Dec 9, 2020

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)

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