The 2019 end of the year music lists thread

it's not top 10 material but it's good fun

The King Gizzard is TOTALLY a metal album. And one of the year's best metal albums too.

Surprised jpegmafia not on more lists. Cornballs record is great.

Have heard & liked Anna Meredith!

The Quietus's top 20 metal albums of 2019:

https://thequietus.com/articles/27593-dawn-rayd-blood-incantation-inter-arma-best-metal-2019

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778225628/the-25-best-albums-of-2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778226410/the-25-best-songs-of-2019

a few more of npr's lists

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228577/10-rap-albums-that-raised-the-bar-s-in-2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778227075/a-survey-of-the-year-in-latin-music-whatever-that-means

There's way better material on The Highwomen album than the title track.

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228299/9-rap-albums-as-dark-and-dystopian-as-2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228299/9-rap-albums-as-dark-and-dystopian-as-2019

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes)

only way to get an article published on billy woods is to pretend it's a list

and then they fuck around with the headline

Before looking I'm going to guess that Lana's taken NPR as well

Ooh, lower than Weyes Blood! A pleasant surprise, except that they've put abysmal Weyes Blood knock-off and general irritant Aldous Harding even higher

I got bored at work and decided to scrape the full Bandcamp list, so here's that:

1. Sampa the Great - The Return
2. Sault - and
3. Damon Locks and the Black Monument Ensemble - Where Future Unfolds
4. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall
6. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
7. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
8. Ex Hex - It’s Real
9. Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile
10. False - Portent
11. Ana Roxanne - ~~~
12. Resavoir - Resavoir
13. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
14. Various Artists - Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia
15. Gauche - A People’s History of Gauche
16. Backxwash - Deviancy
17. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places
18. Brittany Howard - Jaime
19. Empath - Active Listening Night on Earth
20. Sessa - Grandeza
21. Aldous Harding - Designer
22. Mannequin Pussy - Patience
23. MIKE - Tears of Joy
24. Jayda G - Significant Changes
25. Hatchie - Keepsake
26. Debby Friday - Death Drive
27. Spellling - Mazy Fly
28. Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle
29. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
30. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance
31. Quelle Chris - Guns
32. Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne
33. ODD OKODDO - AUMA
34. YATTA - WAHALA
35. Octo Octa - Resonant Body
36. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won’t Hold
37. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
38. Various Artists - Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980​-​1990
39. Wilma Vritra - Burd
40. Shana Cleveland - Night of the Worm Moon
41. Amirtha Kidambi and Elder Ones - From Untruth
42. Business of Dreams - Ripe for Anarchy
43. Special Request - Offworld
44. Kaina - Next to the Sun
45. Scrap Brain - A Journey Into Madness
46. Greys - Age Hasn’t Spoiled You
47. Dominique Fils-Aimé - Stay Tuned!
48. Leggy - Let Me Know Your Moon
49. Bobby Oroza - This Love
50. Loraine James - For You and I
51. Slauson Malone - A Quiet Farwell, 2016-2018
52. Sui Zhen - Losing, Linda
53. avery r. young - tubman
54. Clever Austin - Pareidolia
55. Kokoroko - Kokoroko
56. Psalm One - FLIGHT OF THE WIG
57. Yugen Blakrok - Anima Mysterium
58. Hejira - Thread of Gold
59. SPAZA - SPAZA
60. Yves Jarvis - The Same, But By Different Means
61. Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia
62. HELM - Chemical Flowers
63. Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace
64. Dengue Dengue Dengue - Zenit & Nadir
65. Knocked Loose - A Different Shade of Blue
66. Dexter Story - Bahir
67. Ivan Conti - Poison Fruit
68. Automatic - Signal
69. Kate Davis - Trophy
70. Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends
71. Brijean - Walkie Talkie
72. 9T Antiope - Nocebo
73. Control Top - Covert Contracts
74. Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage II
75. Hama - Houmeissa
76. Boy Harsher - Careful
77. Secret Shame - Dark Synthetics
78. Angel-Ho - Death Becomes Her
79. O Terno - <atrás/além>
80. Laurie Spiegel - Unseen Worlds
81. Rakta - Falha Comum
82. French Vanilla - How Am I Not Myself?
83. Nérija - Blume
84. Lafawndah - Ancestor Boy
85. DIÄT - Positive Disintegration
86. Salami Rose Joe Louis - Zdenka 2080
87. Lena Raine - OneKnowing
88. Various Artists - Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro​-​Funk & Juju 1973​-​1987
89. Reese McHenry - No Dados
90. Ami Dang - Parted Plains
91. Kassa Overall - Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz
92. Shafiq Husayn - The Loop
93. Julia Shapiro - Perfect Version
94. Penelope Trappes - Penelope Redeux
95. Christelle Bofale - Swim Team
96. Wizard Apprentice - Dig A Pit
97. Pleasure Leftists - The Gate
98. Tourist Activities - Off My Mind
99. Various Artists - The Time For Peace Is Now
100. The Gotobeds - Debt Begins At 30

Before looking I'm going to guess that Lana's taken NPR as well

I can think of one good reason this didn't happen lol

#2 on the Bandcamp list should be "SAULT - 5 and 7"

Cool to see them up at the top!

I don't know how Bandcamp pulls together a list given (a) the scope of stuff they cover and (b) the breadth of material that's ostensibly eligible (because it's on Bandcamp)

Good on 'em, I guess is all I'm saying

Marbecks record store, New Zealand

Hama - Houmeissa
James Blake - Assume Form
Sharon van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
Sourakata Koite - En Hollande
Nightmares on Wax - Back To Mine
Toro y Moi - Outer Peace
Jayda G - Significant Changes
Various Artists - Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973 -1987
Various Artists - Pay It All Back Vol. 7
Ekiti Sound - Abeg No Vex
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Bibio - Ribbons
Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan - Epistrophy
Fontaines DC - Dogrel
Aldous Harding - Designer
Jitwam. - Honeycomb
Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel
Cate Le Bon - Reward
Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires Club
Scott Manion - Loving Echoes
Various Artists - Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 3
Anatolian Weapons (Feat. Seirios Savvaidis) - To The Mother Of Gods (LP)
Altın Gün - Gece
black midi - schlagenheim
Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne
Thom Yorke - ANIMA
The Flaming Lips - King's Mouth: Music & Songs
Carnivorous Plant Society - The People Below
Purple Pilgrims - Perfumed Earth
Solange - When I Get Home
Freddie Gibbs / Madlib - Bandana
Lana del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Tom Ludvigson & Trevor Reekie - Roto
Frankie Cosmos - Close It Quietly
L'Épée - Diabolique
Charli XCX - Charli
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - Bobbie's A Girl
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider - Sun on Sand
Big Thief - Two Hands
clipping. - There Existed An Addiction To Blood
Floating Points - Crush
Various Artists - Body Beat: Soca-Dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
FKA twigs - Magdalene
Kamaal Williams - DJ Kicks
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿
David Byrne - American Utopia On Broadway (Original Cast Recording)
Burna Boy - African Giant

Cool to see the Bill Frisel/Thomas Morgan live album on here. I've been enjoying that one a lot.

cool as hell to see sampa the great at #1 on the bandcamp list

Bandcamp's list is the best I've seen (marred only by the fact some great albums aren't on Bandcamp and hence aren't listed). I count 30 albums from their 100 I've bought over the year and love.

Shindig! magazine

1. Drugdealer - Raw Honey
2. Lucille Furs - Another Land
3. GospelbeacH - Let It Burn
4. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
5. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
6. PP Arnold - The New Adventures Of…
7. Thee Oh Sees - Face Stabber
8. Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne
9. Devendra Banhart - Ma
10. The Budos Band - V
11. Gruff Rhys - Pang!
12. Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs
13. The Comet is Coming - Trust In the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
14. The Hare and Hoofe - The Terror of Meltron
15. Kacy & Clayton - Carrying On
16. Les Grys-Grys - s/t
17. Fabienne Delsol - Four
18. Isobel Campbell - There Is No Other
19. Foxygen - Seeing Other People
20. Ulysses - On Safari

Reissue of the year: KAK - s/t
Box Set of the year: Gene Clark - No Other
Compilation (single artist) of the year: Marvin Gaye - You're the Man
Compilation (various artists) of the year: Curt Boettcher & friends - Looking For The Sun

I linked to afropop.org alphabetical list earlier, but writing it out here with brief descriptions of some :

Angelique Kidjo- Celia (Benin singer's take on Celia Cruz)
Babani Kone- Djeliya (female Malian singer re-release)
Bantou Mentale- Bantou Mentale (Congo rockin)
Bassekou Kouyate - Miri (Mali legend & band)
Blick Bassy-1958 (melancholy Cameroon pop w/ historical rooted lyrics)
Burna Boy- African Giant
Davido- A Good Time
Dexter Story- Bahir (Los Angeles led Ethiopian/East African horns & percussion )
Dona Onete - Rebujo (Brazil)
El Wali - Tiris ( Sahrawi female desert vocals)
Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach - Naath (Sudan rapper goes pop)
Garifuna Collective- Aban (sweet afro-roots pop)
The Good Ones, Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (afro-folk harmonies)
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley- 11 Street Sekondi (Ghana afro-funk)
Habib Koite - Kharifa (Mali singer/songwriter guitarist w/ grooves)
Hama - Houmeissa (Saharan techno)
Hope Masike - The Exorcism of A Spinster (Zimbabwe singer)
Houssa Gania - Mosawi Swiri (Gnawa fusion from Morocco)
Ile - Almadura (Puerto Rican singer/songwriter from Calle 13 w/ guests)
Juan Wauters - La Onda de Juan Pablo (NYC Latin folk)
Kongo Dia Ntotila - 360 Degrees (UK Congo pop & more)
La Yegros- Suelta (Argentina electro-cumbia)
Lakou Mizik- HaitiaNola (Haiti to New Orleans)
Lazarus- Stomp the Devil (Malawi singer)
Lee “Scratch” Perry, Rainford (reggae)
Les Filles de Illighadad - Eghass Malan (female led guitar & percussion band from Niger)
Los Wembler's de Iquitos- Vision Del Ayahuasca (veteran Peru chicha, cumbia, surf)
Luka Productions - Falaw (Mali electro-folk)
Maître Gims - Ceinture Noire (Transcendance) (France-Congo rap)
Mdou Moctar- Ilana, The Creator (afro-rockin from Niger)
Oumar Konate, I Love You Inna (Mali guitar)
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band - Obiaa! (Ghanaian highlife)
Projecto Arcomusical- Spinning in the Wheel (minimalist compositions for the berimbau)
Rachid Taha - Je Suis Africain ( late bad boy of Algerian pop)
Rocky Dawuni - Beats of Zion (Ghanaian reggae star)
Salif Keita - Un Autre Blanc (Mali’s golden voice)
Santana w/ Buika - Africa Speaks (Afro-Spanish vocals over guitar solos)
Sessa - Grandeza (Brazil)
Sinkane - Dépaysé (Sudanese-American singer/songwriter)
Steel Pulse - Mass Manipulation (UK reggae band's 1st album in 15 years)
Wuta Mayi - La Face Cachée (Congolese singer who used to be w/ Franco)
Y La Bamba, Mujeres and Entre Los Dos (Latinx-American )
Youssou N'Dour- History (Senegalese singing great)

https://afropop.org/articles/afropop-runs-down-2019

Compilation (various artists) of the year: Curt Boettcher & friends - Looking For The Sun

this sounds very interesting

lol curmudgeon, what’s with the shade at Burna Boy and Davido?

prob just presuming everyone here knows their deal!

more than Santana or Youssou N’Dour? I wouldn’t count on it!

to be fair those guys do work in a variety of styles

Just assumed everyone knows Burna Boy and Davido.

Burna Boy perhaps, Davido less so, I’d think.

Accidentally posed this q in the decade lists thread

I guess this is the best place to ask, so when does our EOY poll nomination thread go up?

― Johnny Fever, Monday, December 16, 2019 10:04 PM bookmarkflaglink

we're talking about it.

cool cool cool

https://bittersoutherner.com/best-southern-albums-of-2019

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/music/2019/12/17/best-albums-2019-billie-eilish-and-lana-del-rey-make-top-10-list/4411975002/

oh, Billie Eilish and Lana del Rey? you don't say!

eat what you're given

Vinyl Factory - Our 50 favourite albums of 2019
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/our-favourite-albums-of-2019/

^ always some good stuff on this list imo

Great list. First one I've seen with some of the many great Japanese releases of this year. Meitei Komachi, Midori Hirano and Tujiko Noriko albums are all great. The Seito compilation is well worth checking out, too.

Heavy Blog's metal top 50:

https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2019/12/17/heavy-blogs-top-50-albums-of-2019/

Well, not just metal. lj will undoubtedly approve.

Another great list, thanks for sharing Pom! I unashamedly love We Lost the Sea's 'Triumph and Disaster' listed there. Closest to echoing post-rocks glorious second wave of yore.

Thank you @HeavyBlog for ranking us at #7 for the year! :D

Also props for including that incredible @clppng album at #2 - You guys clearly broaden your perspective of what "heavy" music is beyond metal, and that album is the perfect example!https://t.co/9zv0grvsP5

— Wilderun (@Wilderunband) December 17, 2019

all things are one :)

I guess it's a safe bet that I won't get to vote in SPIN's year end round up this year then

https://www.spin.com/featured/best-albums-2019/

Wilderun/Clipping collab when

LDR
FKA Twigs
Angel Olsen
Big Thief
Purple Mountains

this year's GAPDY?

can I buy a vowel

Eilish

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