Albums Of The Year 2019

Well, here it is. This is what I enjoyed:

Favourite Albums of 2019:

1. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
   
2. Orville Peck - Pony
   
3. Mac-Talla Nan Creag - The Sorrow Of Derdriu
   
4. Steve Mason - About The Light
   
5. The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong
   
6. Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury
   
7. Bill Callahan - Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest
   
8. Here Lies Man - No Ground To Walk Upon
   
9. Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken
   
10. Oh Sees - Face Stabber
    
    

Honorable Mentions:

Warmduscher - Tainted Lunch
Sebadoh - Act Surprised
Battles - Juice B Crypts

Favourite Reissues:

1. Coil - They Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex
   
2. Josef K - The Only Fun In Town
   
3. Suicide - Suicide
   
4. Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuju
   
5. Primus - Rhinoplasty
   
   

Compilations:

1. Strain Crack & Break - Music From The Nurse With Wound List (Vol.1 France)
   
2. Dennis Young - Primitive Substance
   
3. The World Of Keith Haring
   
4. New York Soul 1968
   
5. Plastic Dance 2: Domestic Synth Pop & Patchbay Punk Compiled by Andy Votel & Doug Shipton
   
   

Other Reissues:

1. The Louis Moholo Octet - Spirits Rejoice!
   
2. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got
   
3. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
   
4. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady.
   
5. Ryo Fukui - Scenery
   
   

I only bought one 12" single that was released this year and it's a VERY good one:

1. The Local Beatnik - Kirkstall Delight
   
   

And only one 7" single which I definitely did not enjoy:

• Pinkfong - Baby Shark
  
  

There's a lot that I still haven't listened to properly yet but that's always the way.

Looking forward, as always, to see what everyone else enjoyed.

Glad to see the Coil reissue at number 1 in your reissue list. It’s an old friend of mine that put it out.

I'd have to say The best of The Beatles....

Amazing. They've done an excellent job with this and it was LONG overdue!

Sunn - Life Metal & Pyroclasts.
Pom Poko - Birthday.
Tool - Fear Inoculum.
Ty Segall-First Taste.
Nick Cave - Ghosteen.
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum.
Fka Twigs - Magdalena.
Stormzy - Heavy is the head.
Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive.
Karen O - Lux Prima.
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka.
White Denim - Side Effects.
Pelican - Nighttime Stories.
John Garcia - John Garcia and the band of gold.

Can we do decade instead? That’s about the pace I buy music these days

Bea1991 - brand new adult

A big yes to Bill Callahan. And whilst I'd put Sebadoh in my top 5 fave bands of all time, I really didn't take to Act Surprised at all. Will give it another listen. And probably try some of the others on your list as you clearly have a good ear. Or two.

Ha!

That is a nice list! I think I know about 75% of them so I'll definitely be investigating the rest.

Yeah, go for it!

Charli XCX - Charli
FKA Twigs - Magdalene
Sunn O))) - Life Metal

Likewise- Investigating your top ten as I only know about 30 percent. 👍

Be Svendsen - between a smile and a tear
Big thief - two hands
Holly hernden - proto
Emerson - if you need me, call me
Shinichi atobe - heat

Boris - Love & evol
Darkthrone - Old star
Sebadoh - Act surprised
Sunn O))) - Life metal
Tiger Army - Retrofuture
Xiu Xiu - Girl with basket of fruit

Reissues:
Massive Attack - Mezzanine 2018 remaster (eventually released August 2019)

Loving all the Sebadoh love in here, was anyone at the Scala the other month?

I was at the Bristol show. Several people in the guitar thread were at the Scala.

There was a lot but Kevin Morby, Purple Mountains, bunch of electronic shit, comes to mind.

1. DIIV - Deceiver
   
2. Glitterer - Looking Through the Shades
   
3. Chastity - Home Made Satan
   
4. Julia Jacklin - Crushing
   
5. Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
   
6. Martha - Love Keeps Kicking
   
7. Webbed Wing - Bike Ride Across the Moon
   
8. Mat Kerekes - Ruby
   
9. Men I Trust - Oncle Jazz
   
10. Glom - Bond
    

Various - Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Solange - When I Get Home
Alejandro Sanz - #ELDISCO

I just didn't like the DIIV album which was a real let down considering how much I like the first two.

I hadn't heard of them before Deceiver, so I'm probably biased towards saying: Deceiver > Is the Is Are > Oshin

I've really enjoyed the Viagra Boys - Street Worms album, I don't think my partner enjoyed my repeated dancing and singing though.

There's a compilation of Belgian New Beat that's pretty solid too.

I'm surprised to see Coil in any list.

There's a compilation of Belgian New Beat that's pretty solid too.

Could you post a link?

Is The Is Are was pretty much on continuously for months. I was obsessed with it.

Has anyone here listens to the new Kevin Morby? Its incredible, a diamond.