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2019 album reviews |
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100 Gecs | 1000 Gecs | (Dog Show) | dance-pop | 7/10 |
75 Dollar Bill | I Was Real | (Thin Wrist) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
Abyssal | A Beacon in the Husk | (Profound Lore) | metal | 5/10 |
Ilyas Ahmed | Behold Killers | (Geographic North) | free-folk | 7/10 |
Alcest | Spiritual Instinct | (Nuclear Blast) | blackgaze | 6/10 |
Saba Alizadeh | Scattered Memories | (Karl) | ambient | 6/10 |
Amateur Hour | Framtiden Tillhor Inte Oss | (Happiest Place) | psych-rock | 6.5/10 |
Oren Ambarchi | Simian Angel | (Editions Mego) | post-rock | 6/10 |
Amnesia Scanner | Lexachast | (Pan) | dance | 6/10 |
Avey Tare | Cows on Hourglass Pond | (Domino) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Bill Callahan | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | (Drag City) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Camellia | Blackmagik Blazing (2019) | (Kamel Camellia) | dance | 7/10 |
Caretaker | Everywhere at the End of Time | (self) | sample & ambient | 7/10 |
Laura Luna Castillo | Folksonomies | (Cudighi) | ambient | 6/10 |
Nick Cave | Ghosteeen | (Ghosteen) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Sarah Mary Chadwick | Queen Who Stole the Sky | (Inertia) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Richard Chartier | Variable Dimensions | (Line) | ambient | 5/10 |
Clipping | There Existed an Addiction to Blood | (SubPop) | rap | 7/10 |
Jacob Collier | Djesse Vol. 2 | (Decca) | pop | 5/10 |
Colour Haze | We Are | (Elektrohasch) | stoner | 5/10 |
Comet Is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery | (Impulse) | jazztronica | 6/10 |
Cult of Luna | A Dawn to Fear | (Metal Blade) | prog-metal | 6/10 |
Dave | Psychodrama | (Neighbourhood) | hip-hop | 7/10 |
Richard Dawson | 2020 | (Rough Trade) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Deaf Center | Low Distance | (Sonic Pieces) | ambient | 6.5/10 |
Deathspell Omega | The Furnaces of Palingenesia | (Norma Evangelium Diaboli) | metal | 5/10 |
Deerhunter | Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | (4AD) | dream-pop | 6/10 |
Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell | (Interscope) | pop | 6/10 |
Drowse | Light Mirror | (Flenser) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Eartheater | Trinity | (Chemical X) | avant-pop | 6/10 |
Ecco2k | E | (Year0001) | emo-rap | 7/10 |
Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? | (Darkroom) | dance-pop | 6/10 |
Eluvium | Virga I | (Temporary Residence) | ambient | 5/10 |
Eluvium | Pianoworks | (Temporary Residence) | ambient | 5/10 |
Empath | Active Listening: Night on Earth | (Get Better) | punk-pop | 6/10 |
Employed to Serve | Eternal Forward Motion | (Spinefarm) | metalcore | 6/10 |
Endon | Boy Meets Girl | (Black Smoker) | noise | 6/10 |
Esoctrilihum | The Telluric Ashes of the OĻ Vrth Immemorial Gods | (I Voidhanger) | black metal | 6/10 |
EvilDewer | The Voynich Manuscript | (self) | hip-hop | 6.5/10 |
FACS | Lifelike | (Trouble in Mind) | post-rock | 5/10 |
Fennesz | Agora | (Touch) | ambient | 5/10 |
Fire-toolz | Field Whispers | (Orange Milk) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
FKA Twigs | Magdalene | (Young Turks) | pop | 5/10 |
Florist | Emily Alone | (Double Double Whammy) | folk | 6/10 |
Flying Lotus | Flamagra | (Warp) | hip-hop | 4/10 |
Flying Luttenbachers | Imminent Death | (ugEXPLODE) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
Flying Luttenbachers | Shattered Dimension | (ugEXPLODE) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
Nils Frahm | All Encores | (Erased Tapes) | ambient | 6/10 |
Friendship | Undercurrent | (Southern Lord) | hardcore | 6/10 |
Alex G | House of Sugar | (Domino) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Girl Band | The Talkies | (Rough Trade) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
Kim Gordon | No Home Record | (Matador) | songwriter | 7/10 |
Ariana Grande | Thank U Next | (Republic) | dance-pop | 4/10 |
Green Milk From The Planet Orange | Third | (Inferior Planet) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
Gruzja | Jeszcze Nie Mamy Na Was Pomyslu | (self) | metal | 4/10 |
Aldous Harding | Designer | (4AD) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Have a Nice Life | Sea of Worry | (Flenser) | alt-pop | 4/10 |
Tim Hecker | Anoyo | (Drag City) | glitch | 5/10 |
Holly Herndon | Proto | (4AD) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Himukalt | Sex Worker | (Total Black) | industrial | 4/10 |
Hiss Golden Messenger | Terms of Surrender | (Merge) | roots-rock | 4/10 |
Bruce Hornsby | Absolute Zero | (Zappo) | songwriter | 7/10 |
Brittany Howard | Jaime | (ATO) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Hval | The Practice of Love | (Sacred Bones) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Iglooghost | XYZ | (Gloo) | post-hop | 5/10 |
Ikarus | Mosaismic | (Ronin Rhythm) | prog-rock | 5/10 |
Injury Reserve | Injury Reserve | (Loma Vista) | hip-hop | 7/10 |
Simon Joyner | Pocket Moon | (Ba Da Bing, 2019) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Jpegmafia | All My Heroes Are Cornballs | (EQT) | rap | 6/10 |
Kaatayra | No Ruidar da Mata que Mirra | (self) | metal | 7/10 |
Kaatayra | Nascido Sob o Signo Incivilizatorio | (self) | metal | 6/10 |
Kablam | Confusia | (self) | post-dance | 6/10 |
Kayo Dot | Blaspheme | (Flenser) | post-rock | 5/10 |
Julia Kent | Temporal | (Leaf Label) | ambient | 6/10 |
King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizard | Fishing For Fishies | (Flightless) | garage | 6/10 |
King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizard | Infest The Rats' Nest | (Flightless) | metal | 4/10 |
Michael Kiwanuka | Kiwanuka | (Polydor) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Klein | Lifetime | (Ijn) | electronic | 6/10 |
Mark Kozelek | Joey Always Smiled | (Caldo Verde) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Lambchop | This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) | (Merge) | glitch-pop | 4/10 |
Land of Kush | Sand Enigma | (Constellation) | post-rock | 6/10 |
Mark Lanegan | Somebody's Knocking | (Heavenly) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Lankum | The Livelong Day | (Rough Trade) | folk | 6/10 |
Cate LeBon | Reward | (Mexican Summer) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Lingua Ignota | Caligula | (Profound Lore) | songwriter | 7/10 |
Liturgy | H.A.Q.Q. | (YLYLCYN) | prog-metal | 7/10 |
Los Siquicos Litoralenos | Medianos Exitos Subtropicales Vol 2 - El Relincho Del Tiempo | (self) | free-folk | 6.5/10 |
Lower Dens | The Competition | (Ribbon) | synth-pop | 4/10 |
Lunacy | Age Of Truth | (Third Coming) | gothic | 6/10 |
Galcher Lustwerk | Information | (White Material) | house | 4/10 |
M83 | DSVII | (Mute) | synth-pop | 4/10 |
Barrett Martin | Songs of the Firebird | (self) | world-jazz | 5/10 |
Matmos | Plastic Anniversary | (Thrill Jockey) | electronic | 5/10 |
Mekons | Deserted | (Bloodshot) | alt-rock | 4/10 |
Mesarthim | Ghost Condensate | (self) | metal | 6/10 |
Mike | Tears of Joy | (self) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
Minus 5 | Stroke Manor | (Yep Roc) | power-pop | 6/10 |
Monolord | No Comfort | (Relapse) | doom-metal | 4/10 |
Roy Montgomery | After Nietzsche | (Aguirre) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Moodymann | Sinner | (Peacefrog) | house | 4/10 |
Moor Mother | Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes | (Don Giovanni) | abstract | 6/10 |
Kevin Morby | Oh My God | (Dead Oceans) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Motorpsycho | The Crucible | (Rune Grammofon) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
Bob Mould | Sunshine Rock | (Merge) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Mountain Goats | In League With Dragons | (Merge) | pop | 4/10 |
National | I am Easy to Find | (4AD) | roots-rock | 5/10 |
New Pornographers | In the Morse Code of Brake Lights | (Concord) | pop | 4/10 |
Nivhek | After its own Death | (W.25th) | ambient | 7/10 |
Karen O & Danger Mouse | Lux Prima | (BMG) | disco | 6/10 |
Oh Sees | Face Stabber | (Castle Face) | psych-rock | 7/10 |
Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | (Jagjaguwar) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Bill Orcutt | Odds Against Tomorrow | (Vin du Select Qualitite) | guitar | 7/10 |
Oso Oso | Basking in the Glow | (Triple Crown) | emo | 4/10 |
Amanda Palmer | There Will Be No Intermission | (Cooking Vinyl) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Panda Bear | Buoys | (Domino) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Panda Rosa | Bioconcrete | (self) | post-rock | 6/10 |
Pere Ubu | The Long Goodbye | (Cherry Red) | new wave | 6/10 |
Pharmakon | Devour | (Sacred Bones) | industrial | 7.5/10 |
Pile | Green and Gray | (Exploding In Sound) | post-rock | 4/10 |
Pixies | Beneath the Eyrie | (BMG) | power-pop | 5/10 |
Polo G | Die a Legend | (Columbia) | trap | 6/10 |
Pom Poko | Birthday | (Bella Union) | power-pop | 6/10 |
Kyle Press | Overtones, Drones, And Saxophones | (No Rent) | avantgarde | 7/10 |
Prizes Roses Rosa | Anubis | (self) | post-rock | 5/10 |
Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | (Drag City) | songwriter | 6/10 |
RAIC | Multiplicity | (Thirsty Leaves) | noise-rock | 7.5/10 |
RAIC | Haxan | (Thirsty Leaves) | noise-rock | 5/10 |
RAIC | Chance Operations | (Blight) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
RAIC | Lamentations | (Arachnidiscs) | noise-rock | 7/10 |
Julia Reidy | Brace Brace | (Slip) | instrumental | 6/10 |
Julia Reidy | In Real Life | (Black Truffle) | instrumental | 6/10 |
Robert Rich | Tactile Ground | (self) | ambient | 6/10 |
Steve Roach | Bloom Ascension | (Timeroom) | ambient | 4/10 |
Steve Roach | Trance Archeology | (Timeroom) | ambient | 5/10 |
Claire Rousay | Friends | (self) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker | Little Common Twist | (Dead Oceans) | free-jazz | 6/10 |
Gavilan Russom | The Envoy | (Ecstatic) | post-rock | 6/10 |
Sadaf | History of Heat (2019) | (Blueberry) | songwriter | 8/10 |
Santana | Africa Speaks | (Concord) | pop-jazz | 4/10 |
Secluded Alchemist | Wintry Beauty Of Nature/ A Glacial Grave | (Ancient Meadow) | ambient | 6/10 |
Ty Segall | First Taste | (Drag City) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Self Esteem | Compliments Please | (Universal) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Sematary | Rainbow Bridge 1 | (self) | drill | 6/10 |
Sewerslvt | Drowning in the Sewer | (self) | breakcore | 6.5/10 |
Sheer Mag | A Distant Call | (Static Shock) | hard-rock | 6/10 |
Shit & Shine | No No No No | (OOH-sounds) | dance | 4/10 |
Shit & Shine | Doing Drugs Selling Drugs | (Riot Season) | dance | 4/10 |
Show me the Body | Dog Whistle | (Loma Vista) | rap-punk | 6/10 |
Signor Benedick the Moor | Spirit Realm.Final | (Deathbomb Arc) | hip hop | 6/10 |
Sirom | Svet Ki Spece Konju Cvet/ A Universe That Roasts Blossoms For A Horse | (Glitterbeat) | free-folk | 6.5/10 |
Skullflower | Purity | (Turgid Vermin) | noise | 4/10 |
Solange | When I Get Home | (Columbia) | dance-pop | 6/10 |
Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars | (Columbia) | songwriter | 4/10 |
Stereo Total | Ah Quel Cinema | (Staatsakt) | Brit-pop | 5/10 |
Carl Stone | Baroo | (Unseen Worlds) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
Andy Stott | It Should Be Us | (Modern Love) | techno | 6/10 |
Carl Stone | Himalaya | (Unseen Worlds) | avantgarde | 7/10 |
Sudan Archives | Athena | (Stones Throw) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Sun Kil Moon | I Also Want To Die In New Orleans | (Caldo Verde) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Sunn O))) | Life Metal | (Southern Lord) | drone | 5/10 |
Sunn O))) | Pyroclasts | (Southern Lord) | drone | 6/10 |
Sunwatchers | Illegal Moves | (Trouble In Mind) | instrumental | 7/10 |
Sutekh Hexen | Sutekh Hexen | (Cyclic Law) | abstract | 6/10 |
Swans | Leaving Meaning | (Young God) | alt-rock | 6/10 |
Yann Tiersen | All | (Mute) | ambient | 6/10 |
Tindersticks | No Treasure But Hope | (City Slang) | songwriter | 4/10 |
To Live and Shave in LA | As Gods Are Skinned | (Independent Woman) | noise | 6/10 |
Amon Tobin | Fear in a Handful of Dust | (Nomark) | ambient | 4/10 |
Amon Tobin | Long Stories | (Nomark) | ambient | 4/10 |
Tool | Fear Inoculum | (Tool Dissectional) | metal | 5/10 |
Tropical Fuck Storm | Braindrops | (Flightless) | garage-rock | 6/10 |
Tyler the Creator | Igor | (Columbia) | rap | 6/10 |
Uboa | The Origin of My Depression | (Uboa) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Ulwhednar | Razor Mesh Fencing | (Northern Electronics) | ambient | 7/10 |
Urok | Urok | (Chant) | noise-rock | 7/10 |
Vagabon | Vagabon | (Nonesuch) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride | (Columbia) | pop | 6/10 |
Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | (Jagjaguwar) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Vehemence | Par le Sang Verse' | (Antiq) | black-metal | 7/10 |
Levon Vincent | World Order Music | (Novel Sound) | house | 6.5/10 |
Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | (Secretely Canadian) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Weezer | Weezer (Black Album) | (Atlantic) | pop | 5/10 |
Kanye West | Jesus Is King | (Good Music) | rap | 4/10 |
Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | (Subpop) | pop | 6/10 |
Wilco | Ode to Joy | (dBpm) | roots-rock | 5/10 |
Chelsea Wolfe | Birth of Violence | (Sargeant House) | songwriter | 5/10 |
Billy Woods | Hiding Places | (Backwoodz Studioz ) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
Billy Woods | Terror Management | (Backwoodz Studioz ) | hip-hop | 5/10 |
Shannon Wright | Providence | (Vicious Circle) | songwriter | 7/10 |
Xin | Melts into Love | (Subtext) | dance | 6/10 |
Xiu Xiu | Girl With Basket of Fruit | (Polyvinyl) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
Yeule | Serotonin II | (Bayonet) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
Yola | Walk Through Fire | (Easy Eye Sound) | country-soul | 5/10 |
Thom Yorke | Anima | (XL) | dance-pop | 6/10 |
Young Thug | So Much Fun | (Atlantic) | trap | 5/10 |
Your Old Droog | Jewelry | (Mongoloid Banks) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
Your Old Droog | Transportation | (Nature Sounds) | hip-hop | 5/10 |
Your Old Droog | It Wasn't Even Close | (Mongoloid Banks) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
Brock Zeman | Hey Tom | (Busted Flat) | songwriter | 6/10 |
Zu | Terminalia Amazonia | (House of Mythology) | post-rock | 6/10 |
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