The 2019 end of the year music lists thread

I'm listening to 75 Dollar Bill right now and I'm hearing "if Sunburned Hand of the Man were really into North African desert blues". I'm...kinda into it and might buy it on Bandcamp to have something to listen to while doing laundry tomorrow.

'i was real' is pretty good so far

39. Big Stick - LP

wait what? big stick are back?

Amanda Petrucish list in the New Yorker

FKA twigs, “MAGDALENE”

Mdou Moctar, “Ilana (The Creator)”

75 Dollar Bill, “I Was Real”

Sharon Van Etten, “Remind Me Tomorrow”

Bon Iver, “i, i”

Big Thief, “Two Hands”

Purple Mountains, “Purple Mountains”

Burna Boy, “African Giant”

Lana Del Rey, “Norman Fucking Rockwell!”

Thom Yorke, “Anima”

Jake Xerxes Fussell, “Out of Sight”

Maggie Rogers, “Heard It in a Past Life”

That’s Petrusich. Glad she listed Burna Boy and Mdou Moctar

god, i am such a mark for ted gioia, i know there are people around here who hate him but he reps for music i don't see _anybody_ else mentioning and a lot of it is excellent

I hate a lot of his stupid opinion pieces but I admire his approach to his year-end list and there are often at least a few things I wind up checking out.

holy shit is "spirit lady" right up my alley, it's like the 17 minute version of eddy grant's "everybody dance" crossed with andy hofle's "arcade ambience"

and there is nobody i trust more than him to recommend me bagpipe music

I don't know if I'll ever understand 75 Dollar Bill

this surprises me. I could listen to Rick Brown play for hours

whiney is your 75 dollar bill issue that they wear their influence on their sleeve and you'd rather just hear bombino or somethin'?

No, they’re just not sticking w me for whatever reason.

Listened to the 75 Dollar Bill album this morning while doing laundry, and I’m into it. It’s basically “Endless Boogie covering Tony Conrad & Faust” (the title track is, anyway) and that was a very pleasant surprise.

I'd never heard of 75 Dollar Bill until about ten seconds ago and here they are on two back-to-back lists.

Getting a slight Rangda vibe from that 75 Dollar Bill rec, which is fine by me.

This is some really solid cultural appropriation.

i remember the name (it's a memorable name) because they were big on wfmu the last time i was listening semi-regularly. didn't get what people heard in them then and don't get it now, honestly... i've heard enough instrumental psychedelic jams that i tend to be picky about them!

i got them confused in my head with Two Dollar Guitar

Ha, I confused them with post-rock band The American Dollar for a while!

Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2019-914750/

50. Moon Tooth - Crux
49. Priests - The Seduction of Kansas
48. Yola - Walk Through Fire
47. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
46. Burna Boy - African Giant
45. Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats - Anger Management
44. The Black Keys - "Let's Rock"
43. Todd Snider - Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3
42. Rapsody - Eve
41. Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
40. Juice WRLD - DEATH RACE FOR LOVE
39. Beck - Hyperspace
38. Summer Walker - Over It
37. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
36. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
35. BROCKHAMPTON - GINGER
34. Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima
33. J Balvin & Bad Bunny - Oasis
32. Sheer Mag - A Distant Call
31. Megan Thee Stallion - Fever
30. The National - I Am Easy to Find
29. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold
28. Coldplay - Everyday Life
27. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
26. Wilco - Ode to Joy
25. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
24. Tanya Tucker - While I'm Livin'
22. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
21. Bon Iver - i,i
20. Polo G - Die a Legend
19. 100 gecs - 1000 gecs
18. Young Thug - So Much Fun
17. Big Thief - Two Hands
16. Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury
15. Brittany Howard - Jaime
14. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
13. Jenny Lewis - On the Line
12. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
10. The Highwomen - The Highwomen
9. DaBaby - Baby On Baby
8. Miranda Lambert - Wildcard
7. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
6. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
5. Bad Bunny - X 100PRE
4. Taylor Swift - Lover
3. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
2. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
1. Ariana Grande - thank u, next

75 Dollar Bill’s I Was Real and Angel Bat Dawid’s Oracle are both really nice but I don't really feel like they’re the albums of the year

re: the Morton Feldman/Philip Thomas "Morton Feldman Piano", I think Tilbury's "All Piano" box set from 1999 was definitive

well, i like Rolling Stone's #1 better than most

also ... Moon Tooth!!

Feldman's For Bunita Marcus is one of my favorite compositions of all time. I thought the Tilbury performance was perfect and am curious about Philip Thomas's version of it

ended up ordering it from Another Timbre

rolling stone caught in that boomer/zoomer dialectic like it's 2019

Wow RS list is like 45% female fronted acts

Jon Caramanica NY Times

2019 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. 100 gecs
2. Bad Bunny
3. Polo G/NBA YoungBoy
4. Kim Petras
5. Romeo Santos
6. Lana
7. Kalie Shorr
8. Baby Keem/Guapdad 4000
9. Kanye
10. 10k.Caash
11. Ariana
12. Summer Walker

RS list not the worst!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/arts/music/best-albums.html

Both Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica listed here plus the jazz list too

Some ppl here liked the Concrete Islands list last year, so here is the expanded 2019 edition.

https://concreteislands.com/concrete-islands-albums-of-the-year-2019/

Albums of the year:

50. Pictogram – Trace Elements (Miracle Pond)
49. Alexander Tucker – Guild of the Asbestos Weaver (Thrill Jockey)
48. Handspan – The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Outside)
47. Drew Mulholland – Three Antennas in a Quarry (Buried Treasure)
46. The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong (Rocket Recordings)
45. Grand Veymont – Grand Veymont (Outré)
44. Dean Hurley – Anthology Resource Vol II: Philosophy of the Beyond (Sacred Bones)
43. Dog in the Snow – Vanishing Lands (Bella Union)
42. Vanishing Twin – The Age of Immunology (Fire)
41. Rozi Plain – What a Boost (Memphis Industries)
40. Loraine James – For You & I (Hyperdub)
39. The Slow Engineer – Where Comes the Dark? (Polytechnic Youth)
38. Beirut – Gallipoli (4AD)
37. Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker – Little Common Twist (Thrill Jockey)
36. Mark Fisher & Justin Barton – On Vanishing Land (Flatlines)
35. Gabe Knox – ABC (Polytechnic Youth)
34. Jonathan Sharp – Divided Time (Castles in Space)
33. The Shining Levels – Music Inspired by the Novel: The Gallows Pole (Outré)
32. Burd Ellen – Silver Came (self released)
31. Special Interest – Spiraling (Anxious Music)
30. The Heartwood Institute – Tomorrow’s People (Polytechnic Youth)
29. Various – Weaponise Your Sound (Optimo Music / Weaponise Your Sound)
28. The Detox Twins – Dead Horse Ghost (Polytechnic Youth)
27. Carter Tutti Void – Triumverate (Conspiracy International)
26. De Ambassade – Duistre Kamers (Knekelhuis)
25. Penelope Trappes – Penelope Redeux (Houndstooth)
24. Madder Rose – To Be Beautiful (Trome)
23. Tomorrow Syndicate – Citizen Input (Polytechnic Youth)
22. Listening Center – Retrieving (Polytechnic Youth)
21. Clesse – Clesse ( Café Kaput)

20. Western Edges – Prowess (Sound in Silence)
19. Jorja Chalmers – Human Again (Italians Do It Better)
18. Kim Gordon – No Home Record (Matador)
17. HTRK – Venus in Leo (Ghostly International)
16. Cosey Fanni Tutti – TUTTI (Conspiracy International)
15. Kinbrae – Landforms (Truant Recordings)
14. Dalham – Heat Death (Castles in Space)
13. Julie’s Haircut – In the Silence Electric (Rocket Recordings)
12. The Home Current – Civilian Leather (Castles in Space)
11. Pye Corner Audio – Hollow Earth (Ghost Box)
10. Polypores – Flora (Castles in Space)
09. Vic Mars – Inner Roads and Outer Paths (Clay Pipe Music)
08. Patience – Dizzy Spells (Night School)
07. Oliver Cherer – I Feel Nothing Most Days (Second Language)
06. The Golden Filter – Autonomy (4GN3S)
05. Moor Mother – Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (Don Giovanni)
04. Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains (Drag City)
03. Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus with The Belbury Poly – Chanctonbury Rings (Ghost Box)
02. Andrew Wasylyk – The Paralian (Athens of the North)
01. Free Love – Extreme Dance Anthems (Optimo Music)

Archival releases:

12. Stereolab – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (Duophonic / Warp)
11. Burial – Tunes 2011 to 2019 (Hyperdub)
10. Rupa – Disco Jazz (Numero Group)
9. Fad Gadget – The Best of Fad Gadget (Mute)
8. Shakti – Verboden Dromen (Stroom)
7. Algebra Suicide – Still Life (Dark Entries)
6. Ela Orleans – Movies for Ears (Night School)
5. A Certain Ratio – ACR:BOX (Mute)
4. Various – The Daisy Age (Ace)
3. Elisa Waut – Elisa Waut (Numero Group)
2. Fernando Falcão – Memória das Águas / Barracas Barrocas (Optimo Music / Selva Discos)
1. Patrick Cowley – Mechanical Fantasy Box (Dark Entries)

I was shocked to see Moon Tooth there! top 10 album for sure!

yay @ spotting Lambert on the RS list top ten.

Love the Concrete Islands site/ethos so I'm not surprised to see the overlap with my own EOY list

I recognize only a sliver of it, but the Concrete Islands list looks good indeed.

That RS list is great! Finally, a #1 that I can get behind! ;)

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I keep getting Moon Tooth confused with Moon Hooch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqLU3Rp1fZo

Moon Hooch is more Hoochy
Moon Tooth, more ... Toothy

Glad to see Ted Gioia list Mississippi’s Jimmy Duck Holmes on his album list. While not quite as raucous as Fat Possum label RL Burnside releases from the past, Holmes has a unique charm to his blues sound that work.

I think the Burial 2011 to 2019 album is so beautifully sequenced. It is an an archival recording but I love all of these tracks and hearing them all together in this way makes this the album of the year for me

It's funny, just a few weeks before the compendium was announced, I'd realized all the recent EPs/12"s were on Bandcamp and boyght them all based on people repping them here. So I've gotten really used to them chronologically--I'll have to give it a shot as Burial himself has sequenced it...

I'm also agreeing with more stuff in the RS list than I thought I'd ever be. I'm not sure if that means a turnaround for Rolling Stone or for me. I suppose it might be part of growing older: get to 40, start thinking about your retirement savings, begin going to doctors more often and find yourself in agreement with RS and Mojo.

File this list under "weird": https://www.vulture.com/article/best-albums-2019.html.

I mean I can agree with some of these but Sturgill, Brittany Howard and Wilco on top?? It reminds me of that RS list from a couple years ago with U2 and the odds and ends Springsteen album at #1 and #2 respectively.

10. Griselda Records, W.W.C.D.
9. Sturgill Simpson, Sound & Fury
8. The Highwomen, The Highwomen
7. Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell
6. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Bandana
5. Brittany Howard, Jaime
4. FKA Twigs, Magdalene
3. Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride
2. Solange, When I Get Home
1. Wilco, Ode to Joy

File that list under 'jaded rock critics trying to be hip and faceplanting'

I didn't know Wilco released an album this year

Stereogum's metal list:

10. Dysrhythmia, Terminal Threshold
9. Serpent Column, Mirror in Darkness
8. Remete, Into Endless Night
7. Blood Incantation, Hidden History of the Human Race
6. Idle Hands, Mana
5. Esoteric, A Pyrrhic Existence
4. No One Knows What the Dead Think, s/t
3. A Pregnant Light, Broken Play
2. Arch / Matheos, Winter Ethereal
1. Haunter, Sacramental Death Qualia

https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2019-2641547956.html

has clipping in it so passes DJP's credibility test

unfortunately another to buy into the lana del rey myth but i'm resigned to that at this point

20. Jenny Lewis - On the Line
19. Rapsody - Eve
18. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
17. Jordan Rakei - Origin
16. Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
15. Underworld - DRIFT Series 1
14. Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love
13. Baroness - Gold & Grey
12. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
11. Little Simz - GREY Area
10. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
9. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
8. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
6. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
5. Dave - Psychodrama
4. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel
3. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
2. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
1. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE

https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2019/allmusic-best-of-2019