I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part II: 1919-1820

Part I: 2019-1920

Part II: 1919-1820

Friday, 6

キツネ (Kitsune) – Nothing Makes Me Happy Anymore

37:27
post-hardcore
Kelowna, British Columbia
Kala

디어 재즈 오케스트라 (Dieo jaejeu okeseuteula) / Dear Jazz Orchestra – A New Pulse

28:19
modern jazz
South Korea
Independent

Wendy Richman – Vox/Viola

62:31
contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Focus

Serhan Erkol – Melting Pot

40:27
world fusion, jazz fusion
Turkey
Lin

Philip Zoubek, Ivann Cruz, and Marcin Witkowski – Radium

55:03
free improvisation
Austria
Circum-Disc

Not Too Easy – Heads with No Faces

27:43
jazz fusion
Katowice, Poland
Independent

Nikolov-Ivanović Undectet – Frame and Curiosity

67:38
modern jazz, world fusion
Belgrade, Serbia
Independent

La Petite Mort / Little Death – Disco

41:15
post-hardcore
Rodgau, Germany
Rabat-joie

Hvile i kaos – Black Morning, Winter Green

33:31
chamber music, black metal
Los Angeles, California
Red Nebula

Fawn Limbs – Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved from Their Teeth

8:02
mathgrind
Pennsylvania
Dark Trail

Christopher Dell, Christian Lillinger, and Jonas Westergaard – Grammar Ⅱ

64:59
free improvisation
Berlin, Germany
Plaist

Archaeologist – Winter’s Wake

12:00
progressive metal
San Jose, California
Independent


Thursday, 5

Trépas – L’Héritage du monde

38:34
black metal
Québec
Sepulchral

Roopa Mahadevan – Roopa in Six Yards

41:11
Indian classical
New York, New York
Independent

Nubiyan Twist – Portraits

9:56
soul, world fusion
London, UK
Strut

Fish Basket – Fish Basket

65:52
progressive rock, post-rock
Poland
Independent

Dithering – Dithering

14:07
post-hardcore
Orlando, Florida
Infinite Weed


Tuesday, 3

Joe Morris’s Instantiation – Paradoxical

56:28
free improvisation
Boston, Massachusetts
Catalytic-Sound


Monday, 2

Nicolò Francesco Faraglia – Smòs Octet

39:13
avant-garde jazz
Berlin, Germany
Aut


Sunday, 1

Toe – Toe

31:06
ambient post-rock
Japan
Right Brain

Sky Shadow Obelisk – The Satyr’s Path

22:23
avant-garde doom metal
Providence, Rhode Island
Yuggoth

Northwest –

44:49
post-rock, indie rock
London, UK
Independent

Marbin – Strong Thing

57:38
jazz fusion
Chicago, Illinois
Independent

Maladie de cœur – Sikinou 47

18:55
post-punk
Athens, Greece
Independent

Eargonauts – Eargonauts

35:23
modern jazz
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Independent

APATT – The Essential Now That’s What I Call an APATT Christmas, Volume 1

35:42
progressive rock
Liverpool
Independent

APATT – http​:​/​/​www​.​apatt​.​untitledmix​.​exclusive​.​thankyou​.​com

91:48
progressive rock
Liverpool
Independent


Saturday, 30 November

Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – Life​, ​Love​,​ Doom Jazz

42:33
dark jazz
Melbourne, Australia
Independent

The Flying Luttenbachers – Imminent Death

70:53
experimental jazz, noise rock
New York, New York
UG Explode

Jon Bafus – Push / Pull

33:39
avant-prog
Sacramento, California
Independent

Jazztick – Ultimate DLC

29:16
jazz fusion, VGM
Santiago, Chile
Independent

Fief – V

27:52
dungeon synth, folk
Salt Lake City, Utah
Independent

Caterpillar Quartet – Threads

38:38
free jazz
Brooklyn, New York
Greene Avenue Music


Friday, 29

Voyage – Invader

79:28
drum and bss
London, UK
Tech Itch

Toluca – Soras

50:28
post-black metal
Москва (Moskva), Russian Federation
Independent

Third Island – Unspeakable

36:45
progressive metal
Limerick, Ireland
Independent

Szilárd Mezei Túl a Tiszán innen Ensemble – Live at BMC Opus, Volume 2

48:09
avant-garde jazz, folk
Serbia
Independent

Szilárd Mezei Túl a Tiszán innen Ensemble – Live at BMC Opus, Volume 1

54:11
avant-garde jazz, folk
Serbia
Independent

Susan Alcorn & Phillip Greenlief – Prism Mirror Lens

43:34
free improvisation
Baltimore, Maryland
VG+

She Her Her Hers – Location

46:59
darkwave, math rock
Japan
Weary Bird

Öxxö Xööx – Ÿ

78:22
avant-garde doom metal
France
Blood Music

Osi and the Jupiter – Nordlige rúnaskog

70:23
folk black metal
Kent, Ohio
Eisenwald

Mortality – Mortality

38:27
modern jazz
Finland
Eclipse Music Official Store

Mesmur – Terrene

54:31
funeral doom metal
International
Solitude

Las mañanas – EP

18:27
post-rock, math rock
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anomalía ediciones

Hosana – Hosana

16:14
indie rock
Toronto, Ontario
Independent

Girlsnails – Girlsnails

15:15
math rock, post-rock
Surrey, British Columbia
Independent

Foster Parents – Idle Archipelago

25:05
math rock
Shanghai, China
Independent

Façade – The Eternal Dance

54:13
atmospheric doom metal
Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Independent

Emmi U Quintet – My Bird

41:13
modern jazz
Finland
Eclipse Music Official Store

Echt ! – Douf

15:31
experimental hip-hop, math rock
Ghent, Belgium
Sdban

Dominique Fils-Aimé – The Red

21:04
soul, blues
Montréal, Québec
King Underground

Clipping – The Deep

13:22
experimental hip-hop
Los Angeles, California
Sub Pop

Claire Rousay – Braesview

10:41
free improvisation
San Antonio, Texas
Independent

Benny Greb’s Moving Parts – Grebfruit 2

17:22
progressive rock
Hamburg, Germany
Herzog

Artificial Waves – The Complexity of Simple

43:02
progressive metal
Russia
Independent


Thursday, 28

Apathy – 梁 (Liáng) / The Bridge

52:33
atmospheric black metal
New York, New York
Independent


Wednesday, 27

Humans as Ornaments – Fortune Cookie

28:14
noise rock
Berlin, Germany
Independent

Claire Rousay – Friends

32:58
free improvisation
Seattle, Washington
Never Anything


Tuesday, 26

Wishfield – Wishfield

32:21
experimental metal
Texas
Tridroid

Wet Fruit – Wet Fruit

26:56
avant-punk, noise rock
Seattle, Washington
Half Shell

Hvøsch – Lovelorn

27:42
post-black metal
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Perfect Aesthetics


Monday, 25

Rising Rain – Dinosaurs and the Solution

29:50
jazz fusion
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Piqsiq – Quviasugvik: In Search of Harmony

15:55
world music
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Independent

Noosefiller – Noosefillller

58:00
avant-garde black metal
South Lake Tahoe, California
Deafbox Industries

Gentleman Surfer – Point Bag

16:02
avant-prog
Sacramento, California
Independent

Duett – Movement

34:36
synthwave
London, UK
Independent

AM Feelgood – Albatross

29:51
post-rock, math rock
Austin, Texas
Independent


Sunday, 24

Mobula – Mobula

25:54
post-metal
Baltimore, Maryland
Independent

… And Upstairs, Nurses – En caul

19:19
math rock, progressive rock
Birmingham
Independent


Friday, 22

القات (El Khat) – سعديا جيفيرسون (Saadia Jefferson)

56:43
world fusion
London, UK
Batov

Vesperith – Vesperith

45:55
atmospheric black metal
Finland
Svart

Unfathomable Ruination – Enraged & Unbound

43:24
brutal death metal
London, UK
Willowtip

Tortuganónima – Imago

52:07
math rock
Región Metropolitana, Chile
Independent

The Basement Paintings – Antipodes

57:50
post-metal
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Independent

Tennyson – Telescope

21:26
synthwave, pop
Canada
Counter

Street Sects – Gentrification Ⅳ: Suspended from Gallery Rails

7:06
hardcore, noise rock
Austin, Texas
The Flenser

Septa – Bitten by the Serpent of the Kingdom of the Spirit

34:12
alternative metal
Odessa, Ukraine
Venona

Secretary – So Diabolical

27:39
mathgrind
Illinois
Riding Tiger

Plymouth Breeze – Plymouth Breeze

9:43
math rock
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Independent

Myoora – The Far & Few

18:04
progressive rock
Sydney, Australia
Independent

Lee Konitz Nonet – Old Songs New

49:04
post-bop, modern jazz
New York, New York
Sunnyside

Ilonka Kolthof & Ralph van Raat – Halo

80:26
contemporary classical
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Trptk

Hypnose – A Distant (Dark) Source

69:57
atmospheric djent
France
Pelagic

Hissing – Burning Door

30:44
experimental death metal
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Utech

Hikes – Mahal Kita

30:44
math rock, folk
Austin, Texas
Independent

Henrik Olsson & Ola Rubin – Olsson​/​Rubin

36:45
free improvisation
Copenhagen, Denmark
Barefoot

Details in the Air – Totaal

37:29
free improvisation
Chicago, Illinois
Catalytic-Sound

Chaos Echœs – Remains

102:10
avant-garde black metal
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Utech

Broken Colors – Mars

31:38
jazz fusion, Afrobeat
Angers, France
Independent

Braxton Burks – Time & Space

64:34
classical, VGM
Seattle, Washington
Materia Collective

Autochrom – RGB

49:45
modern jazz
Switzerland
nWog

A Constant Knowledge of Death – Volume Ⅲ​d: Impermanence

26:20
progressive metal
Worcester, Massachusetts
Independent


Thursday, 21

Vertex of Dysphoria – 6 Steps towards Self Annihilation

14:51
deathgrind
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Patrick Shiroishi – 勉強 (Benkyō)

43:40
avant-garde jazz
Los Angeles, California
Independent

Lucian Blomkamp – Motto

18:53
experimental electro
Melbourne, Australia
Good Manners


Wednesday, 20

We Pyrrhic Conquerors – Theories for Everything We Know and Nothing for What We Don’t

42:40
progressive rock
United States
Independent

Pet Peeves? – Live at Outer Sound

16:09
free metal
Chicago, Illinois
Neutral Archive

Catarsis incarne – Abiogénesis libro Ⅲ

35:32
technical death metal
San José, Costa Rica
Careless

Canyon of the Skull – Sins of the Past

59:44
blackened doom metal
Chicago, Illinois
Independent

On January 2 2020, this entry was posted.