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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 |
| Barker | Utility | (Ostgut Ton) | ambient techno | 6/10 |
| Baroness | Gold & Grey | (Abraxan Hymns) | pop-metal | 4/10 |
| William Basinski | On Time Out Of Time | (Temporary Residence) | ambient | 5/10 |
| Beat Circus | These Wicked Things | (Innova) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Bent Knee | You Know What They Mean | (Inside Out) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Big Thief | U.F.O.F. | (4AD) | folk-rock | 6/10 |
| Big Thief | Two Hands | (4AD) | folk-rock | 5/10 |
| Black Dresses | Thank You | (Black Squares) | glitch-pop | 5/10 |
| Black Dresses | Love And Affection For Stupid Little Bitches (2019) | (Black Squares) | glitch-pop | 5/10 |
| Black Midi | Schlagenheim | (Rough Trade) | post-rock | 6/10 |
| Black Monument Ensemble | Where Future Unfolds | (International Anthem) | prog-rock | 7/10 |
| Black to Comm | Seven Horses For Seven Kings | (Thrill Jockey) | noise | 5/10 |
| Black to Comm | Before After | (Thrill Jockey) | noise | 5/10 |
| Blanck Mass | Animated Violence Mild | (Sacred Bones) | industrial | 6/10 |
| Blood Incantation | Hidden History of the Human Race | (Dark Descent) | death-metal | 6/10 |
| Blush Response | Fissures In The Megastructure | (Schematic Music) | techno | 5/10 |
| Axel Boman | Le New Life | (Studio Barnhus) | house | 6/10 |
| Bon Iver | i,i | (Jagajuwar) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Danny Brown | Uknowhatimsayin | (Warp) | rap | 6/10 |
| 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 |
| Mabe Fratti | Pies Sobre La Tierra | (Unheard Of Hope) | songwriter | 7/10 |
| 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 |
| Randy Greif | Improbable Landscapes | (Nostalgie De La Boue) | electronic | 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 |
| Maja Ratkje | Sult | (Rune Grammofon) | electronic | 6/10 |
| 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 |
| Sacred Lodge | Hijos Del Sol | (OKVLT) | industrial | 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 |
| Uranium Club | The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band The Cosmo Cleaners | (Static Shock) | punk-rock | 5/10 |
| 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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