The 2019 end of the year music lists thread

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
The Paranoid Style: A Goddamn ....

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

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

Jayce Clayton /DJ Rupture ‘S top 10 is in December 2019 Artforum magazine and behind a paywall online