Best albums of 2019 (Spotify playlists in 1st post) (1 Viewer)

[Northern Voice]

It's from earlier in the year but Stella Donnelly - Tricks  is one of my favourite songs this year.

 

[D_House]

Probably not really in the FBG wheelhouse but I can’t stop listening to Ghetto Lenny’s Love Songs by Saint Jhn

 

[Good Posting Judge]

New Death Cab for Cutie EP is out, but what isn't out is a time machine to take us back 15 years to when they were good. Alas.

 

[D_House]

I’m gonna go ahead and spotlight myself for the end of year song draft: Pusha T - Coming Home (ft Ms Lauryn Hill!!)

 

[Patrick Bateman]

DIIV-Taker  Big thumbs up! Love it.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I let myself get my hopes up about Green Day's new single from their new album (which comes out...5 months from now?)

:(

 

[wilked]

Probably not really in the FBG wheelhouse but I can’t stop listening to Ghetto Lenny’s Love Songs by Saint Jhn

This is good 

 

[Jaysus]

Sheer Mag!

I love this album.  

 

[ericttspikes]

Burger Records has a VU tribute album out. Not a big fan of cover albums but thought Natural Child did a great job with White Light/White Heat

https://soundcloud.com/burgerrecords/natural-child-white-light

 

[Jaysus]

New Charly Bliss live on KEXP makes feel all jumpy&quo

 

[wazoo11]

Charli xcx is pretty good pop music 

 

[wazoo11]

https://youtu.be/wACSfREgJys

jenny hval is weird but great 

Sharon Van Etten blew me away in person.

mikal Cronin is releasing a new album 

soccer mommy dropped a new song

charlie bliss is a good pop rock band

Bands I’ve seen this yr: Palehound, Mannequin #####, Japanese Breakfast, Phosphorescent, Pup, The Hold Steady, Speedy Ortiz.

 

[wazoo11]

Ty segall drops an album and nobody tells me :(

 

[Jaysus]

Two different Margo Price collabs in my RR today... nice!

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Ty segall drops an album and nobody tells me :(

Is Ty Segall sans guitars really Ty Segall?

 

[Northern Voice]

I let myself get my hopes up about Green Day's new single from their new album (which comes out...5 months from now?)

:(

I'm tempted by that tour with Weezer and Fall Out Boy, even though it would be straight nostalgia driving me there and the last album I really like by any of them was released in like 2005. 

 

[rockaction]

I'm tempted by that tour with Weezer and Fall Out Boy

I'm here to cut you off and tell you no. Don't do it.

 

[El Floppo]

Strange RR this week with lots of remixes.

But... New Pist Idiots album, which I'm looking forward to hearing.

 

[JZilla]

Strange RR this week with lots of remixes.

Funny, at first glance mine looks more interesting than it's been in a while

Wilco, Mudhoney, Allah-Las, Elephant Stone, HMLTD, another Cursive single, A Giant Dog covering all of Neon Bible?? M83, Keane.

Hootie!  A Christmas song by whoever is left in Chicago 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

3 new tracks from the menzingers.  

I thought they were a lot heavier.  Who the hell am I thinking of?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

New Ghostface any good?

 

[El Floppo]

A Giant Dog covering all of Neon Bible?? 

They covered the whole album? I liked the one tune that popped up on mine

 

[Eephus]

A Giant Dog covering all of Neon Bible?? 

They covered the whole album? I liked the one tune that popped up on mine

You couldn't do that with a regular sized dog

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

They covered the whole album? I liked the one tune that popped up on mine

Yeah. I don’t think it’s out yet. Just Intervention. 

 

[D_House]

These White Reaper tracks released so far absolutely kill:

Might Be Right

1F

Real Long Time

 

[Jaysus]

3 new tracks from the menzingers.  

I thought they were a lot heavier.  Who the hell am I thinking of?

Old Menzingers?

New Ghostface any good?

I like it way more than I thought I would, there are a couple very good tracks on it. 

 

[Eephus]

Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys has a new album out called Pang!.  The lyrics are all in Welsh but it's been given an Afrobeat vibe by South African producer Muzi.  No wait, it's really good.

Title track

 

[D_House]

For fellow list nerds: Pitchfork (does anyone still visit them?) have put out ballots for their readers’ poll of the top 10 albums of the 2010s

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

For fellow list nerds: Pitchfork (does anyone still visit them?) have put out ballots for their readers’ poll of the top 10 albums of the 2010s

I still look at Pitchfork but it kinda sucks now (in before “NOW?!”). Fans of guitar music aren’t really in their demo anymore I guess. 

 

[JZilla]

NOW?!?!?!

I enjoy stereogum

 

[El Floppo]

NOW?!?!?!

I enjoy stereogum

I enjoy our list most of all. No joke.

 

[Northern Voice]

I enjoy our list most of all. No joke.

Should we do out 2010-19 poll before or after the 2019 one? ( I was leaning after).. and song drafts for each of course.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Should we do out 2010-19 poll before or after the 2019 one? ( I was leaning after).. and song drafts for each of course.

Did I miss the 2018 countdown?

 

[Northern Voice]

Did I miss the 2018 countdown?

I’ll post the results. It’s not much of a countdown, not many people sent lists :(

 

[Jaysus]

For fellow list nerds: Pitchfork (does anyone still visit them?) have put out ballots for their readers’ poll of the top 10 albums of the 2010s

Celebration Rock and Worry were #1 and #2 on my list. 

 

[El Floppo]

Just discovered a Spotify feature... "On repeat" & "on repeat rewind". Kind of a greatest hits playlist pulled from your playlist, so no new music. Hittimg the spot today between RR, discover weekly, and daily playlists.

 

[Jaysus]

Just discovered a Spotify feature... "On repeat" & "on repeat rewind". Kind of a greatest hits playlist pulled from your playlist, so no new music. Hittimg the spot today between RR, discover weekly, and daily playlists.

lol, the first one on my list is Old Town Road... my son loves that song. 

ETA: the remix of Old Town Road is the 5th song on my list

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

New Sturgill is ... interesting

 

[Eephus]

The industry has remixed and remastered old albums to death but not many measure up to the more familiar originals.

The new Replacements release Dead Man's Pop is one of the exceptions.  The Matt Wallace remix of their 1989's Don't Tell A Soul LP is terrific.  I always liked the songs but struggled with the sound of the album.  The new mix sounds a lot more like the 'Mats should.

I haven't gotten to the demos, outtakes and live stuff yet.

 

[Eephus]

New Sturgill is ... interesting

It's going to take a few spins to get used to

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

It's going to take a few spins to get used to

Yeah I didn’t dislike it. Just an odd pivot from him. 

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

The industry has remixed and remastered old albums to death but not many measure up to the more familiar originals.

The new Replacements release Dead Man's Pop is one of the exceptions.  The Matt Wallace remix of their 1989's Don't Tell A Soul LP is terrific.  I always liked the songs but struggled with the sound of the album.  The new mix sounds a lot more like the 'Mats should.

I haven't gotten to the demos, outtakes and live stuff yet.

Gonna dig into this at some point. Finished the whole remastered Abbey Road already. Didn’t really pop as much as the remastered White Album but obviously still good 

 

[Northern Voice]

New Pornographers album is great.

I should set a macro to just repost this every 2-3 years. 

 

[El Floppo]

New gong gong gong lll is out guys, because I know you want to know.

 

[Northern Voice]

Did Sturgill go synth-folk

New Broken Bells song is great. 

 

[Eephus]

One good thing about the new Sturgill:  you sure know it when the album finishes and the Spotify algorithm switches in.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I've been listening to this new Alex G album a lot. Some pretty good songs here.

Gretel

Hope

 

[Jaysus]

Did Sturgill go synth-folk

New Broken Bells song is great. 

Bolded comment convinced me to check it out! 

 

[Inhiding]

New sub pop darling Orville Peck...

and

his voice is so deep it triggers the brown note Colter Wall

 

[Jaysus]

Did Sturgill go synth-folk

Bolded comment convinced me to check it out! 

UPDATE: I am fairly certain that I love this album.