Drift Record Shop: Top 100 Albums of 2019 Totnes,Devon. England
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100 Tycho - Weather99 Wovoka Gentle - Start Clanging Cymbals98 Damien Jurado - In the Shape of a Storm97 Flamingods - Levitation96 Qasim Naqvi - Teenages95 Julia Kent - Temporal94 Unloved - Heartbreak93 sir Was - Holding On To a Dream92 Clark - Kiri Variations91 Bodega - Shiny New Model90 Black Peaches - Fire in the Hole89 Matthew Shaw - Among the Never Setting Stars88 FEWS - Into Red87 Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house86 Marika Hackman - Any Human Friend85 Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?84 The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe83 Richard Norris - Abstractions Vol. 1 & 282 Moon Duo - Stars Are the Light81 Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold80 Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel79 Maps - Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.?78 Drugdealer - Raw Honey77 Whitney - Forever Turned Around76 (Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar75 Fat White Family - Serfs Up!74 Portico Quartet - Memory Streams73 Metronomy - Metronomy Forever?72 SASAMI - SASAMI71 You Tell Me - You Tell Me70 Steve Gunn - The Unseen in Between69 Julia Jacklin - Crushing68 William Tyler - Goes West67 Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs66 Ezra Collective - You Can't Steal My Joy65 Here Lies Man - No Ground to Walk Upon64 Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild63 Flying Lotus - Flamagra62 Penelope Isles - Until the Tide Creeps In61 Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied60 Bibio - Ribbons59 Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow58 Leafcutter John - Yes! Come Parade With Us57 Jesca Hoop - STONECHILD56 Tim Hecker - Anoyo55 Keel Her - With Kindness54 Sarathy Korwar - More Arriving53 Carwyn Ellis & Rio18 - JOIA!52 Daniel O'Sullivan - Folly51 Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury50 Pottery - No. 149 Laurence Pike - Holy Spring48 Richard Dawson - 202047 White Denim - Side Effects46 Pom Poko - Birthday45 Sarah Davachi - Pale Bloom44 Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops43 Gia Margaret - There's Always Glimmer42 Kim Gordon - No Home Record41 Pozi - PZ140 Little Simz - Grey Area39 Girl Band - The Talkies38 Holly Herndon - Proto37 Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!36 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars35 Floating Points - Crush34 Lee "Scratch" Perry - Rainford33 Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising32 Alexander Tucker - The Guild of The Asbestos Weaver31 Theon Cross - Fyah30 Shannon Lay - August29 Mega Bog - Dolphine28 Aldous Harding - Designer27 Rozi Plain - What a Boost26 Sun O))) - Life Metal25 Pip Blom - Boat24 Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love23 Daniel Thorne - Lines of Sight22 Thom Yorke - ANIMA21 Nérija - Blume20 Gruff Rhys - Pang!19 Trash Kit - Horizon18 Modern Nature - How to Live17 Cate le Bon - Reward16 Oh Sees - Face Stabber15 School of Language - 4514 Cool Maritime - Sharing Waves13 Ibibio Sound Machine - Doko Mien12 Will Burns and Hannah Peel - Chalk Hill Blue11 Kevin Morby - Oh My God10 The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery09 Ty Segall - First Taste08 black midi - Schlagenheim07 Wand - Laughing Matter06 Angel Olsen - All Mirrors05 Vanishing Twin - The Age of Immunology04 Big Thief - U.F.O.F./Two Hands03 Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest02 W.H. Lung - Incidental Music01 Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
― djmartian, Thursday, 28 November 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
Bleep Top 10 Albums of the Year
https://bleep.com/Bleeps-Top-10-Albums-of-the-Year-2019
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― Papa Triste (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Thursday, 28 November 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
hmmm, couldn't really get into a few of those (treanor, klein, twigs) but the caterina barbieri is the best thing i've heard from her (wasn't much of a fan before tbh). that nathan micay is good fun too!
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 28 November 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
spent the afternoon trawling through the piccadilly list and now i mostly hate music btw
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 28 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
really enjoying your mix, Soundslike !
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
I have been going through the rolling threads and after listening to half of the uk grime etc thread I already love 2019. Not looking forward to exploring the disinterested synth tracks which seem to do well in the hip polls, but sure there will be a few gems amongst the meh
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
will reserve a spot at the weekend to listen to the musicophilia mix, cheers!
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
the 2018 musicophilia list had loads of really excellent just-under-radar stuff to dig into and 2019 list looks likewise - thanks for putting the hours in, Soundslike!
― technopolis, Friday, 29 November 2019 07:59 (four years ago) link
Monorail MusicAlbums: https://www.monorailmusic.com//news.html?cmsnews_method=view&cmsnews_id=eddc707c-120a-11ea-8305-1298a0617e72Compilations/reissues: https://www.monorailmusic.com//news.html?cmsnews_method=view&cmsnews_id=0dc7dd99-11d2-11ea-8305-1298a0617e72
― Joris Stereo, Friday, 29 November 2019 12:24 (four years ago) link
― technopolis, Friday, November 29, 2019 bookmarkflaglink
I second this. Discovered some great hip hop last year through that list.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 29 November 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
the 2018 musicophilia list had loads of really excellent just-under-radar stuff to dig into and 2019 list looks likewise - thanks for putting the hours in, Soundslike!― technopolis, Friday, November 29, 2019I second this. Discovered some great hip hop last year through that list.― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, November 29, 2019 5:04 PM
― technopolis, Friday, November 29, 2019
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, November 29, 2019 5:04 PM
Glad to be of service! So much excellent music being made these last few years, has me more excited about contemporary music than I've been in the 27 years I've been a certifiable music geek.
will reserve a spot at the weekend to listen to the musicophilia mix, cheers!― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, November 28, 2019 7:31 PM
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, November 28, 2019 7:31 PM
I'm really happy with it as a mix, and as representative of a major facet of what I love about new music these days. Not trying to be comprehensive, but more make a case for a particular feeling and sound-world.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 30 November 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
The rian treanor album is fire
― Musaique, Sunday, 1 December 2019 12:19 (four years ago) link
The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2019
Top 201: Loraine James - For You and I2: Richard Dawson - 20203: Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation4: William Doyle - Your Wilderness Revisited5: These New Puritans - Inside The Rose6: Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology7: Black Midi - Schlagenheim8: Fat White Family - Serfs Up!9: Brìghde Chaimbeul - The Reeling10: Sunn O))) - Life Metal11: Karenn - Grapefruit Regret12: Moor Mother - Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes13: Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive14: Harrga - Héroïques Animaux De La Misère15: The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong16: Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury17: DEAFKIDS - Metaprogramação18: Barker - Utility19: Bill Callahan - Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest20: Kim Gordon - No Home Record
― willem, Monday, 2 December 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
the caterina barbieri album is p frontloaded but at its best it hits a certain video game music–adjacent sweet spot that, as also noted re the recent cfcf album, is v appealing (& easily recommendable)
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 2 December 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
Was completely unaware of William Doyle until today. This album is terrific.
― doug watson, Monday, 2 December 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
Guardian songs list: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/02/the-20-best-songs-of-2019-tracks
20 Fat White Family – Feet19 Lizzo – Tempo (feat Missy Elliott)18 Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (feat Lykke Li)17 Normani – Motivation16 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove15 Lana Del Rey – The Greatest14 Stormzy – Vossi Bop13 Dave – Black12 Big Thief – Not11 Rosalía and J Balvin – Con Altura10 Georgia – About Work the Dancefloor9 Clairo – Bags8 Richard Dawson – Jogging7 Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall6 FKA twigs – Cellophane5 Lizzo – Juice4 Billie Eilish – Bad Guy3 Charli XCX – Gone (feat Christine and the Queens)2 Sharon Van Etten – Seventeen1 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (remix feat Billy Ray Cyrus)
― monotony, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
Uproxx: https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2019-ranked/
― Peloton-gifting husband (morrisp), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 05:49 (four years ago) link
Loving the Caterina Barbieri album.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 08:37 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed it as well but its placement is baffling to me.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 08:54 (four years ago) link
In broad terms yes, though I’m not sure that any of the albums quietus list after it are better aside from the These New Puritans album.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 09:01 (four years ago) link
Regardless, it's one of the better lists I've seen so far, if only because it features a solid amount of intriguing-sounding records I've yet to hear.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:41 (four years ago) link
i can't take anyone serious who reps for rinse like Fat White Family - make them go away pls!
― calzino, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
haven't been into William Doyle's previous album as East India Youth but this new one is sounding good. the quietus always seem to rep for the same artists over and over, many of which i don't understand the appeal of at all but this time i'm glad it was worthwhile
― ufo, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:16 (four years ago) link
xp agree. I'm either missing something or they are legit terrible
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
quietus have gotten 'looks intriguing but is in fact quite narrow and dull' to an absolute tee tbh
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:45 (four years ago) link
Not wrong, alas.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
relative lack of Purple Mountains from many lists is shitty and goes to show how much impact touring/general press activity has on an album's placement - or lack of it - in these lists. David's death so close to the album seemed to have made its impact a lot lower than i would have expected. personally i think its probably one of the best albums about depression and suicide ever written - and almost certainly his best album.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
that said I'll probably check out most of the ones I've not heard yet
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:47 (four years ago) link
purple mountains was literally top of a list about twenty posts ago! a lot of albums get released nowadays and it isn't possible to put them all in one list. that said, i feel similarly about weyes blood who is very much alive and currently touring, and certainly not in every list either, so idk really - maybe it really just is a matter of the listmakers having different tastes to us, or just not hearing enough records
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
yep i spotted that one - was nice to see you - but i've also seen it totally absent from a bunch of lists
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link
'nice to see' that should be, don't know where the 'you' came from
Oh shit, I've been meaning to check out that Stephen Mallinder album!
― the oxford book of chaos (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
purple mountains is #3 over at the ringer
https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/12/3/20992882/best-albums-2019-lana-del-rey-megan-thee-stallion-purple-mountains-billie-eilish
RIP DAVID
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
weird that The Ringer would have precisely two people collaborating on a list rather than just a single critic or everyone relevant on staff. I wonder if Zoladz will do a list, I'm sure hers would be better.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/155745-purple-mountains-purple-mountains/critic-lists/
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
that's not linking correctly, but PM is in the top 25 of 9 lists so far.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
i'm pleased to be proven wrong, must have been I saw a few WRONG AND BAD lists in a row and extrapolated.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
Yeah. Weyes Blood is doing very well too
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
yep. our sympathies should be with the brilliant records nobody is talking about at all, which obviously vary from fan to fan
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
^ljago knows what's up.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
(imaljo)
https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-2019/
― ufo, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
woo great grandpa love
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
yes ^^ now *there's* an album that isn't showing up on enough lists
― alpine static, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
Genuinely surprised by the high placing of Nick Cave in these lists. I love the man but Ghosteen is nothing short of edelkitsch to my ears.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
i get why it's not for everyone but it's one of his very best works imo
― ufo, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
Really? I love Skeleton Tree, but I don't think I'm nearly ready for Cave wringing out the sponge new-age style like this. It must not be for me, and I respect that, but oof.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Gorilla vs Bear (Albums): http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2019/
50 ANTHONY NAPLES | Fog FM49 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | Stockholm Marathon48 VEGYN | Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds47 YEULE | Serotonin II46 SAULT | 545 PI’ERRE BOURNE + YOUNG NUDY | Sli’merre44 NINA KEITH | MARANASATI 1911143 ANA ROXANNE | ~~~42 HTRK | Venus in Leo41 CHARLI XCX | Charli40 CARLA DAL FORNO | Look Up Sharp39 ANDY STOTT | It Should Be Us38 MARIA SOMERVILLE | All My People37 SOFIA KOURTESIS | Sofia Kourtesis36 TORO y MOI | Outer Peace / Soul Trash35 LAUREL HALO | DJ-Kicks34 MEGA BOG | Dolphine33 PANDA BEAR | Buoys32 ANGEL OLSEN | All Mirrors31 NOAH | Thirty30 JESSICA PRATT | Quiet Signs29 JENNY HVAL | The Practice of Love28 LITTLE SIMZ | GREY Area27 CFCF | NIGHT BUS 4 : MEMORY OF NIGHT BUS26 DANNY BROWN | uknowwhatimsayin¿25) GALCHER LUSTWERK | Information24) FLORE LAURENTIENNE | Volume 123) TYLER, THE CREATOR | IGOR22) BALTRA | Ted21) NIVHEK | After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house20) CAROLINE POLACHEK | Pang19) NILÜFER YANYA | Miss Universe18) FKA TWIGS | Magdalene17) MOODYMANN | SINNER16) JULIA JACKLIN | Crushing15) MALIBU | One Life14) FAYE WEBSTER | Atlanta Millionaires Club13) JPEGMAFIA | All My Heroes are Cornballs12) WEYES BLOOD | Titanic Rising11) FREDDIE GIBBS + MADLIB | Bandana10) 박혜진 PARK HYE JIN | IF U WANT IT09) ALDOUS HARDING | Designer08) YVES JARVIS | The Same but by Different Means07) BILLIE EILISH | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?06) CHROMATICS | Closer To Grey05) BEA1991 | Brand New Adult04) MEN I TRUST | Oncle Jazz03) BIG THIEF | U.F.O.F. / Two Hands02) ERIKA DE CASIER | Essentials01) LANA DEL REY | Norman Fucking Rockwell!
― monotony, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 03:12 (four years ago) link
gvb should have had Essentials at #1
― ufo, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
Ted Gioia's list:http://www.tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2019.html
― Ari (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 03:43 (four years ago) link
http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2019.cfm
Blogger Daddy B Nice best of 2019 Southern soul broken down in various categories including ballads, etc
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
Critic Robert Christgau list:
Dean's List 2019The 76 best albums of the last year (or so) Posted.
1Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Darkroom/Interscope)2Todd Snider: Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 (Aimless)3Chance the Rapper: The Big Day (self-released)4Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (Drag City)5Carsie Blanton: Buck Up (Carsie Blanton)6Kim Gordon: No Home Record (Matador)7Danny Brown: uknowwhatimsayin? (Warp)8Sonic Youth: Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 (Matador)9Kalie Shorr: Open Book (Kalie Shorr)10The Paranoid Style: A Goddamn ....
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 January 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
Oh, here’s a link for the Christgau list.
He’s got old-school singer Salif Keita at 12. I like that album too.
https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/deans-list-2019
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
Oh hey, Austim Music Poll still open 'til midnight tonight! Many more categories than expected. I know some artists in each, but lots more are prob mainly known to Austinians etc. Maybe I'll vote.https://www.austinchronicle.com/vote-austin-music-awards/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=daily&utm_campaign=musicpoll&utm_source=DAILY+NEWS&utm_campaign=850afe03f2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_28_08_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ae90959245-850afe03f2-60022363&mc_cid=850afe03f2&mc_eid=d26b96d866
― dow, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
Jayce Clayton /DJ Rupture ‘S top 10 is in December 2019 Artforum magazine and behind a paywall online
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link