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I think British music has been great this year, because 8 of my 10 favourite albums seem to have (so far) been by British artists
Let's count the really, REALLY good ones:
Micachu & the shapes
Kong
The Phantom Band
Lord Cut-Glass
Future of the left
Part Chimp
worriedaboutsatan
Super Furry Animals
These were good too:
De Rosa
The Horrors
Art Brut
Joe Gideon & the shark
We Were Promised Jetpacks
The XX
Aidan Moffat & the Best-Ofs
Malcolm Middleton
Wild Beasts
Arctic Monkeys
I suspect Fuck Buttons will sneak in there too if early snippets turn out to be as good as I think.
I don't recall any of these being European / American artists? And if so, that's a pretty decent set of output, wouldn't you agree?