Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Best of 2019



Top Albums Of 2019

1. Thom Yorke - Anima
2. White Lies - Five
3. Swim Deep - Emerald Classics
4. Lana Del Ray - Norman Fucking Rockwell
5. Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
6. Black Pumas - S/T
7. Karen O and Danger Mouse - Lux Prima
8. Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not.
9. Tool - Fear Inoculum
10. Finn Andrews - One Piece At A Time

11. Reignwolf - Hear Me Out
12. King Nun - Mass
13. Brittany Howard - Jamie
14. Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride
15. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
16. Coldplay - Everyday Life
17. The National - I Am Easy To Find
18. Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls
19. Chromatics - Closer To Grey
20. DIIV - Deceiver


Honourable Mentions:

*indicates some lesser known artists that might have slipped under the radar that deserve some extra attention


Kongos - 1929 Pt. 1
Billie Eillish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Interpol - A Fine Mess
Sunflower Bean - King Of The Dudes
Beck - Hyperspace
The Drums - Brutalism
Tamaryn - Dreaming In The Dark
Fat White Family - Serfs Up!*
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace
Morrissey - California Son
Lost Under Heaven - Love Hates What You Become*
The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru The Passion
William Patrick Corgan - Cotillions
Blood Red Shoes - Get Tragic*
Piroshka - Brickbat
Two Door Cinema Club - False Alarm
black midi - schlagenheim
Hot Chip - A Bathtub Full Of Ecstasy
Refused - War Music
Silversun Pickups - Widow's Weeds
M83 - DSVII
Yak - Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Watchmen Vol. 1
Jenny Lewis - On The Line
DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age
Hatchie - Keepsake*
Tim Presley's White Fence - I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Stormzy - Heavy Is The Head
The Mystery Lights - Too Much Tension!*
Mark Lanegan - Somebody's Knocking
The Cranberries - In The End
Temples - Hot Motion
Mac Demarco - Here Comes The Cowboy
Feet - What's Inside Is More Than Just Ham
Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 1
Friendly Fires - Inflorescent
Mono - Nowhere Now Here
Cub Sport - S/T
The Soft Cavalry - S/T
Ian Brown - Ripples
Richard Hawley - Further
Keane - Cause and Effect
Black Mountain - Destroyer
The Futureheads - Powers
Earl Sweatshirt - Feet Of Clay
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Watchmen Vol. 2
Cigarettes After Sex - Cry
Metronomy - Metronomy Forever
Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
LCD Soundsystem - Electric Lady Sessions
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 2
Weezer - S/T (Teal)
Barns Courtney - 404*
Kevin Morby - Oh My God
Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
Catfish and The Bottlemen - The Balance*
Band Of Skulls - Love Is All You Love
Anderson .Paak - Ventura
Methyl Ethyl - Triage*
The Flaming Lips - King's Mouth
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
The Dandy Warhols - Why You So Crazy?
Better Oblivion Community Center - S/T
Ladytron - S/T
Belle and Sebastian - Days of the Bagnold Summer
Flying Lotus - Flamagra
Drahla - Useless Coordinates*
Kaiser Chiefs - Duck
Elbow - Giants Of All Sizes
TOY - Songs Of Consumption
The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
Automatic - Signal*
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Watchmen Vol. 3
Weezer - S/T (Black)
Tyler, The Creator - Igor
Bon Iver - I,I
On The Bones - S/T
Free Nationals - S/T
Pond - Tasmania
Sudan Archives - Athena*
Wilco - Ode to Joy
The Tea Party - Black River E.P.
Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dance
The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time
Peter Doherty - Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishes
Longwave - If We Ever Live Forever
Caroline Polachek - Pang
Moon Duo - Stars Are The Light
Whitney - Forever Turned Around
Mini Mansions - Guy Walks Into A Bar...
Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops*
Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne*
Froth - Duress*

The S.L.P. - THE S.L.P.
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - De Facto*
The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears*

Allah-Las - LAHS
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tiny Ruins - Olympic Girls
Sasami - S/T*
Big Thief - Two
Kaytranada - BUBBA
Ride - This Is Not A Safe Place
Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology*
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real*
slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
The Black Keys - Lets Rock
TOY - Happy in the Hollow
Yeasayer - Erotic Reruns
Dope Lemon - Big Smooth Cat
Oh Sees - Face Stabber
Cayucas - Real Life
Swervedriver - Future Ruins
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rat's Nest
Stereophonics - Kind
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
The Desert Sessions - Volumes 11 & 12
Lower Dens - The Competition*
Mercury Rev – Bobby Gentry’s The Delta Suite Revisited
Cherry Glazer - Stuffed and Ready