Albums from this year Karl Bruckmaier (Bayern 2 Zündfunk, Süddeutsche etc.) gave a five star rating:

• Fe-Mail "Voluptous Vultures"
• Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra "Borderlands"
• TV on the Radio "Return to Cookie Mountain"
• Matmos "The Rose has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast"
• Geoff Muldaur "The Secret Handshake"
• V.A. "Das Dieter Roth oRchester spielt kleine wolken, typische scheiße und nie gehörte musik"
• Sufjan Stevens "The Avalanche"
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy "The Letting Go"
• Pere Ubu "Why I Hate Women"
• Kante "Die Tiere sind unruhig"
• Lambchop "Damaged"
• V.A. "Paint It Black - Die besten Songs der Rolling Stones"
• Nina Kinert "Let There Be Love"
• Gram Parsons "The Complete Reprise Sessions" (6 stars!?)
• Wreckless Eric "Bungalow Hi"
• Couch "Figur 5"
• Die Goldenen Zitronen "Lenin"
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott "I Stand Alone"
• Howe Gelb "Sno Angel Like You"
• Seu Jorge "The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions"
• Jazkamer "Metal Music Machine"
• Tullycraft "Disenchanted Hearts Unite"
• The Red Krayola "Introduction"
• Be Your Own Pet "st"
• Woog Riots "Strangelove TV"
• Archie Bronson Outfit "Dart for my Sweetheart" (CD-Single)
• Be Your Own Pet "Let's Get Sandy" (CD-Single)
• Morrissey "Ringleader of the Tormentors"
• Flaming Lips "At War with the Mystics"
• Department of Eagles "The Cold Nose"
• Frank Niehusmann "Day Tracks 1"
• North Quartet "Malamute"
• George Clinton "How Late Do You Have 2B B4 UR Absent?"

I only know the Pere Ubu which is wonderful, the Howe Gelb which doesn't work for me and the Lambchop which I haven't warmed up to yet.

P.S. I listened to a couple of the Bonnie Prince Billy songs and some clips from the Morrissey. In both cases I am positively sure that I have enough (& better) albums in my CD and LP shelves of the artists. Sufjan Stevens? TV on the Radio? Flaming Lips? Not at all interested in that kind of bombast. So in the end Bruckmaier's music taste and mine don't seem to overlap a lot. The Ramblin' Jack Elliott must be good though.

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