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Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called the "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Manor Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe.
Auf einer Fläche von 60.000 m² hat nun die einzigartige Tierwelt des Himalaya Einzug gehalten. Dabei begegnen den Bergsteiger*innen nicht nur bekannte Gebirgsbewohner wie Rote Pandas, Schneeleoparden und Bartgeier, sondern auch weniger bekannte Arten wie Goldtakin, Goral, Manul und Satyrtragopan. Nach einer Bauzeit von gut einem Jahr verwandelte sich der 60 Meter hohe Trümmerberg in eine asiatische Gebirgslandschaft mit zahlreichen neuen Aussichtpunkten. Rund 100 Individuen aus 22 verschiedenen – größtenteils in der Natur bedrohten - Tierarten haben in Berlins Hochgebirge ihr neues Zuhause gefunden. (Tierpark Berlin)
Auf einer Fläche von 60.000 m² hat nun die einzigartige Tierwelt des Himalaya Einzug gehalten. Dabei begegnen den Bergsteiger*innen nicht nur bekannte Gebirgsbewohner wie Rote Pandas, Schneeleoparden und Bartgeier, sondern auch weniger bekannte Arten wie Goldtakin, Goral, Manul und Satyrtragopan. Nach einer Bauzeit von gut einem Jahr verwandelte sich der 60 Meter hohe Trümmerberg in eine asiatische Gebirgslandschaft mit zahlreichen neuen Aussichtpunkten. Rund 100 Individuen aus 22 verschiedenen – größtenteils in der Natur bedrohten - Tierarten haben in Berlins Hochgebirge ihr neues Zuhause gefunden. (Quelle: Tierpark Berlin)
The unique animal world of the Himalayas has now found its way into an area of 60,000 m². Climbers will not only encounter well-known mountain dwellers such as red pandas, snow leopards and bearded vultures, but also lesser-known species such as takin, goral, Pallas'scat and satyr tragopan. After a construction period of just over a year, the 60-metre-high mountain of rubble was transformed into an Asian mountain landscape with numerous new vantage points. Around 100 individuals from 22 different animal species - most of them endangered in the wild - have found their new home in Berlin's high mountains. (Source: Tierpark Berlin)
The 69th Truth or consequences ( T OR C ) Fiesta Parade . T or C is the county seat of Sierra County NM .
New Mexico fish and game
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Ceramic, unglazed porcelain, geode slices, red jasper
This piece began taking shape in my mind's eye shortly after the BP oil spill began. Although my thoughts & feelings about the event are full of ugliness & angst, the work itself was a joy to create .... Camouflaged Emotion
I know, It's a repeat, but I basically could barely move today. So sorry.
Almost sooc also. D;
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as long as I'm rich :-) Daffy Duck. HGGT!!
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01/12/17 #1796. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs...Grating some cheese is a welcome bonus.
Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called the "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Manor Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe..
Im Tierpark Berlinsind 2023 rund 20 lebensgroßen Dinosaurier, über den Park verteilt, zu sehen.. Die tonnenschweren Nachbildungen sind nicht nur optisch bis ins Detail ihren lebenden „Vorfahren“ nachempfunden. Spezielle Technik lässt die Dinosaurier täuschend echt wiederbelebt erscheiunen. Sie zeigen so auch typische Bewegungsabläufe und geben akustische Laute von sich. Zusätzlich zu den beweglichen Exponaten erfahren die Besucher*innen in einer thematischen Ausstellung mehr über die Lebensweise der Dinosaurier und können erstaunliche Parallelen zur heutigen Tierwelt entdecken. „Dinosaurier gelten als das bekannteste Symbol für ausgestorbene Tierarten – die Faszination für T-Rex und seine Artgenossen ist bis heute ungebrochen“, verkündet Zoo- und Tierpark-Direktor Dr. Andreas Knieriem. „Und das Thema Artensterben ist hockaktuell – über 37.000 Arten gelten derzeit weltweit als unmittelbar vom Aussterben bedroht. Auch heutige Giganten, wie der Afrikanische Elefant oder das Spitzmaulnashorn, könnten – wenn wir nicht intervenieren – ausgerottet werden“, ergänzt Knieriem. Die Dinosaurier-Ausstellung ist von April bis Oktober 2023 zu sehen. Der Besuch bei Triceratops und Co. ist im regulären Eintrittspreis enthalten.
Quelle: www.tierpark-berlin.de/de/aktuelles/alle-news/artikel/din...
In 2023, around 20 life-size dinosaurs are on display in the Berlin Animal Park, spread throughout the park. The replicas, which weigh several tonnes, are not only visually modelled on their living "ancestors" down to the last detail. Special technology makes the dinosaurs look as if they have been brought back to life. They also show typical movements and make acoustic sounds. In addition to the moving exhibits, visitors can learn more about the dinosaurs' way of life in a thematic exhibition and discover astonishing parallels to the animal world of today. "Dinosaurs are considered the best-known symbol of extinct animal species - the fascination with T-Rex and his fellow species is still unbroken today," announces Zoo and Animal Park Director Dr. Andreas Knieriem. "And species extinction is highly topical - more than 37,000 species are currently considered to be in imminent danger of extinction worldwide. Even today's giants, such as the African elephant or the black rhinoceros, could - if we don't intervene - be wiped out," adds Knieriem. The dinosaur exhibition is on display from April to October 2023. A visit to Triceratops and Co. is included in the regular admission price.
Source: www.tierpark-berlin.de/de/aktuelles/alle-news/artikel/din... (German only)
I was on a lunch break from my job in the operating theatre, a couple of hundred yards from here. I had my camera with me, as I often did, when I noticed this bus. As a type, it wasn't unusual on the 192 route and I certainly didn't know much on the technical side about them but I have to say I recognised it! Only a few years had passed since I rode these on a regular basis to my school in Chorlton. I recognised a 'foreigner' in Stockport! My family moved to Stockport in 1968 and I was a regular traveller on local buses. When 'SELNEC' was created as the South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire abomination of business and liveries, 'borrowing' buses became commonplace. This carries the BS sticker, identifying it as belonging to Birchfields Road Depot. My 1974 reference book by A. Witton tells me that it's a Leyland Titan with a Metro Cammell body, dating from 1963 or 1964, ex Manchester Corporation.
That aside, we have a 'moment in time' in Stockport. The businesses on the right are long gone but the Garrick Theatre above them still exists. Part of the frontage on the right is now a real ale/live music venue called the 'Spinning Top'.
The scaffolding surrounds the construction of a post office facility that has since been run down with the rest of the post office.
The Unity Inn, just visible to the left of the bus, has been boarded up for years
The building behind the construction site was demolished to make way for Stockport's biggest McDonald's franchise, the current focal point for teenage violence in the area, mostly in the night hours, though nobody seems to correlate that with a 24 hour facilty.
As for the rest of the vehicles, I'll leave them you! Enjoy!
Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called the "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Manor Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe.
Rund 15 Prozent der Erdoberfläche werden von Savannen bedeckt. Damit gehören sie zu den größten und wichtigsten Lebensräumen des Planeten. Seit dem 26. Mai 2023 wird Besucher*innen im Tierpark Berlin ein Einblick in diese faszinierende Landschaft gewährt und sie können mehr über die unterschiedlichen Bewohner der ostafrikanischen Savanne und ihren natürlichen Lebensraum erfahren.
Ein wahrer Höhepunkt der neuen Tierpark-Savanne ist der 120 Meter lange Giraffenpfad: Hier werden die Gäste den bis zu fünf Meter hohen Grazien der Savanne zukünftig auf Augenhöhe begegnen können – wer sich traut, bahnt sich den Weg durch den Wald bis zu den Aussichtsplattformen über eine abenteuerliche Hängebrücke. Der Tierpark Berlin erreicht mit der Eröffnung der Afrikanischen Savannenlandschaft ein neues Etappenziel auf seinem Weg zu einem Zoo der Zukunft. Seit knapp neun Jahren wird der 1955 gegründete und 160 Hektar große Tierpark Berlin zu einem naturnahen Geozoo umgebaut. Um einen Einblick in den Lebensraum der einzelnen Tierarten und deren Interaktionen, Besonderheiten und Problematiken zu ermöglichen, werden die Tiere im Tierpark größtenteils nach geografischen Gesichtspunkten zu sehen sein.
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Around 15 per cent of the earth's surface is covered by savannahs. This makes them one of the largest and most important habitats on the planet. Since 26 May 2023, visitors to Tierpark Berlin have been given an insight into this fascinating landscape and can learn more about the different inhabitants of the East African savannah and their natural habitat.
A true highlight of the new zoo savannah is the 120-metre-long giraffe trail: here, guests will be able to meet the up to five-metre-high graces of the savannah at eye level in future - those who dare will make their way through the forest to the viewing platforms via an adventurous suspension bridge. With the opening of the African Savannah Landscape, Tierpark Berlin has reached a new milestone on its way to becoming a zoo of the future. For almost nine years, the 160-hectare Tierpark Berlin, which was founded in 1955, has been transformed into a near-natural geozoo. In order to provide an insight into the habitat of the individual animal species and their interactions, peculiarities and problems, the animals in the zoo will largely be seen according to geographical aspects.
Consecuencia de el fenómeno atmosférico DANA (también llamado "gota fría") el 3 de septiembre de 2023 que propició una gran crecida en el río Tajo, arrastrtando miles de cañas y llevando una gran cantidad de tierra en sus aguas.
Water level exceeding the cutwater at 12.28 p.m. September/05/2023. Old Bridge of Talavera de la Reina.
Consequence of the DANA atmospheric phenomenon (also called "cold drop") on September 3, 2023, which caused a large flood in the Tagus River, dragging away thousands of reeds and carrying a large amount of mud in its waters.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2021 by deepskyobject
1. Crystal Canyon - Yours With Affection and Sorrow [shoegaze]
2. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend [alternative]
3. Черноплодь/Чернохор - И З Г О Р А [drone, russian avantgarde metal]
4. Nation of Language - A Way Forward [new wave]
5. Amyl and The Sniffers - Comfort To Me [punk]
6. Trigg & Gusset - Black Ocean [dark jazz]
7. TRPP - TRPP [dream pop]
8. Biosphere - Angel's Flight [ambient]
9. Alessandro Cortini - Scuro Chiaro [drone, electronic]
10. Divide and Dissolve - Gas Lit [doom]
11. Flyying Colours - Fantasy Country [shoegaze, dream pop]
12. Stereolab - Electrically Possessed [Switched On vol. 4] [lo-fi]
13. НОМ - МАЛГИЛ [Посвящается ОБЭРИУ] [russian avantgarde]
14. Kraków Loves Adana - Follow The Voice [darkwave]
15. Kælan Mikla - Undir Köldum Norðurljósum [icelandic post-punk]
16. Soft Blade - Softic [minimal wave, russian electronic]
17. Drug Store Romeos - The World Within Our Bedrooms [indie pop]
18. Vollam - Mirror EP [shoegaze, dream pop]
19. Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion [atmospheric black]
20. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour [pop]
21. Goat Girl - On All Fours [indie pop]
22. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny Haha [indie pop]
23. The Splashers - Homesick EP [dream pop]
24. Françoiz Breut - Flux Flou de la Foule [french pop]
25. Jarvis Cocker - Chansons D'Ennui Tip-Top [pop]
26. Tape Waves - Bright [dream pop]
27. 김민하 [BrokenTeeth] - 편지(The Letters) [shoegaze, dream pop]
28. Blankenberge - Everything [shoegaze]
29. Midwife - Luminol [ambient pop, shoegaze, slowcore]
30. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg [indie rock]
31. Minuit Machine - Sainte Rave [darkwave]
32. Leila Abdul-Rauf - Phantasiai [dark ambient]
33. Alice Phoebe Lou - Glow [pop]
34. Wednesday - Twin Plagues [dream pop]
35. Lucid Express - Lucid Express [shoegaze, dream pop]
36. Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning [black, death]
37. Vessel of Iniquity - The Doorway [death, industrial]
38. Space Afrika - Honest Labour [ambient]
39. Still Corners - The Last Exit [dream pop]
40. Seefeel - St / Fr / Sp [unreleased][electronic]
41. Pia Fraus - Now You Know It Still Feels the Same [shoegaze, dream pop]
42. BadBadNotGood - Talk Memory [jazz fusion]
43. White Flowers - Day By Day [dream pop]
44. Dummy - Mandatory Enjoyment [noise pop, kraut]
45. Mogwai - As The Love Continues [post-rock]
46. Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders [nu-jazz]
47. Shamblemaths - Shamblemaths 2 [avant-prog]
48. Ora Clementi - Sylva Sylvarum [electroacoustic]
49. BRUIT ≤ - The Machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again [post-rock, drone]
50. Valentina Goncharova - Recordings 1987-1991, vol. 1,2 (2020-2021) [musique concrète]
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The Wire's Releases of the Year 2021
1. L'Rain - Fatigue
2. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
4. Low - Hey What
5. Daniel Bachman - Axacan
6. Apartment House - Number Pieces
7. Hamid Drake, Elaine Mitchener, William Parker, Orphy Robinson & Pat Thomas - Some Good News
8. Jana Rush - Painful Enlightenment
9. Circuit Des Yeux - -io
10. Phew - New Decade
11. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
12. Angel Bat Dawid - Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1 Doxology
13. James Brandon Lewis - Jesup Wagon
14. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound
15. Les Filles de Illighadad - At Pioneer Works
16. Tomaga - Intimate Immensity
17. Anthony Braxton - 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017
18. The Bug - Fire
19. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
20. Maggie Nicols - Creative Contradiction: Poetry, Story, Song & Sound
21. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Minds in Flux
22. Muqata'a - Kamil manqus
23. Alpha Maid - CHUCKLE
24. William Parker - Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Volumes 1–10)
25. Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt - Lucy & Aaron
26. Space Afrika - Honest Labour
27. Clarissa Connelly - The Voyager
28. Perila - How much time it is between you and me?
29. Grouper - Shade
30. Sourdure - De mòrt viva
31. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
32. Moor Mother & Billy Woods - BRASS
33. Divide And Dissolve - Gas Lit
34. RP Boo - Established!
35. Eliane Radigue - Occam Ocean 3
36. Karkhana - Al Azraqayn
37. Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight
38. Pamela Z - A Secret Code
39. Patricia Brennan - Maquishti
40. Rambutan - parallel systems
41. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
42. Azita - Glen Echo
43. Raed Yassin - Archeophony
44. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - Now
45. William Parker - Mayan Space Station
46. Meemo Comma - Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter²
47. Patrick Shiroishi - Hidemi
48. Ahmed [حمد] - Nights on Saturn (Communication)
49. Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us
50. IZ Band - IZ: 路过旧天堂书店 Drop by Old Heaven Books
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Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2021
1. The Weather Station - Ignorance
2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
3. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
4. Low - Hey What
5. SAULT - Nine
6. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
7. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
8. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
9. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
10. Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
11. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
12. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
13. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
14. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You
15. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
16. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
17. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
18. Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It
19. John Grant - Boy from Michigan
20. Modern Nature - Island Of Noise
21. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
22. The Coral - Coral Island
23. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
24. Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
25. Jane Weaver - Flock
26. Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1)
27. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
28. Ryley Walker - Course In Fable
29. Steve Gunn - Other You
30. Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade
31. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof
32. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
33. Chuck Johnson - The Cinder Grove
34. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
35. John Murry - The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes
36. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
37. Dean Wareham - I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L A
38. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
39. Squid - Bright Green Field
40. Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
41. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
42. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
43. My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket
44. Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi - They're Calling Me Home
45. Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes
46. Israel Nash - Topaz
47. Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders
48. David Crosby - For Free
49. Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Pick A Day To Die
50. Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
51. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
52. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - Now
53. The Black Keys - Delta Kream
54. Daniel Bachman - Axacan
55. LoneLady - Former Things
56. Damon & Naomi - A Sky Record
57. Haiku Salut - The Hill, The Light, The Ghost
58. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
59. Strand of Oaks - In Heaven
60. Grouper - Shade
61. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings
62. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
63. Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor - Time No Changes
64. Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments
65. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
66. Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals
67. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
68. Cathal Coughlan - Song of Co-Aklan
69. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
70. black midi - Cavalcade
71. Buffalo Nichols - Buffalo Nichols
72. Marianne Faithfull With Warren Ellis - She Walks In Beauty
73. Sleater-Kinney - Path of Wellness
74. Rosali - No Medium
75. Rose City Band - Earth Trip
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Resident Advisor's Best Albums of 2021
1. Space Afrika - Honest Labour
2. AceMoMa - A Future
3. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time
4. Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze
5. Erika De Casier - Sensational
6. George Riley - interest rates, a tape
7. Hoavi - Invariant
8. Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997
9. Various Artists - The Sound Of Limo
10. Skee Mask - Pool
11. Yu Su - Yellow River Blue
12. Perila - How much time it is between you and me?
13. Andy Stott - Never the Right Time
14. Wanton Witch - Wanton Witch
15. Dawn Richard - Second Line
16. L'Rain - Fatigue
17. Various Artists - Amapiano Now
18. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
19. DJ Manny - Signals in My Head
20. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
21. Tirzah - Colourgrade
22. aya - im hole
23. HTRK - Rhinestones
24. Joy Orbison - still slipping vol. 1
25. Mr. Mitch - Lazy
26. Loraine James - Reflection
27. Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky
28. Conclave - Conclave
29. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
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The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2021
1. The Bug – Fire
2. aya – im hole
3. Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2
4. The Weather Station – Ignorance
5. William Doyle – Great Spans Of Muddy Time
6. Loraine James – Reflection
7. Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki
8. Scotch Rolex – Tewari
9. Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs
10. Gazelle Twin & NYX – Deep England
11. Tanz Mein Herz – Quattro
12. Liars – The Apple Drop
13. Divide And Dissolve – Gas Lit
14. The Armed – ULTRAPOP
15. L'Rain – Fatigue
16. Tomaga – Intimate Immensity
17. Tirzah – Colourgrade
18. Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark
19. Rắn Cạp Đuôi – Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
20. black midi – Cavalcade
21. Natalia Beylis & Eimear Reidy – Whose Woods These Are
22. Eris Drew – Quivering In Time
23. audiobooks – Astro Tough
24. Ben LaMar Gay – Open Arms To Open Us
25. MICROCORPS – XMIT
26. Joy Orbison – still slipping vol. 1
27. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
28. The Transcendence Orchestra – All Skies Have Sounded
29. HARD FEELINGS – HARD FEELINGS
30. Part Chimp – Drool
31. Rochelle Jordan – Play With The Changes
32. ioulus – oddkin
33. Kìzis – Tidibàbide / Turn
34. Black Country, New Road – For The First Time
35. Space Afrika – Honest Labour
36. Shirley Collins – Crowlink
37. Skee Mask – Pool
38. Shackleton – Departing Like Rivers
39. Grouper – Shade
40. Ed Dowie – The Obvious I
41. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
42. ---__--___ – The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid
43. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee At STATE'S END!
44. Erika de Casier – Sensational
45. Hawthonn – Earth Mirror
46. Rufus Isabel Elliot – A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over)
47. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
48. Ruth Goller – Skylla
49. Succumb – XXI
50. Melvins – Working With God
51. Frog Of Earth – Frog Of Earth
52. Oliver Leith – 'Me Hollywood'
53. Andy Stott – Never The Right Time
54. Goodbye World – At Death's Door
55. Slikback – MELT
56. Max Syedtollan / Plus-Minus Ensemble – Four Assignments
57. Time Binding Ensemble – Nothing New Under The Sun
58. William Parker – Mayan Space Station
59. NONEXISTENT – NONEXISTENT
60. Årabrot – Norwegian Gothic
61. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson – Searching For The Disappeared Hour
62. Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament
63. Claire Rousay – a softer focus
64. Helm – Axis
65. Clairo – Sling
66. Aging ~ Land Trance – Embassy Nocturnes
67. Rien Virgule – La Consolation Des Violettes
68. Jane Weaver – Flock
69. Jeff Parker – Forfolks
70. Vapour Theories – Celestial Scuzz
71. At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being
72. GNOD – La Mort Du Sens
73. Ursula Sereghy – OK Box
74. Bloody Head – The Temple Pillars Dissolve Into The Clouds
75. Jorja Chalmers – Midnight Train
76. Leather Rats – No Live 'Til Leather '98
77. Koreless – Agor
78. Snapped Ankles – Forest Of Your Problems
79. Hedvig Mollestad – Tempest Revisited
80. Richard Youngs – CXXI
81. Squid – Bright Green Field
82. Mirage – Mirage
83. Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis – May Sounds
84. My Bloody Sex Party – Vol. 2
85. Taqbir – Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause
86. The Altered Hours – Convertible
87. Perkins & Federwisch – One Dazzling Moment
88. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon. I
89. Fluisteraars – Gegrepen Door De Geest Der Zielsontluiking
90. Angharad Davies – gwneud a gwneud eto / Do And Do Again
91. Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou
92. Antonina Nowacka – Vocal Sketches From Oaxaca
93. Turnstile – GLOW ON
94. Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime
95. Senyawa – Alkisah
96. Ruth Mascelli – A Night At The Baths
97. LoneLady – Former Things
98. Low – HEY WHAT
99. Marco Shuttle – Cobalt Desert Oasis
100. Celestial – I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
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Rough Trade UK's Albums of the Year 2021
1. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
2. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
3. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
4. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
5. Idles - CRAWLER
6. Squid - Bright Green Field
7. Jane Weaver - Flock
8. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
9. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
10. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
11. The Weather Station - Ignorance
12. black midi - Cavalcade
13. For Those I Love - For Those I Love
14. Bicep - Isles
15. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
16. St Vincent - Daddy's Home
17. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
18. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
19. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
20. 박 혜진 [Park Hye Jin] - Before I Die
21. Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever
22. L'Rain - Fatigue
23. Koreless - Agor
24. Alfa Mist - Bring Backs
25. Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou
26. Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz
27. Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems
28. Pip Blom - Welcome Break
29. Jungle - Loving In Stereo
30. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
31. shame - Drunk Tank Pink
32. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
33. Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul
34. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
35. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
36. Altın Gün - Yol
37. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
38. Marina Allen - Candlepower
39. Clairo - Sling
40. Tindersticks - Distractions
41. Tirzah - Colourgrade
42. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You
43. LUMP - Animal
44. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
45. Joy Orbison - still slipping vol
46. Sunroof - Electronic Music Improvisations Vol
47. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
48. Desire Marea - Desire
49. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
50. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
51. SAULT - Nine
52. Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic
53. Martha Wainwright - Love Will Be Reborn
54. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
55. Orla Gartland - Woman on the Internet
56. Low - Hey What
57. FUR - When You Walk Away
58. Nao - And Then Life Was Beautiful
59. Goat Girl - On All Fours
60. Drug Store Romeos - The world within our bedrooms
61. Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life
62. Portico Quartet - Terrain
63. Sedibus - The Heavens
64. Elder Island - Swimming Static
65. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
66. dodie - Build a Problem
67. Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1)
68. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE
69. Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament
70. The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue
71. Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes
72. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
73. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
74. John Grant - Boy from Michigan
75. TORRES - Thirstier
76. Django Django - Glowing in the Dark
77. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
78. The Goon Sax - Mirror II
79. Tot Taylor - Frisbee
80. Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader
81. Yann Tiersen - Kerber
82. Squirrel Flower - Planet (i)
83. Spencer Cullum - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection
84. Hannah Peel - Fir Wave
85. Berwyn - DEMOTAPE/VEGA
86. Skee Mask - Pool
87. slowthai - TYRON
88. Kojaque - Town’s Dead
89. Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror
90. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy
91.Steve Earle - J.T.
92. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses
93. Geese - Projector
94. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
95. Rostam - Changephobia
96. Villagers - Fever Dreams
97. Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods
98. Sleater-Kinney - Path of Wellness
99. Chubby and The Gang - The Mutt's Nuts
100. serpentwithfeet - DEACON
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Gorilla vs Bear’s Top 50 Albums of 2021
1. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
2. Tirzah - Colourgrade
3. HTRK - Rhinestones
4. Grouper - Shade
5. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
6. Dean Blunt - Dean Blunt
7. Space Afrika - Honest Labour
8. Wet - Letter Blue
9. Dorothea Paas - Anything Can't Happen
10. Karima Walker - Waking the Dreaming Body
11. Enumclaw - Jimbo Demo
12. Doss - 4 New Hit Songs
13. Jessy Lanza - DJ-Kicks
14. Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
15. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram
16. Erika de Casier - Sensational
17. Men I Trust - Untourable Album
18. Wednesday - Twin Plagues
19. Loraine James - Reflection
20. Small Black - Cheap Dreams
21. Hildegard - Hildegard
22. Ada Lea - one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
23. Sun June - Somewhere
24. Nana Yamato - Before Sunrise
25. Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy - Son
26. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - The Makin' Magick II Album
27. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
28. Buzzy Lee - Spoiled Love
29. Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
30. Sangre Nueva - Goteo
31. Indigo Sparke - echo
32. harvey_dug - Nu Grip
33. Snail Mail - Valentine
34. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
35. Nite Jewel - No Sun
36. Skee Mask - Pool
37. Renée Reed - Renée Reed / J’ai rêvé
38. Cleo Sol - Mother
39. Low - Hey What
40. JPEGMAFIA - LP! (OFFLINE)
41. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
42. Hand Habits - Fun House
43. Holy Other - Lieve
44. Sloppy Jane - Madison
45. VA - I can't complain but sometimes I still do
46. Navy Blue - Navy’s Reprise
47. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
48. Equiknoxx - Basic Tools
49. You’ll Never Get to Heaven - Wave Your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train
50. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
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Mojo's 75 Best Albums of 2021
1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
2. St Vincent - Daddy's Home
3. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
4. Low - Hey What
5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
6. Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1)
7. The Coral - Coral Island
8. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
9. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof
10. Villagers - Fever Dreams
11. John Grant - Boy from Michigan
12. The Weather Station - Ignorance
13. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
14. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
15. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
16. Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament
17. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
18. Idles - CRAWLER
19. David Crosby - For Free
20. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
21. The Bug - Fire
22. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
23. Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade
24. SAULT - Nine
25. The Black Keys - Delta Kream
26. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
27. Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
28. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
29. Field Music - Flat White Moon
30. Yola - Stand for Myself
31. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - L.W.
32. Paul McCartney - McCartney III
33. Endless Boogie - Admonitions
34. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE
35. The Stranglers - Dark Matters
36. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
37. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions)
38. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You
39. Jane Weaver - Flock
40. Chrissie Hynde - Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Dylan
41. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
42. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
43. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
44. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
45. Jungle - Loving In Stereo
46. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
47. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
48. Squid - Bright Green Field
49. Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic
50. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolves
51. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
52. Nathan Salsburg - Psalms
53. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood - LIVE
54. Tony Joe White - Smoke from the Chimney
55. BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory
56. Lorde - Solar Power
57. Reigning Sound - A Little More Time with Reigning Sound
58. Ryley Walker - Course In Fable
59. Billy F Gibbons - Hardware
60. Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying
61. Steve Gunn - Other You
62. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
63. Howlin' Rain - The Dharma Wheel
64. Tony Allen - There Is No End
65. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
66. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
67. AC/DC - Power Up
68. Loretta Lynn - Still Woman Enough
69. Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space
70. black midi - Cavalcade
71. Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
72. Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It
73. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy
74. Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods
75. BLK JKS - Abantu/Before Humans
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Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2021
1. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
2. Adele - 30
3. Rauw Alejandro - VICE VERSA
4. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
5. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
6. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
7. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
8. Turnstile - GLOW ON
9. C. Tangana - El Madrileño
10. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
11. Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
12. He has never been more enigmatic
13. PinkPantheress - to hell with it
14. Morgan Wade - Reckless
15. Polo G - Hall Of Fame
16. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
17. Low - Hey What
18. Tems - If Orange Was A Place
19. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
20. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
21. Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
22. Doja Cat - Planet Her
23. Dawn Richard - Second Line
24. Cimafunk - El Alimento
25. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
26. Carly Pearce - 29
27. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
28. This is how free rock & roll should sound
29. The Weather Station - Ignorance
30. Mabiland - Niñxs Rotxs
31. Young Thug - Punk
32. Mustafa - When Smoke Rises
33. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
34. Snail Mail - Valentine
35. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
36. Adult Mom - Driver
37. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
38. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
39. Pooh Shiesty - Shiesty Season
40. Yola - Stand for Myself
41. Topaz Jones - Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
42. Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight
43. Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name
44. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
45. Myke Towers - LYKE MIKE
46. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
47. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
48. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE
49. Jhay Cortez - Timelezz
50. Drake - Certified Lover Boy
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Louder Than War Albums of the Year 2021
1. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
2. JOHN - Nocturnal Manoeuvres
3. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
4. The Courettes - Back in Mono
5. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
6. The Stranglers - Dark Matters
7. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
8. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
9. Cold Water Swimmers - Holiday At The Secret Lake
10. Squid - Bright Green Field
11. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
12. Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England
13. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - L.W.
14. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
15. Carol Hodge - The Crippling Space Between
16. Hello Cosmos - Golden Dirt
17. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
18. Idles - CRAWLER
19. CHIHUAHUA - Violent Architecture
20. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE
21. Rats On Rafts - Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths
22. The Mudd Club - Bottle Blonde
23. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
24.St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
25. black midi - Cavalcade
26. Matt Berry - The Blue Elephant
27. Mad Daddy - Mad Daddy
28. Private Function - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
29. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy
30. Pink Suits - Political Child
31. Blue Orchids - Speed The Day
32. Jane Weaver - Flock
33. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
34. ZoZo Ginzburg - Blue Mountains
35. Steve Conte - Bronx Cheer
36. James - All the Colours of You
37. 24/7 Diva Heaven - Stress
38. Deathretro - Deathretro
39. The William Loveday Intention - Will There Ever Be A Day That You’re Hung Like A Thief?
40. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
41. Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds
42. Lola In Slacks - Moon Moth
43. Neighborhood Brats - Confines of Life
44. The Catenary Wires - Birling Gap
45. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
46. Turner - Daydreams & Stars
47. LUMP - Animal
48. Reigning Sound - A Little More Time with Reigning Sound
49. Slow Down, Molasses - Minor Deaths
50. The Stan Laurels - There is No Light Without the Dark
51. Low - Hey What
52. La Luz - La Luz
53. Gojira - Fortitude
54. Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz
55. Kiwi Jr
56. Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament
57. Dark Mark & Skeleton Joe - Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe
58. The Bug - Fire
59. The Shadracks - From Human Like Forms
60. Amigo the Devil - Born Against
61. shame - Drunk Tank Pink
62. LoneLady - Former Things
63. Night Beats - Outlaw R&B
64. Fightmilk - Contender
65. Johnny Mafia - Sentimental
66. Jim Bob - Who Do We Hate Today
67. The Coral - Coral Island
68. Field Music - Flat White Moon
69. Jim McCulloch - When I Mean What I Say
70. Alan Vega - Mutator
71. Kiss Me, Killer - 2020 Vision
72. John Grant - Boy from Michigan
73. Lou Barlow - Reason To Live
74. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
75. Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems
76. Sonny Vincent - Snake Pit Therapy
77. The Chills - Scatterbrain
78. Sister John - I Am By Day
79. Du Blonde - Homecoming
80. Hooveriii - Water for the Frogs
81. Erica Nockalls - Dark Music From a Warm Place
82. Piroshka - Love Drips And Gathers
83. Amy MacDonald - The Human Demands
84. Francis Lung - Miracle
85. Cult Figures - Deritend
86. ANTHRAX - Serfs Out
87. VEX - Average Minds Think Alike
88. Freya Beer - Beast
89. Digital Resistance - Alternative Facts
90. Divide And Dissolve - Gas Lit
91. Mush - Lines Redacted
92. Filthydirty - The Rise And Fall Of Blasphemouth
93. Gary Numan - Intruder
94. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
95. Rutger Hoedemaekers - The Age of Oddities
96. The Bevis Frond - Little Eden
97. Blowers - Blowers
98. The Brothers Steve - Dose
99. Delilah Bon - Delilah Bon
100. Primitive Knot - A New Ontology of Evil
101. TV Priest - Uppers
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Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2021
1. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
2. Snail Mail - Valentine
3. Turnstile - GLOW ON
4. Low - Hey What
5. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
6. serpentwithfeet - DEACON
7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolves
8. The Weather Station - Ignorance
9. Polo G - Hall Of Fame
10. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
11. Wednesday - Twin Plagues
12. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
13. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
14. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
15. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
16. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
17. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
18. Tirzah - Colourgrade
19. Clairo - Sling
20. Fiddlehead - Between The Richness
21. Water From Your Eyes - Structure
22. KA - A Martyr's Reward
23. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
24. The Armed - Ultrapop
25. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
26. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
27. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
28. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
29. Squid - Bright Green Field
30. 파란노을 [Parannoul] - To See the Next Part of the Dream
31. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
32. One Step Closer - This Place You Know
33. Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa
34. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
35. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
36. Men I Trust - Untourable Album
37. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM
38. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
39. Home Is Where - I Became Birds
40. Erika De Casier - Sensational
41. Ada Lea - one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
42. Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone
43. Loraine James - Reflection
44. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound
45. Iceage - Seek Shelter
46. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
47. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
48. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses
49. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
50. Closer - Within One Stem
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Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2021
1. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
2. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
3. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
4. Adele - 30
5. Doja Cat - Planet Her
6. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
7. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
8. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
9. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
10. C. Tangana - El Madrileño
11. Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue
12. Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs)
13. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
14. PinkPantheress - to hell with it
15. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
16. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
17. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
18. Drake - Certified Lover Boy
19. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
20. Snail Mail - Valentine
21. Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
22. Giveon - When It's All Said And Done
23. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
24. Karol G - KG0516
25. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
26. girl in red - if i could make it go quiet
27. Turnstile - GLOW ON
28. Lucky Daye - Table For Two
29. Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions
30. Porter Robinson - Nurture
31. Carín León - Inédito
32.J. Cole - The Off-Season
33. Mon Laferte - SEIS
34. Vince Staples - Vince Staples
35. Carly Pearce - 29: Written In Stone
36. Justin Bieber - Justice
37. Rauw Alejandro - VICE VERSA
38. Joy Oladokun - In Defense of My Own Happiness
39. Kanye West - Donda
40. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
41. Willow - lately i feel EVERYTHING
42. Tems - If Orange Was A Place
43. Don Toliver - Life of a DON
44. Fred Again
45. Myke Towers - LYKE MIKE
46. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
47. SG Lewis - times
48. Young Dolph & Key Glock - Dum and Dummer 2
49. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes
50. Clairo - Sling
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AllMusic's Best of 2021 (alphabetic)
Adele - 30
Aimee Mann - Queens Of The Summer Hotel
Allison Russell - Outside Child
Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory
Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Billy F Gibbons - Hardware
Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs)
Bomba Estéreo - Deja
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
C. Tangana - El Madrileño
Cadence Weapon - Parallel World
Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
Chelsea Carmichael - The River Doesn’t Like Strangers
CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Clark - Playground in a Lake
Cleo Sol - Mother
Cola Boyy - Prosthetic Boombox
Colleen - The Tunnel and the Clearing
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I
Curtis Harding - If Words Were Flowers
Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
Ed Dowie - The Obvious I
Eivind Aarset - Phantasmagoria or a Different Kind of Journey
Eric Bibb - Dear America
Field Music - Flat White Moon
Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight
Geoffrey O'Connor - For As Long As I Can Remember
Grouper - Shade
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Helado Negro - Far In
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek - Pärt: Passio
Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes
James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Jazzmeia Horn And Her Noble Force - Dear Love
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9
Jerry Cantrell - Brighten
John Carroll Kirby - Septet
Jon Batiste - WE ARE
Jorge Elbrecht - Presentable Corpse 002
Karol G - KG0516
Kenneth Whalum - Broken Land 2
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000
Klenke Quartett, Nicola Jürgensen & Stephan Katte - Mozart: Clarinet Quintet; Horn Quintet
L'Rain - Fatigue
Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
Lil Nas X - MONTERO
Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Liz Phair - Soberish
LoneLady - Former Things
Los Lobos - Native Sons
Makthaverskan - För Allting
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Marisa Monte - Portas
Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim
Matthias Goerne / Seong-Jin Cho - Im Abendrot: Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
Mocky - Overtones for the Omniverse
Mogwai - As the Love Continues
Mouse on Mars - AAI
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
Olivier Latry - Liszt: Inspirations
PinkPantheress - to hell with it
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
Polo & Pan - Cyclorama
René Jacobs - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Robert Finley - Sharecropper's Son
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof
Rochelle Jordan - Play with the Changes
Roxana Amed - Ontology
Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You
Smile Machine - Bye For Now
Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
Squid - Bright Green Field
Steve Gunn - Other You
TEKE::TEKE - Shirushi
Terrace Martin - DRONES
The Armed - Ultrapop
The Coral - Coral Island
The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here
The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Uncommon Weather
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Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2021
1. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
3. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
4. Turnstile - GLOW ON
5. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
6. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
7. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
8. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
9. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM
10. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
11. serpentwithfeet - DEACON
12. Snail Mail - Valentine
13. Doja Cat - Planet Her
14. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God
15. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
16. Idles - CRAWLER
17. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
18. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
19. Geese - Projector
20. Adele - 30
21. Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader
22. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
23. McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her
24. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
25. Hovvdy - True Love
26. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
27. SAULT - Nine
28. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take
29. Remi Wolf - Juno
30. Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs)
31. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
32. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
33. Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
34. Jon Batiste - WE ARE
35. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
36. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
37. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
38. The Armed - Ultrapop
39. Amigo the Devil - Born Against
40. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
41. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
42. The Weather Station - Ignorance
43. Squid - Bright Green Field
44. Haviah Mighty - Stock Exchange
45. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
46. BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE
47. Yola - Stand for Myself
48. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
49. Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place
50. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
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Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2021
1. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
2. L'Rain - Fatigue
3. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
4. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
5. Low - Hey What
6. Turnstile - GLOW ON
7. The Weather Station - Ignorance
8. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
9. Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
10. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
11. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
12. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
13. Tirzah - Colourgrade
14. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
15. Snail Mail - Valentine
16. MIKE - Disco!
17. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
18. Grouper - Shade
19. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
20. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
21. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
22. Dawn Richard - Second Line
23. black midi - Cavalcade
24. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
25. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take
26. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM
27. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
28. Spirit Of The Beehive - Entertainment, Death
29. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
30. Claire Rousay - A Softer Focus
31. Wiki - Half God
32. Adele - 30
33. Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa
34. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
35. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
36. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
37. RP Boo - Established!
38. Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise / Song of Sage: Post Panic!
39. Loraine James - Reflection
40. Erika De Casier - Sensational
41. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
42. Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy
43. Hand Habits - Fun House
44. Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena
45. aya - im hole
46. Helado Negro - Far In
47. dltzk - Frailty
48. KA - A Martyr's Reward
49. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
50. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
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NME's 50 Best Albums of 2021
1. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
2. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
3. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
4. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
5. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
6. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
7. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
8. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
9. Turnstile - GLOW ON
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11. For Those I Love - For Those I Love
12. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
13. Ghetts - Conflict Of Interest
14. Clairo - Sling
15. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
16. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
17. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
18. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
19. Lorde - Solar Power
20. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
21. London Grammar - Californian Soil
22. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
23. Bicep - Isles
24. Snail Mail - Valentine
25. Royal Blood - Typhoons
26. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
27. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
28. Idles - CRAWLER
29. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
30. The Killers - Pressure Machine
31. slowthai - TYRON
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35. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
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38. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE
39. Easy Life - Life's a Beach
40. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
41. Joy Crookes - Skin
42. Vince Staples - Vince Staples
43. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
44. Bleachers - Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night
45. Young Thug - Punk
46. Nao - And Then Life Was Beautiful
47. SAULT - Nine
48. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
49. Inhaler - It Won't Always Be Like This
50. Doja Cat - Planet Her
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2. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
3. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
4. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
5. Low - Hey What
6. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
7. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
8. serpentwithfeet - DEACON
9. PinkPantheress - to hell with it
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11. Suzanne Santo - Yard Sale
12. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
13. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
14. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
15. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
16. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
17. TORRES - Thirstier
18. Erika De Casier - Sensational
19. Spellling - The Turning Wheel
20. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
21. Loraine James - Reflection
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23. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
24. Snail Mail - Valentine
25. The Killers - Pressure Machine
26. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
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28. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
29. Doja Cat - Planet Her
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32. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
33. DJ Seinfeld - Mirrors
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35. Tinashe - 333
36. LSDXOXO - Dedicated 2 Disrespect
37. For Those I Love - For Those I Love
38. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
39. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
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41. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
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45. Vince Staples - Vince Staples
46. Lightning Bug - A Color of the Sky
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NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021
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2. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
3. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
4. Allison Russell - Outside Child
5. C. Tangana - El Madrileño
6. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
7. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
8. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
9. Vince Staples - Vince Staples
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11. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
12. Helado Negro - Far In
13. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
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15. Tems - If Orange Was A Place
16. Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue
17. Willow - lately i feel EVERYTHING
18. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
19. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
20. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
21. Low - Hey What
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27. Toumani Diabaté & The London Symphony Orchestra - Kôrôlén
28. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
29. Lukah - When The Black Hand Touches You
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31. Doja Cat - Planet Her
32. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
33. James Brandon Lewis - Jesup Wagon
34. Emily D'Angelo - enargeia
35. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
36. Spellling - The Turning Wheel
37. Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange
38. Mon Laferte - SEIS
39. MIKE - Disco!
40. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
41. Susana Baca - Palabras Urgentes
42. Kenny Garrett - Sounds from the Ancestors
43. Yebba - Dawn
44. Adia Victoria - A Southern Gothic
45. Rodrigo Amarante - Drama
46. Vadim Repin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Andris Nelsons - Sofia Gubaidulina: Dialog: Ich und Du; The Wrath of God; The Light of the End
47. Artifacts - ...and then there's this
48. Pink Siifu - GUMBO'!
49. Circuit Des Yeux - -io
50. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
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PopMatters' 75 Best Albums of 2021
1. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
3. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
4. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
5. Dawn Richard - Second Line
6. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
7. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
8. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
9. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
10. Rochelle Jordan - Play with the Changes
11. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
12. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
13. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
14. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
15. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
16. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
17.Pepe Deluxé - Phantom Cabinet, Vol. 1
18. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
19. The Bug - Fire
20. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
21. Loraine James - Reflection
22. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
23. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
24. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
25. Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic
26. Snail Mail - Valentine
27. Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
28. The Weather Station - Ignorance
29. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
30. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
31. Elbow - Flying Dream 1
32. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
33. Headie One - Too Loyal for My Own Good
34. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
35. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
36. Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi - They're Calling Me Home
37. Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange
38. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
39. Helado Negro - Far In
40. Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming
41. Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses
42. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
43. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
44. Yola - Stand for Myself
45. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
46. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
47. Maisie Peters - You Signed Up For This
48. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
49. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
50. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
51. Goat Girl - On All Fours
52. Hayes Carll - You Get It All
53. Vince Staples - Vince Staples
54. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
55. Jungle - Loving In Stereo
56. Turnstile - GLOW ON
57. Jane Weaver - Flock
58. Between the Buried and Me - Colors II
59. John Grant - Boy from Michigan
60. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
61. Anz - All Hours
62. Mastodon - Hushed and Grim
63. Alessia Cara - In The Meantime
64. Bremer/McCoy - Natten
65. King Woman - Celestial Blues
66. John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band - Leftover Feelings
67. Jon Hopkins - Music for Psychedelic Therapy
68. Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts
69. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
70. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
71. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
72. Portico Quartet - Terrain
73. black midi - Cavalcade
74. Altın Gün - Yol
75. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
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Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2021
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2. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
3. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
4. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
5. PinkPantheress - to hell with it
6. McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her
7. For Those I Love - For Those I Love
8. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
9. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
10. Du Blonde - Homecoming
11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
12. Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
13. Charli Adams - Bullseye
14. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
15. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
16. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
17. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
18. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
19. Idles - CRAWLER
20. Surfbort - Keep On Truckin'
21. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
22. Drug Store Romeos - The world within our bedrooms
23. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
24. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
25. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
26. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
27. Tommy Genesis - goldilocks x
28. The Vaccines - Back In Love City
29. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
30. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take
31. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
32. Clairo - Sling
33. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
34. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
35. JPEGMAFIA - LP!
36. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
37. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
38. Bicep - Isles
39. CHAI - WINK
40. Paris Texas - BOY ANONYMOUS
41. Low Hummer - Modern Tricks For Living
42. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
43. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
44. James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart
45. Doja Cat - Planet Her
46. Joe & The Shitboys - The Reson for Hardcore Vibes Again
47. Iceage - Seek Shelter
48. Royal Blood - Typhoons
49. Bull - Discover Effortless Living
50. Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL
51. Remi Wolf - Juno
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The Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2021
1. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
2. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
3. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
4. The Weather Station - Ignorance
5. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
6. SAULT - Nine
7. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
8. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
9. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
10. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
12. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
13. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
14. Lil Nas X - MONTERO
15. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
16. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
17. Tirzah - Colourgrade
18. Turnstile - GLOW ON
19. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
20. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
21. The Coral - Coral Island
22. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
23. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
24. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
25. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
26. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
27. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
28. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
29. Clairo - Sling
30. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE
31. Low - Hey What
32. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
33. PinkPantheress - to hell with it
34. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
35. Aly & AJ - a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet...
36. aya - im hole
37. Erika De Casier - Sensational
38. Goat Girl - On All Fours
39. Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos
40. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
41. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time
42. Gojira - Fortitude
43. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound
44. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
45. For Those I Love - For Those I Love
46. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy
47. CHAI - WINK
48. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
49. Møl - Diorama
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In the Philippines, you see the consequences of bad human behaviour. All the plastic washes up along the shorelines of each island and destroy our beautiful nature.
During my canyoneering tour through the canyons of Cebu island, our tour guide started the tour with an empty trash bag. While hiking down, jumping down the waterfalls, swimming through the river and walking through the jungle, my friend and I easily supported him collecting trash, thrown away by stupid tourists. In the end, the bag became full and really heavy. Every day, he starts his tour with an empty bag, just to finish it with a full one. It's really a shame!
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Consequence of a strict diet and "Dry January". My very tight leather skirt fits me like my gloves again.
A personal consequence of BREXIT?
Haus Lange in Krefeld is an address of pilgrimage for architectural studies and those people interested in Ludwig Mies von der Rohe’s style setting early work. Splendid and ageless architecture and garden environment.
Most recently this building became a new home for BREXIT refugee family that felt no longer welcome in England. Has it really become ‘a home’? If you watch the series of photos I took you might feel shocked as I was when I first lingered thru the stylish rooms. The car was still packed. The door was open… I entered as invited, saw valuable furniture, most goods still in boxes, piles of books. The pantechnicon obviously just left. Also very obvious: The landlady, mother and wife also left and will stay absent: ‘You will never see me again’ written on the mirror. That wasn’t a good sign. I felt sorry.
Then to my utmost horror I found the host floating dead in the pool… A husband, a father: dead! And nobody seems to care!
Even more desperate the boy hiding in the dining room – his distressed body language seems to ask: Can this be my home? Where is my mother? Who is my mother? Where are my roots?
You may form your own opinion on this photo story – but being uprooted is the worst prerequisite for a new and positive start. Reasons are manifold. But if it comes to politics as a cause: Think before you vote, choose well whom you elect. It might affect your families’ life, too.
The artists Michael Elgreen and Ingar Dragset make us think with their fictive story and installation of an unhappy start in Haus Lange, Krefeld.
I as a photographer tried to transfer this mood and the atmosphere into 17 picture series ‘Die Zugezogenen’.
Krefeld, February 2017
Thomas Kopf
St Helier's Church, known as the Town Church, is one of the 12 parish churches of Jersey.
Helier was a Belgian saint who lived as a hermit on an islet in St Aubin's Bay, about three quarters of a mile off the south coast of Jersey. In AD555 he was killed by pirates, beheaded by their leader who feared his men would be converted by Helier's preaching. In consequence Helier soon came to be venerated by the Islanders, and eventually was adopted as the Patron Saint of both Jersey and its capitat.
Land reclamation means that the church, which was once on the shoreline, is now some way inland. There are iron rings in the boundary wall, which some historians suggest were used to moor boats, but the tide would only have reached here on the highest of spring tides and it is much more likely that the rings were used to tie cattle brought to market in town. The original marketplace was about 60 metres away next to a large rock which was surrounded by the sea at high spring tides.
It is believed that a chapel was erected on the site of the present building very shortly after Helier's death, but the present church was begun in the 11th century. The earliest record is in a document regarding the payment of tithes signed by William the Conqueror, which is assumed to pre-date the Norman Conquest of 1066. All that is visible of the 11th century structure are the remains of window arches on either side of the choir. The building was reconsecrated in 1341 for unknown reasons.
The church building was extended to roughly its present size by the end of the 12th century, but most of that building is also lost. The sections of wall flanking the east window, part of a pier on the north east side of the crossing, the west face of the north door and the adjoining section to the west, and a small section of wall opposite are all that remain of the building period of roughly 1175 to 1200. The porch attached to the north door and the greater part of the nave and crossing were built in the second quarter of the 15th century.
The date of the chancel is impossible to determine, since the original walls have been obliterated by the north chapel on the one side and the south chapel on the other. Most of the north transept dates to the second quarter of the 13th century. The present south transept, vestry, and the westwards extension to the nave are largely Victorian. A major renovation and re-ordering of the church began in 2007, and will take several years.
A chapel, La Chapelle de la Madeleine, existed in the north west corner of the churchyard until the Reformation. Formerly the Rectory and church offices were on the north side of the churchyard. These were replaced in 1969 by a new Church House building, a large concrete edifice incorporating offices, a church hall, kitchens and a choir vestry, together with a flat. The Rectory was moved to a large, purpose built Georgian house in the early 19th century.
This is the Historic Environment Record for the church:
The church is of fundamental importance to the heritage of Jersey being among the oldest and most significant historic buildings in the Island. One of the 12 medieval parish churches in Jersey.
11-12th century in origin with later alterations, enlargements and restorations from the 13-21st century. The dedication may date from the 6th century when St Helier established his hermitage and was likely given land opposite to found a church. The earliest known recorded reference to St Helier's Church is in 1090. The church has been central to the life of the St Helier parish community for hundreds of years and provides important insights into medieval and later society such as religious activity, artistic endeavour, technical achievement, the health of the local economy and the well-being of the population.
The church is in the vanguard of the Island's greatest architectural achievements. It has a long and complex structural history with visible fabric of several different dates, reflecting the periods of rebuild and modification, its development intertwined with the ecclesiastical, political and social advancements and upheavals through the centuries. Current knowledge identifies the oldest part of the standing structure as the 12th century nave and chancel. It is believed that the north transept dates to the 13th century, as does the north chapel.
Considerable additions were made in the 15th century, almost doubling the church in size, with the crossing and tower rebuilt circa 1440, the nave and south aisle, and the south chapel added in the late 15th century.
The building underwent substantial restoration in the 1860s and 2000s. The church has a range of interesting memorials, fixtures and fittings and is a major feature in the townscape. Its immediate setting includes a churchyard enclosed by walls and gates, erected in 1845 to designs by Jean Le Capelain, containing a rich variety of tombstones and monuments - many of historic or artistic interest. Shown on the Richmond Map of 1795.
Rectors
13th Century
Nicolas Du Pont 1294
Robert de Carteret 1295
14th Century
Johan Le Sauvage 1309
Pierre d’Artis 1392
Roger Walden 1371-1385 (Later Archbishop of Canterbury)
15th Century
Rogier Herbert 1432
Johan Bunouet 1482-1502
16th Century
Andre de la Hougue 1502-1536
Jean Nicolle 1538-1540
Charles Mabson 1541-1553 (First Protestant Rector)
Louis Gibaut 1553-1559
Guillaume Morice 1562
Thomas Johanne 1567
Jean de Monanges 1570-1577
Guillaume Bonhomme 1577-1583
Pierre Henry dit Dancy 1583-1586
Mathieu de la Faye 1591
Jean de Bihan 1593
Claude Parent 1595
Thomas Oliver 1596-1638
17th Century
Pierre d’Assigny 1638-1643
Pierre Faultrat 1646-1651
Josué Bonhomme 1654-1657
Francois Le Couteur 1657-1660
Jean Dumaresq 1660-1686
Joseph Pythios 1687-1696
Jean Dumaresq 1696-1705
18th Century
Francois Le Couteur 1706-1716
Francois Le Couteur 1717-1734
Pierre Daniel Tapin 1735-1761
Jean Dupré 1761-1784
Edouarde Dupré 1784-1823
19th Century
Corbet Hue 1823-1837
Francis Jeune 1838-1844
James Hemery 1844-1849
Philip Filleul 1850-1875
William Corbet Le Breton 1875-1888
George Orange Balleine 1888-1906
20th Century
Samuel Falle 1906-1937
Mathew Le Marinel 1938-1959
Alan Stanley Giles 1959-1971
Thomas Ashworth Goss 1971-1984
Basil Arthur O’Ferrall 1985-1993
John Nicholas Seaford 1993-2005
21stCentury
Robert Key 2005 -
Long years ago, over a thousand years, the coastline of St Helier did not follow its exact contour of today. That portion of the town south of the cemetery wall, bordering Bond Street, was then submerged at high tide, forming the head of a little creek, with outlet somewhere about the meeting of Pier Road with Mulcaster Street. It then followed, approximately, the line of Bond Street, formerly known as "La rue de la Madelaine". From there, a sandy waste stretched far away westward to Mont Cochon.
The creek can be traced in a 1700 model of St Helier in the museum of La Société Jersiaise. Rings in the wall of the churchyard were found, where boats in old times had been fastened.
Near this creek, to the north-west of the present parish church, a chantry chapel stood, known as the "Chapelle de la Madelaine ", built of sea pebbles. Its precise position was a little to the westward of the new choir vestry. In the deed passed before the Royal Court on January 10, 1695, whereby Charles Dumaresq and James Corbet ceded in perpetuity the chapel to the parish authorities of St Helier, to be used as a poorhouse, it is described as bordering the cemetery on the south and the rectory on the east. It is evident from this document that the chapel had passed into private hands, probably sold at the Reformation by the Royal Commissioners. The chapel still existed late in the 18th century, but was allowed to fall into ruin.
It is probable that the chapel, one of many scattered through the island, was contemporary with the Fisherman's Chapel of St Brelade's Bay. St Helier, at the time we are referring to, was merely a collection of a few houses or huts, in fact a small fishing village; yet, the position acquired importance from its proximity to the scene of the labours and martyrdom of its patron saint, and later by the foundation of an important monastic establishment within the precincts of Elizabeth Castle itself.
It is possible, and even probable, that the present church originated from a second chantry chapel, dating back to about the 11th century, though there is no positive evidence of this. If so, in the ordinary course of evolution, this chapel became the chancel of the church. From extant records it would appear that during the Roman Catholic epoch, the Abbot of St Sauveur-le-Vicomte was recognised as patron, and nominated to the cure. It is, however, to be noted that, on several occasions, allusion is made to the King having presented, in time of war, candidates of his own choice to the living.
This period, (the 12th century) would be synchronous with the first of several crude changes which the church has undergone. Once more we cannot help expressing regret that during the many restorations our Jersey parish churches have "suffered", the canons of good taste and architectural design seem so frequently to have been ignored; the more unpardonable since in every case these buildings were planned in accordance with convention, thus offering free scope for better treatment.
The period we have now arrived at (12th century) was that of the first enlargement. It may be reasonably assumed that the primitive development (from the simple chantry) consisted in the prolongation of the chapel westward, the whole being then divided into a sanctuary, sIightly raised, for the priesthood, and a nave, or body, used by the congregation.
In the centre of this village arose a church, partly built of pebbles. Houses clustered around, in contrast to the somewhat isolated position held by most of the sister churches.
St Helier thus assimilated to the continental type, where churches are usually found near, and often in actual contact with the dwellings of the civil community. In England, on the other hand, our great cathedrals, almost invariably, stand in an open space, the “Close", round which the clergy live. Hence the deduction, (a wrong one nowadays at least) that English clergy form a class apart, and are less intimately associated with those to whom they minister, than is the case abroad.
Hard beaten earth as usual made a flooring. On this, the occasion of the first enlargement, a mortuary chapel was thrown out northward of the chancel; also a transept, and, as if to remind those who should follow later, not to forget the form of the "Latin Cross" when making further change, a corresponding addition to the south, "La Chapelle de la Vierge" was at the same time added.
The date of the mortuary chapel would appear to be about 1160. The exterior is conspicuous, owing to the roof being constructed with a different pitch from that of the main structure; also by the light, thin buttresses of Norman type. Inside, the broken remains of two Norman and two transition (Romanesque) arches, are still preserved; also two niches for the reception of ancient tombs.
Jersey churches are nothing if not unconventional, and as the sequel shows, St Helier was not to prove an exception.
During the early half of the 15th century, further and most important alterations were undertaken. These probably gave rise to the "Dedicace" date of consecration, 1341.
The chancel walls were raised. The increased elevation can even now be traced in the chancel gable, through contrast in the work of the two periods. A south chancel aisle was added. A handsome crenellated tower, with cross vaulting beneath, standing on massive piers, was erected, and lastly, heavy barrel roofs replaced those previously existing, of wood or thatch.
Stronger support became essential for such ponderous additions. This was supplied by means of buttresses within, and heavy circular pillars on octangular pediments carrying transition arches to form an arcading, and take the inward thrust; the outer buttresses being at the same time strengthened. Caen stone and Chausey granite now superseded pebbles, brought from the sea.
Towards the end of the same century, (the 15th) further important changes were again made. Of these, the chief consisted in the addition of a southern nave aisle, involving more cumbrous arcading, and tending to render the interior somewhat dark and gloomy. Flamboyant tracery appeared in the upper portions of the eastern windows.
Thus, a nave consisting of five bays was completed, and the church rested from structural change for many years.
Things pursued their normal course, until two centuries later, arose a storm of radical and revolutionary attack, a storm that, pro tem destroyed the monarchy of England, only to collapse itself under the burden of its own iniquity. It culminated in an era of bigotry and desecration. The experience of her sister churches, was that of St Helier, intensified perhaps, owing to her metropolitan status.
During the following century, an historic event took place, under the very shadow of St Helier's Church. In 1781, the French, led by the so-called Baron de Rullecourt, attempted by a "coup de main" the capture of the Island. They failed, defeated by the gallant Peirson who, in the hour of victory, lost his life. Many prisoners were taken, who were interned, for safety, in the parish church, a handy place pending incarceration.
Reinforcements from the west arrived after the fight was over. True to their instincts the St Ouennais desired no half measures. "Let us bum them church and all", they said, and this they would undoubtedly have done, unless tradition errs, had not a force of regulars prevented them.
The next and last structural enlargement, or rather "restoration of St Helier's Church, took place in 1864. During the preceding revolutionary innings its leaders had busied themselves with the interior, purging it of aught that savoured of the Romish religion. A craze for galleries obsessed them. No fewer than seven, for the general public, and several belonging to private families, were placed in different parts.
One of the first named, known as the Common Gallery, at the west end, served as the roof of a town arsenal, for the parish guns. Another was devoted to the use of "fumeurs". The lofty Three Decker pulpit, of course, appeared, pride of the Puritan. It held a position confronted by a special pew for the Lieut-Governor. The travelling communion table also was there, used as occasion arose for parish elections, or even public auctions. Such were the marks of the roundhead regime.
Under the name of church reform, aught else went by the board. Stoups and piscinas, fonts and ornaments of every kind, were swept away. Governor Paulett, by virtue of a Royal Commission, seized the church plate and sold it; also the bells, and sold them. Such also was the situation during a certain period, happily short.
Intemperance of every kind must find a nemesis. Reaction was not long delayed, Early in the 18th century an organ ("box of whistles") appeared, tucked away in one of the many galleries. Then, huge chandeliers, in brass, lighted by many candles, whilst tracery again adorned the window, so that, once more, St Helier's came to assume its pristine garb.
In 1864 the work of restoration was taken seriously in hand. Some interesting reproductions, illustrating the church during this transition period, and presenting views from the northwest and southwest speak for themselves. Some of the neighbouring buildings can still be recognised.
A committee was entrusted with the task of securing stained glass windows. How well they did their work is recorded below, including names of many noted Jerseymen as donors.
The cost of restoration amounted to some £4,000, The nave was lengthened, a south transept added, A vestry and porch was opened on the north side, where the two Norman and transition arches, belonging to the mortuary chapel previously mentioned, were discovered, and removed to another position.
For these was substituted yet further heavy arcading, to match that in the remainder of the church, although it would seem rather late for trying to introduce uniformity within a building whose principal feature, one might almost say charm, lay in the opposite direction.
As to the interior, all the old galleries were taken out, whilst a new one was placed at the west end of the nave, and a second in the south transept, Stalls in thc chancel were appropriated to the choir, near the organ, on the north.
Church furniture of modem type was introduced, and many gifts from various well-wishers helped to renovate and beautify the church, A handsome lectern in brass was the contribution of Francis Bertram.
Members of the congregation presented a painting representing The Last Supper, to form a reredos, and specially as a tribute to the Rev P A Le Feuvre, Vice-Dean of Jersey, who died whilst in the act of ministering at the altar, on Easter Day 1889. A brass plate, in the chancel, further commemorates this tragic event.
Under one date or another may be seen recorded on these ancient walls nearly every Jersey name of note, the earliest, that of Maximilian Norreys, marked by a plain grey slab, with armorial bearings, and going back to 1591; one of the latest is that of Lieut-Colonel P Le Gallais, killed in the Boer War of 1901-2.
There, too, are other names familiar to Jerseymen as household word. Bandinel, La Cloche, d'Auvergne, de Carteret, Anquetil, Durell, a list too numerous for mention here. Tablets to several Lieut-Governors augment this roll, amongst them one to Major-General Archibald Campbell, who died during his term of office and found a last resting place within the church.
But, in this Roll of Honour none holds a more distinguished place than that of Francis Peirson. He lies beneath the tower. A simple monument (some think too simple), placed in he chancel by the States of Jersey, is thus inscribed:
"To the memory of Major Francis Peirson, who, when this Island was invaded by the French, fell bravely fighting at the head of British and Island troops. He died in the flower of youth and in the moment of victory the 6th day of January 1781, aged 24. The States of the Island in grateful testimony of their deliverance, caused this monument to be erected at the public expense".
His story needs no recital, nor his brave memory any costly monument. The French Commander, Rullecourt, was buried in the churchyard near the north transept door.
And still we might go on, but those who would recall to mind the Island's history by names of men who made it, cannot do better than spend a quiet hour within those sacred walls that speak.
St Helier's church plate is not remarkable, all being post-Reformation. Amongst its donors appear the names of Jean and Abraham Herault; a chalice, presented by the former, taking the pride of place for antiquity (1639). Philip Le Geyt, Francis Le Couteur, Mauger, Ste Croix, and Lempriere are other names associated with the collection.
But, doubtless the greatest general interest will centre round the pieces forming a service sent for the use of Charles, then Prince of Wales, later King Charles II, for use during his brief stay at Elizabeth Castle.
For a long time this service lay unheeded, certainly uncared for, somewhere within the castle walls. Its whereabouts, in some way, came to light, and then the British Government authorities took steps to have it properly looked after. Since the withdrawal of soldiers from the castle, it has been placed under the special guardianship of the Dean of Jersey, for use of the garrison at certain services, held in the parish church, once more created Garrison Church of Jersey.
The service consists of three pieces, flagon, chalice, and paten. All bear the London hallmark. The front of the flagon bears a coat of arms supposed to be those of Lord Capel. The chalice bears the arm, and the paten (1621-22) the crest of Sir Thomas Jermyn, Governor of Jersey from 1631 to 1644.
Two memorable occasions may be mentioned when this plate must have been used, each associated with the Royal refugee. On 26 April 1646, Charles, then Prince of Wales, attended the parish church in state, supported by the loyalists of Jersey. Later, in 1649, after his father's execution, the Prince, now King, was again present at a requiem service.
The scene is quaintly described as follows:
"On this occasion the young Prince, only 16 years of age, occupied a chair fronting the pulpit; a table was placed conveniently, so that his highness might rest his elbows on it".
The Duke of York, his brother, accompanied him; the Jersey Militia guarded his route from castle to church, and many devoted adherents followed in his train. He wore the Order of the Garter, and was loyally hailed as King, Jersey the first to acclaim him.
A Roll of over 50 Rectors attests the antiquity of the Christian faith, as held by the National Church in Jersey. From 1294, up to the present time, no break occurs. The earliest on record is Nicolas Dupont, 1294.
No fewer than seven Deans have served as Rectors of St Helier, the last but not least distinguished being the Very Reverend Samuel Faile.
We now conclude this brief memorial of St Helier's Parish Church; at times seat of the Deans, scene of many stirring episodes, pro-cathedral, and in some sense a local Valhalla. It cannot be denied, that, taken as a whole, the building with its lofty crenelated tower, is dignified, though unsymmetrical. A critic of the interior might perchance exclaim in Goethe's dying words, "Encore de la lumiere".
In fact, there seems to have been a clerestory at one time. Perhaps, in the not far distant future, the powers that be may yet again draw light from heaven.
History will testify to the present era as one of religious and social activity, of "rapprochement" among the Island churches, of material improvement as regards the fabric and its surroundings and, let us hope, of further generous gifts to adorn the interior, and perfect the services. It will be from no lack of interest or energy on the part of the present holder of the benefice should such not prove to be the case.
The following is the list of windows in the church, together with their subjects, and names of the donors:
Chancel, east window, the gift of the Hemery family. The upper portion represents "The Lord enthroned", while the lower portions represent "The angel announcing the resurrection", and "The risen Lord appearing to Mary Magdalene”. This window is the work of one of the most eminent artists of the period, and was exhibited at the great exhibition of 1862, as an example of British Ecclesiastical art.
Chancel aisle, east window, given by the restoration committee. Four lights, representing "The Adoration of the Magi", "Christ in the Temple", "The Marriage Feast in Cana", and "Christ bearing His Cross".
Chancel aisle (first window), the gift of Jurat E C Malet de Carteret, the subject being "Christ healing the sick".
Chancel aisle (second window), given by the Le Breton family; the subjecL of the three panels being “Christ appearing to St Thomas", "St Paul preaching at Athens", and "The woman of Samaria".
South aisle (first window) presented by the late Jurat J G Falle, the subjects represented being "The healing of the woman", " Christ, the Consoler", and " St Peter walking on the sea".
South aisle (second window), given by the late Mr N Le Quesne, "Christ blessing the children ".
South aisle (third window) presented by the son of the late Mr Abraham de Gruchy, "The baptism of our Lord".
South aisle (west window), presented by he Westaway family, "The Ascension".
Nave (west window), presented by the late MR George Bertram, "The Crucifixion".
Nave (north window), the gift of tbe late Mr Jean de Gruchy, " The raising of Lazarus ".
North transept, given by the late Mr Philip Le Rossignol, "Christ walking on the Sea".
South transept, given by the Parish of St Helier, "The sacrifice of Isaac", "The framing of the law", and "The brazen serpent".
Mortuary Chapel, raised by subscription among tbe widows of tho congregation, " Christ, the Good Shepherd".
Vestry, presented by he late Mrs John Le Masurier, "The Annunciation".
Every tiny little moment of our lives has the ability to make a profound impact on our futures. Every single action has consequences but the reaction is not always "equal and opposite," as it were. No, oftentimes the tiniest action we take can snowball into something massive. An unstoppable force that can change our lives forever without us even realizing it.
As was the case with our two sisters seen here. Growing up in the same household with the same parents in the same schools and yet so wildly different from one another. The eldest sister Riven was ambitious and determined, the perfect fit for Slytherin just like her father, grandmother, great-grandparents, and so on as far back as anyone could remember. Emily, meanwhile, was clever and wise and always had her nose buried in some book or other and would thus find herself quite at home among the learned in Ravenclaw tower.
So many tiny little moments led each of these children to being the person they were and caused the dusty old sorting hat to send the girls right where they belonged.
The sisters always had a rather strained relationship and this only became more severe once the girls started their lives at Hogwarts. Emily often called Riven out for some of her more unsavory slytherin behaviors while Riven would often push the younger girl beyond her limits and well outside her comfort zone in some misguided attempt at helping the younger girl grow.
Toward the end of Emily's first year, she found herself waiting in line to face her boggart and little did she know this experience would only further drive the sisters apart. When Emily approached, the room was deathly still and the first year could hear her heart pounding in her ears. Any moment now her greatest fear would burst out of the wardrobe to torment her but even after countless hours of speculation she had no idea what it might be. The moment stretched on for an eternity and just as she’d thought the boggart had given up for the day...
"Suddenly, there was a knock from the other side of the door. Slowly, it opened and a figure peeked her head out. It’s Riven! However, she looked a bit older as she stepped out onto the floor. Riven was dressed fairly nicely, albeit in very typical pureblood style like she’d been taking fashion advice from Octavia Dechants. The girl was eerily calm before smiling. She looked at Emily with a wrinkled nose as she spoke out. “I don’t know why you continue to befriend those filthy mudbloods, especially the ones causing issues for You-Know-Who! It’s awfully embarrassing to have to deal with a troublemaker you’re related to,” she tsks- scolding her sister as if she were a child. She pulled a wand from her sleeves and aimed it at Emily with a tight scowl, “unfortunately, if I want to prove my loyalties, I’ll have to get rid of you.”"
Emily shrank back when the image of her older sister appeared from within the wardrobe and whimpered a soft, “R… Riven?” This was her first time facing the dreaded boggart and she’d had no idea what to expect but this most certainly wasn't it. She shook her head and blinked, trying very hard to force herself to believe it wasn't real. It wasn't!! Right!? But what, exactly, was she seeing?? Emily seemed rather lost and confused. Was it a boggart? Was it a dream? Or was it some horrific glimpse of things yet to be. With a trembling hand, Emily raised her wand and squeaked a soft, "riddikulus..." but there was nothing. The tendrils of fear had driven far too deep around the girl's mind.
"The boggart-Riven looked surprised, then smiled wickedly and raised its wand. "You thought you could kill me?" it asked Emily, then started to chuckle. "That's...really..." it said, stumbling a little, as more laughter bubbled out of its own throat. "You can NEVER defeat me!" it shrieked, drawing back the wand even as more laughter spilled from its own throat. The laughter had the same effect on the boggart whether it came from the fear it's presenting or another, and even as the boggart-Riven shouted 'AVAA-', it was sucked back into the wardrobe which closed hard enough to rock the heavy wood on its feet.”"
The real Riven, meanwhile, stood in the back corner of the room with her Slytherin housemates glaring at the scene. The older girl had her arms crossed and was scowling at the first year, already plotting how she would make the younger girl pay for trying to tarnish her reputation in such a way.
But of course this was only one of many possible outcomes for the girls and fate saw fit to drive them down a different path.
A path that led to Riven being sorted into Ravenclaw and Emily into Slytherin. And it was Riven’s boggart that showed the twisted version of Emily instead, the protective older sister fearing what may become of the younger girl under the wrong influence.
We may never know what small and seemingly insignificant decisions, actions, or events led to the girls being who they’d actually become. We can only imagine and ask ourselves… what if?
Idea credit (stolen with permission): flickr.com/photos/194538309@N04/52776099920
Boggart text credit (altered to fit the reversal of roles): Mischief Managed staff: mischiefmanagedsl.net/
Some Background:
The Space Defense Robot-04-Mk. XIV Destroid Nimrod was an anti-air/heavy artillery mecha, and intended as a replacement for the SDR-04-Mk. XII Phalanx, a Destroid specifically designed for space operations to defend the SDF-1 Macross, along with its sister unit, the cannon-armed ADR-04-Mk. X Destroid Defender.
The Phalanx had been developed in a hurry under the pressure of the raging war against the Zentraedi and suffered, as a consequence, from several disadvantages. For instance, its combat operation capability decreased substantially once the missile ordnance (a total of forty-four 430mm caliber missiles, half of them ready to fire and the rest held in reserve in internal magazines) had been exhausted. To counter this, a few models were modified in the field, e.g. with additional light Gatling guns mounted within the head unit, as well as other variations, but most Phalanx’ remained basically bipedal heavy missile launchers. A sub-variant with improved sensors and missile guidance systems, as well as the ability to deploy the new reflex missiles, the Phalanx Mk. XIII, was also built, but only in small numbers, and it could not overcome the flaws of the original design.
The Nimrod was the attempt to mend these shortcomings after initial combat experience with the type. The so-called SDR-04-Mk. XIV utilized the proven MBR-04 ambulatory system and shared a common hip and leg structure with a wide range of other Destroids. Like the Phalanx, the Nimrod’s newly designed upper body was a simple core structure that neglected any silliness for a weapon composition consisting of missiles, radar, and propulsion system, all mounted on the main rotating body which could be detached from the lower torso for maintenance of in case of emergency.
The Nimrod filled the same tactical niche as the Phalanx but was a more sophisticated design with improved capabilities and a – though limited – secondary close-range combat capability. The radar and sensor suites for target acquisition as well as missile guidance were improved, so that the Nimrod became even suited for air space surveillance and as a guidance/coordination unit for other Destroids. Due to this additional workload, the Nimrod’s crew was expanded by a WSO to two in a tandem cockpit.
The armament remained tailored to medium and long range, but there were some improvements. On the Nimrod, the Phalanx’ bulbous drum-shaped missile magazines gave way to more streamlined 540 mm caliber reflex missile containers, which were carried in staggered clusters of four twin-pods on each shoulder, holding a total of 48 missiles with sixteen of them ready to fire and the rest in reserve. This modification reduced weight and frontal area, and in a case of emergency the missile containers could be jettisoned.
In order to improve the Nimrod’s tactical value after its missiles had been deployed, it was furthermore provided with a secondary close-range combat capability in the form of a pair of particle beam guns. These were integrated into the arms, protected by the missile containers, and these reliable weapons could be effectively used against both air as well as ground targets. Thermal smoke dischargers completed the Nimrod’s defensive measures.
Like the Phalanx and other Destroids, the Nimrod was capable of limited space operations due to its vernier thrusters all over the hull. This allowed for units that were stationed on the deck of the SDF-1 to propel themselves back to the battle fortress if they were knocked off.
The Nimrod was, like the Phalanx, first deployed on the SDF-1 and was used to augment the ship's own weapon system to protect the vessel from Zentraedi attacks, even though the type came relatively late and was only used in the final phase of the war and only in limited numbers. After the conflict, production was throttled down (only a total of fifty SDR-04-Mk. XIVs were eventually built), and the surviving Nimrods from the SDF-1 were stationed at airbases in New Macross City and in nearby cities, such as Monument City.
Specifications:
Designation: SDR-04-Mk XIV
Mecha Class: Destroid
Crew: 2 (Pilot, WSO)
Weight: 21.8 tons (dry)
45.5 tons (loaded)
Height: 12.36 m (hull only, incl. radome)
13,50 m (with raised arms)
Breadth: 9,32 m
Depth: 5.0m
Max. walking speed: 72 kph loaded
Armament:
2x weapon clusters in shoulder locations, each with:
- Eight launch tubes for 540mm caliber mid-/long-range missiles (typically with anti-air capacity, artillery
rockets as alternative), with eight missiles ready and another sixteen as reserve (for a total of 48)
- One Mauler PBG-06 liquid-cooled electrically-charged twin particle beam gun
- Three thermal smoke dischargers
The kit and its assembly:
This is a fictional Macross Destroid, with a highly modified Imai Phalanx kit at its core. It depicts a potential successor for the missile-only-armed Phalanx, but it has been totally made up. Inspiration came when I recently procured a bunch of Kotobukiya’s MSG sets for mecha conversions – one of these sets included the quadruple missile launchers that now make up the Nimrod’s new “arms”. I was torn between using a Defender or a Phalanx as conversion basis, but due to the weapon pods’ bulkiness I went for the more massive Phalanx.
Beyond the MSG parts and the replacement of the Phalanx “missile drums”, there was initially no real plan for the conversion – things evolved gradually, depending on the donor parts at hand. However, several fundamental changes were made. The most important improvement measure that works for all Destroid kits with the “04” chassis is the integration of a completely now hip joint arrangement. OOB, the model's posture is pretty stiff, with the legs and feet facing straight forward. The model is just supposed to stand upright, and with the model’s OOB joint options it is really hard to create a vivid poise. Furthermore, the bolts that hold the legs are prone to break off, even more so because the Imai kit is from the 1st generation of mecha kits, without vinyl caps and just relying on a very tight joint fit for hold.
My proven solution: the implantation of a new hip “bone” made from plastic-coated steel wire, which is stiff in itself but can be bent in two dimensions. The thighs had to be modified accordingly, since the wire is much thinner than the original bolts. Inside of the pelvis, the W-shaped wire was attached with the help of sprue material and styrene profiles, a thorough fixation is necessary because a lot of load has to be held in place in a very small space.
In order to attach the legs to the wire, there’s a convenient trick: the receptor holes in the thighs were simply filled with small vinyl rings, standard material from other mecha kits (e.g. from Arii’s 1:100 VF-1 Battroids or the Gunze Sangyo/Aoshima Dorvack PAs), the rings’ outer AND inner diameter fit perfectly into the new arrangement. With this trick, a much more dynamic and "natural" leg position could be achieved, also thanks to the large feet and their joints of the “04” Destroid chassis. This tuning measure improves the model considerably. The legs were otherwise taken OOB, just some small styrene bits were added to the lower legs’ front sides (improving another small detail flaw of the model), and some openings on the lower legs’ rear side were filled with putty and styrene sheet. Furthermore, the open insides of the “heels” were filled with putty, too.
In order to integrate the new missile bins, suitable adapters for the shoulder had to be found. Being somewhat lazy and trying to use as many parts from the Phalanx kit as possible, I decided to integrate a styrene tube all through the upper body, so that I got better attachment points. This tube was extended so far that I could re-use the Phalanx’ blast exhausts from the original missile bins as shoulder joint covers. This looks very natural and these re-dedicated parts fit well over the implanted central styrene tube channel as well as into the channel that runs along the MSG missile containers’ inner side. In order to attach the new arms/containers, a smaller diameter styrene tube was glued into these channels, so that the new pods could be moved vertically.
As a weapon improvement over the Phalanx, a pair of particle beam guns was added to the new missile containers – they come originally from a Dorvack PA-36K “Berlon” kit, but they were tailored considerably in order to fit into their new position. They also help to hide the new shoulder joint, which was covered from above with parts from the Phalanx kit (the boxed that are normally attached to the upper legs) and the space between them with paper tissue, drenched with white glue. The result is a good visual transition.
The central hull was changed in order to move the look away from the Phalanx base. The rear side uses OOB parts, but these were modified and attached to the hull in a different way, so that the back is not as deep as on the Phalanx. The front received a vertical pair of searchlights (formerly return rollers from a 1:35 tank…), set into the breast plate. The cockpit bulge between the shoulders as well as the head unit are completely new. The cockpit cover is a leftover hull piece from a Kotobukiya helicopter drone, and it was moved forward, so that a crew of two is more plausible. The head unit on the elongated spine behind and above it consists primarily of a donor from a wrecked VT-61 “Tulcas” mecha (Dorvack), plus a small dish antenna for a tracking radar on the right (left over from a Dorvack PA-36K “Berlon” kit) and a round radome for target acquisition – scratched from main wheels of a Matchbox PB2Y and set upon a mount made from styrene profiles. Looks strange, esp. with that flat, square head unit underneath, but I wanted a unique and different look that sets the Nimrod apart from other canonical Destroid designs. And this certainly worked.
A final word concerning the Phalanx kit itself: like all other Destroids models, this is basically a simple affair and the model goes together well – but expect some PSR on every seam, and there are some improvements possible that IMHO raise the model’s quality. The lack of vinyl caps makes later movement a tricky affair, though, and it is interesting to see that while the “04” chassis Destroids (Phalanx, Tomahawk and Defender) share the same lower body, all three kits are different! As a positive trait concerning the finish, the Phalanx is also the only kit of this trio that comes with decals for the typical white trim on the lower legs of these Destroids.
Painting and markings:
Once more I wanted to stay true to the original look of a typical Macross Destroid from the “04” series. These tend to carry a uniform livery in murky/dull tones of green, brown and ochre: unpretentious "mud movers". Anything else is rare (I am aware of dark blue Phalanx’ on board of the SDF-1), and complex camouflage patterns are AFAIK not seen (probably a tribute to the TV series’ cel production). In consequence, I gave the Nimrod an overall livery in a rather unidentifiable brownish tone, namely RAL 7008 (Khakigrau), a tone that was carried by German WWII Afrikakorps tanks and very similar to the tone IDF vehicles like the Merkava typically carry nowadays. Since I only had this tone in a rattle can available, the model and its components were painted accordingly, with an additional hushed spray over the upper surfaces with a slightly lighter tone as a shading measure. After this basic painting, the parts received a washing with thinned black ink.
Decals mostly come from the OOB sheet, plus some extra stencils, including the "nose art" painted on the left leg (from a P-38); many Destroids and also Armored Valkyries seem to bear such markings. Gives the mecha a personal touch, though.
Finally, before everything was assembled, the kit received a dry-brushing treatment with light grey and an overall coat with matt acrylic varnish. As a final step, mineral pigments were dusted over the model, esp. around the feet and the lower areas of the mecha.
A rather straightforward conversion project that gradually evolved – but with a postive outcome, after some twists and turns. The fictional Destroid Nimrod turned out more believable than expected, thanks to the good donor parts that went into it, and the simple livery also adds to the design’s “realism” within the Macross universe. Even though the thing still looks odd – but not worse than the other canonical Destroids from the original TV series!