Miscellaneous - Albums of the Year 2019
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published: 23 / 2 / 2020
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Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of the year
CARL BOOKSTEIN 1. Jimmy Rankin/Moving East 2. Van Morrison/Three Chords and The Truth 3. Big Thief/Two Hands 4. Wilco/Ode to Joy Gig of the Year: The Who, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, 28/5/2019 KIMBERLY BRIGHT 1. Jonathan Coulton/Some Guys 2. KAINA/Green 3. Ulysses/On Safari 4. Morrissey/California Son 5. Swimming Tapes/Morningside 6. Head Noise/Über-Fantastique 7. Chemical Brothers/No Geography 8. Stereophonics/Kind 9. Miranda Lambert/Wildcard 10.Ex Hex/It's Real Gig of the Year: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Iowa City, Iowa, 8/8/2019 MALCOLM CARTER 1. Molly Tuttle/When You’re Ready 2. Drugdealer/Raw Honey 3. John Paul White/The Hurting Kind 4. Dodson & Fogg/Watching the World 5. Alison O’Donnell/Exotic Masks and Sensible Shoes JOHN CLARKSON 1. Delines/The Imperial 2. Various/Big Gold Dreams: A Story of Scottish Independent Music 1977-1989. 3. Cathode Ray/Heightened Senses 4. Adrian Borland/Lovefield 5. Doctors of Madness/Dark Times 6. Band of Holy Joy/Neon Primitves 7. Vinny Peculiar/While You Still Can 8. Morton Valence/Bob and Veronica's Great Escape 9. St Christopher Medal/Hoof 10.Shakespears Sister/Ride Again Gig of the Year: Moon Under Water: The Cavern, London, 25/4/2019 DASTARDLY 1. Jemma Freeman and The Cosmic Something/Oh Really, What's That Then? Gig of the Year: Love Band: Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5/7/2019 DIXIE ERNILL Gig of the Year: Adorable, Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 31/10/2019 DAVE GOODWIN 1. Sharon Van Etten/Remind Me Tomorrow 2. Phonseca/Between a Dream 3. National/I am Easy to Find 4. The Heavy/Sons 5. Sleaford Mods/Eton Alive 6. FKA Twigs/Magdalene KEITH HOW (In no particular order) 1. Henry Parker/Silent Spring 2. Ereland Apsineth Trio/Salika Molika 3. Matthew Halsall/Oneness 4. Frodi Halti/Border Woods 5. Gareth Quinn Redmond/Laistigh Den Ghleo 6. Metsanpeitto/Metsanpeitto 7. Kankyo Ongaku/Japanese Ambient and New Age Music 1980/90 8. Paavoharju/The Fonal Years Volume 1 9. Hexvessel/All Tree 10.Untied Knot/Falling of the Evolutionary Ladder BEN HOWARTH 1. Press Club/Wasted Energy 2. Divine Comedy/Office Politics 3. Idlewild/Interview Music 4. Richard Dawson/2020 5. Desperate Journalist/In Search of the Miraculous 6. Spielbergs/This Is Not The End 7. Self Esteem/Compliments Please 8. Richard Hawley/Further 9. Elsa Hewitt/Citrus Paradisi 10.John Howard/Cut The Wire Gig of the Year:The Divine Comedy, Hammersmith Apollo, 24/10/2019 ADRIAN HUGGINS 1. Torche/Admission 2. Go Go Midgets/Coconut 3. Sunn 0)))/Life Metal 4. Darkthrone/Old Star 5. Various/Desert Sessions Volumes 11 and 12. ADRIAN JANES (In no particular order) 1. Asian Dub Foundation/Rafi's Revenge (Reissue) 2. Audra/Dear Tired Friends 3. Filthy Friends/Emerald Valley 4. FTR/Manners 5. Stuart Anthony and Larry Beckett/Love and Trial 6. Phil Manzanera/Diamond Head (Reissue) JAMIE ROWLAND (In no particular order) 1. Weyes Blood/Titanic Rising 2. Aldous Harding/Designer 3. National/I am Easy to Find 4. Sharon van Etten/Remind Me Tomorrow 5. Drinking Boys and Girls Choir/Keep Drinking 6. Wilco/Ode to Joy 7. Otoboke Beaver/Itekoma Hits 8. Angel Olsen/All Mirrors 9. Lightning Bolt/Sonic Citadel 10.Mica Levi/Monos (OST) Gig of the Year: The National, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, 7/8/2019 MAARTEN SCHIETHART 1. Ouzo Bazooka/Transporter 2. Laurence Pike/Holy Spring 3. Time Grove/More Than One Thing 4. Martin Ptak/River Tales 5. Spray/Failure is inevitable 6. Fumaça Petra/Pepas 7. Max Richter/Ad Astra 8. Juhani Silvola - Post-Biological Wildlife 9. Wreckless Eric/Transience 10.Yïn Yïn/The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers LISA TOREM (In no particular order) 1. Angel Olsen/All Mirrors 2. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds/Ghosteen 3. Booker T. Jones/Note by Note 4. Joe Bonamassa/Live at the Sydney Opera House 5. James Blake, ‘Assume Form’ 6. Weezer/Weezer 7. Gary Clark Jr./This Land 8. Flaming Lips/King’s Mouth 9. Tinariwen/Amadjar 10.Specials/Encore Gig of the Year: The Who, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, September 10, 2019 DENZIL WATSON 1. Fat White Family/Serf’s Up 2. Specials/Encore 3. Amanda Palmer/There Will Be No Intermission 4. Sleaford Mods/Eton Alive 5. Warmduscher/Tainted Lunch 6. Flaming Lips/King’s Mouth 7. Beangrowers/Dystopia 8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/Ghosteen 9. Violent Femmes/Hotel Last Resort 10.Imperial Wax/Gaswerk Saboteurs Gig of the Year: Amanda Palmer, Albert Hall, Manchester, 3/11/2019
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