I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part IX: 1219-1120

Part I: 2019-1920

Part II: 1919-1820

Part III: 1819-1720

Part IV: 1719-1620

Part V: 1619-1520

Part VI: 1519-1420

Part VII: 1419-1320

Part VIII: 1319-1220

Part IX: 1219-1120

Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance

38:28
death metal
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20 Buck Spin

Swim, Gustavo! – El mar mi amor

33:39
post-hardcore
California
Independent

Simon Nabatov Quintet – Last Minute Theory

50:33
avant-garde jazz
Cologne, Germany
Clean Feed

Naima – Bye

54:22
progressive rock, jazz fusion
Washington, D.C.
Cuneiform

Moray Pringle – Sunday Lines

19:39
progressive metal, jazz fusion
London, UK
Independent

Mefitis – Despair

20:32
progressive black metal
Beijing, China
Independent

Lingua ignota – Caligula

66:01
experimental electro, hardcore
United States
Profound Lore

Laura Jurd – Stepping Back, Jumping In

57:56
contemporary classical, modern jazz
London, UK
Edition

Landon Tewers – Withdrawals

28:18
pop, darkwave
Ohio
Tribune Music

Jacob Collier – Djesse, Volume 2

70:24
world fusion, folk
London, UK
Decca (UMO)

Heron – Sun Release

41:44
post-rock
Kane, Pennsylvania
Independent

Falls of Rauros – Patterns in Mythology

45:11
atmospheric black metal
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Gilead Media

Danny Widdicombe & Trichotomy – Between the Lines

38:51
bluegrass, jazz fusion
Brisbane, Australia
Futurfonic

Circuit of Suns – Nightsister

25:49
progressive metalcore
New York
Independent

Cat in a Bag – Cat in a Bag

69:15
experimental jazz
Portugal
Clean Feed

Ash Walker – Aquamarine

39:32
jazz-hop
London, UK
Night Time Stories

Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti – In manus tuas

51:26
contemporary classical
Honolulu, Hawaii
New Focus

Aaron Novik – The Fallow Curves of the Planospheres

40:48
avant-garde jazz
San Francisco, California
Avant LaGuardia


Thursday, 18

Nene Heroine – Total Panorama

38:53
jazz fusion, psychedelic rock
Gdańsk, Poland
Alpaka

Blumquist – Blumtwist

20:25
experimental electro, retrowave
Nuremberg, Germany
Independent


Wednesday, 17

WDR Big Band – Christina Fuchs: Newton’s Cradle

54:26
modern jazz, big band
Wismar, Germany
Big Band

Nyalas Band – Live at The Lilypad 6/18/2019

32:35
world fusion, Ethiojazz
Boston, Massachusetts
Independent

MRW – 俳句 (Haiku)

42:30
progressive metal, jazz fusion
Sosnowiec, Poland
Independent

Marcus Wyatt & the Zar Jazz Orchestra – Into Dust

91:53
world fusion, big band
Johannesburg, South Africa
Language 12

Claire Rousay – A Moment in St. Louis and a Moment at the Beach

22:37
free improv
San Antonio, Texas
Independent

An Exciting Event – Hark Ye, Music Lovers

14:14
contemporary classical
Somerville, Massachusetts
Independent


Tuesday, 16

Silent Gallery – Neon Winter

42:18
math rock, post-hardcore
Indiana
Mr. Snow!

All Cats Are Beautiful – ACAB EP3

14:51
indie rock
London, UK
Independent


Monday, 15

Χρήστος Ιωαννίδης (Chrístos Ioannídis) – Καρδιάς λογοπα (Kardiás logopa)

29:19
folk
Komotiní, Greece
Αγάντα (Agánda)

Smogma – Atom Age Smog

69:41
sound sculpture
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Independent


Sunday, 14

The Valley Ends – Hearth

45:05
alternative rock, math rock
Melbourne, Australia
Independent

Point of Difference – Outside

23:02
modern jazz
Melbourne, Australia
Independent


Saturday, 13

Animus Complex – The Phaneron

38:04
progressive metalcore
Phoenix, Arizona
Independent


Friday, 12

光淵 (Guāng yuān) / Pool of Light – 壤 (Rǎng) / Soil

56:54
ambient, post-rock
China
WV Sorcerer

Y Music – We Carry Our Homes within Us Which Enables Us to Fly

19:51
contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Amsterdam

Watch for Dogs – Shades of Colors

61:01
free improv
Poland
Not Two

Wait – We Are in Transit

24:24
progressive death metal
USA
The Artisan Era

Uwe Zahn, Porya Hatami, and Darren McClure – Ypsilon

47:31
ambient, experimental electro
Germany / Iran / Japan
n5MD

Throwaway – What?

26:54
noise rock, post-punk
Detroit, Michigan
Independent

Rïga – Accidents

26:18
experimental electro, noise
Rennes, France
Independent

Henrik Olsson – Hand of Benediction

34:07
avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Denmark
Barefoot

Haptikos – Searching

29:14
experimental math rock, post-hardcore
Michigan
Independent

False – Portent

41:16
atmospheric black metal
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Gilead Media

Elder – The Gold & Silver Sessions

33:50
progressive stoner metal
Massachusetts
Blues Funeral

Black to Comm – Before After

31:34
experimental electro
Hamburg, Germany
Thrill Jockey

Auras – Binary Garden

42:21
progressive metalcore
Ontario
eOne Heavy

Arctic Sleep – Kindred Spirits

68:55
post-metal, doomgaze
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Independent


Thursday, 11

Tupper Ware Remix Party – 帰る場所は自由 (Kaerubasho wa jiyū) / Return to Wherever

31:47
synthwave, funk, pop
Toronto, Ontario
Independent

https://Tupper Ware Remix Party.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-wherever

Shoshana Rosenberg – I Was Empty

25:56
contemporary classical
Perth, Australia
Tone List

Noel Meek, Alan Wilkinson, and Roger Turner – Two Plus One Is Four

47:22
free jazz
Auckland, New Zealand
Independent

Mega – Mega

15:53
nu jazz
Connecticut
Independent


Wednesday, 10

Uboa & Solus Varak – The Absolute

26:21
noise, experimental metal
Australia
Independent


Tuesday, 9

Dave Nasty – Cannibal Suite

31:44
free jazz, experimental rock
Chicago, Illinois
Independent


Monday, 8

Sebkha-Chott – Carpets and Tapestriez: Concerto pour Otto-tamponeuses et orchestre de chambre de passe

56:12
avant-garde metal, zeuhl
Le Mans, France
Independent

Down I Go – All down the Church in Midst of Fire the Hellish Monster Flew, and Passing onward to the Quire, He Many People Slew

11:30
post-hardcore
London, UK
Independent

Dan Phillips Trio – Sound Energy in Space

78:12
jazz fusion, modern jazz
Chicago, Illinois
Lizard Breath


Sunday, 7

Féroces – Paul

24:11
post-rock
Besançon, France
Independent


Saturday, 6

Xotla – Nano Particular

47:55
experimental electro, soundtrack
Melbourne, Australia
Independent


Friday, 5

Tongue – What Do We Know of Horror

38:08
black metal
Bielefeld, Germany
The Crawling Chaos

Pattern-Seeking Animals – Pattern-Seeking Animals

58:01
progressive rock
USA
Inside Out

Musicians from Soundscape – After the End

53:15
contemporary classical
Italy
New Focus

Joona Samuel – The Act of Disintegration

18:50
jazz fusion
Helsinki, Finland
Art as Catharsis

Grace Barbé – Fanm : Woman

32:50
Afrobeat, indie rock, pop
Fremantle, Australia
Independent

Detach the Islands – The Burden to Become Fact

26:50
mathcore, powerviolence
New York
Independent

Atrium – Synthesis

39:11
progressive metal
Provo, Utah
Independent

Arkhaaik – *dʰg̑ʰm̥tós

32:40
experimental black metal
Switzerland
Iron Bonehead


Thursday, 4

This Saxophone Kills Fascists with Greg Saunier – Big Ears on the Lookout

68:46
free jazz
Olympia, Washington
Independent

Tercet Kamili Drabek – Muzyka naiwna

45:13
modern jazz, jazz fusion
Poland
Soliton


Wednesday, 3

ジズー (Jizū) / Jizue – Gallery

42:19
math rock, jazz fusion
Japan
Red River Entertainment

Dead Way Enlightenment – Wrong Becomes Right for My Tired Eyes

94:30
post-metal
Kiev, Ukraine
Nothing to Eat


Tuesday, 2

Orchestra Entropy – Rituals

46:22
experimental jazz, free jazz
Sheffield, UK
Discus Music

John Silkie – The Egoist

32:41
progressive metal
Canada
Independent

Anemochore – Suites and Seeds

51:15
contemporary classical, free improv
Switzerland
Creative Sources

Alpha Brazil – Mind-Mecca

25:57
ambient electro, OST
France
Independent


Monday, 1

Кафкаэск (Kafkaèsk) – Сэконд (Sèkond)

12:49
post-hardcore, noise rock
Moscow, Russia
Independent

Volpi – Volpi

39:30
math rock
Los Angeles, California
Achtober Collective

Quartado – 2

61:09
jazz fusion
Poland
Soliton

Prognathe – Homo protognathus

17:49
death metal
Toulouse, France
Independent

Jute Gyte – Birefringent

73:20
avant-garde black metal, experimental electro
USA
Independent

Fields of Elysium – In Ancient Contemplation

43:24
progressive technical death metal
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Independent

Discordian String Ensemble – Incerto for Doublebass and Strings

52:26
contemporary classical
Barcelona, Spain
Discordian

Bobbing – Thank You for Singing to Me

16:43
experimental math rock
Oakland, California
Independent


Saturday, 29 June

Volk You – L’Odeur des foins que l’on fauche

39:36
jazz fusion, electro-jazz
Roanne, France
Independent


Friday, 28

灰野敬二 (Keiji Haino) & Sumac – ほんの少しだけでいいから「償い」をチャージし繋げてくれ少しは良くしようを接続して (Hon’nosukoshidakede īkara `tsugunai’ o chāji shi tsunagete kure sukoshi wa yoku shiyou o setsuzoku shite) / Even for Just the Briefest Moment, Keep Charging This “Expiation”, Plug In to Making It Slightly Better

69:34
experimental post-metal, noise
Japan / USA
Trost

Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Ceiling

45:47
experimental black metal
New York, New York
Gilead Media

The Jamie Saft Quartet – Hidden Corners

44:41
jazz fusion
Kingston, New York
Rare Noise

The Aristocrats – You Know What…?

59:23
progressive rock, jazz fusion
UK
Boing!

Sean Ali, Leila Bordreuil, and Joanna Mattrey – I Used to Sing So Lyrical

36:56
free improv, chamber music
Brooklyn, New York
Astral Spirits

Rex Means King – Semantics

26:15
math rock
Oakland, California
Independent

Red Kite – Red Kite

41:59
jazz fusion
London, UK
Rare Noise

Peasant – Unrest Eternal

27:58
hardcore, metalcore
Cape Town, South Africa
Roastin’

Olaf Rupp, Kasper Tom, and Rudi Mahall – Olaf Rupp, Kasper Tom, and Rudi Mahall

50:25
free jazz
Copenhagen, Denmark
Barefoot

Needle Play – Cruel Spring

62:25
mathcore
Boston, Massachusetts
Independent

Magma – Zëss : Le Jour du néant

37:34
psychedelic rock, zeuhl
France
Seventh

LFant – LFant

75:29
avant-garde progressive rock
Lyon, France
Dur et Doux

Exoterm – Exits into a Corridor

33:32
modern jazz
Oslo, Norway
Hubro

Commander Spoon – Facing

21:04
jazz fusion, nu jazz
Brussels, Belgium
Independent

Christina Dahl Quartet – Quintesse

54:56
avant-garde jazz
Denmark
Storyville

Carey – The Driver

38:25
jazz fusion
Atlanta, Georgia
Alredy Dead Tapes

Arias – Estrellas de madera

32:56
math rock, post-hardcore
Santiago, Chile
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