El Efecto

El Efecto - Memórias do Fogo (2018, Brazil) - bandcamp name your price
prog / samba / post-hardcore

The best contemporary Brazilian band.

Best of 2017 part 3

5. Mateus Aleluia - Fogueira doce (Brazil)
afoxe / MPB

4. Various Artists - Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 
makossa / funk

3. Pierre Lapointe - La science du cœur (Quebec)
chamber pop / singer-songwriter

2. Richard Dawson - Peasant (UK) -- no link
avant-folk

1. Danyel Waro - monmon (Reunion)
maloya

Best of 2017 part 2

15. مريم صالح [Maryam Saleh], تامر أبو غزالة [Tamer Abu Ghazaleh] & موريس لوقا (Maurice Louca) - Lekhfa (Egypt)
Arabic music / avant-folk

14. Rosalia - Los angeles (Spain) -- no link
flamenco nuevo

13. Hańba - Będą bić! (Poland) -- no link
folk punk

12. Arca - Arca (Venezuela) -- no link
art pop / glitch pop

11. Sampha - Process (UK) -- no link
alternative r&b

10. Planning for Burial - Below the House (USA) -- no link
shoegaze / atmospheric sludge metal

9. Boubacar Traoré - Dounia Tabolo (Mali)
Mande music / blues

8. Omiri - Baile Electrónico (Portugal)
fado / folktronica

7. Duo PuechGourdon - Duo PuechGourdon (France)
French folk

6. Slowdive - Slowdive (UK) -- no link
shoegaze

Best of 2017 part 1

30. Colter Wall - Colter Wall (Canada)
americana / folk / country

29. Milo - Who Told You to Think !? (USA) -- no link
abstract hip hop

28. Idles - Brutalism (UK) -- no link
post-punk / post-hardcore

27. House and Land - House and Land (USA)
Appalachian folk

26. Afous d'Afous - Tenere (Algeria)
tishoumaren

25. Tinariwen - Elwan (Mali) -- no link
tishoumaren

24. Mappe Of - A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone (Canada)
indie folk / avant-folk

23. William Ryan Fritch - Birkitshi - Eagle Hunters in a New World (USA)
Mongolian music / ambient

22. Exquirla - Para quienes aun viven (Spain) -- no link
post-rock / flamenco nuevo

21. Xiu Xiu - FORGET (USA) -- no link
art pop / noise pop / experimental rock

20. Circuit des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo (USA)
avant-folk / art pop

19. Yorkston, Thorne & Khan - Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars (UK / India)
folk / carnatic classical

18. Frank London Glass House Orchestra - Austro-Hungarian Jewish Music (USA)
klezmer

17. Thåström - Centralmassivet (Sweden)
singer-songwriter

16. Meïkhâneh - La Silencieuse (France)
French folk / Mongolian throat singing