2019 Year in Review: The Whole Thing

Much like my 2018 summary, let's just get this whole thing out of the way so I can catch back up to 2020 and whatever passes for reality these days.

The EPs

5. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Black Star Dancing (Sour Mash)

4. Death Cab For Cutie - The Blue EP (Atlantic)

3. Interpol - A Fine Mess (Matador)

2. The Comet is Coming - The Afterlife (Impulse!)

1. Elder - The Gold and Silver Sessions (Blues Funeral)

The Reissues/Compilations

10. Duster - Capsule Losing Contact (Numero Group)

9. Marvin Gaye - You're the Man (Universal Motown)

8. Gene Clark - No Other/No Other Sessions (4AD)

7. Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit - April is the Cruelest Month (Blank Forms Editions)

6. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Best of Everything (Universal)

5. The Replacements - Dead Man's Pop (Rhino/Warner Bros.)

4. Michael Rother - Solo (Gronland)

3. Eric Dolphy - Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Sessions (Resonance)

2. Frank Zappa - The Hot Rats Sessions (Zappa)

1. Prince - 1999 Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros.)

The Live Albums (New & Retrospective)

10. Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks Vol. 29: Swing Auditorium 2/26/1977 (Rhino)

9. Holly Bowling - Live at the Old Church (self-released)

8. Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 (Rhino)

7. Jerry Garcia Band - Electric on the Eel (Round)

6. Ty Segall & Freedom Band - Deforming Lobes (Drag City)

5. Soundgarden - Live from the Artist's Den (Universal)

4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Live at Woodstock (Fantasy)

3. Neil Young + Stray Gators - Tuscaloosa (Reprise)

2. Jimi Hendrix - Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts (Experience Hendrix)

1. Bob Dylan - The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (Legacy)

The Tracks

75. "Frost (C)" - Sunn O)))

74. "Redesigning Women" - The Highwomen

73. "Movies" - Weyes Blood

72. "Hello Sunshine" - Bruce Springsteen

71. "No Halo" - Kevin Morby

70. "Heavyweight Champion of the World" - Nilufer Yanya

69. "953" - black midi

68. "This Time Around" - Jessica Pratt

67. "Fail Safe" - William Tyler

66. "7empest" - Tool

65. "Mistakes Like Fractures" - Knocked Loose

64. "bmbmbm" - black midi

63. "Bird" - Bedouine

62. "Boiled Over"- Gatecreeper

61. "American Darkness" - Chelsea Wolfe

60. "Love is Everywhere (Beware)" - Wilco

59. "The Last Leaf" - Monolord

58. "Air BnB" - Kim Gordon

57. "Palmolive" - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib f. Pusha T & Killer Mike

56. "Got to Keep On" - The Chemical Brothers

55. "Ghosteen" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

54. "UFOF" - Big Thief

53. "Summon the Fire" - The Comet is Coming

52. "Margaritas at the Mall" - Purple Mountains

51. "Black Brick" - Deafheaven

50. "Red Bull & Hennessey" - Jenny Lewis

49. "BASQUIAT" - Jamila Woods

48. "Watermelon Sugar" - Harry Styles

47. "Stars Are the Light" - Moon Duo

46. "The Greatest" - Lana Del Rey

45. "Fools" - Drugdealer

44. "Juice" - Lizzo

43. "Earfquake" - Tyler, the Creator

42. "Girl" - Maren Morris

41. "bury a friend" - Billie Eilish

40. "Cemetery" - Brutus

39. "Seventeen" - Sharon Van Etten

38. "Lark" - Angel Olsen

37. "Hey, Ma" - Bon Iver

36. "Andromeda" - Weyes Blood

35. "Daylight Matters" - Care Le Bon

34. "Sympathy" - Vampire Weekend

33. "What Happens to People?" - Deerhunter

32. "747" - Bill Callahan

31. "In Your Head" - Nilufer Yanya

30. "Stay High" - Brittany Howard

29. "NASA" - Ariana Grande

28. "ZORA" - Jamila Woods

27. "All Mirrors" - Angel Olsen

26. "Wasted Youth" - Jenny Lewis

25. "Aeroplane" - Jessica Pratt

24. "Sad Day" - FKA Twigs

23. "Hurry On Home" - Sleater-Kinney

22. "Cattails" - Big Thief

21. "The Archer" - Taylor Swift

20. "Crimson Tide" - Destroyer

19. "People" - The 1975

18. "Harmony Hall" - Vampire Weekend

17. "I Dare You" - The Regrettes

16. "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it" - Lana Del Rey

15. "Dylan Thomas" - Better Oblivion Community Center

14. "Lover" - Taylor Swift

13. "This Land" - Gary Clark Jr.

12. "All My Happiness is Gone" - Purple Mountains

11. "Crowded Table" - The Highwomen

10. "Want You In My Room" - Carly Rae Jepsen

9. "Summer Girl" - Haim

8. "Truth Hurts" - Lizzo

7. "Highwomen" - The Highwomen

6. "Cellophane" - FKA Twigs

5. "Dawn Chorus" - Thom Yorke

4. "Old Town Road (Remix)" - Lil Nas X f. Billy Ray Cyrus

3. "bad guy" - Billie Eilish

2. "Not" - Big Thief

1. "Snow is Falling in Manhattan" - Purple Mountains

The Albums

75. Nilufer Yanya - Miss Universe (ATO)

74. Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence (Sargent House)

73. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center (Dead Oceans)

72. The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse!)

71. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (Columbia)

70. Coffins - Beyond the Circular Demise (Relapse)

69. These New Puritans - Inside the Rose (Infectious)

68. Thom Yorke - Anima (XL)

67. Mayhem - Daemon (Century Media)

66. Gatecreeper - Deserted (Relapse)

65. Prana Crafter / Tarotplane - Symbiose (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

64. Garcia Peoples - Natural Facts (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

63. Bill Orcutt - Odds Against Tomorrow (Palilalia)

62. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (Polydor)

61. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance (20 Buck Spin)

60. The Highwomen - The Highwomen (Elektra)

59. Obsequiae - The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (20 Buck Spin)

58. GospelbeacH - Let It Burn (Alive)

57. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (ATO)

56. Pharaoh Overlord - 6 (Ektro)

55. Miranda Lambert - Wildcard (Sony)

54. Blackwater Holylight - Veils of Winter (RidingEasy)

53. Inter Arma - Sulphur English (Relapse)

52. Wilco - Ode to Joy (dBpm)

51. Crypt Sermon - The Ruins of Fading Light (Dark Descent)

50. Sunwatchers - Illegal Moves (Trouble in Mind)

49. Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender (Merge)

48. Taylor Swift - Lover (Republic)

47. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)

46. black midi - Schlagenheim (Rough Trade)

45. Vastum - Orificial Purge (20 Buck Spin)

44. Abigail Williams - Walk Beyond the Dark (Blood)

43. Kim Gordon - No Home Record (Matador)

42. Modern Nature - How to Live (Bella Union)

41. Tool - Fear Inoculum (RCA)

40. DIIV - Deceiver (Captured Tracks_

39. Immortal Bird - Thrive On Neglect (20 Buck Spin)

38. Ecstatic Vision - For the Masses (Heavy Psych Sounds)

37. De Lorians - De Lorians (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

36. Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator (Sahel)

35. Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle (International Anthem)

34. John Coltrane - Blue World (Impulse!)

33. Wet Tuna - Water Weird (Three Lobed)

32. Cochema - All My Relations (Daptone)

31. Kendra Amelie - Intuition (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

30. Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar)

29. Sunn O))) - Pyroclasts (Southern Lord)

28. 75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real (tak:til)

27. Dire Wolves - Grow Towards the Light (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

26. Osees - Face Stabber (Castle Face)

25. Fly Pan Am - C'est ca (Constellation)

24. Brittany Howard - Jaime (ATO)

23. One Eleven Heavy - Desire Path (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

22. Possible Humans - Everybody Split (Trouble in Mind)

21. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Interscope)

20. Billy Strings - HOME (Rounder)

19. Matt Valentine - Preserves (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

18. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)

17. Sunn O))) - Life Metal (Southern Lord)

16. Keiji Haino & SUMAC - Even for Just the Briefest Moment... (Trost)

15. clipping. - There Existed an Addition to Blood (Sub Pop)

14. Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel (Thrill Jockey)

13. Chris Forsyth - All Time Present (No Quarter)

12. Opeth - In cauda venenum (Nuclear Blast)

11. Thurston Moore - Spirit Counsel (Ecstatic Peace)

10. Damon Locks-Black Monument Ensemble - Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem)

9. FKA Twigs - Magdalene (Young Turks)

8. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race (Dark Descent)

7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (Bad Seed)

6. White Ward - Love Exchange Failure (Debemur Morti)

5. Big Thief - Two Hands (4AD)

4. Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis (Svart)

3. Baroness - Gold & Grey (Abraxan Hymns)

2. Garcia Peoples - One Step Behind (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

1. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (Drag City)

2018 Year in Review: The Whole Thing

 Given  that I have somehow managed to fall, quite literally, YEARS behind in my Year In Review summaries, I'm going to try and catch up in a relatively quick and informal manner for 2018 and 2019. Just the lists, without any fancy links, write-ups or images. Sorry, but I'd rather just move forward than keep spinning my wheels. With that in mind, let's start with the year that was 2018.

The EPs:

10. The Decemberists - Traveling On (Capitol)

9. Dungen & Woods - Myths 003 (Mexican Summer)

8. Follakzoid & J. Spaceman - London Sessions (Sacred Bones)

7. Long Hots - Monday Night Raw (self-released)

6. Dead Now - Dead Now (Brutal Panda)

5. All Them Witches - Lost & Found (New West)

4. Iron and Wine - Weed Garden (Sub Pop)

3. Wand - Perfume (Drag City)

2. Aphex Twin - Collapse (Warp)

1. Protomartyr - Consolation (Domino)

The Reissues/Compilations

10. The Flaming Lips - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Warner Bros.)

9. Roxy Music - Roxy Music (Reprise)

8. Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-67 (ABKCO)

7. Entourage - Ceremony of Dreams: Studio Sessions & Outtakes 1972-77 (Tompkins Square)

6. Holger Czukay - Cinema (Gronland)

5. Hiss Golden Messenger - Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children (Merge)

4. Bitchin' Bajas - Rebajas (Drag City)

3. Tom Petty - An American Treasure (Reprise)

2. The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) [50th Anniversary] (Apple)

1. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)

The Live Albums (New & Retrospective)

10. Haken - L-1VE (InsideOut)

9. Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks Vol. 25: Broome County Arena 11/6/1977 (Rhino)

8. Steven Wilson - Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (Eagle)

7. Opeth - Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater (Nuclear Blast)

6. Phish - The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden (JEMP)

5. John Renbourn - Live in Kyoto 1978 (Drag City)

4. Ghost - Ceremony & Devotion (Loma Vista)

3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 (Legacy)

2. Neil Young - Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live (Reprise)

1. Grateful Dead - Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings (Rhino)

The Tracks

75. "I Shall Love 2" - Julia Holter

74. "Mainland" - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

73. "Need a Little Time" - Courtney Barnett

72. "Once In My Life" - The Decemberists

71. "The Bug Collector" - Haley Heynderickx

70. "Lightning Strike" - Judas Priest

69. "I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)" - The 1975

68. "Hangout at the Gallows" - Father John Misty

67. "T69 Collapse" - Aphex Twin

66. "Rats" - Ghost B.C.

65. "Delicate" - Taylor Swift

64. "Gold Rush" - Death Cab for Cutie

63. "It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)" - The 1975

62. "Survive Sunrise" - ASG

61. "Always Trying to Work It Out" - Low

60. "Lemon Glow" - Beach House

59. "Lifetime" - Yves Tumor

58. "Mona Lisa" - Lil Wayne f. Kendrick Lamar

57. "A Perfect Miracle" - Spiritualized

56. "Heat Wave" - Snail Mail

55. "Suspirium" - Thom Yorke

54. "Canary Yellow" - Deafheaven

53. "I Know What It's Like" - Jeff Tweedy

52. "Middle America" - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

51. "Four Out of Five" - Arctic Monkeys

50. "Loading Zones" - Kurt Vile

49. "APESHIT" - The Carters

48. "No Tears Left to Cry" - Ariana Grande

47. "The Middle" - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

46. "Electric Messiah" - High On Fire

45. "Shades of Blue" - Yo La Tengo

44. "Talking Straight" - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

43. "Broken Halos" - Chris Stapleton

42. "Show Us the Way" - Kamasi Washington

41. "This is America" - Childish Gambino

40. "Satan in the Wait" - Daughters

39. "How Simple" - Hop Along

38. "Last Lion of Albion" - Neko Case

37. "Giza Butler" - Sleep

36. "Noid" - Yves Tumor

35. "Stranger Tonight" - Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

34. "My Queen is Harriet Tubman" - Sons of Kemet

33. "King's Dead" - Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake

32. "Thank U Next" - Ariana Grande

31. "Condemned to the Gallows" - Between the Buried and Me

30. "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

29. "Backasswards" - Kurt Vile

28. "High Hopes" - Panic! at the Disco

27. "Leave It Alone" - Amanda Shires

26. "Slow Burn" - Kacey Musgraves

25. "New Light" - John Mayer

24. "Wide Awake" - Parquet Courts

23. "The Station" - Oneohtrix Point Never

22. "Ablaze" - YOB

21. "Night Shift" - Lucy Dacus

20. "Fists of Fury" - Kamasi Washington

19. "Short Court Style" - Natalie Prass

18. "I Like It" - Cardi B, J Balvin & Bad Bunny

17. "Gorgeous" - Taylor Swift

16. "Show Your Troubles Out" - Garcia Peoples

15. "Venice Bitch" - Lana Del Rey

14. "G.T.F.O." - Mariah Carey

13. "Dance Macabre" - Ghost B.C.

12. "Love It If We Made It" - The 1975

11. "Stir Fry" - Migos

10. "Pristine" - Snail Mail

9. "you should see me in a crown" - Billie Eilish

8. "Got My Name Changed Back" - Pistol Annies

7. "Space Cowboy" - Kacey Musgraves

6. "Party For One" - Carly Rae Jepsen

5. "High Horse" - Kacey Musgraves

4. "All the Stars" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA

3. "New Year's Day" - Taylor Swift

2. "Make Me Feel" - Janelle Monae

1. "Mariners Apartment Complex" - Lana Del Rey

The Albums

75. Blackwater Holylight - Blackwater Holylight (RidingEasy)

74. Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods (Nuclear Blast)

73. KEN Mode - Loved (Season of Mist)

72. Hissing - Permanent Destitution (Profound Lore)

71. Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop (Relapse)

70. Wrekmeister Harmonies - The Alone Rush (Thrill Jockey)

69. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload (Brainfeeder)

68. Crippled Black Phoenix - Great Escape (Season of Mist)

67. Ghost B.C. - Prequelle (Loma Vista)

66. Green Druid - Ashen Blood (Earache)

65. Black Salvation - Uncertainty is Bliss (Relapse)

64. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti)

63. Lucy Dacus - Historian (Matador)

62. Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams (Merge)

61. Johann Johannsson - Mandy OST (Lakeshore/Invada)

60. Thom Yorke - Suspiria (XL)

59. J Mascis - Elastic Days (Sub Pop)

58. Alastor - Slave to the Grave (RidingEasy)

57. Windhand - Eternal Return (Relapse)

56. Nathan Salsburg - Third (No Quarter)

55. Wooden Shjips - V (Thrill Jockey)

54. King Buffalo - Longing to be the Mountain (Stickman)

53. High On Fire - Electric Messiah (E1)

52. Nathan Bowles - Plainly Mistaken (Paradise of Bachelors)

51. Cavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade (Duophonic)

50. Pharaoh Overlord - Zero (Ektro)

49. Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance (Dead Oceans)

48. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Dirty Hit/Polydor)

47. Khemmis - Desolation (20 Buck Spin)

46. All Them Witches - ATW (New West)

45. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum)

44. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In (Matador)

43. Datashock - Krauter der Provinz (Bureau B)

42. Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore - Ghost Forests (Three Lobed)

41. The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic (Metal Blade)

40. Witch Mountain - Witch Mountain (Svart)

39. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (Ipecac)

38. Prince - Piano and a Microphone 1983 (NPG/Warner Bros.)

37. Traden - Traden (Subliminal Sounds)

36. Tomb Mold - Manner of Infinite Forms (20 Buck Spin)

35. Gnod - Chapel Perilous (Rocket Recordings)

34. One Eleven Heavy - Everything's Better (self-released)

33. Beak> - >>> (Temporary Residence)

32. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel (RCA Nashville)

31. SUMAC - Love in Shadow (Thrill Jockey)

30. Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On (Matador)

29. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser (Castle Face)

28. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan)

27. Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band - Sira Be Kala (Sublime Frequencies)

26. Daniel Bachman - The Morning Star (Three Lobed)

25. Keiji Haino & SUMAC - American Dollar Bill (Thrill Jockey)

24. Ryley Walker - The Lillywhite Sessions (Dead Oceans)

23. The Necks - Body (Northern Spy)

22. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples (Guruguru Brain)

21. Cave - Allways (Drag City)

20. Evoken - Hypnagogia (Profound Lore)

19. Low - Double Negative (Sub Pop)

18. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (MCA Nashville)

17. Thou - Magus (Sacred Bones)

16. Hookworms - Microshift (Domino)

15. Garcia Peoples - Cosmic Cash (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)

14. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love (Warp)

13. Ty Segall & Freedom Band - Freedom's Goblin (Drag City)

12. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (International Anthem)

11. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Wasteland (Rise Above)

10. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (Wondaland/Bad Boy)

9. Oneida - Romance (Joyful Noise)

8. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile (Impulse!)

7. Sunwatchers - II (Trouble in Mind)

6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs (Sub Pop)

5. Sleep - The Sciences (Third Man)

4. Mind Over Mirrors - Bellowing Sun (Paradise of Bachelors)

3. John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

2. YOB - Our Raw Heart (Relapse)

1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)