San Diegan neo-shoegaze (nu-gaze?) duo Crocodiles ring in the fall with be-reverb’d songs for the broken-hearted. We say: yes please! Sleep Forever is the No. 1 album on KSPC this week.
Thirty more of our best-loved records…
1 Crocodiles Sleep Forever (Fat Possum)
2 Women Public Strain (Jagjaguwar)
3 Matthew Dear Black City (Ghostly International)
4 Autolux Transit Transit (TBD)
5 the Intelligence Males (In the Red)
6 Grasscut 1 Inch: 1/2 Mile (Ninja Tune)
7 Skream Outside the Box (Tempa)
8 And Vice Versa / Magical Mistakes Going Nowhere (Something America)
9 Baths Cerulean (Anticon)
10 Clinic Bubblegum (Domino)
11 School of Seven Bells Disconnect from Desire (Ghostly International)
12 Oneohtrix Point Never Returnal (Editions Mego)
13 Thermals Personal Life (Kill Rock Stars)
14 Ost & Kjex Cajun Lunch (Dyanmic)
15 Lower Dens Twin Hand Movements (Gnomonsong)
16 Vaselines Sex With an X (Sub Pop)
17 Various Artists Stuffs (Compost Modern Art)
18 Fol Chen Part II: a New December (Asthmatic Kitty)
19 !!! Strange Weather, Isn’t It? (Warp)
20 Moonhearts Moonhearts (Tic Tac Totally)
21 Altar Eagle Mechanical Gardens (Type)
22 Emma Tricca Minor White (B-music)
23 Zola Jesus Stridulum II (Souterrain Transmissions)
24 Jib Kidder / Earzumba Jib Kidder / Earzumba Split (Old Gold)
25 Film School Fission (Hi-Speed Soul)
26 Owen Pallett A Swedish Love Story EP (Domino)
27 The Books The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
28 Various Artists Africa Crioula Vol. 1 (Different World)
29 Moon Pearl Moon Pearl (Self-released)
30 Thee Oh Sees Warm Slime (In the Red)