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
