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

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, Québec… Read more

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

Note: The original version of this post was so huge it broke the page, so I’m reposting in sets of 100 albums. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Original idea by Pier-Luc Boivin.

2019 is officially over, folks! And one of you wanted a top 2019 albums of 2019. Fortunately, since I keep track of the albums I listen to, and I’ve listened to a little over this number of albums, I can indulge this seemingly absurd request. But before I go on, let me ramble on a bit and give you some statistics from this year.

Exit Teen, Enter Ni

How … Read more