The 2019 end of the year music lists thread

Mostly out of curiosity, I wish every year-end list came with a separate list of how many albums from the previous year's list the writer(s) is(are) still listening to.

xpost Thanks for posting, I haven't kept up with much metal lately, but there are some albums on that list that, on first skim, immediately caught my ear, like the Obsequiae.

lots of lists here: https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2019

I generally get a lot of great tips from the lists on boomkat from folk whose music I enjoy, moreso than their main lists. Carla del Forno's list this year is really interesting.

Typically wonderful wordsmithery from Moon Wiring Club in his commentary on his own Top 10 for boomkat

Seems like what you would expect here: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2019-readers-poll-results/

Here's mine fwiw.

Thanks Alfred! This thread is blowing my mind--knew I was ignorant of much, but---!
Prob of little interest here, so I'll just link https://www.nodepression.com/no-depression-readers-50-favorite-roots-music-albums-of-2019/?mc_cid=4108cafd3a&mc_eid=b850f832a1
My picks from these (several didn't make this Top 50, but ballot not at hand)
numbers are placement in Top 50, not my ballot:
1. Tyler Childers – Country Squire
3. Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury
18. Rodney Crowell – Texas
22. Allison Moorer – Blood
26. Justin Townes Earle – The Saint of Lost Causes
39. Patty Griffin – Patty Griffin
All of those have some trans-genre/subgenre/ appeal for the rock-inclined, especially Sturgill, as I said on Rolling Country:
have you heard Sturgill's Sound and Fury yet? I just did, and right off, seems like this ZZ Rex electro-pop-boogie, sometimes also reminding me of Neil and the Trans Band (more the show tapes than studio album), might suit you too. It's much less soapbox ranty than I feared---and the non-pedantic retro detailing, commercial inclusiveness x righteous fencepost grievances x deserty-hot-cold broodiness, also that voice, keep it all country or countryoid. Also 'ppreciate how he keeps twisting the dial into another track at just the right moment, or close enough. It's a hard candy Christmas alright.

X-post — years ago I remember some noting here that the Wire had a critic covering Dub reggae but not dancehall. Not really seeing dub or dancehall on any Wire contributor list. Am seeing some US & UK rap & jazz, but not really any reggaeton or Afro-Latinx jazz. Looks like a few African acts but not many.

Reading through the other Wire ballots made me realize how hopefully basic I am as a music listener

Sorry I missed this thread, been busy with life s**t and redesigning my site which is mostly done.

Fester’s Lucky 13: 2019 Year-End Summary
https://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-19/#albums

1. Rosalie Cunningham – Rosalie Cunningham
2. The Sonic Dawn – Eclipse
3. Bent Knee – You Know What They Mean
4. Motorpsycho – The Crucible
5. Spidergawd – V
6. Lucille Furs – Another Land
7. Custard Flux – Echo
8. Rosegarden Funeral Party – Martyr
9. Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
10. The Warp/The Weft – Dead Reckoning
11. Patio – Essentials
12. Magic Circle – Departed Souls
13. Spirit Adrift – Divided By Darkness
14. Kills Birds – Kills Birds
15. Priests – The Seduction Of Kansas
16. Tropical Fuck Storm – Braindrops
17. The Honey Pot – Bewildered Jane
18. Monarch – Beyond The Blue Sky
19. Bask – III
20. The Galileo 7 – There Is Only Now
21. Rose City Band – Rose City Band
22. True Moon – II
23. Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind – CollectiV
24. Avatarium – The Fire I Long For
25. Neutrals – Kebab Disco
26. Moon Duo – Stars Are The Light
27. Leprous – Pitfalls
28. Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
29. The Tea Club – If/When
30. Lowcaster – Flames Arise
31. The Messthetics – Anthropocosmic Nest
32. The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
33. Worshipper – Light In The Wire
34. Control Top – Covert Contracts
35. Magic Shoppe – Circles
36. Automatic – Signal
37. Dumb Things – Time Again
38. Garcia Peoples – Natural Facts
39. Diagonal – Arc
40. Colour Haze – We Are
41. The Lord Weird Slough Feg – The New Organon
42. Chris Forsyth – All Time Present
43. Kadavar – For The Dead Travel Fast
44. Scarecrow – Scarecrow
45. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
46. Elkhorn – Sun Cycle/Elk Jam
47. Zach Brock | Matt Ulery | Jon Deitemyer – Wonderment Bandcamp
48. Baba Zula – Derin Derin
49. B Boys – Dudu
50. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
51. Sacri Monti – Waiting Room For The Magic Hour
52. Body Type – EP2
53. White Denim – Side Effects
54. Ty Segall – First Taste
55. Skeleton Goode – Skeleton Goode
56. Papernut Cambridge – Nutlets II
57. Jess By The Lake – Under The Red Light Shine
58. Blue Orchids – The Magical Record Of Blue Orchids
59. Lola Colt – Human Made
60. 10 000 Russos – Kompromat
61. Blackwater Holylight – Veils Of Winter
62. Orodruin – Ruins Of Eternity
63. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Heavy Rain
64. Jack Hues And The Quartet Featuring Syd Arthur – Nobody’s Fault But My Own EP
65. Cate Le Bon – Reward
66. Baroness – Gold & Grey
67. James McArthur And The Head Gardeners – Intergalactic Sailor Bandcamp
68. The Ivory Elephant – Stoneface
69. Sunwatchers – Illegal Moves
70. 75 Dollar Bill – I Was Real
71. Kaleta & Super Yamba Band – Medaho
72. These New Puritans – Inside The Rose
73. Torche – Admission
74. The Membranes – What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away
75. Nil/Resplendent – Lesser Free Trade
76. FKA twigs – Magdalene
77. Doug Tuttle – Dream Road
78. Julie’s Haircut – In The Silence Electric
79. The Mystery Lights – Too Much Tension!
80. Crypt Trip – Haze County
81. Saint Vitus – Saint Vitus
82. Blood Incantation – Hidden History Of The Human Race
83. Crypt Sermon – The Ruins Of Fading Light
84. Savage Mansion – Revision Ballads
85. The Devil And The Almighty Blues – Tre
86. Sugarfoot – In The Clearing
87. Haunt – If Icarus Could Fly
88. The Snakes – The Snakes
89. Monolord – No Comfort
90. Saint Agnes – Welcome To Silvertown
91. Black Road – Witch Of The Future
92. Fred Deakin – The Lasters
93. Wand – Laughing Matter
94. Oh Sees – Face Stabber
95. Jane Weaver – Loops In The Secret Society
96. Ouzo Bazooka – Transporter
97. Gold – Why Aren’t You Laughing?
98. black midi – Schlagenheim
99. Durand Jones & The Indications – American Love Call
100. The Silence – Metaphysical Feedback

i like the control top record. didn't realize the silence had a new one, really happy to hear it. had forgotten white denim existed, ever since they put out that cactus underwear record i had sort of written them off?

https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/best-music-2019-pop-comeback-rap-caviar.html

The 2019 Music Club features critics Carl Wilson, Lindsay Zoladz, and Ann Powers, with additional entries from Jack Hamilton, Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd, Jewly Hight, and Chris Molanphy.

15 postings or so about 2019 in music (mostly american chart pop and indie rock but some jazz and country and more)

my trax/singles playlist (still slightly in flux)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6cOEPaz4tlxnPpxfk1tFgS?si=cIyr1kD4RrKNNqNrZLM3SA

5against4 (part 1):

http://5against4.com/2019/12/30/best-albums-of-2019-part-1/

Norman Records waited till today to post their top 50. AOTY is Kim Gordon. https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-year-2019

Good list

https://www.jonathanbogart.net/blog/100-songs-2019

Bogart likes afropop, Latinx reggaeton, Brazilian pop, Asian pop, and some US & UK r'n'b/rap/pop. He's got Youtube and Spotify list links. Here are his top 10 of his 100 selections

1. Seyi Shay ft. Runtown, “Gimme Love”

2. Bad Bunny ft. Tainy, “Callaíta”

3. Titica ft. Laton Cordeiro, “Giro Na Bicicleta”

4. Lady Zamar, “This Is Love”

5. Tomasa del Real, “Contigo”

6. Dawn Richard ft. Trakgirl, “Slim Thicc”

7. MC Livinho, “Déjà Vu”

8. Yemi Alade, “Bounce”

9. Mariah, “Perreito”

10. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road (Remix)”

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

― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, December 4, 2019 6:37 PM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

wanted to say this, basically

passionweiss's top 100 rap songs is full of tracks that other pubs don't mention

https://www.passionweiss.com/2019/12/29/the-pow-best-rap-songs-of-2019/

thanks, that's of interest

5against4 (part 2):

http://5against4.com/2019/12/31/best-albums-of-2019-part-2/

One of the side effects of binge-listening to 2019 releases is that I just don't have the yen to check out any further recommendations, no matter how intriguing. My first pre-New Year's resolution is that I won't gorge myself like this ever again.

I am still binging to 2019 albums and 2019 reissues. Lady Donli afropop album is impressive. Not wowed by Gene Clark deluxe reissue but it’s ok

https://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-best-latino-latin-american-spanish-albums-of-year-2019/

Less "urbano" than I expected, but still strongly represented. 1.'This Is How You Smile' by Helado Negro;2. 'Oasis' by Bad Bunny & J Balvin; 3. 'Ahomale' by Combo Chimbita; 4.'Almadura' by iLe;5.'Sueños' by Sech; 6.'Foam' by Divino Niño; 7. 'Soy Piedra' by Belafonte Sensacional;8.'Sombrou Dúvida' by Boogarins; 9.'System' by Debit ; 10-Joterías Bobas’ by Hidrogenesse

Not really seeing many Latin jazz albums on lists. The genre seemed formulaic years ago, but still hangs on. Pancho Sanchez did a Coltrane tribute I see. The NPR jazz critics poll usually has a separate Latin jazz category, but the 2019 poll is not posted yet.

https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/best-country-albums-2019-year-and-decade-1203454923/

http://citypages.com/music/the-75-best-albums-of-2019/

keith harris in a SHOW OF DOMINANCE

was struggling with City Pages Keith Harris link

http://citypages.com/music/the-75-best-albums-of-2019/566638161

1. Sir Babygirl
2. Julia Jacklin
3. Billie Eilish
4. Adia Victoria
5. 100 Gecs
6. Hama
7. DaBaby
8. Dawn
9. Big Thief
10. Kim Gordon
11. Danny Brown
12. Lana Del Rey
13. The Comet is Coming
14. Kokoko!
15. Mannequin Pussy

great personal list, great writing, keith delivers again

oh sorry curmudgeon, sic's lurking presence strikes fear into the hearts of all men

I like Keith’s love for both current pop and indie as well as old-school style afropop Like Salif Keita and punk era vets like Kim Gordon & Wire / Bandcamp faves like 75 Dollar Bill.

https://www.b9.com.br/119034/os-10-melhores-albuns-nacionais-de-2019/

Brazil top 10 with Emacita , Elza Soares and others

https://latinosunidosonline.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/el-condado-de-la-salsa-y-jazz-latino-the-best-latin-jazz-cds-of-2019-by-nelson-rodriguez/

A 2019 Latin Jazz top 30 album list at bottom after writer tells history of the genre

Interesting - Eddie Palmieri's name appears nowhere in that article. Personal bias on the writer's part? 'Cause it's kinda hard to tell the story of Latin jazz without him.

Good point. Weird that so many names are mentioned, but not his.

My end of year compilation:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mkWcqt5wQM6yNKnomWqco

In all honesty, I've had one of those years where I've felt like I've not heard enough and bought music by "bands I know I like" in a way that ... isn't that good.

Voting is open in our very own ILM poll: ILM's 2019 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD

As well as in our annual metal poll: 2019 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread (open until the 7th of February)

Paste Shoegaze 2019
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/12/best-shoegaze-albums-2019.html

Ended up doing 4 all-2019 mixes:

'The Ice' (Best of 2019)
Download/stream: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/best-of-2019-the-ice/

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/musicophilia_00_various_-_the-ice_best-of-2019_cover-front.jpg?w=1024

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/musicophilia_00_various_-_the-ice_best-of-2019_cover-rear-3.jpg?w=1024

'Like Tears in Rain' - A Tribute to Blade Runner's Los Angeles, November, 2019
Download/stream: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/blade-runner-like-tears/

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/musicophilia_00_various_-_like-tears-in-rain_2019_cover.jpg

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/musicophilia_00_various_-_like-tears-in-rain_2019_cover-back.jpg?w=1024

'Old Souls Part VII'
Download/stream: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/old-souls-pt-vii/

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls-part-vii_2019_cover-a.jpg?w=1024

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls-part-vii_2019_cover-b.jpg?w=1024

'Old Souls Part VIII - London'
Download/stream: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2020/01/04/old-souls-pt-8-london/

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls-part-viii-london_2019_cover-a.jpg?w=1024

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls-part-viii-london_2019_cover-b-1.jpg?w=1024

All in all, continuing the streak of really excellent years through the latter half of the 2010s, my favorite new-music period since the 1980s. Did a Top 75 albums, and have since discovered another 10+ that would easily have made the list--including Sault's two LPs that would probably both make the top 5 if I'd heard them in time.

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/musicophilia_2019-top-75_list.jpg?w=1024

Nice graphic design.

Hadn't seen this thread w those visuals, wow. curm mentioned Poncho Sanchez Trane trib, which made my Uproxx ballot and is well-covered here: http://downbeat.com/news/detail/poncho-sanchez-provides-percussive-punctuation. I do wish he'd included great gateway "Afro Blue," but it's probably already on his Mongo Santamaria.

https://www.quartzcity.net/2020/01/01/listening-to-2019/

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795888693/the-2019-npr-music-jazz-critics-poll

NPR Jazz Critics poll

Plus separate lists for Latin Jazz, Jazz vocals and more

The only predictable winner was in Latin Jazz: Miguel Zenon's Sonero, the alto saxophonist's fifth victory in this category. But Eric Dolphy's Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions upset a "new" John Coltrane album in Reissue/Discovery. Relative newcomer Jazzmeia Horn's Love and Liberation won in Vocal. The winner in Debut is annually a newcomer, of course, and in 2019 this was Joel Ross, for KingMaker. But the biggest surprises of all were in the voting for Album of the Year, with an unprecedented five women in the Top 10, all for the first time, and Kris Davis finishing on top, for her self-released Diatom Ribbons.

Kris Davis winning surprised me, and I voted in that poll. As I said on Twitter, it's a good album (I interviewed her about it in September), but it doesn't strike me as "critics' poll jazz."

https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/cover-story/article/21110119/20th-annual-country-music-critics-poll-the-results?fbclid=IwAR0oPWndhVjodGIHt-4tizD7OUO8szYPMsrdHw2FOItde-Wh61I45ltC5P4

Tanya Tucker is #1.
2. Highwomen
3. Miranda Lambert

A friend and I did a Skype on our favourite songs of the decade. The analysis--"I love this song...it sounds great!"--is first-rate.

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_one.mp3

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_two.mp3

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_three.mp3

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_four.mp3

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_bonus_beats.mp3

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2019.cfm

Blogger Daddy B Nice best of 2019 Southern soul broken down in various categories including ballads, etc

Critic Robert Christgau list:

Dean's List 2019
The 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)
10
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