Best of 2021 (Vince's List)

Goodbye 2021! Looking forward to greener pastures in 2022.

There were a lot of great records this year. King Woman’s Celestial Blues was outstanding. Definitely my favorite & most listened to record of the year……it’s a career defining album for Kris Esfandiari & crew. If you haven’t checked out Scowl or Midwife yet….please do, you won’t be disappointed. Cheers to Turnstile for showing the biggest growth in 2021. Glow On is an amazing album and bodes well for the future of hardcore. Gatecreeper was one of the few shows we saw in 2021 & I’m glad we’ve had An Unexpected Reality around for the past 12 months.

1. King Woman - Celestial Blues

2. Scowl - How Flowers Grow

3. Turnstile - Glow On

4. Midwife - Luminol

5. Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality

6. Ekulu - Unscrew My Head

7. Militarie Gun - All Roads Lead to the Gun I & II

8. World Peace - Come and See

9. Succumb - XXI

10. Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader

11. Fiddlehead - Between the Richness

12. Regional Justice Center - Crime and Punishment

13. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I

14. Thirdface - Do It With a Smile

15. Slant - 1st LP

16. Final Gasp - Haunting Whisper

17. Jeff Rosenstock - Ska Dream

18. Sincere Engineer - Bless My Psyche

19. Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone

20. Big Brave - Vital

Best of 2019 (Vince's List)

2019 might have been a quiet year at Stille, but we thrive in the quiet. It was a busy year for us personally - raising a child and starting new day jobs take up a lot of time and energy. As always, listening to new music keeps us grounded through the changes. Here are the my 25 favorite records of the past year.

Highlighting exciting new music is a mission of Stille. Check out something below that you haven’t heard before; everything is highly recommended. We look forward to bringing you new & rare records in 2020.

  1. Cloud Rat - POLLINATOR

  2. Drab Majesty - MODERN MIRROR

  3. False - PORTENT

  4. Boy Harsher - CAREFUL

  5. Blood Incantation - HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE

  6. Frail Body - A BRIEF MEMORIAM

  7. Crumb - JINX

  8. Cloud Rat - DO NOT LET ME OFF THE CLIFF

  9. Martha - LOVE KEEPS KICKING

  10. Mizmor - CAIRN

  11. Immortal Bird - THRIVE ON NEGLECT

  12. Full of Hell - WEEPING CHOIR

  13. Dowsing - SKY COFFIN

  14. Necking - CUT YOUR TEETH

  15. Gatecreeper - DESERTED

  16. The Well - DEATH AND CONSOLATION

  17. Tomb Mold - PLANETARY CLAIRVOYANCE

  18. Tyler the Creator - IGOR

  19. Toro Y Moi - OUTER PEACE

  20. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

  21. Big Brave - A GAZE AMONG THEM

  22. Temple of the Fuzz Witch - TEMPLE OF THE FUZZ WITCH

  23. Ithaca - THE LANGUAGE OF INJURY

  24. Asagraum - DAWN OF INFINITE FIRE

  25. Empath - ACTIVE LISTENING: NIGHT ON EARTH

-vh