly : La Femme frontman
10. Sotomayor - Wabi Sabi (tribal / cumbia )

11. Hiqpy - Slow death of a good girl (indie rock / alternative rock)
12. Hello Seahorse! - Montaña (indie rock / dance)
13. Sainte Vie - Pablo (house / electro )
14. Sébastien Tellier - Kiss the Beast ( synthpop / nu-disco)
15. Adult. - Kissing Luck Goodbye (electro / ebm / punk )
16. Loreen - Wildfire (pop / dance / house)
17. The New Pornographers - The former site of (indie rock / folk rock)
18. U2 - Days of Ash EP (alternative rock)
19. The Dandy Warhols - Pin Ups (covers / alternative / minimal / psychedelic)
20. Crack Cloud - Peace and Purpose (lo-fi / punk / alternative)

Best een behoorlijk muziekjaar tot nu toe, ga de top-10 zeker wel vol krijgen met viersterrenplaten aan het eind van het jaar denk ik zo.

4*
1. Cocanha, Tarta Relena & Los Sara Fontán - 4132314
2. Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
3. Caterina Barbieri & Bendik Giske - At Source
4. Wendy Eisenberg - Wendy Eisenberg
5. By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost
6. Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
3.5*
7. My New Band Believe - My New Band Believe
8. underscores - U
9. Mandy, Indiana - Urgh
10. hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea

Begint zo langzamerhand wel een mooi muziekjaar te worden

1. Abel & Sef - IJsland 2
2. Fabiano do Nascimento & E Ruscha V - Aquáticos
3. Thundercat - Distracted
4. James Blake - Trying Times
5. HIQPY - Slow Death of a Good Girl
6. Bnnyhunna - PSALM FUNK
7. A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb
8. Hanakiv - Interlude
9. Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra - Vila
10. Tom Misch - Full Circle

2026 hield nog niet over, gelukkig intussen heel wat meer goede releases.

4.5*
1. (-) Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II
2. (-) Wendy Eisenberg - Wendy Eisenberg

4*

3. (-) Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
4. (1) Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World
5. (-) Flea - Honora
6. (2) Mandy, Indiana - Urgh
7. (3) Xiu Xiu - Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1

3.5*

8. (-) MIKE / Earl Sweatshirt / Surf Gang - Pompeii // Utility
9. (4) Shaking Hand - Shaking Hand
10. (5) Kim Gordon - PLAY ME

1. (01) Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie
2. (--) Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
3. (02) James Blake - Trying Times
4. (--) Flea - Honora
5. (--) Bongeziwe Mabandla - Ndingubani
6. (--) RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
7. (--) The Boxer Rebellion - The Second I’m Asleep
8. (--) Conrad Freling - Through the Glass of a Radiostore
9. (03) Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Irreversible
10 (04) Kula Shaker - Wormslayer

11. (05) Patty Pravo -Opera
12. (--) Tiwayo - Outsider
13. (--) Fellow Mortals - Stella’s Birth-Day
14. (06) Romy Liz Rose - I Am June
15. (07) Ladytron - Paradises
16. (08) IST IST - Dagger
17. (09) Gorillaz - The Mountain
18. (10) Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra - Vila
19. (11) Archive - Glass Minds
20. (12) Agnes - Beautiful Madness

1. TOMORA - COME CLOSER
2. Danny L Harle - Cerulean
3. hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea
4. Abel & Sef - IJsland
5. Nickster - Mosaica
6. Antropoceno - No Ritmo da Terra
7. Jessie Ware - Superbloom
8. Haute & Freddy - Big Disgrace
9. Lone - Hyperphantasia
10. Indira Paganotto - Arte Como Amante

1. Alexander Wolfe - Everythinglessness
2. The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
3. Ye - Bully
4. Sunday Mourners - A Rhythm Absolute
5. Queen's Pleasure - Stunt Double
6. Angine De Poitrine - Vol. II
7. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country Till We Get There

2e lijstje: alles varieert tussen de 3,5* - 4,0* uitgezonderd nr.1 = 4,5*

1. Keep Shelly in Athens - V (electronic / shoegaze)
2. Moby - Future Quiet (downtempo / minimal / piano / modern classical)
3. Joe Jackson - Hope and Fury (piano pop rock)
4, U2 - Easter Lily EP (alternative rock / pop rock)
5. Ladytron - Paradises (synthpop)

6. Marlon Magnée - Dark Star (synthpop / psychobilly : La Femme frontman
7. Judie Tzuke – Now or Never (pop rock)
8. Sotomayor - Wabi Sabi (tribal / cumbia )
9. José González - Against the dying of the light (folk / minimal)
10. Hiqpy - Slow death of a good girl (indie rock / alternative rock)

11. RAYE - This music may contain hope (pop / soul / jazz )
12. Tokischa – Amor & Droga (Hip Hop / Reggaeton / Latin)
13. Metric – Romanticize the Dive (indie rock)
14. M.I.A. – M.I.7 (uplifting / soul / pop / hip hop)
15. Jorge Drexler – Taracá (Latin / Folk / percussion )

16. Hello Seahorse! - Montaña (indie rock / dance)
17. Sainte Vie - Pablo (house / electro )
18. luisa – Call Me the Witch (indie rock / pop rock )
19. They Might Be Giants – The World is to Dig (indie rock / alternative / Pop)
20. The New Pornographers - The former site of (indie rock / folk rock)

21. Tessa Rose Jackson – The Lighthouse (acoustic / pop / folk )
22. The Paper Kites - If you go there, I hope you find it (folk rock / indie rock)
23. U2 - Days of Ash EP (alternative rock)
24. Holy Wars – Shadow Work / Light Work (gothic rock / alternative rock)
25. Sébastien Tellier - Kiss the Beast ( synthpop / nu-disco)

26. Adult. - Kissing Luck Goodbye (electro / ebm / punk )
27. Loreen - Wildfire (pop / dance / house)
28. Mikaela Davis - Graceland Way (harp / folk / country / pop rock )
29. The Dandy Warhols - Pin Ups (covers / alternative / minimal / psychedelic)
30. Crack Cloud - Peace and Purpose (lo-fi / punk / alternative)