Boardies' Favorite Albums of 2019

[rimjobflashmob]

Just as it says on the tin. I had a hard time keeping up with new music this year but I'm pretty happy with my top 50. Who knows what the New Year will bring? I don't have 2020 vision.

1. Dead to a Dying World - Elegy
2. Brutus - Nest
3. Yohuna - Mirroring
4. The Philistines Jr. - Help!
5. Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild
6. Necking - Cut Your Teeth
7. Datach'i - Bones
8. Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation
9. Hatchie - Keepsake
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated
11. Mizmor - Cairn
12. RAMZi - Multiquest Niveau 1: Camouflé
13. Georgia Maq - Pleaser
14. Holly Herndon - PROTO
15. Jenny Hval - The Promise of Love
16. Bogdan Raczynski - Rave 'Till You Cry
17. Kedr Livanskiy - Your Need
18. Lingua Ignota - Caligula
19. Cruel Diagonals - Pulse of Indignation
20. Mafgar - Summerland
21. Lisa Prank - Perfect Love Song
22. Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
23. Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken
24. Nkisi - 7 Directions
25. Thelma - The Only Thing
26. Emily Reo - Only You Can See It
27. Hiro Kone - A Fossil Begins To Bray
28. Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends
29. Alex Lahey - The Best of Luck Club
30. Tryphème - Thanks God For Air Emotions
31. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
32. Kelsey Lu - Blood
33. Velvet Q - Is This What You Want?
34. Punch Cards - Amy Gibbon LP
35. Hama - Houmeissa
36. upsammy - Wild Chamber
37. Sepha - Childish
38. Autechre - Warp Tapes 89-93
39. Infinity Crush - Virtual Heaven
40. SØS Gunver Ryberg - Entangled
41. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
42. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
43. Girlpool - What Chaos is Imaginary
44. Trouble Books - Balance
45. Yu Su - Roll With the Punches
46. Emily Yacina - Remember the Silver
47. Ayankoko - Kia Sao ກ້ຽວສາວ
48. Eartheater - Trinity
49. Astrid Sonne - Cliodynamics
50. Dawn Ray'd - Behold Sedition Plainsong

[Pea]

A couple of changes since I posted this to my socials earlier in the month. Mostly due to discovering some albums last minute from other lists.

1. James Blake - Assume Form
2. Jimmy Eat World - Surviving
3. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean
4. AURORA - A Different Kind of Human (Step II)
5. Charli XCX - Charli
6. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
7. Serpent Column – Mirror in Darkness
8. Charly Bliss - Young Enough
9. Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
11. The Philistines Jr. - Help!
12. Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect
13. Lord Mantis - Universal Death Church
14. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality
15. Orville Peck – Pony
16. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
17. Waste of Space Orchestra – Syntheosis
18. Bon Iver - i,i
19. PUP - Morbid Stuff
20. The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
21. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
22. Non Violent Communication – Obserwacje
23. The Menzingers - Hello Exile
24. Alex Lahey - The Best of Luck Club
25. Tool - Fear Inoculum
26. Hatchie – Keepsake
27. Misþyrming - Algleymi
28. The Bright Light Social Hour - Jude Vol. 1
29. Sly & the Family Drone - Gentle Persuaders
30. Mizmor - Cairn
31. American Football – LP3
32. Big Thief - O.F.O.F.
33. Drastus – La Croix de Sang
34. Aoratos – Gods Without Name
35. Mannequin Pussy - Patience
36. Elva - Winter Sun
37. Cigarettes After Sex – Cry
38. The Dangerous Summer – Mother Nature
39. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
40. Boy Harsher - Careful
41. Operators – Radiant Dawn
42. Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race
43. 100 gecs – 1000 gecs
44. Danny Brown – uknowwhatimsayin?
45. Clairo – Immunity
46. Anderson .Paak - Ventura
47. Jute Gyte - Birefringence
48. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
49. White Reaper – You Deserve Love
50. Concrete Winds – Primitive Force

[Dr. Crane]

Something like this...

1. Dogbreth - Ever Loving
2. Laura Stevenson - The Big Freeze
3. Wand - Laughing Matter
4. Tim Presley's White Fence - I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk
5. Girlpool - What Chaos Is Imaginary
6. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
7. Oh Sees - Face Stabber
8. Royal Trux - White Stuff
9. PUP - Morbid Stuff
10. Eluvium - Pianoworks
11. Cass McCombs - Tip of the Sphere
12. Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel
13. Merz, Laraaji, Shahzad Ismaily - Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound
14. Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
15. Avey Tare - Cows On Hourglass Pond
16. Eric Copeland - Trogg Modal Vol. 2
17. Le Butcherettes - bi/MENTAL
18. Battles - Juice B Crypts
19. Cate Le Bon - Reward
20. Sheena, Anika & Augusta - Simple Pleasures

[littlefishtheory]

1. Oso Oso - Basking in the glow
2. Great Grandpa - Four of Arrows
3. Bon Iver - i,i
4. AURORA - A Different Kind of Human (Step II)
5. Mono - Nowhere now here
6. PUP - Morbid Stuff
7. Fontaines DC - Dogrel
8. Wy - Softie
9. Hustle & Drone - What an Uproar
10. Old solar - SEE
11. Slow Meadow - Happy Occident
12. Floating Points - Crush
13. Sharon Van Etten - Remind me tomorrow
14. trupa trupa - of the sun
15. Big thief - Two Hands
16. Talos - far out dust
17. Jimmy Eat world - Surviving
18. Lankum - The Livelong Day
19. Angel Olson - All mirrors
20. The Murder capital - When I have fears
21. Weyes blood - Titanic Rising
22. Big thief - UFOF
23. Nick Cave & the bad seeds - Ghosteen
24. VAR - The never-ending year
25. The end of the ocean - -aire
26. Janus Rasmussen - Vin
27. The cinematic orchestra - to believe
28. The National - I am easy to find
29. Kate Tempest - the book of traps and lessons
30. The Gloaming - 3
31. Summer cannibals - Can't tell me no
32. Hammock - Silencia
33. Billie Eilish - when we fall asleep where do we go
34. James Blake - assume form
35. Anna Meredith - FIBS
36. Better Oblivion community center - Better Oblivion community center
37. Eluvium - Pianoworks
38. FKA Twigs - MAGDALENE
39. SOAK - Grim Town
40. Prince daddy & the hyena - cosmic thrill seekers
41. Ranges - Babel
42. Ry X - Unfurl
43. Vok - In the Dark
44. Weval - The Weight
45. Wreck and Reference - Absolute still life
46. The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature
47. Bruce Springsteen - western stars
48. Hugar - varda
49. Low Roar - ross.
50. Palace - Life after