My Favorite Albums from 2019

I listened to 215 albums in 2019. Incredible, really, now that I’ve been able to track the albums I listen to and find appropriate ways of listening to them. They weren’t all released in 2019, of course, but many were. Below you’ll find my favorite albums that came out last year. This is a new type of post for me, so feels a bit basic, but I have the data, so why not share it? Note: some of these may be re-releases. And note: they are listed in alphabetical order.

Silences by Adia Victoria

Malibu Ken by Aesop Rock

Sunshine 3 by Aleksi Perala

I’m Losing Myself by An Isolated Mind

ANDRES IV by Andres

All the Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Death Becomes Her by ANGEL-HO

thank u, next by Ariana Grande

Organism EP by Ariel Zetina​

Signal Bulletin by ASUNA & Jan Jelinek

Cows on Hourglass Pond by Avey Tare

Gold and Grey by Baroness

Dark: Cycle 1 (Original Music From The Netflix Series) by Ben Frost

Dark: Cycle 2 by Ben Frost

Odds Against Tomorrow by Bill Orcutt

LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR STUPID LITTLE BITCHES by Black Dresses

Destroyer by Black Mountain

Blacks’ Myths II by Blacks’ Myths

Animated Violence Mild by Blanck Mass

i,i by Bon Iver

Free Company by Boy Scouts

Let’s Try the After by Broken Social Scene

Scholars by Buke and Gase

Dive / Rain by Burial and Bug

The Act of Falling from the 8th Floor by Carl Gari & Abdullah Miniawy

Myths 004 by Cate Le Bon

Zandoli EP (Bandcamp by Charlotte Adigery

Stuffed & Ready by Cherry Glazerr

Immaculada High by Cherubs

Brace Up! by Chris Corsano and Bill Orcutt

Ancestral Recall by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Hectic Shakes EP by Christoph de Babalon

Gazing in the Dark by Copperhead

I Need a New War by Craig Finn

Pure Imagination No Country by Dave Harrington Group

Occulting Disk by Deathprod

Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? by Deerhunter

I Don’t Know How to Be Happy by Deli Girls

Deceiver by DIIV

PURGE by Dis Fig

Kinshasa One Two by DRC Music

Sweet Princess EP by Dry Cleaning

New Atlantis by Efdemin

Empire EP by Eli Keszler

Water Memory by Emily A Sprague

Scenery by Emily King

Musical Prophet – The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions by Eric Dolphy

Neighborhoods by Ernest Hood

Agora by Fennesz

MAGDALENE by FKA Twigs

Emily Alone by Florist

Hi This is Flume by Flume

Unsound Festival mix (YouTube) by Forest Swords

Close it Quietly by Frakie Cosmos

Haunted Items -4 by Frankie Cosmos

Failed Entertainment by FURY

A People’s History of Gauche by Gauche

The Envoy by Gavilan Rayna Russom

Phantom Rhythm by Gong Gong Gong III

After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house by Grouper

This is How You Smile by Helado Negro

A Fossil Begins to Bray by Hiro Kone

Modern Nature by How to Live

Venus in Leo by HTRK

Mdou Moctar by Ilana (The Creator)

Sulphur English by Inter Arma

Otoboke Beaver by Itekoma Hits

FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise by Jaimie Branch

Tatizo Pesa by Jay Mitta

Tracing Back The Radiance by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

On the Line by Jenny Lewis

Mise En Abyme by joni void

Mandatory Reality by Joshua Abrams and Nautral Information Society

La Onda de Juan Pablo by Juan Wauters

Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Lux Prima by Karen O

Origin EP by Kelly Moran

No Home Record by Kim Gordon

Solitude by King Midas Sound

Lifetie by Klein

The Bells by Kornél Kovács

Panorama by La Dispute

Ancestor Boy by Lafawndah

DJ Kicks by Laurel Halo

Loom Dream by Leif

River without Banks by Leo Svirsky

Thanks for the Dance by Leonard Cohen

October Song by Lighting Bug

Caligula by Lingua Ignota

Gray Area by Little Simz

lofeye by lojii

Antidoes 1 (Open Spotify) by Lucinda Chua

Many Any by Max D

Dolphine by Mega Bog

Fever by Megan Thee Stallion

Komachi by Meitei

Coastal Erosion (YouTube) by Merzbow & Vanity Productions

Tears of Joy by MIKE

Power Chords by Mike Krol

How to Live by Modern Nature

Lost Wisdom Pt 2 by Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron

Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire by Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire

Volume One: Dilemmas Of Identity (YouTube) by Nate Young

Colorado by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Miss Universe by Nilufer Yanya

Radiant Dawn by Operators

basking in the glow by Oso Oso

Phoenix by Pedro the Lion

Nighttime Stories by Pelican

Tasmania by Pond

Morbid Stuff by POP

The Seducation of Kansas by Priests

Am I Who I Am by PTU

Self-Titled by Purple Mountains

Guns by Quelle Chris

Cages by Redbait

ATAXIA by Rian Treanor

Inferno by Robert Forster

Oli XL by Rogue Intruder, Soul Enhancer

Stars Have Eyes by Saint Abdullah

That’s Harakiri by Sd Laika

We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot

Self-Titled by Sofia Kourtesis

When I Get Home by Solange

Mazy Fly by Spellling

Beware of the Dogs by Stella Donnelly

Athena by Sudan Archives

Life Metal by Sunn O)))

Illegal Moves by Sunwatchers

Leaving Meaning by Swans

Toothsayer by Tanya Tagaq

Dreams Are Not Enough by Telefon Tel Aviv

No Geography by The Chemical Brothers

The Devil You Know by The Coathangers

In League with Dragons by The Mountain Goats

No Holiday by The Muffs

Vessel (Revolver) by Theories

ANIMA by Thom Yorke

No Treasure but Hope by Tindersticks

II by TNGHT

Outer Peace by Toro y Moi

Deforming Lobes by Ty Segall

First Taste by Ty Segall

Signals Into Space by Ultramarine

Pacific Breeze by Various

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Girl With Basket Of Fruit by Xiu Xiu

SECOND LANGUAGE by XXX

Mujeres by Y La Bamba

WAHALA by YATTA

Spirit Said Yes! by YATTA

ATO by Ziur