YEAR END MEGALIST 2019

Top 10! (no particular order)
  • Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
  • Black Mountain - Destroyer
  • Cage The Elephant - Social Cues
  • Chelsea Wolfe - Birth Of Violence
  • Feels - Post Earth
  • Kadavar - For The Dead Travel Fast
  • Lightning Dust - Spectre
  • Russian Circles - Blood Year
  • Tool - Fear Inoculum
  • White Reaper - You Deserve Love

Love the Russian Circles album.
 
Here's my draft rating. Points to follow (and maybe a new order) after I re-listen to them all

1. Muriel Grossmann - Reverence
2. Theon Cross - Fyah
3. Dave - Psychodrama
4. Cykada - Cykada
5. Tyler Childers - Country Squire
6. Dona Onete - Rebujo
7. Joel Ross - Kingmaker
8. Compro Oro - Suburban Exotica
9. Songs of Our Native Daughters
10. Blow 3.0 - Equality
 
Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Ghost Funk Orchestra - A Song For Paul
Black Pumas - s/t
Emotional Oranges - The Juice, Vol. 1
Cochemea - All My Relations
FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
Durand Jones & The Indications - American Love Call
Harry Styles - Fine Line
Black Mountain - Destroyer

15 pts each for Kelly Finnigan & Billie Eilish, 5 pts each for Tyler, Durand Jones, Harry Styles & Black Mountain, 10 pts each for the rest.
 
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20 Fontaines DC - Dogrel
20 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
15 The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
15 Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell
15 Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive
10 Durand Jones & The Indications ‎- American Love Call
5 GA-20 - Lonely Soul
 
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Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari 20
Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi - there is no Other 20
Michael Kiwanuka- Kiwanuka 15
Neal Francis - Changes 15
MorMor - Someplace Else 10
Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee 10
Black Pumas - Black Pumas 5
Tyler Childers - Country Squire 5
 
Purple Mountains - 15
Big Thief - UFOF - 10
Orville Peck - Pony - 10
Big Thief - Two Hands 10
Ian Noe - Between the Country - 10
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising - 10
Craig Finn - I Need A New War - 10
Tyler Childers - Country Squire - 5
Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell - 5
Lillie Mae - Other Girls - 5
Hatchie - Keepsake - 5
Lana Del Rey - NFR - 5
 
  1. 20 pts - Jpegmafia - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
  2. 15 pts - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
  3. 10 pts - Teebs - Anicca
  4. 10 pts - The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
  5. 10 pts - FKA Twigs - Magdalene
  6. 7 pts - Denzel Curry - Zuu
  7. 7 pts - Lapalux - Aminoverse
  8. 7 pts - Rapsody - Eve
  9. 7 pts - Swans - Leaving Meaning.
  10. 7 pts - Future - Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd
 
1) 他方世界 ~ They don't speak for us (20)
2) 爱是唯一 ~ S/T(20)
3) GriffO ~ 通用计算 (10)
4) 和平和浪 ~ 安福大厅 (10)
5) Yogee New Waves ~ BlueHarlem (10)
6) Prune Deer ~ Insufficient Postage (10)
7) De Lorians ~ S/T (5)
8) Eggplantegg ~ 我們以後要結婚 (5)
9) Jizue ~ Gallery (5)
10) L'eclair ~ Sauropoda (5)

Honorable Mentions:
Dave ~ Psychodrama
Little Simz ~ Grey Area
 
Brittany Howard - Jaime (20 points)
Solange - When I Get Home (20 points)

Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (10 points)
Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe (10 points)
Big Thief - Two Hands (10 Points)
FKA Twigs - Magdalene (10 points)

Flying Lotus - Flamagra (5 points)
Sudan Archives - Athena (5 points)
CHAI - PUNK (5 points)
Teebs - Anicca (5 points)
 
  1. Wilco - Ode to Joy - 20 pts.
  2. Tool - Fear Inoculum - 15 pts.
  3. black midi - Schlagenheim - 12 pts.
  4. Vampire - Weekend Father of the Bride - 12 pts.
  5. Sara Bareilles - Amidst The Chaos - 9 pts.
  6. American Football - American Football (LP3) - 7 pts.
  7. Torche - Admission -7 pts.
  8. Jay Som Anak Ko - 6 pts.
  9. Big Thief - Two Hands - 6 pts.
  10. The Cranberries - In the End - 3 pts.
  11. Miniature Tigers - Vampires in the Daylight - 3pts.

FYI @Woob_woob I've updated/edited my list.
I wanted to keep a Top 10 but I just can't, in good conscious, leave the Miniature Tigers' release off the list.
It cost Sara/American Football/Torche a point each...but it had to be done.
 
Neal Francis - Changes 15
Kelly Finnigan ‎– The Tales People Tell 15

Black Pumas - s/t 10
Ikebe Shakedown - Kings Left Behind 10
Nina Simone & Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Eunice Waymon 10

Durand Jones & the Indications - American Love Call - 8
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka - 7
Brittany Howard - Jaime - 6
Daniel Norgren - Wooh Dang - 6
Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage II - 5
Kokoroko - Kokoroko EP - 4
Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne - 4
 
Like previous years, I'll post a couple of albums and will edit during the rest of the month until I have a definitive list.

18: Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
15: Joel Ross - Kingmaker
10: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Bandana
9: Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage II
9: Bad Bunny - X 100PRE (Came out super late 2018, so I think it counts)
8: Kokoroko - Kokoroko EP
7: Brockhampton - Ginger
6: Daymé Arocena - Sonocardiogram
6: clipping. - There existed an addiction to blood
5: Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy!
5: Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage I
2: Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿


I'll shave it down and add points to each over the course of the month
Thanks for doing this @Woob_woob
Had to edit this to put Bad Bunny a little higher. I'm listening to his album again and it's brilliant. People think I joke whenever I say this, but his album is one of the most revolutionary recordings in recent mainstream latin music.
 
1. Black Marble - Bigger Than Life (20) - it's just a really beautiful post-punk/goth album that's heavy on the synths and drum machines. Probably his most uplifting and poppy album to date. It's one of those albums you so quickly consume that you wish there was a second album coming out in the same year.



2. DIIV - Deceiver (15) - this is the highlight song (for me) from an excellent album. It's warm and fuzzy.



3. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (15) - Claypool is one of my favorite musicians of all time. One of a kind. I have been to countless shows, whether it's Primus, the Frog Brigade, the Fancy Band, Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, the CLD, or soon (come Feb. 2020) OYSTERHEAD! The tune linked below has an excellent jam section from an incredible sophomore album.



4. Whirr - Feels Like You (10) - dark shoegaze. I love that the tracks on this album bleed into each other. It calms me.



5. Com Truise - Persuasion System (10) - my favorite track from this one happens to be an ambient tune. Very unlike the rest of his mid-tempo synth funk.



6. American Football - LP3 (10) - I really got lost in this album while riding a train in Chicago. I grew up in SE Wisconsin when AF came onto the scene (and the whole Midwestern emo scene was exploding) . Nice to hear their twinkly guitars in 2019.


7. The National - I Am Easy to Find (5) - Love the female vocals. Made the album for me.


8. King Gizz - Infest the Rat's Nest (5) - Metal suits them. I appreciate the rare bass and guitar solos (so "un-Gizz" of them). Superbug. Sounds like SLEEP!


9. The Appleseed Cast - The Fleeting Light of Impermanence (5) - one of the most underrated bands in existence.


10. Khruangbin - 全てが君に微笑む (5) - technically a comp, but the LP came out in 2019. And I really love the artwork.
 
Narrowed it down to a top 10:

1. The National - I Am Easy To Find 20
2. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride 15
3. Coldplay - Everyday Life 15
4. Little Simz - Grey Area 10
5. DIIV - Deceiver 10
6. Liam Gallagher - Why Me Why Not 8
7. Gary Clark Jr. - This Land 7
8. Strand of Oaks - Eraserland 5
9. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors 5
10. Ride - This is Not a Safe Place 5
 
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