Above: Nick Cave, whose Boatman’s Call was one of the albums I heard for the first time that I enjoyed most in June

LOVED

3MB – 3MB Featuring Magic Juan Atkins (1992)
Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince (2021)
Beach House – 7 (2018)
Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Dntel – Life is Full of Possibilities (2001)
Haji K. – Black Against an Orange Line (2020)
Lisa Lerkenfeldt – Collagen (2020)
Lost Girls – Menneskekollektivet (2021)
Mister Water Wet – Bought the Farm (2019)
More Eaze & Claire Rousay – If I Don’t Let Myself Be Happy Now Then When? (2020)
Jonny Nash & Teguh Permana – Poe (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call (1997)
Hugh Small – Piano Music Volume 2 (2014-2016) (2018)
Flora Yin-Wong – Holy Palm (2020)

ENJOYED

Ben Bondy – Glans Intercum (2021) review
Burial – Chemz/Dolphinz (2021)
Corin & Ju Ca – Accumulated Spaces (2015)
Fugazi – Repeater (1990)
Gang of Four – Solid Gold (1981)
Loraine James – Reflection (2021)
Suzanne Kraft – About You (2021)
L’Rain – Fatigue (2021) review
Lambchop – Showtunes (2021)
mdo – Enamel (2018)
Mekons – Fear & Whiskey (1985)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Let Love In (1994)
Picnic – bonus (2021)
Picnic – Picnic (2021) review
Crystal Quartez – Causal Loop (2020)
Ripatti – Fun Is Not A Straight Line (2021) review
Hugh Small – Piano Music Volume 1 (2014-2016) (2018)
Pontiac Streator & Ulla Straus – 11 Items (2019)
Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost (2021) review
Ulla – Limitless Frame (2021)

WAS OK

Faith Coloccia & Philip Jeck – Stardust (2021) review
Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay (1982)
Billy Joel – The Stranger (1977)
India Jordan – Watch Out! (2021)
Ju Ca – Chasms (2020)
Beat Happening – Jamboree (1988)
Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance (1978)

DIDN’T LIKE

The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money (1968)
Penguin Cafe – Handfuls of Night (2019)