and it came out in January? damn that got like zero press huh
― Simon H., Saturday, 16 November 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
Decibel:
40 Devil Master, Satan Spits on Children of Light, Relapse39 Smoulder, Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring, Cruz Del Sur38 Nocturnus AD, Paradox, Profound Lore37 Elizabeth Colour Wheel, Nocebo, Flenser36 Misery Index, Rituals of Power, Season of Mist35 Vastum, Orificial Purge, 20 Buck Spin34 Candlemass, The Door To Doom, Napalm33 Toxic Holocaust, Primal Future: 2019, eOne32 Abbath, Outstrider, Season of Mist31 Cerebral Rot, Odious Descent Into Decay, 20 Buck Spin30 Baroness, Gold & Grey, Abraxan Hymns29 Misþyrming, Algleymi, Norma Evangelium Diaboli28 Magic Circle, Departed Souls, 20 Buck Spin27 Schammasch, Hearts of No Light, Prosthetic26 Opeth, In Cauda Venenum, Nuclear Blast25 No One Knows What the Dead Think, No One Knows What the Dead Think, Willowtip24 Inter Arma, Sulphur English, Relapse23 Falls of Rauros, Patterns in Mythology, Gilead Media22 Die Choking, IV, DCIVE21 Idle Hands, Mana, Eisenwald20 Cattle Decapitation, Death Atlas, Metal Blade19 Funereal Presence, Achatius, The Anja Offensive18 Darkthrone, Old Star, Peaceville17 Haunt, If Icarus Could Fly, Shadow Kingdom16 Obsequiae, The Palms of Sorrowed Kings, 20 Buck Spin15 Venom Prison, Samsara, Prosthetic14 Devin Townsend, Empath, InsideOut13 Mizmor, Cairn, Gilead Media12 Mayhem, Daemon, Century Media11 Full of Hell, Weeping Choir, Relapse10 False, Portent, Gilead Media9 Sacred Reich, Awakening, Metal Blade8 Spirit Adrift, Divided by Darkness, 20 Buck Spin7 Blut aus Nord, Hallucinogen, Debemur Morti Productions6 Possessed, Revelations of Oblivion, Nuclear Blast5 Tomb Mold, Planetary Clairvoyance, 20 Buck Spin4 Crypt Sermon, The Ruins of Fading Light, Dark Descent3 Gatecreeper, Deserted, Relapse2 Lingua Ignota, Caligula, Profound Lore1 Blood Incantation, Hidden History of the Human Race, Dark Descent
― Simon H., Monday, 18 November 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
ah fuck unperson already posted it sorry
― Simon H., Monday, 18 November 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
I've listened to two tracks from that Blood Incantation record and it's just leaving me completely cold. I like death metal a lot, but there's just nothing there, to my ear. The acclaim it's getting baffles me.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 18 November 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
still mystified by Gatecreeper worship tbh
― Simon H., Monday, 18 November 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
There is a lot of bad, bad music on this list.
Revolver MagazineTop 25 Albums of 2019
25. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race24. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Suffer On23. The Devil Wears Prada - The Act22. SeeYouSpaceCowboy - The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds21. 3TEETH - Metawar20. Ithaca - The Language of Injury19. Fury - Failed Entertainment18. Angel Du$t - Pretty Buff17. Venom Prison - Samsara16. Une Misère - Sermon15. Korn - The Nothing14. Russian Circles - Blood Year13. Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence12. Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - End of Suffering11. Jinjer - Macro10. Rammstein - Rammstein9. Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness8. Brutus - Nest7. Devil Master - Satan Spits on Children of Light6. Killswitch Engage - Atonement5. Baroness - Gold & Grey4. Knocked Loose - A Different Shade of Blue3. Gatecreeper - Deserted2. Slipknot — We Are Not Your Kind1. Tool - Fear Inoculum
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/25-best-albums-2019
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:44 (four years ago) link
lol at rammstein choosing this year to release a s/t
though for all i know it could be their fourth, like a peter gabriel thing
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 01:16 (four years ago) link
... most of that list is good
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
the devil wears prada are a legit good band now
brutus are awesome, the korn and slip knot records are awesome. what’s to complain about
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
what's to complain about
Blood Incantation, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, 3TEETH, Ithaca, Angel Du$t, Venom Prison, Une Misère, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, and Killswitch Engage are all on a scale from "OK but not exciting" to actively terrible. And I'm frankly ashamed that Angel Du$t are on a label I used to work for. Oh, and Tool suuuuuck.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 01:58 (four years ago) link
Piccadilly Records:
Top 100 Albums
Top 20 Compilations
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
I have a perverse enjoyment of WPSE but they have absolutely no place on a) a top 25 list b) a "metal"/"hard rock" list. I do like all the records brad cited tho (and Spirit Adrift and obviously Baroness)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
Probably 80% of that Piccadilly list unfamiliar to me
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
Their compilations lists are always worth checking out. Usually find 3 or 4 amazing ones every year.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 28 November 2019 07:39 (four years ago) link
<3 Piccadilly but they have some strange affections - I checked out the W. H. Lung (#1) and Andrew Wasylyk (#3) albums off the back of the list and yeah those are not the best albums of 2019. Good point on the comps though.
― britain's secret sauce (seandalai), Thursday, 28 November 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
Musicophilia's Top 75 LPs & EPs of 2019:
75. Tim Hecker - Anoyo74. Death & Vanilla - Are You A Dreamer73. Seahawks - Eyes of the Moon72. Old Man Saxon - Goldman Sax EP71. Charles Hayward - Begin Anywhere70. Free Snacks - Fast Food69. Yosuke Tokunaga - 8 Furnitures68. ePP - There’s a PLace for People Like You67. Husmo HAV - Ripples66. Malci - Papaya!
65. Abdu Ali - FIYAH!!!64. Mike - Tears of Joy63. Femdot - Camry 94 Music EP62. Ensemble Entendu - Music For the Densely Populated/Pastoral Dusk Themes EPs61. Dominique Fils-Aime- Stay Tuned60. Andrew Wasylyk - The Paralian59. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Vweto II58. Laraaji & Log(m) - The Onrush of Eternity57. Yatta - Wahala56. Wilma Vritra - Burd
55. Hama - Houmeissa54. Lealani - Fantastic Planet53. SB The Moor - Spirit Realm52. Kassa Overall - Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz51. Nelson Bandela - Fantastic/TMT Love Lois Louise EPs50. Joshua Virtue - Post Faith Dialogues49. Spellling - Mazy Fly48. Shamir - Be the Yee, Here Comes the Haw EP47. Angel-Ho - Death Becomes Her46. Bells Atlas - The Mystic
45. Nappy Nina - The Tree Act44. Blood Orange - Angel’s Pulse43. Highest Low - Underdogs42. K.Raydio - 1:11/2:22/3:33/4:44/5:55 EPs41. Vagabon - Vagabon40. Black Pumas - Black Pumas39. BluMoon - Slow Burn38. Symphny, The - Vol. 1/Vol. 2/Moments EPs37. These New Puritans - Inside the Rose36. Sudan Archives - Athena
35. Moor Mother - Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes34. Elucid - Every Egg I Cracked Today Was Double Yoked EP33. Mourning A BLKstar - Reckoning32. Thom Yorke - Anima31. SOL Development - The SOL of Black Folk30. The Lasso - The Sound of Lasso29. Billy Woods - Hiding Places28. Hildur Gudnadottir - Chernobyl27. Debby Friday - Bitchpunk EP26. Dave - Psychodrama
25. AhMerAhSu - Incandescent Body EP24. Fran & Flora - Unfurl23. Solange - When I Get Home22. Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy!21. Hejira - Thread of Gold20. Rustin Man - Drift Code19. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall18. Angel Olson - All Mirrors17. Pete Sayke - Gold & Rue16. Rapsody - Eve
15. Lafawndah - Ancestor Boy14. Tony Njoku - Your Psyche’s Rainbow Panorama13. Floating Points - Crush12. Earthgang - Mirrorland11. Sequoyah Murray - Before You Begin10. Sampa The Great - The Return09. Boogie - Everything’s For Sale08. Tyler, The Creator - Igor07. FKA Twigs - Magdalene06. Quelle Chris - Guns
05. Corey King - A Loveless Sunken Sun04. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka03. Tawiah - Starts Again02. Ed Balloon - The Dubs01. Little Simz - Grey Area
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― Soundslike, Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:32 (four years ago) link
Also made a 'best of 2019' mix:
Various – ‘The Ice‘ Best of 2019 Part I 01 [0:00:00] Floating Points – “Falaise” (‘Crush’ 2019) 02 [0:03:35] Ed Balloon – “Dreamworld” (‘The Dubs’ 2019) 03 [0:07:40] Tony Njoku – “Confident” (‘Your Psyche’s Rainbow Panorama’ 2019) 04 [0:10:25] Hildur Gudnadottir – “Hours Before” (‘Chernobyl’ 2019) 05 [0:12:45] Corey King – “Size of the World” (‘A Loveless Sunken Sun’ 2019) 06 [0:18:45] Earthgang – “Swivel” (‘Mirrorland’ 2019) 07 [0:21:55] Sampa the Great – “Dare To Fly” (‘The Return’ 2019) 08 [0:26:15] Pete Sayke – “Heirs” (‘Gold & Rue’ 2019) Part II 09 [0:30:45] Dave – “Black” (‘Psychodrama’ 2019) 10 [0:34:30] Solange – “I’m A Witness” (‘When I Get Home’ 2019) 11 [0:36:15] Rapsody – “Maya” (‘Eve’ 2019) 12 [0:39:55] Christian Scott – “Forevergirl” (‘Ancestral Recall’ 2019) 13 [0:45:20] K.Raydio – “Destiny” (‘2:22’ EP 2019) 14 [0:49:30] TheSymphny – “Back To You” (‘Moments’ EP 2019) 15 [0:52:55] Boogie – “Skydive II” (‘Everything’s For Sale’ 2019) 16 [0:55:45] Michael Kiwanuka – “Final Days” (‘Kiwanuka’ 2019) Part III 17 [0:59:55] Hejira – “Ribs” (‘Thread of Gold’ 2019) 18 [1:05:30] Lafawndah – “Joseph” (‘Ancestor Boy’ 2019) 19 [1:09:30] Angel Olsen – “All Mirrors” (‘All Mirrors’ 2019) 20 [1:14:05] Sequoyah Murray – “Sublime” (‘Before You Begin’ 2019) 21 [1:18:30] Tyler, The Creator – “Earfquake” (‘Igor’ 2019) 22 [1:21:40] Tawiah – “Don’t Hold Your Breath” (‘Starts Again’ 2019) 23 [1:25:20] Fran & Flora – “Departures” (‘Unfurl’ 2019) 24 [1:29:50] Billy Woods – “A Day In A Week In A Year” (‘Hiding Places’ 2019) Part IV 25 [1:34:50] Little Simz – “Selfish” (‘Grey Area’ 2019) 26 [1:38:35] Quelle Chris – “WYRM” (‘Guns’ 2019) 27 [1:41:25] These New Puritans – “Anti-Gravity” (‘Inside the Rose’ 2019) 28 [1:45:45] Husmo HAV – “East In North” (‘Ripples’ 2019) 29 [1:50:00] The Lasso – “Oscilations” (‘The Sound of Lasso’ 2019) 30 [1:53:45] FKA Twigs – “Sad Day” (‘Magdalene’ 2019) 31 [1:57:55] AhMerAhSu – “Little Bird” (‘Incandescent Body’ EP 2019) [Total Time: 2:01:30]
Part I
01 [0:00:00] Floating Points – “Falaise” (‘Crush’ 2019) 02 [0:03:35] Ed Balloon – “Dreamworld” (‘The Dubs’ 2019) 03 [0:07:40] Tony Njoku – “Confident” (‘Your Psyche’s Rainbow Panorama’ 2019) 04 [0:10:25] Hildur Gudnadottir – “Hours Before” (‘Chernobyl’ 2019) 05 [0:12:45] Corey King – “Size of the World” (‘A Loveless Sunken Sun’ 2019) 06 [0:18:45] Earthgang – “Swivel” (‘Mirrorland’ 2019) 07 [0:21:55] Sampa the Great – “Dare To Fly” (‘The Return’ 2019) 08 [0:26:15] Pete Sayke – “Heirs” (‘Gold & Rue’ 2019)
Part II
09 [0:30:45] Dave – “Black” (‘Psychodrama’ 2019) 10 [0:34:30] Solange – “I’m A Witness” (‘When I Get Home’ 2019) 11 [0:36:15] Rapsody – “Maya” (‘Eve’ 2019) 12 [0:39:55] Christian Scott – “Forevergirl” (‘Ancestral Recall’ 2019) 13 [0:45:20] K.Raydio – “Destiny” (‘2:22’ EP 2019) 14 [0:49:30] TheSymphny – “Back To You” (‘Moments’ EP 2019) 15 [0:52:55] Boogie – “Skydive II” (‘Everything’s For Sale’ 2019) 16 [0:55:45] Michael Kiwanuka – “Final Days” (‘Kiwanuka’ 2019)
Part III
17 [0:59:55] Hejira – “Ribs” (‘Thread of Gold’ 2019) 18 [1:05:30] Lafawndah – “Joseph” (‘Ancestor Boy’ 2019) 19 [1:09:30] Angel Olsen – “All Mirrors” (‘All Mirrors’ 2019) 20 [1:14:05] Sequoyah Murray – “Sublime” (‘Before You Begin’ 2019) 21 [1:18:30] Tyler, The Creator – “Earfquake” (‘Igor’ 2019) 22 [1:21:40] Tawiah – “Don’t Hold Your Breath” (‘Starts Again’ 2019) 23 [1:25:20] Fran & Flora – “Departures” (‘Unfurl’ 2019) 24 [1:29:50] Billy Woods – “A Day In A Week In A Year” (‘Hiding Places’ 2019)
Part IV
25 [1:34:50] Little Simz – “Selfish” (‘Grey Area’ 2019) 26 [1:38:35] Quelle Chris – “WYRM” (‘Guns’ 2019) 27 [1:41:25] These New Puritans – “Anti-Gravity” (‘Inside the Rose’ 2019) 28 [1:45:45] Husmo HAV – “East In North” (‘Ripples’ 2019) 29 [1:50:00] The Lasso – “Oscilations” (‘The Sound of Lasso’ 2019) 30 [1:53:45] FKA Twigs – “Sad Day” (‘Magdalene’ 2019) 31 [1:57:55] AhMerAhSu – “Little Bird” (‘Incandescent Body’ EP 2019)
[Total Time: 2:01:30]
Download/stream here: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/best-of-2019-the-ice/
― Soundslike, Thursday, 28 November 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
Drift Record Shop: Top 100 Albums of 2019 Totnes,Devon. England
Written and compiled by The Drift Record Shophttps://driftrecords.com/
info @https://deluxenewspaper.com/deluxe-19
summary via: Acclaimed Musichttp://www.acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=7976&sid=5eda9a152a2c0171aa688cd29b1c2d2f
100 Tycho - Weather99 Wovoka Gentle - Start Clanging Cymbals98 Damien Jurado - In the Shape of a Storm97 Flamingods - Levitation96 Qasim Naqvi - Teenages95 Julia Kent - Temporal94 Unloved - Heartbreak93 sir Was - Holding On To a Dream92 Clark - Kiri Variations91 Bodega - Shiny New Model90 Black Peaches - Fire in the Hole89 Matthew Shaw - Among the Never Setting Stars88 FEWS - Into Red87 Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house86 Marika Hackman - Any Human Friend85 Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?84 The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe83 Richard Norris - Abstractions Vol. 1 & 282 Moon Duo - Stars Are the Light81 Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold80 Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel79 Maps - Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.?78 Drugdealer - Raw Honey77 Whitney - Forever Turned Around76 (Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar75 Fat White Family - Serfs Up!74 Portico Quartet - Memory Streams73 Metronomy - Metronomy Forever?72 SASAMI - SASAMI71 You Tell Me - You Tell Me70 Steve Gunn - The Unseen in Between69 Julia Jacklin - Crushing68 William Tyler - Goes West67 Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs66 Ezra Collective - You Can't Steal My Joy65 Here Lies Man - No Ground to Walk Upon64 Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild63 Flying Lotus - Flamagra62 Penelope Isles - Until the Tide Creeps In61 Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied60 Bibio - Ribbons59 Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow58 Leafcutter John - Yes! Come Parade With Us57 Jesca Hoop - STONECHILD56 Tim Hecker - Anoyo55 Keel Her - With Kindness54 Sarathy Korwar - More Arriving53 Carwyn Ellis & Rio18 - JOIA!52 Daniel O'Sullivan - Folly51 Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury50 Pottery - No. 149 Laurence Pike - Holy Spring48 Richard Dawson - 202047 White Denim - Side Effects46 Pom Poko - Birthday45 Sarah Davachi - Pale Bloom44 Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops43 Gia Margaret - There's Always Glimmer42 Kim Gordon - No Home Record41 Pozi - PZ140 Little Simz - Grey Area39 Girl Band - The Talkies38 Holly Herndon - Proto37 Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!36 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars35 Floating Points - Crush34 Lee "Scratch" Perry - Rainford33 Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising32 Alexander Tucker - The Guild of The Asbestos Weaver31 Theon Cross - Fyah30 Shannon Lay - August29 Mega Bog - Dolphine28 Aldous Harding - Designer27 Rozi Plain - What a Boost26 Sun O))) - Life Metal25 Pip Blom - Boat24 Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love23 Daniel Thorne - Lines of Sight22 Thom Yorke - ANIMA21 Nérija - Blume20 Gruff Rhys - Pang!19 Trash Kit - Horizon18 Modern Nature - How to Live17 Cate le Bon - Reward16 Oh Sees - Face Stabber15 School of Language - 4514 Cool Maritime - Sharing Waves13 Ibibio Sound Machine - Doko Mien12 Will Burns and Hannah Peel - Chalk Hill Blue11 Kevin Morby - Oh My God10 The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery09 Ty Segall - First Taste08 black midi - Schlagenheim07 Wand - Laughing Matter06 Angel Olsen - All Mirrors05 Vanishing Twin - The Age of Immunology04 Big Thief - U.F.O.F./Two Hands03 Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest02 W.H. Lung - Incidental Music01 Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
― djmartian, Thursday, 28 November 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
Bleep Top 10 Albums of the Year
https://bleep.com/Bleeps-Top-10-Albums-of-the-Year-2019
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― Papa Triste (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Thursday, 28 November 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
hmmm, couldn't really get into a few of those (treanor, klein, twigs) but the caterina barbieri is the best thing i've heard from her (wasn't much of a fan before tbh). that nathan micay is good fun too!
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 28 November 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
spent the afternoon trawling through the piccadilly list and now i mostly hate music btw
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 28 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
really enjoying your mix, Soundslike !
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
I have been going through the rolling threads and after listening to half of the uk grime etc thread I already love 2019. Not looking forward to exploring the disinterested synth tracks which seem to do well in the hip polls, but sure there will be a few gems amongst the meh
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
will reserve a spot at the weekend to listen to the musicophilia mix, cheers!
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
the 2018 musicophilia list had loads of really excellent just-under-radar stuff to dig into and 2019 list looks likewise - thanks for putting the hours in, Soundslike!
― technopolis, Friday, 29 November 2019 07:59 (four years ago) link
Monorail MusicAlbums: https://www.monorailmusic.com//news.html?cmsnews_method=view&cmsnews_id=eddc707c-120a-11ea-8305-1298a0617e72Compilations/reissues: https://www.monorailmusic.com//news.html?cmsnews_method=view&cmsnews_id=0dc7dd99-11d2-11ea-8305-1298a0617e72
― Joris Stereo, Friday, 29 November 2019 12:24 (four years ago) link
― technopolis, Friday, November 29, 2019 bookmarkflaglink
I second this. Discovered some great hip hop last year through that list.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 29 November 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
the 2018 musicophilia list had loads of really excellent just-under-radar stuff to dig into and 2019 list looks likewise - thanks for putting the hours in, Soundslike!― technopolis, Friday, November 29, 2019I second this. Discovered some great hip hop last year through that list.― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, November 29, 2019 5:04 PM
― technopolis, Friday, November 29, 2019
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, November 29, 2019 5:04 PM
Glad to be of service! So much excellent music being made these last few years, has me more excited about contemporary music than I've been in the 27 years I've been a certifiable music geek.
will reserve a spot at the weekend to listen to the musicophilia mix, cheers!― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, November 28, 2019 7:31 PM
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, November 28, 2019 7:31 PM
I'm really happy with it as a mix, and as representative of a major facet of what I love about new music these days. Not trying to be comprehensive, but more make a case for a particular feeling and sound-world.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 30 November 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
The rian treanor album is fire
― Musaique, Sunday, 1 December 2019 12:19 (four years ago) link
The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2019
Top 201: Loraine James - For You and I2: Richard Dawson - 20203: Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation4: William Doyle - Your Wilderness Revisited5: These New Puritans - Inside The Rose6: Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology7: Black Midi - Schlagenheim8: Fat White Family - Serfs Up!9: Brìghde Chaimbeul - The Reeling10: Sunn O))) - Life Metal11: Karenn - Grapefruit Regret12: Moor Mother - Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes13: Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive14: Harrga - Héroïques Animaux De La Misère15: The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong16: Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury17: DEAFKIDS - Metaprogramação18: Barker - Utility19: Bill Callahan - Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest20: Kim Gordon - No Home Record
― willem, Monday, 2 December 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
the caterina barbieri album is p frontloaded but at its best it hits a certain video game music–adjacent sweet spot that, as also noted re the recent cfcf album, is v appealing (& easily recommendable)
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 2 December 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
Was completely unaware of William Doyle until today. This album is terrific.
― doug watson, Monday, 2 December 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
Guardian songs list: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/02/the-20-best-songs-of-2019-tracks
20 Fat White Family – Feet19 Lizzo – Tempo (feat Missy Elliott)18 Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (feat Lykke Li)17 Normani – Motivation16 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove15 Lana Del Rey – The Greatest14 Stormzy – Vossi Bop13 Dave – Black12 Big Thief – Not11 Rosalía and J Balvin – Con Altura10 Georgia – About Work the Dancefloor9 Clairo – Bags8 Richard Dawson – Jogging7 Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall6 FKA twigs – Cellophane5 Lizzo – Juice4 Billie Eilish – Bad Guy3 Charli XCX – Gone (feat Christine and the Queens)2 Sharon Van Etten – Seventeen1 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (remix feat Billy Ray Cyrus)
― monotony, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
Uproxx: https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2019-ranked/
― Peloton-gifting husband (morrisp), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 05:49 (four years ago) link
Loving the Caterina Barbieri album.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 08:37 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed it as well but its placement is baffling to me.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 08:54 (four years ago) link
In broad terms yes, though I’m not sure that any of the albums quietus list after it are better aside from the These New Puritans album.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 09:01 (four years ago) link
Regardless, it's one of the better lists I've seen so far, if only because it features a solid amount of intriguing-sounding records I've yet to hear.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:41 (four years ago) link
i can't take anyone serious who reps for rinse like Fat White Family - make them go away pls!
― calzino, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
haven't been into William Doyle's previous album as East India Youth but this new one is sounding good. the quietus always seem to rep for the same artists over and over, many of which i don't understand the appeal of at all but this time i'm glad it was worthwhile
― ufo, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:16 (four years ago) link
xp agree. I'm either missing something or they are legit terrible
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
quietus have gotten 'looks intriguing but is in fact quite narrow and dull' to an absolute tee tbh
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:45 (four years ago) link
Not wrong, alas.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
relative lack of Purple Mountains from many lists is shitty and goes to show how much impact touring/general press activity has on an album's placement - or lack of it - in these lists. David's death so close to the album seemed to have made its impact a lot lower than i would have expected. personally i think its probably one of the best albums about depression and suicide ever written - and almost certainly his best album.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
that said I'll probably check out most of the ones I've not heard yet
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:47 (four years ago) link
purple mountains was literally top of a list about twenty posts ago! a lot of albums get released nowadays and it isn't possible to put them all in one list. that said, i feel similarly about weyes blood who is very much alive and currently touring, and certainly not in every list either, so idk really - maybe it really just is a matter of the listmakers having different tastes to us, or just not hearing enough records
― imago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
yep i spotted that one - was nice to see you - but i've also seen it totally absent from a bunch of lists
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link
'nice to see' that should be, don't know where the 'you' came from
Oh shit, I've been meaning to check out that Stephen Mallinder album!
― the oxford book of chaos (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.b9.com.br/119034/os-10-melhores-albuns-nacionais-de-2019/
Brazil top 10 with Emacita , Elza Soares and others
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 4 January 2020 06:06 (four years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 January 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
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.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 6 January 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
Good point. Weird that so many names are mentioned, but not his.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 January 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
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.
― djh, Monday, 6 January 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
Voting is open in our very own ILM poll: ILM's 2019 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD
― VOTE! In the 2019 EOY Poll (seandalai), Monday, 6 January 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
As well as in our annual metal poll: 2019 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread (open until the 7th of February)
― pomenitul, Monday, 6 January 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
Paste Shoegaze 2019https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/12/best-shoegaze-albums-2019.html
― billstevejim, Friday, 10 January 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link
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, 2019Download/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
― Soundslike, Saturday, 11 January 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link
Nice graphic design.
― o. nate, Saturday, 11 January 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
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.
― dow, Monday, 13 January 2020 03:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.quartzcity.net/2020/01/01/listening-to-2019/
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 13 January 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
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."
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:59 (four years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 January 2020 12:22 (four years ago) link
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
― clemenza, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2019.cfm
Blogger Daddy B Nice best of 2019 Southern soul broken down in various categories including ballads, etc
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
Critic Robert Christgau list:
Dean's List 2019The 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)10The Paranoid Style: A Goddamn ....
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 January 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
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
― dow, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
Jayce Clayton /DJ Rupture ‘S top 10 is in December 2019 Artforum magazine and behind a paywall online
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link