The 2019 end of the year music lists thread

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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.

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 5 December 2019 12:57 (four years ago) link

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

Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link

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

Ward Fowler, Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link

This is some really solid cultural appropriation.

pomenitul, Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link

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!

Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link

i got them confused in my head with Two Dollar Guitar

Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link

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

Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link

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

monotony, Friday, 6 December 2019 02:17 (four years ago) link

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

Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 03:42 (four years ago) link

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

Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 03:51 (four years ago) link

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

also ... Moon Tooth!!

alpine static, Friday, 6 December 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link

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

Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 05:18 (four years ago) link

ended up ordering it from Another Timbre

Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 05:39 (four years ago) link

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

imago, Friday, 6 December 2019 08:12 (four years ago) link

Wow RS list is like 45% female fronted acts

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 6 December 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link

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

curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link

RS list not the worst!

Simon H., Friday, 6 December 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link

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

curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link

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)

Jeff W, Friday, 6 December 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link

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

she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link

yay @ spotting Lambert on the RS list top ten.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link

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

doug watson, Friday, 6 December 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link

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

pomenitul, Friday, 6 December 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link

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

Peloton-gifting husband (morrisp), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link

no clipping = invalid

totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link

I keep getting Moon Tooth confused with Moon Hooch.

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

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link

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

alpine static, Saturday, 7 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link

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.

curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 December 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link

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

Dan S, Sunday, 8 December 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link

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...

Soundslike, Sunday, 8 December 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link

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.

cpl593H, Monday, 9 December 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link

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

cpl593H, Monday, 9 December 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link

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

imago, Monday, 9 December 2019 12:30 (four years ago) link

I didn't know Wilco released an album this year

she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 9 December 2019 12:32 (four years ago) link

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

Simon H., Monday, 9 December 2019 14:25 (four years ago) link

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

imago, Monday, 9 December 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link

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

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link

https://www.kcrw.com/best-of/best-of-2019/best-albums

1. Brittany Howard

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2019/

willem, Monday, 9 December 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link

still just don't get it with "cellophane," there are at least 3-4 better songs on that album alone, and it's not even one of my favorites of the year.

pubs should just start putting their thumbs on the scale (if they don't already) and making the #1 something's truly emblematic/representative of the year. for 2019 imo that means either "Old Town Road," "bad guy" or, if you want to go indie, Big Thief's "Not."

Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link

it me:

Said the Gramophone 100 best tracks list
http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/best_songs_of_2019.php

1. Julia Jacklin - "Don't Know How To Keep Loving You"
2. Vampire Weekend - "This Life"
3. Sarkodie ft Akan - "All Die Be Die"
4. Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - "Gone"
5. Molly Sarlé - "Human"
6. Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus - "Old Town Road (remix)"
7. Purple Mountains - "Nights That Won't Happen"
8. Nilüfer Yanya - "Paradise"
9. Rosalía ft Ozuna - "Yo x Ti, Ti x Mi"
10. Jonathan Personne - "Comme personne"
11. Joseph Shabason - "Broken Hearted Kota"
12. Clairo - "Bags"
13. Leif Vollebekk - "I'm Not Your Lover" [
14. Maggie Rogers - "Overnight"
15. Lana Del Rey - "Hope is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have - But I Have It"
16. Zlatan - "This Year"
17. Haim - "Summer Girl"
18. Corridor - "Domino"
19. Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron - "Love Without Possession"
20. Hatchie - "Without a Blush"
(then 80 more)

sean gramophone, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link

Mine

6 PARTITAS (HILARY HAHN, ANTÓN GARCÍA ABRIL)
A GOOD TIME (DAVIDO)
ABSOLUTE ZERO (BRUCE HORNSBY)
AFTER ITS OWN DEATH / WALKING IN A SPIRAL TOWARDS THE HOUSE (NIVHEK)
AGORA (FENNESZ)
AKRASIA (DJ SPORTS)
ALL MIRRORS (ANGEL OLSEN)
BASKING IN THE GLOW (OSO OSO)
BECOME DESERT (JOHN LUTHER ADAMS)
C.1300-C.2000 (JEREMY DENK)
CLEAR / WASP (SKUDGE)
COMING UP FOR AIR (GALAXIAN)
CRUSH (FLOATING POINTS)
DNT STP MY LV (INDIA JORDAN)
EMILY ALONE (FLORIST)
GAY MAN'S GUIDE TO SAFER SEX + 2, THE (COIL)
GHOSTEEN (NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS)
GRAPEFRUIT REGRET (KARENN)
HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE (BLOOD INCANTATION)
HOUSE OF SUGAR ((SANDY) ALEX G)
I AM EASY TO FIND (THE NATIONAL)
I,I (BON IVER)
IKI (TOYOHIKO SATOH)
IT SHOULD BE US (ANDY STOTT)
JAIME (BRITTANY HOWARD)
KISLOTY FOREVER (SCHACKE)
LIFE METAL (SUNN O))))
LIMINAL GARDEN (DOLPHIN MIDWIVES)
LIVE AT FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON (COLIN CURRIE, STEVE REICH)
LIVE AT WOMAD 1985 (NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN & PARTY)
LOOM DREAM (LEIF)
MAGDALENE (FKA TWIGS)
MOTIAN MUSIC (RUSS LOSSING)
MOVIMIENTO PARA CAMBIO (PELADA)
MY WORLD MY WAY (E-SAGGILA)
NO HOME RECORD (KIM GORDON)
NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL! (LANA DEL REY)
PATIENCE (MANNEQUIN PUSSY)
PRACTICE OF LOVE, THE (JENNY HVAL)
PUNK (CHAI)
PURPLE MOUNTAINS (PURPLE MOUNTAINS)
QUIET SIGNS (JESSICA PRATT)
RAVE 'TILL YOU CRY (BOGDAN RACZYNSKI)
REELING, THE (BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL)
REMIND ME TOMORROW (SHARON VAN ETTEN)
REWARD (CATE LE BON)
SCHLAGENHEIM (BLACK MIDI)
SHAWNEE, OHIO (BRIAN HARNETTY)
SHEPHERD IN A SHEEPSKIN VEST (BILL CALLAHAN)
SHOUTING OVER DEEP BLUE WATER BLUES (ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO)
SINNER (MOODYMANN)
SLIPPING (JOY ORBISON)
SPIRIT LADY (MICHAEL ROBINSON)
SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 4 (FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE, JOHN JETER, FORT SMITH SYMPHONY)
THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE (HELADO NEGRO)
TITANIC RISING (WEYES BLOOD)
TOUS DES OISEAUX (ELENI KARAINDROU)
TUMBLIN (NAO OTSUKA)
TWO HANDS (BIG THIEF)
U.F.O.F. (BIG THIEF)
VIOLINVOCATIONS (HUGH MARSH)
ZOOM (CUCINA POVERA)

Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 9 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link

Bandcamp is rolling out their top 100 albums of the year, 20 per day. Here's Part 1.

100. The Gotobeds, Debt Begins At 30
99. Various Artists, The Time for Peace is Now
98. Tourist Activities, Off My Mind
97. Pleasure Leftists, The Gate
96. Wizard Apprentice, Dig a Pit
95. Christelle Bofale, Swim Team
94. Penelope Trappes, Penelope Redeux
93. Julia Shapiro, Perfect Version
92. Shafiq Husayn, The Loop
91. Kassa Overall, Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz
90. Ami Dang, Parted Plains
89. Reese McHenry, No Dados
88. Various Artists, Nigeria 70: No Wahalo: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987
87. Lena Raine, OneKnowing
86. Salami Rose Joe Louis, Zdenka 2080
85. DIÄT, Positive Disintegration
84. Lafawndah, Ancestor Boy
83. Nérija, Blume
82. French Vanilla, How Am I Not Myself?
81. Rakta, Falha Column

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 9 December 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link

You may want to specify the composer on some of those, e.g. 'SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 4 (FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE, JOHN JETER, FORT SMITH SYMPHONY'.

xp

pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link

(Popmatters) has clipping in it so passes DJP's credibility test


However, it failed the Burna Check.

(and wow, that website is an ad-infested nightmare)

breastcrawl, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link

Will definitely dig around the Bandcamp hundred, always plenty to discover

imago, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link

You may want to specify the composer on some of those, e.g. 'SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 4 (FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE, JOHN JETER, FORT SMITH SYMPHONY'.

For sure. I’m an idiot so I really don’t know when (and how) I should do this. Any tips would be genuinely appreciated. If you’re curious, I did this, like I’ve done my lists from that past few years, by just dumping the release name and release artist from Discogs.

Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 9 December 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link


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