"When faced with certain doom, our natural instinct is not one of self-preservation but of dogged pleasure-seeking" - FACT says in an announcement of Blanck Mass' mix. "Oscillating from jubilation to dread from one moment to the next and veering from post-punk and harsh noise to synth-pop and kosmische, Power pulls together a selection of tracks that’ll have you confused as to whether you should be celebrating or running for cover" - FACT adds. Intense, strong, a hard listen. Listen to it - here.

The list goes from 'Titanic Rising' by Weyes Blood at the top (because "we too are lost in the stars"), to 'Animated Violence Mild' by the Blanck Mass at the spot No. 50 ("one of the harshest sounding albums"). Check out the full list here. BV made a separate list of 40 best indie-music albums - here […]

"Loud, nasty, serrated music, music built on thudding drum machines and squalling sirens and scuzz-rasp vocals and house pianos and distorted guitars" - Stereogum argues their latest AOTW choice (the man behind it, Benjamin John Power made music for the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony). "Innocent music for degraded times... heavy and emotional"; listen to […]