Thursday, January 2, 2020

Uninstalling the Old Aeon

J/k! It’s my… 

Favorite Music of 2019

60. Bodega — Shiny New Model (dig the single but the rest of EP is very brief)

59. Ava Luna — Moon 2

58. Shikoswe — Back in the Tall Grass (love the single—haven’t heard whole album)
[thanks, Bagel!]

57. Vagabon — Vagabon   [thanks, Sheila!]

56. Plague Vendor — By Night (+ single)

55. The National — I Am Easy to Find 

54. We Were Promised Jetpacks — Repeating Patterns 

53. Art d’Ecco — Trespasser

52. Mondo Cozmo — (love the new single, hope there’s more!)
[thanks, Sheila]

51. Kiwi, Jr — Football Money (fratty but likeable)

50. GRLwood — I Sold My Soul to the Devil When I was 12 (great single, listening to EP now)

49. Surfbort — Friendship Music [(late ’18) thanks Bagel!]

48. Mannequin Pussy — Patience

47. Holiday Ghosts — West Bay Playroom

46. Dog Orchestra — Pity Party single (2018, always a year late on Dog Orchestra)

45. Blood Cultures — Best For You single [thanks Sheila!]

44. The Foreign Resort — Outnumbered

43. Pottery — No. 1

42. Pip Blom — Boat

41. Baxter Dury, Delilah Holliday, Etienne de Crecy — B.E.D. [thanks Bagel]

40. Alex McArtor — 2 singles (Touch & Party’s Over)

39. Julia Jacklin — Crushing

38. Crumb — Jinx

37. Tullycraft — The Railway Prince Hotel

36. The Regrettes — How Do You Love?

35. Ladytron — Ladytron (sounds like Ladytron)

34. Greys — Age Hasn’t Spoiled You

33. Def!cit — Appleseed

32. Methyl Ethel — Triage (my favorite single of the year on this album)

31. Vivian Girls — Memory

30. Guaxe — Guaxe [thanks, Bagel]

29. Body Type — EP2

28. Drab Majesty — Modern Mirror

27. Olden Yolk — Living Theater

26. Abjects — Never Give Up

25. The New Pornographers — In the Morse Code of Brakelights (sounds like The New Pronographers)

24. Mattiel — Satis Factory

23. Rubblebucket — Sun Machine

22. Panda Bear — Buoys

21. Seratones — Power (woo!)

20. Operators — Radiant Dawn

19. Polyenso — Year of the Dog

18. The Coathangers — The Devil You Know (sounds like the Coathangers)

17. Elbow — Giants of All Sizes (it was an Elbowy kindof year)

16. Sink Tapes — Enough to Flood the Cow

15. Du Blond — Lung Bread for Daddy [thanks Bagel]

14. Ride — This Is Not A Safe Place [thanks for not waiting 19 years to put out another album]

13. Guster — Look Alive

12. The Proper Ornaments — Six Lenins

11. Juliana Hatfield — Weird

10. Kim Gordon — No Home Record

9. FEELS — Post Earth

8. Wand — Laughing Matter

7. The Twilight Sad — It Won’t Be Like This All the Time

6. levitation room — headspace

5. Dry Cleaning — 2 EPs (Sweet Princess & Boundary Road Snacks & Drink)
[thanks Bagel]

4. SQUIIIIIID!!!! — Town Centre EP & single

3. Ezra Furman — 12 Nudes (yowzra)

2. Sofi Tukker — DANCING ON THE PEOPLE (perfect new year music)

1. FONTAINES, DC — Dogrel ( I didn’t want to give this first place because it’s so obvious, but it’s also undeniable)

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That's a ton of great music! Now I must compress it all into a 2-hour time slot by Saturday. 


Best wishes for 2020