- Released: 2020
- Origin: Sunshine Coast, Australia
- Label: Bargain Bin
- Best Track: Identity Theft
Album #74: The Chats – High Risk Behaviour
Album #73: DAF – Für Immer
- Released: 1982
- Origin: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Label: Virgin
- Best Track: Ein Bisschen Krieg
Album #72: The Dwarves – Blood, Guts & Pussy
- Released: 1990
- Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Label: Sub Pop
- Best Track: Fuck You Up and Get High
Album #71: Galaxie 500 – Today
- Released: 1988
- Origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Label: Aurora
- Best Track: Temperature’s Rising
Album #70: The Wants – Container
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Label: Council Records
- Best Track: Container
Album #69: Kaputt – Carnage Hall
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Glasgow, Scotland
- Label: Upset The Rhythm
- Best Track: You Are Buried with My Nose
Album #68: Myrkur – Folkesange
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Label: Relapse Records
- Best Track: Vinter
Album #67: Moaning – Uneasy Laughter
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Label: Sup Pop
- Best Track: Stranger
Album #66: The Feral Trees – The Feral Trees
- Released: 2015
- Origin: Puławy, Poland
- Label: Antena Krzyku
- Best Track: Old Growth
Album #65: Lonker See – Hamza
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Label: Antena Krzyku
- Best Track: Gdynia80
Album #64: The Cardigans – Life
- Released: 1995
- Origin: Jönköping, Sweden
- Label: Stockholm Records
- Best Track: Rise & Shine
Album #63: Riz Ahmed – The Long Goodbye
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: Mongrel Records
- Best Track: Where You From
Album #62: Deap Lips – Deap Lips
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Los Angeles, California/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Best Track: There is Know Right There is Know Wrong
Album #61: Porridge Radio – Every Bad
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Brighton, England
- Label: Secretly Canadian
- Best Track: Give/Take
Album #60: The Orielles – Disco Volador
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Halifax, England
- Label: Heavenly Records
- Best Track: 7th Dynamic Goo
Album #59: Habibi – Anywhere But Here
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Label: muddguts
- Best Track: Hate Everyone but You
Album #58: Spinning Coin – Hyacinth
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Glasgow
- Label: Geographic Music
- Best Track: Ghosting
Album #57: Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
- Released: 1975
- Origin: Freeport, New York, USA
- Label: RCA
- Best Track: Er…???
Album #56: Nova Twins – Who Are the Girls?
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: 333 Wreckords
- Best Track: Devil’s Face
Album #55: Real Estate – The Main Thing
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
- Label: Domino
- Best Track: You
Album #54: Stephen Malkmus – Traditional Techniques
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Stockton, California, USA
- Label: Domino
- Best Track: Shadowbanned
Album #53: Title Fight – Floral Green
- Released: 2012
- Origin: Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
- Label: SideOneDummy
- Best Track: Numb But I Still Feel It
Album #52: CLAMM – Beseech Me
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Melbourne, Australia
- Label: Self-released
- Best Track: Cardiac Ablation
Album #51: King Krule – Man Alive!
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: XL
- Best Track: Stoned Again
Album #50: Wasted Shirt – Fungus II
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Laguna Beach, California/Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Label: Famous Class
- Best Track: Eagle Slaughters Graduation
Album #49: Soccer Mommy – color theory
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Label: Loma Vista
- Best Track: yellow is the color of her eyes
Album #48: Thompson Twins – Into the Gap
- Released: 1984
- Origin: Sheffield, England
- Label: Arista
- Best Track: Hold Me Now
Album #47: Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See
- Released: 1993
- Origin: Santa Monica, California, USA
- Label: Capitol
- Best Track: Blue Light
Album #46: Greg Dulli – Random Desire
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Hamilton, Ohio, USA
- Label: Royal Cream
- Best Track: Black Moon
Album #45: Cloth – Cloth
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Glasgow, Scotland
- Label: Last Night from Glasgow
- Best Track: Curiosity Door
Album #44: Purr – Like New
- Released: 2020
- Origin: New York City, USA
- Label: Anti
- Best Track: Cherries
Album #43: Guided By Voices – Surrender Your Poppy Field
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Label: GBV
- Best Track: Always Gone
Album #42: The Men – Mercy
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Label: Self-released
- Best Track: Wading in Dirty Water
Album #41: HMLTD – West of Eden
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: Lucky Number
- Best Track: Satan, Luella & I
Album #40: Kiwi jr. – Football Money
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Toronto, Canada
- Label: Persona Non Grata
- Best Track: Nothing Changes
Album #39: Bambara – Stray
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Athens, Georgia, USA
- Label: Wharf Cat
- Best Track: Serafina
Album #38: Mush – 3D Routine
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Leeds, England
- Label: Memphis Industries
- Best Track: Gig Economy
Album #37: Blankenberge – More
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Label: Self-released
- Best Track: Go
Album #36: Nada Surf – Never Not Together
- Released: 2020
- Origin: New York City, USA
- Label: City Slang
- Best Track: Something I Should Do
Album #35: The Homesick – The Big Exercise
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Dokkum, Netherlands
- Label: Sub Pop
- Best Track: Male Bonding
Album #34: Duster – Stratosphere
- Released: 1998
- Origin: San Jose, California, USA
- Label: Up
- Best Track: Earth Moon Transit
Album #33: Green Day – Father of All Motherfuckers
- Released: 2020
- Origin: East Bay, California, USA
- Label: Reprise
- Best Track: Oh, Yeah!
Album #32: Shopping – All or Nothing
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: FatCat
- Best Track: Body Clock
Album #31: Wipers – Is This Real?
- Released: 1980
- Origin: Portland, Oregon, USA
- Label: Zenorecords
- Best Track: Don’t Know What I Am
Album #30: Bad//Dreems – Doomsday Ballet
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Adelaide, Australia
- Label: Farmer & The Owl
- Best Track: Low Life
Album #29 – Xinlisupreme – Tomorrow Never Comes
- Released: 2002
- Origin: Oita, Japan
- Label: Xinlisupreme
- Best Track: All You Need Is Love Was Not True
Album #28: Poliça – When We Stay Alive
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Label: Memphis Industries
- Best Track: Blood Moon
Album #27: Dune Rats – Hurry Up and Wait
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Brisbane, Australia
- Label: Ratbag/BMG
- Best Track: Crazy
Album #26: Sløtface – Sorry for the Late Reply
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Stavanger, Norway
- Label: Propeller
- Best Track: Passport
Album #25: Alcest – Spiritual Instinct
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
- Label: Nuclear Blast
- Best Track: Sapphire
Album #24: Show Me the Body – Dog Whistle
- Released: 2019
- Origin: New York City, USA
- Label: Loma Vista
- Best Track: Drought
Album #23: Beth Orton – Trailer Park
- Released: 1996
- Origin: Norfolk, England
- Label: Heavenly
- Best Track: Someone’s Daughter
Album #22: P – P
- Released: 1995
- Origin: Hollywood, California, USA
- Label: Capitol
- Best Track: Zing Splash
Album #21: Los Suziox – El Fin Justifica Los Medios
- Released: 2008
- Origin: Medellin, Colombia
- Label: Punk Outlaw
- Best Track: Justicia De Ley
19 Great Albums from 2019
I’m quite pleased with myself for staying on track with this project so far. OK, it’s January 26th and I’ve only done 20, but I didn’t start until the 7th, so I’m averaging exactly one album a day. If I can carry on at this rate for the rest of the year, I just need to find six days over the next 11 months where I can bash out two reviews. Simple as that!
Continue reading “19 Great Albums from 2019”Album #20: Wolf Parade – Thin Mind
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Montreal, Canada
- Label: Sub Pop
- Best Track: Against the Day
Album #19: Wire – Mind Hive
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: pinkflag
- Best Track: Oklahoma
Album #18: Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: x2
- Best Track: Happy People
Album #17: Codeine – Frigid Stars LP
- Released: 1990
- Origin: New York City, USA
- Label: Glitterhouse/Sub Pop
- Best Track: Gravel Bed
Album #16: Holy Fuck – Deleter
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Toronto, Canada
- Label: Holy EF
- Best Track: Endless
Album #15: Criteria – Years
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Label: 15 Passenger
- Best Track: We Are. We Are. We Aren’t.
Album #14: Futurebirds – Teamwork
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Athens, Georgia, USA
- Label: VL4L
- Best Track: Killing Ground
Album #13: … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – X: The Godless Void and Other Stories
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Austin, Texas, USA
- Label: InsideOut
- Best Track: Don’t Look Down
Album #12: Anti-Flag – 20/20 Vision
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Label: Spinefarm
- Best Track: Christian Nationalist
Album #11: Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
- Released: 2020
- Origin: London, England
- Label: Mmm… Records
- Best Track: Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)
Album #10: Suede – Bloodsports
- Released: 2013
- Origin: London, England
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Best Track: It Starts and Ends With You
Album #9: Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
- Released: 2018
- Origin: Melbourne, Australia
- Label: Milk! (Marathon Artists in UK)
- Best Track: Charity
Album #8: Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Olympia, Washington, USA
- Label: Mom + Pop
- Best Track: Ruins
Album #7: Liam Gallagher – Why Me? Why Not.
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Manchester, England
- Label: Warner
- Best Track: The River
Album #6: Chelsea – Chelsea
- Released: 1979
- Origin: London, England
- Label: Step-Forward
- Best Track: Twelve Men
Album #5: Penetration – Coming Up for Air
- Released: 1979
- Origin: Ferryhill, County Durham, England
- Label: Virgin
- Best Track: Shout Above the Noise
Album #4: Beach Slang – The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Label: Bridge Nine
- Best Track: Kicking Over Bottles
Album #3: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
- Released: 2019
- Origin: Melbourne, Australia
- Label: Ghosteen/Bad Seed
- Best Track: Bright Horses
Album #2: Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
- Released: 2019
- Origin: New York, USA
- Label: 4AD
- Best Track: Jenni
Album #1: Nuclear Dreams – Year Zerø
- Released: 2020
- Origin: Basque Country
- Label: Unsigned (I think!)
- Best Track: Empty Eyes
What is all this nonsense?
The challenge is a pretty simple one – over the course of 2020, I want to listen to 366 albums I’ve never heard before.
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