Here's my top 20 (subject to change): The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All the Time American Football - American Football (LP3) Perma - Fight Fair La Dispute - Panorama Lemolo - Swansea Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka Thank You Scientist - Terraformer Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1 Local Natives - Violet Street Charly Bliss - Young Enough The Damned Things - High Crimes Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 2 Somos - Prison on a Hill Origami Angel - Somewhere City Copeland - Blushing Tool - Fear Inoculum Oso Oso - Basking in the Glow Big Wreck - ...but for the sun Hibou - Halve
1. Blink 182 – Nine 2. The Maine – You Are Ok 3. Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs 4. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You 5. Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties – Routine Maintenance 6. Anderson. Paak – Ventura 7. FIDLAR – Free At Last 8. Pup – Morbid Stuff 9. Jimmy Eat World – Surviving 10. Future Teens – Breakup Season Honourable Mentions Ceres – We Are a Team The Dangerous Summer – Mother Nature Georgia Maq - Pleaser Charly Bliss - Young Enough John Floreani – Sin
I know a 5-way tie for 1st place is kind of stupid, however, as the old saying goes: stfu. 1. Arch Echo - You Won’t Believe What Happens Next! Favourite track(s): Immediate Results!; Aurora; Iris 1. Lindsey Stirling - Artemis Favourite track(s): Sleepwalking; Darkside; Guardian 1. MOONEY - softer Favourite track(s): hunny; nzo; fleur 1. Narco Debut - Strange & Ever-Changing Depths Favourite track(s): Yukon; Wanderlush; Church Bells & Cemetery Rules 1. We Never Learned To Live - The Sleepwalk Transmissions Favourite track(s): Permafrost; Android Anesthetist; The Clocks 6. Anamanaguchi - [USA] Favourite track(s): Lorem Ipsum (Arctic Anthem); Air On Line; Tear 7. Astronoid - Astronoid Favourite track(s): I Dream in Lines; Water 8. Old Solar - SEE Favourite track(s): Spring Equinox: The Mountains Break Forth in Song; Summer Solstice: Dancing Days in the Garden Well-Watered 9. aswekeepsearching - Rooh Favourite track(s): Green and Blue; Aas Paas 10. Body Thief - Travel Glow Favourite track(s): Clocks Like Hell; Temptation of Knowledge 11. The Valley Ends - Hearth Favourite track(s): Darwin’s Delay; Wildfire; Welcome to the Anthropocene 12. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! Favourite track(s): Venice Bitch; Cinnamon Girl; hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it 13. Myriad Drone - Arka Morgana Favourite track(s): Arka Morgana; Atonement 14. Often the Thinker - Greatest Possible Tenderness Favourite track(s): Choking, Warming, Stifling; Such Rot Let Loose 15. Olhava - Olhava Favourite track(s): Hope 16. GrimLake - Memories Favourite track(s): Crisis of Confidence, Nowhere Else 17. SANOVA - ZIPANG Favourite track(s): Kinnou no Shishi he tsugu 18. Secret Band - LP2 Favourite track(s): Moon 19. Royal Coda - Compassion Favourite track(s): Ruby Leaf; Numbing Agent; The Innocence Of 20. Pray for Sound - Waves Favourite track(s): Julia; Spiral ----- Honourable Mentions: Anthony Green - Would You Still Be With Strings Ben Rosett - Ultraviolet Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Cartographs - Wilt & Blossom Chon - Chon Dance Gavin Dance - Acceptance Speech 2.0 The Drowned God - I’ll Always Be the Same Endless Dive - Falltime Kota Kota - Kota Kota La Dispute - Panorama Long Hallways - Close Your Eyes to Travel Once Upon a Winter - Pain and Other Pleasures Wander - March ----- EPs: Antlerhead - Am I Dreaming Ben Rosett - Holographic Commissure - Outfield Din of Celestial Birds - EP 1 El Indio - Sorrow, in Three Breaths It Was a Good Dream - Help Me to Recollect Of Decay and Sublime - Psalm, La Mer Polyenso - Year of the Dog PVRIS - Hallucinations Sincerely - Good Stuff Tides of Man - Re:visions Toothwalker - TWENTYTWO
My Favorite Song of the Year is Garden Bed by From Indian Lakes. 2nd Place: Religion by Shura. 3rd Place: Bags by Clairo. My Top 10 Albums of 2019: Best EP of 2019 is Hallucinations by PVRIS. Runner-up is Honeymoon Phase by Kitten. My Top 40 Albums of the Decade: Shoutout to Lydia's Assailants from 2010 which to this day I don't know if it's an album or an EP.
Elias' Top Albums of 2019 1. Waterparks - FANDOM 2. Sleep Token - Sundowning 3. Chase Atlantic - PHASES 4. Issues - Beautiful Oblivion 5. Bilmuri - Rich Sips 6. Clairo - Immunity 7. Hot Milk - Are You Feeling Alive? 8. Sleeping With Sirens - How It Feels To Be Lost 9. Dayseeker - Sleeptalk 10. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You 11. Holding Absence - Holding Absence 12. Ariana Grande - thank u, next 13. Bring Me The Horizon - Amo 14. Yours Truly - Afterglow 15. PVRIS - Hallucination EP 16. Motionless In White - Disguise 17. New Years Day - Unbreakable 18. mxmtoon - The Masquerade 19. Emarosa - Peach Club 20. Gideon - Out Of Control 21. I Prevail - TRAUMA 22. Rarity - The Longest Lonesome 23. Knocked Loose - A Different Shade Of Blue 24. Milkk - God Loves You, And So Do I 25. Kitten - Goodbye Honeymoon Phase 26. The Faim - State Of Mind 27. The Maine - Your Are OK 28. Simple Creatures - Strange Love 29. Dream State - Primose Path 30. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding Elias' Top Songs of 2019 1. Chase Atlantic - HER 2. Dance Gavin Dance - Head Hunter 3. Waterparks - I Felt Younger When We Met 4. Waterparks - Dream Boy 5. Stand Atlantic - Hate Me (Sometimes) 6. The Band CAMINO - Daphne Blue 7. Badflower - Promise Me 8. Holding Absence - Your Love (Has Ruined My Life) 9. Hot Milk - Wide Awake 10. Lizzo - Like A Girl 11. Halsey/YUNGBLUD - 11 Minutes 12. Waterparks - Watch What Happens Next 13. Issues - Without You 14. Silverstein - Burn It Down 15. Sleeping With Sirens - Never Enough 16. Bring Me The Horizon - Ludens 17. PVRIS - Nightmare 18. We Came As Romans - From The First Note 19. Dayseeker - Sleeptalk 20. Clairo - White Flag 21. Halsey - Graveyard 22. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 23. Halsey - Nightmare 24. Set It Off - For You Forever 25. Post Malone - Die For Me 26. Angels & Airwaves - Kiss & Tell 27. De'Wayne Jackson - Let It Bang 28. Neck Deep - She's A God 29. blink-182 - No Heart To Speak Of 30. The Faim - Fire 31. A Day To Remember - Resentment 32. The 1975 - Frail State Of Mind 33. The Maine - My Best Habit 34. Issues - Drink About It 35. Black Veil Brides - The Vengeance 36. Broadside - Empty 37. The 1975 - People 38. I Prevail - Deadweight 39. Sum 41 - A Death In The Family 40. Banks - Till Now 41. Charli XCX - Februrary 2017 42. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier 43. Beartooth - Messed Up 44. Don Broco - Action 45. Chase Atlantic - WHAT U CALL THAT
2019 AOTY RUNNING LIST blink-182- NINE Sum41- Order In Decline Jimmy Eat World- Surviving Starset- Divisions The Maine- You Are Ok MNQN-MNQN The Story Changes- To Hell With This Delicate Equation Out Of Service- Burden Thousand Below- Gone In Your Wake The Dangerous Summer- Mother Nature Saint Asonia- Flawed Design Locket- All Out Bayside- Interrobang Rarity- The Longest Lonesome Issues- Beautiful Oblivion Dayseeker- Sleeptalk The Menzingers- Hello Exile Doll Skin- Love Is Dead And We Killed Her Dark Spring- More Than Suffering Bring Me The Horizon- Amo In Her Own Words- Steady Glow Grayscale-Nella Vita As Cities Burn- Scream Through The Walls Sleep In- The Stars On Your Ceiling Ceres- We Are A Team Free Throw- Whats Past Is Prologue Tyler, The Creator- IGOR Being As An Ocean- PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O Story PINE- Pine The Cranberries- In The End The Damned Things- High Crimes Charli XCX-Charli Sun Sleeper- You Can Miss Something & Not Want It Back Charly Bliss- Young Enough Bad Suns- Mystic Truth Owel- Paris American Football- LP3 Alice Merton- Mint Emarosa- Peach Club Copeland- Blushing Lingua Ignota- Caligula White Reaper- You Deserve Love Windsor Drive- Young One Chance The Rapper- The Big Day Billie Elish- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? EPs and Oddities 1. Simple Creatures- Strange Love 2. Silverstein- Redux: The First Ten Years 3. Senses Fail- From The Depths Of Dreams EP (2019) 4. Hawthorne Heights- Lost Frequencies 5. Simple Creatures- Everything Opposite 6. Yours Truly- Afterglow 7. The Beaches- The Professional 8. Thrice- Deeper Wells: Palms 9. Jetty Bones- - - EP 10. New Found Glory- From The Screen To Your Stereo 3
All Media Reviews: 2018-2019 Albums of the Year ** 2 EPs with 1 more to come and the full album** 0. Dirt Poor Robins - Dead Horse Alaska (Red + Gold) 1. Vonavi - Reflection 2. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Parts 1-2) 3. Arch / Matheos - Winter Ethereal 4. Ours - New Age Heroine II 5. Local Natives - Violet Street 6. Barock Project - Seven Seas 7. Owel - Paris 8. Moron Police - A Boat on the Sea 9. 22 - You Are Creating Limb 2 10. The Claypool/Lennon Delirium - South of Reality 11. Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP] 12. Bjorn Riis - A Storm is Coming 13. Courtney Swain - Between Blood and Ocean 14. Thank You Scientist - Terraformer 15. Motorpsycho - The Crucible 16. Disillusion - The Liberation 17. Northern Abbey - Ceremonies [EP] 18. Flying Colors - Third Degree 19. Sheena Ringo - 三毒史 (Sandokushi) 20. Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird - New Romancer 21. Leprous - Pitfalls 22. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean 23. Ray Alder - What the Water Wanted 24. Jolly - Family 25. Tuxedo - Tuxedo III 26. Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands 27. Dan Moxon - Lounge Singer 28. Erthlings - Indigo [EP] 29. Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends 30. The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk 31. Rocco of the Snow - Prime Mover 32. Big Wreck - But for the Sun 33. Snarky Puppy - Immigrance 34. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time 35. iamthemorning - The Bell 36. East of the Wall - NP-Complete 37. Equipose - Demiurgus 38. Biffy Clyro - Balance, Not Symmetry (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 39. Glasys - Defective Humanity 40. Hiromi - Spectrum 41. The Pneumatic Transit - Chordae Tendineae 42. Cats in Space - Day Trip to Narnia 43. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Fishing for Fishies 44. Sermon - Birth of the Marvellous 45. Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light 46. The Bird and the Bee - Interpreting the Masters Vol.2 Van Halen 47. Negroni's Trio - Acoustico 48. The New Pornographers - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights 49. Friendly Fires - Inflorescent 50. Tinlicker - This is Not Our Universe 51. The Hu Band - The Gereg 52, Muse - Simulation Theory 53, Gavin Castleton - Weak Ltd. 54. Buke and Gase - Scholars 55. Robyn Hitchcock and Andy Partridge - Planet England (EP) 56. Mind Cinema - Sleep Clinic 57. Facing New York - Dogtown 58. Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission 59. Queensryche - The Verdict 60. Dan Mangan - More or Less 61. Paige Drobot - Zero Thought [EP] 62. Blue Hawaii - Open Reduction Internal Fixation 63. Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops 64. ZW Band - If it's Real 65. Masvidal - Mythical
pretty much means it isn't #1, but would have been under different circumstances. So it deserves to be included. It was (or they were) maybe the new release that I listened to the most, but it is not finished yet as I explained in the link to my blog, there is still 1 EP left to release and then entire ALBUM as-a-whole will be coming out in 2020.
1. Grayscale: Nella Vita 2. Emarosa: Peach Club 3. Bask: III 4. We Lost the Sea: Triumph and Disaster 5. Copeland: Blushing 6. White Ward: Love Exchange Failure 7. Alcest: Spiritual Instinct 8. Harborlights: Isolation Ritual 9. Killswitch Engage: Atonement 10. The End of the Ocean: -Aire 11. Leprous: Pitfalls 12. Thank You Scientist: Terraformer 13. Abigail Williams: Walk Beyond the Dark 14. Blood Incantation: Hidden History of the Human Race 15. State Faults: Clairvoyant 16. Car Bomb: Mordial 17. We Never Learned to Live: The Sleepwalk Transmissions 18. Her Name is Calla: Animal Choir 19. Dream State: Primrose 20. Pound: ** 21. Torche: Admission 22. La Dispute: Panorama 23. Voyager: Colours in the Sun 24. Cult of Luna: A Dawn to Fear 25. Periphery: Periphery IV: Hail Stan 26. Bent Knee: You Know What They Mean 27. Wilderun: Veil of Imagination 28. Opeth: In Cauda Veneum 29. clipping.: There Existed an Addiction to Blood 30. The Appleseed Cast: The Fleeting Light of Impermanence 31. Pup: Morbid Stuff 32. Wrvth: No Rising Sun 33. Ithaca: The Language of Injury 34. Pijn & Conjurer: Curse These Metal Hands 35. Employed to Serve: Eternal Forward Motion 36. Old Solar: SEE 37. Small Talks: A Conversation Between Us 38. Owel: Paris 39. Silversun Pickups: Widow’s Weeds 40. Rosetta: Terra Solo & Sower of Wind EP 41. Frail Body: A Brief Memoriam 42. Cave In: Final Transmissions 43. Wolf Brigade: The Enemy: Reality 44. Obsequiae: The Palms of Sorrowed Kings 45. Sturgill Simpson: Sound and Fury 46. Tomb Mold: Planetary Clairvoyance 47. Venom Prison: Samsara 48. Glassing: Spotted Horse 49. Knocked Loose: A Different Shade of Blue 50. Infinity Shred: Forever a Fast Life
This year got so difficult out of nowhere! EOTY 2019: 10. Overslept - With or Without 9. PUP - Morbid Stuff 8. Chastity - Home Made Satan 7. La Dispute - Panorama 6. Somos - Prison on a Hill 5. From Indian Lakes - Dimly Lit 4. Say Anything - Oliver Appropriate 3. As Cities Burn - Scream Through The Walls 2. Microwave - Death is a Warm Blanket 1. The Maine - You Are OK Honorable Mentions: Mat Kerekes - Ruby Oso Oso - basking in the glow Jimmy Eat World - Surviving Copeland - Blushing The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature Billie Eilish - wwafawdwg HUNNY - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Throw - What’s Past is Prologue Defeater - Defeater Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balance EPS/Singles: Citizen -Big Mouth Silvheir - Mythos Teenage Wrist - Counting Flies Hello Yello - Love Wins PVRIS - Hallucinations Cemetery Sun - Haunted
top 20 - final answer Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride Charly Bliss - Young Enough The Menzingers - Hello Exile PUP - Morbid Stuff Brice Springsteen - Western Stars The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature Jenny Lewis - On the Line Jimmy Eat World - Survivng Oso Oso - basking in the glow American Football - LP3 Bayside - Interrobang Mannequin Pussy - Patience Bon Iver - i;i The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru The Passion Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? The Maine - You Are OK Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell The Japanese House - Good at Falling Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury
I'll bite. 1. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding - Just be lying if I didn't say this cd had constant bangers. 2. Better Oblivion Community Center - Beautiful perfection 3. Oso Oso - Basking in the Glow - An establishment album putting them into the territory of Saves the Day/Starting Line. Saw them live though and wasn't terribly impressed. 4. The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature - Nearly flawless album but similar to old stuff. 5. Bad Books - III - My heroes make albums together. 6. PUP - Morbid Stuff - Really intense and amazing. 7. NF - The Search - Guy can rap, and his content is relatable. 8. Julia Michaels - Inner Monologue Part 2 - Super freggin catchy. 9. Vinnie Caruana - Aging Frontman - Vinnie's the coolest dude in music IMO. 10. Waterparks - Fandom - Making fun pop punk bangers still is cool. All this has made me realize is I did not listen to enough new 2019 music, going to go through this and do that.
My 30 favourite albums, unranked. I bolded those I probably listened to the most, mostly because I had the CDs in my car. Common - Let Love (Rap) Little Brother - May The Lord Watch (Rap) Paul Wall & Statik Selektah - Give Thanks (Rap) Tua - Tua (German Rap) Romeo Santos – Utopia (Bacatá) Juju – Bling Bling (German Rap) Bad Religion – Age of Unreason (Punk) Dave – Psychodrama (UK Rap) Samy Deluxe – Hochkultur (German Rap) The Menzingers – Hello Exile (Punk) Blu & Damu The Fudgemunk - Ground & Water (Rap) Bun B & Statik Selektah – TrillStatik (Rap) Mael – Pr1ns (Dutch R&B) Busted – Half Way There (Pop Punk) Gang Starr - One Of The Best Yet (Rap) Mahalia - Love And Compromise (R&B) Latifah – Van Een Meisje Naar Een Vrouw (Dutch Rap/R&B) Kehlani - While Wait (R&B) Action Bronson & Alchemist - Lamb Over Rice (Rap) Anoyd & Statik Selektah - Yuck! (Rap) Nura – Habibi (German Rap) Jim Jones & The Heatmakerz - El Capo (Rap) Chance The Rapper - The Big Day (Rap) Austin Jenckes – If You Grew Up Like I Did (Country) Max Herre - Athen (German Rap) The New Rising Sons – Set It Right (Indie Rock) Ann Mari – Tripolar 2 (R&B) Vandoliers – Forever (Country/Cow Punk) Cam’ron – Purple Haze 2 (Rap) Sunday Service Choir – Jesus is Born (Gospel)
Here we go: 1. The Menzingers - Hello Exile 2. Much The Same - Everything Is Fine 3. Somos - Prison On A Hill 4. Copeland - Blushing 5. Brutus - Nest 6. Denzel Curry - Zuu 7. The National - I Am Easy To Find 8. The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature 9. Jimmy Eat World - Surviving 10. I Was a King - Slow Century 11. Bad Books - III 12. Oso Oso - Basket In The Glow 13. Tommy & June - Tommy & June 14. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars 15. The Murderburgers - What A Mess 16. Pkew Pkew Pkew - Optimal Lifestyles 17. Charli xcx - Charli 18. blink 182 - Nine 19. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated 20. Chris Farren - Born Hot! 21. MUNA - Saves The World 22. Masked Intruder - 3 23. AM Taxi - Shiver By Me 24. Millencolin - S.O.S. 25. Origami Angel - Somewhere City 26. Big Thief - Two Hands 27. Chance the Rapper - The Big Day 28. Bon Iver - I, I 29. YNW Melly - We All Shine 30. Lagwagon - Railer
1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated 2. clipping. - There Existed An Addiction To Blood 3. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats Nest 4. Thee Oh Sees - Face Stabber 5. Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury 6. Mark Kozelek and Petra Hayden - Joey Always Smiled 7. Ceres - We Are A Team 8. The Menzingers - Hello Exile 9. Sun Kil Moon - I Also Want To Die In New Orleans 10. The Japanese House - Good At Falling
Still haven't finished my top of 2019, been working on my favorite from the decade: 2010 - Tokyo Police Club - Champ * 2010 - Gaslight Anthem - American Slang 2011 - Into It. Over It. - Proper * 2012 - From Indian Lakes - Able Bodies * 2012 - the Menzingers - On The Impossible Past* 2013 - A Great Big Pile Of Leaves - You're Always On My Mind 2013 - Cage the Elephant - Melophobia 2013 - Kevin Devine - Bubblegum* 2013 - Turnover - Magnolia 2014 - Tigers Jaw - Charmer* 2014 - Tokyo Police Club - Forcefield 2015 - Turnover - Peripheral Vision* 2015 - Hop Along - Painted Shut 2016 - Pup - The Dream Is Over* 2016 - the Gentle Hits - the Gentle Hits 2017 - Angus and Julia Stone - Snow 2017 - Sorority Noise - You’re Not As__ As You Think* 2017 - Hippo Campus - Landmark 2018 - the Sidekicks - Happiness Hours* 2019 - the Menzingers - Hello Exile 2019 - Wallows - Nothing Happens
My gf saw me listing my AOTY and she wanted to do one too. Then she got mad that she couldn't come up with 10 records she really liked and demanded that I Rihanna's unreleased record counts and should be on the list but I told her no it's gonna be a list of 9 and she's upset with me.
Didn't have a ton of time to listen to new music this year due to work, but I absolutely loved the following: Albums: 1. The Japanese House - Good at Falling 2. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center 3. Aaron West and The Roaring 20s - Routine Maintenance 4. The Menzingers - Hello Exile 5. Tegan and Sara - Hey, I'm Just Like You 6. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind 7. Crown the Empire - Sudden Sky 8. Jimmy Eat World - Surviving 9. Caroline Spence - Mint Condition 10. The Highwomen - The Highwomen 11. MUNA - Saves The World 12. blink-182 - Nine 13. Tiny Moving Parts - Breathe 14. The Maine - You Are OK 15. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars Song of the Year: The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool Honorable Mentions (mostly albums I needed more time with): Bayside - Interrobang Coldplay - Everyday Life The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature Emarosa - Peach Club Lady Antebellum - Ocean Lana Del Ray - Norman Fucking Rockwell Oso Oso - basking in the glow PUP - Morbid Stuff Sigrid - Sucker Punch Somos - Prison on a Hill Taylor Swift - Lover Thomas Rhett - Center Point Road Absolutely phenomenal year for music.