I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part VI: 1519-1420

Part I: 2019-1920

Part II: 1919-1820

Part III: 1819-1720

Part IV: 1719-1620

Part V: 1619-1520

Part VI: 1519-1420

Boris – Feedbacker

43:47
post-rock
東京都 (Tōkyō-to), Japan
Third Man


Thursday, 3

Zac Zinger – Fulfillment

75:31
jazz fusion, Japanese folk
New York, New York
Independent

Jakub Zytecki – Nothing Lasts, Nothing’s Lost

39:37
progressive metal
Kraków, Poland
Independent

Antonino Restuccia & Santiago Bogacz – Resonancias

115:31
free improvisation
Montevideo, Uruguay
Independent


Wednesday, 2

莎比娃 (Saa bêi waa) / Sabiwa – Daba

30:06
experimental electro, ambient
Taiwan
Chinabot

國田大輔 (Daisuke Kunita) – アブストラクト・ポップ (Abusutorakuto poppu) / Abstract Pop

52:19
jazz fusion, progressive … Read more

I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part V: 1619-1520

Part I: 2019-1920

Part II: 1919-1820

Part III: 1819-1720

Part IV: 1719-1620

Part V: 1619-1520

Dirk Serries, Kris Vanderstraeten, and Martina Verhoeven – Impetus

53:31
free jazz
Belgium
A New Wave of Jazz

Daniel Thompson & Colin Webster – Boskage

53:55
free jazz
Belgium
A New Wave of Jazz

Daniel Saylor – Hermit

46:31
instrumental hip-hop, jazz fusion
Orlando, Florida
Independent

Costin Chioreanu & Sofia Sarri – Afterlife Romance

47:10
contemporary classical, soundtrack
Bucharest, Romania
Karisma & Dark Essence

Compro oro – Suburban Exotica

43:07
modern jazz, world fusion
Ghent, Belgium
Sdban

Colin Fisher Quartet – Living Midnight

71:37
free … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

Friday, 27 December

Koromač – Kontrapunk

46:05
experimental jazz
Cerkno, Slovenia
Independent

Montecharge – Demons or Someone Else

35:59
blackened post-metal
Genève, Switzerland
Wooaaargh

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Saturday, 28

Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno – Songs of Equality

9:14
world
Kisumu, Kenya
Independent

Szilárd Mezei Solo – Falling Buildings

37:12
avant-garde jazz
Serbia
Independent


Sunday, 29

Wolfgang Heisig & Jan Klare – Heisig-Klare

29:41
contemporary classical
Essen, Germany
Umland

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I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part IV: 1719-1620

Part I: 2019-1920

Part II: 1919-1820

Part III: 1819-1720

Part IV: 1719-1620

Kelp – October Coincidence

16:37
experimental post-hardcore
Fukuoka, Japan
Independent

Babel – Thirteen Exquisite Corpses

96:30
experimental post-rock
Toronto, Ontario
Arachnidiscs

Andrés – Once upon a Time in Bakersfield

34:27
pop, jazz
Bakersfield, California
Independent


Wednesday, 30

Leo Suarez & Nathan Corder – Picidae

53:48
free improvisation
Oakland, California
Independent

Lamia Yared – Chants des Trois Cours

55:10
folk, world fusion
Montréal, Québec
Independent

https://lamiayared.bandcamp.com/album/chants-des-trois-cours

Destination Dimension – Mantodea

19:11
post-hardcore, mathcore
Coventry, Connecticut
Independent


Tuesday, 29

Overlay – Venn

26:28
free improvisation
Perth, Australia
Tone List

Overlay

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I Can’t Believe This Is Called Music! Top 2019 Albums of 2019, Part III: 1819-1720

Part I: 2019-1920

Part II: 1919-1820

Part III: 1819-1720

Bureau Berlin – Perm Concert

16:08
free jazz
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Independent


Tuesday, 19

Kakothanasy – Dystomorph

28:16
brutal technical death metal
Lausanne, Switzerland
Goatgrind


Monday, 18

Tribalism 3 – 部族主義 (Toraibarizumu)

24:06
avant-prog
Paris, France
Collectif Coax

Luka Matić – Out of Step: Zero

38:52
free jazz, contemporary classical
Berlin, Germany
Independent

Kongrosian – Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously

41:07
free jazz, avant-garde jazz
Romagna, Italy
Aut

Heart Ensemble – Oréade

67:04
free jazz
Montréal, Québec
Small Scale Music

Heart Ensemble – From the Basement

60:35
free jazz
Montréal, QuébecRead more