I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part XVI: 519-420

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

Part X: 1119-1020

Part XI: 1019-920

Part XII: 919-820

Part XIII: 819-720

Part XIV: 719-620

Part XV: 619-520

Part XVI: 519-420

No Haven – Deep Ends of Shallow Lives

38:34
blackened post-hardcore
Melbourne, Australia
Independent

Moyan – Hypnic Fall

37:49
post-rock
Strasbourg, France
Independent


Tuesday, 12

Coral Cross – 002

42:05
blackgaze
New York, New York
Black Mirror


Monday, 11

Ken Aihara – Multiverse

30:00
jazz fusion
New York, New York
Independent

A Million Dead Birds Laughing – To the Ether

41:43
technical death metal
Melbourne, Australia
Independent


Sunday, 10

Œdon’s Writhe – The Essence of the Formless

18:04
black metal, noise
Croatia
Independent


Saturday, 9

This Saxophone Kills Fascists – Live at Turn! Turn! Turn!

34:33
free jazz
Olympia, Washington
Independent


Friday, 8

Un Ensemble & Jean-Luc Guionnet – Points sans surface

65:19
avant-garde classical
Québec
Circum-Disc

Twin Talk – Weaver

48:53
jazz fusion
Chicago, Illinois
People

Tom Rainey Trio – Combobulated

53:16
free jazz
Zurich, Switzerland
Intakt

The Death Particle – Chapter I

86:04
alternative jazz
Wales, UK
Independent

Seed Ensemble – Driftglass

51:36
jazz fusion
London, UK
Jazz Re:Freshed

MVD Audio – Microtonal Freedom

66:32
various
MVD Audio

Matt Brewer – Ganymede

59:11
jazz fusion
New York, New York
Criss Cross

Mark de Clive-Lowe – Heritage

40:37
jazz fusion, soul
Los Angeles, California
Ropeadope

Labirinto – Divino afflante spiritu

35:04
progressive post-metal
Brazil
Pelagic

Halo Coast – Century of Self

19:26
experimental pop, art rock
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Independent

Ggril – Façons

72:09
avant-garde jazz
Rimouski, Québec
Tour de bras

Fahmi Mursyid & Yuko Araki – Akur

19:00
world fusion, gamelan
Indonesia/Japan
Insitu

Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude

40:07
atmospheric black metal
Germany
Metal Blade

Daniel Carter, Tobias Wilner, Djibril Toure, and Federico Ughi – New York United

55:09
free jazz
Brooklyn, New York
577

Anton Eger – Æ

42:42
experimental jazz
Copenhagen, Denmark
Edition

Aberdeen – Downpour

36:51
jazz fusion
Brooklyn, New York
Independent

A Novelist – Folie

57:00
progressive death metal
Louisiana
Independent


Thursday, 7

Told – Told

26:06
avant-prog
Palermo, Italy
Sasime

Billy Pod – Drums to Heal Society

46:17
jazz fusion, free jazz
Athens, Greece
Puzzlemusik


Tuesday, 5

Urghun – Snake’s Hand

51:59
ambient electro, synthwave
Basel, Switzerland
Katabatik

Shawn Needham – 50

60:15
jazz fusion
Newburgh, Indiana
Rhombus

Max McCargar – Death to Memes

43:49
experimental electro, procedural
Portland, Oregon
Independent

Martín Escalante & Noah Souza – The Sprawl

29:44
free jazz
California
Potentially Kinetic

https://pkrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-sprawl

Absolute Terror Field – Le Rejet du savoir

94:47
free jazz, experimental rock
Chicago, Illinois
Neutral Archive


Monday, 4

Plasticbag Facemask – Curation

63:38
progressive deathcore
Fresno, California
Independent

Horse Orchestra – Video EP 2018

19:46
experimental jazz
Copenhagen, Denmark
Independent

Autism – Have You Found Peace?

52:59
post-metal
Lithuania
Saint Ripper


Sunday, 3

Wels & Awes – Split

16:00
math rock, noise rock
Berlin, Germany
Independent

The New York Review of Cocksucking – Total Cruise Worship

46:01
free jazz, noise
New York
Independent

Patrick Shiroishi & Noel Meek – Break Your Eyes

28:00
avant-garde jazz
Los Angeles, California
Sploosh

Pangea – Animal Instincts

20:40
jazz fusion
Boston, Massachusetts
Independent

Mayberian Sanskülotts – Neverending Sorry

43:26
indie pop
Kápmegyer, Hungary
Independent

Beyond Quartet – Beyond Quartet

41:00
avant-garde jazz, free jazz
New York, New York
11th Street Music


Saturday, 2

Fountainhead – I Do and I Will

67:24
progressive metal, jazz fusion
Berlin, Germany
Vmbrella

Caldera – Tephra

42:45
post-metal, sludge
Athens, Greece
Independent


Friday, 1

موريس لوقا (Maurice Louca) – إلفنتين (Elephantine)

38:09
experimental jazz, world fusion
Cairo, Egypt
Northern Spy

Yodok Ⅲ – This Earth We Walk Upon

63:00
ambient jazz
Trondheim, Norway
Consouling Sounds

Label page

Ünum – Contemplatif

32:23
post-metal
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Uglyglow – Pills Not Candy

24:24
experimental electro
Independent

The Emerald Dawn – Nocturne

51:15
progressive rock
St. Ives, UK
World’s End

Sketch the Sky – Switching

26:43
progressive rock, metal
Port Shepstone, South Africa
Independent

Navi – Dissect

30:51
experimental electro
Toronto, Ontario
Independent

Morild – Så kom mørket og tog mig på ordet en sort sky af minder i afgørende stunder frosset fast i mit indre jeg håber det forsvinder med lyset at dø eller blive fri

42:32
atmospheric black metal
Copenhagen, Denmark
Indisciplinarian

Mörglbl – The Story of Scott Rötti

59:32
progressive metal, jazz fusion
New Jersey
The Laser’s Edge

Living Impressions – The Big Dipper

37:42
progressive metal, jazz fusion
Leiria, Portugal
Independent

Lighteater – Autoscopy

31:52
post-rock
Brooklyn, New York
Independent

Laurent Dehors Trio – Moutons

45:11
jazz fusion
Rouen, France
Tous Dehors

Jonathan Dimond – Birder: Exploration of Intercultural Influences in Contemporary Composition

61:33
contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz, world fusion
Melbourne, Australia
Independent

James Brandon Lewis – An Unruly Manifesto

44:53
avant-garde jazz
New York, New York
Relative Pitch

Fange – Punir

37:33
sludge metal
Rennes, France
Throatruiner

Fabrice Moreau Quintet – Double Portrait

56:26
modern jazz
France
Incises


Thursday, 31 January

Eric Thorfinnson – Qwag

30:34
avant-pop
Toronto, Ontario
Independent


Wednesday, 30

Stormhaven – Liquid Imagery

61:01
progressive black metal
Toulouse, France
Independent

Rodrigo Pinheiro, Zbigniew Kozera, and Kuba Suchar – Wschód

50:46
avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Lisbon, Portugal
Clean Feed

Bave – Parallels

14:56
progressive rock
Detroit, Michigan
Independent

An Empty Room – The Palimpsest

36:29
doom metal, sludge
Eugene, Oregon
Independent


Tuesday, 29

Mindswimmer – Everytime I Eat My Dreams

36:33
jazz fusion, hip-hop
Chicago, Illinois
Stellar Nursery

Metamatic – 7 Situations

38:16
experimental jazz
Chicago, Illinois
Relay


Monday, 28

Zach Rowden, Jarrett Gilgore, and Ian McColm – First Lapse

30:25
avant-garde jazz
London, UK
Raw Tonk

Soulmass – The Weakness of Virtue

68:40
death metal, doom metal
Florida
Independent

Retina – Entropy

47:48
progressive metal
Rostov On Don, Russia
Independent

Jazz-o-Tech – White Gardenia, Volume ​2

32:19
jazz fusion, electro-jazz
Berlin, Germany
Jazz-o-Tech

Hazpiq – Cepheid

57:23
alternative metal
Paris, France
Melancholia

Dead Kiwis – Systematic Home Run

15:02
mathcore
Lyon, France
Independent


Sunday, 27

The Eli Wallis Quintet – Crumb Hunting

42:30
jazz fusion
Vancouver, British Columbia
Independent

Long Hallways – Close Your Eyes to Travel

41:16
post-rock
Portland, Oregon
Independent


Saturday, 26

Light Dweller – Incandescent Crucifix

29:11
atmospheric black metal
Tempe, Arizona
Independent


Friday, 25

The Bodhisattwa Trio – The Grey Album

65:19
jazz fusion
Kolkata, India
Intek Music

Tear Light from Matter – In statu nascendi

53:00
progressive metal, jazz fusion
Massachusetts
Independent

Tano ! – Cants als malsons: Onze ocultismes, sabers perduts i altres petites faules d’ultramar

19:42
post-hardcore
Girona, Spain
Independent

Tamara Lukasheva Quartet – Homebridge

60:00
jazz fusion
Cologne, Germany
Traumton

See You Space Cowboy – Songs for the Firing Squad

18:14
mathcore
Berkeley, California
Pure Noise

Ogmasun – Into the Void

36:26
progressive post-metal
Fribourg, Switzerland
Cold Smoke

Noam Elron – Participant Observation

46:18
world fusion, jazz
Israel
Independent

Nik Francis Trio – One for Air, Two for Ear

36:51
avant-garde jazz
Washington, D.C.
Topology

Mono – Nowhere Now Here

60:24
post-rock
Tokyo, Japan
Temporary Residence Ltd.

Mecha Maiko – 置屋 (Okiya)

18:38
experimental electro
Toronto, Ontario
Zoey

Jeff Ballard – Fairgrounds

52:26
modern jazz
New York, New York
Edition

Jasper Blom – Polyphony

110:28
modern jazz, jazz fusion
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whirlwind

Izumi Kimura, Barry Guy, and Gerry Hemingway – Illuminated Silence

63:05
avant-garde jazz
Dublin, Ireland
Fundacja Słuchaj

Ions – Ions

54:12
progressive metalcore
Prague, Czechia
Independent

Hifiklub – E Lisboa

45:23
experimental rock
France
Shhpuma

Gum Takes Tooth – Arrow

54:12
experimental electro, noise rock
London, UK
Rocket

Bloor – Drolleries

38:00
avant-garde jazz
Brooklyn, New York
Astral Spirits

Altarage – The Approaching Roar

42:32
avant-garde death metal
Spain
Season of Mist


Thursday, 24

No vale nada – Alter ego

36:16
post-hardcore
France
Vox Project


Wednesday, 23

Misfitchris – 違法ストリートレーシング (Ihō sutorītorēshingu) / Illegal Street Racing™

33:43
IDM, instrumental hip-hop
Connecticut
Data Airlines

Lobby Boxer – Eugene’s Preference

14:57
progressive rock, math rock
St. Louis, Missouri
Independent


Tuesday, 22

Varra – Peppa

10:03
jazz fusion, progressive rock
Concepción, Chile
Independent


Monday, 21

Vessel of Iniquity – Void of Infinite Horror

24:17
experimental black metal
UK
Xenoglossy

The Michael Zucker Ensamble – Strawberry Melt

26:10
jazz fusion, progressive rock
Denver, Colorado
Independent

Quatuor Bozzini – Baobab

45:30
avant-garde classical
Montréal, Québec
Actuellecd

Noctambulist – Atmospheres of Desolation

27:24
blackened death metal
Sweden
Blood Harvest

On January 16 2020, this entry was posted.