2019 has been a wonderful year for music, – at least for us listeners. So many great releases and so many new bands to love.
Here are the albums I have enjoyed the most this year. No ratings. All are good
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. The albums are listed by release-month. And no, I just can’t limit myself to only 10.
I think 85 is a better number.
Here is a playlist with 85 songs from these 85 albums. The playlist is set up the same way as the list below.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PJyxzVYeJ69MgpDU6g5tL?si=ba9qcLhpQUGKn23pmyyKbA
I hope 2019 has been good to you, and brought you much joy! See you in 2020, – the year when EVERYTHING will get better.
January

Misty Coast (photo by Francisco Munoz)
Misty Coast – Melodaze || Dreampop from Norway (Spotify)
Earache – Last || Jangly indiepop/dreampop (Spotify)
Pedro the Lion – Phoenix || Indie rock/pop
. (Spotify)
Zach Haigley – Record-o-matic || Acoustic, bedroomy pop with experimental elements. (Spotify)
The Bralettes – Cheers! || “bubblegum punk”. (Spotify)
February

Tiny Ruins (photo by Si Moore)
Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls || “delicate folk, lustrous dream pop and ebullient psychedelia”. Released on Courtney Barnett’s own Milk! Records. (Spotify)
It’s for Us – Stay || Melodic modern post-punk from Sweden
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. (Spotify)
Cherry Glazerr – Stuffed & Ready || An accurate Bandcamp review from listener Lee Tran Lam: “Like if Chromatics decided to time-travel back to the ’90s and start a grunge band” (Spotify)
Calva Louise – Rhinoceros || Fuzzy energy-pop (Spotify)
Tullycraft – The Railway Prince Hotel || Indiepop with brilliant lyrics. (Spotify)
Jessica Pratt – Quiet Signs || Airy, dreamy, acoustic, quiet. (Spotify)
Star Horse – You said forever || Dreampop/indiepop/shoegaze. Interesting songwriting. (Spotify)
Pom Poko – Birthday || Weirdness, raw energy and fun rhythms. (Spotify)
March

CHAI
CHAI – Punk || Japanese 4-piece. The album is full of fun, energy and cuteness. (Spotify)
Westkust – Westkust || Fuzzy, shoegazy and melodic indiepop. (Spotify)
Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs || Folky-ish pop with strong lyrics. (Spotify)
SASAMI – SASAMI || Dreamy pop. (Spotify)
Nanami Ozone – NO || “not quite pop, not quite punk, not quite shoegaze”, yet it is close to all of those. Kind of. (Spotify)
Alcabean – Confessions || According to the bio: “melodious guitar synth pop colored with dreamy duet vocals that take you to a blissful state of mind” (Spotify)
We Show Up on Radar – Zanzibar Whip Coral || Fragile, sweet indiepop. (Spotify)
Chris Cohen – Chris Cohen || Melodic indie with unusual and complex arrangements. (Spotify)
Mathilda Brink – Maestro || Poetic, rough, jangly with a touch of folk and a touch of indiepop. Sung in Swedish. (Spotify)
Shiny Times – Can’t be depressed || Jangly, dreamy, soft-voiced indiepop/bedroom pop. (Spotify)
April

Elva
Elva – Winter Sun || Folky indiepop. The band from Moss, Norway includes members from Making Marks and Allo Darlin’. (Spotify)
Flying Fish Cove – At Moonset || indiepop, Heavenly-style. (Spotify)
Teen Body – Dreamo || dreamy indie pop, or “dreamo”, as they call it. (Spotify)
Bubblegum Lemonade – Desperately seeking sunshine || Catchy, jangly indiepop from Scotland, “rooted in bubblegum pop and jangly groups like Talulah Gosh and Primal Scream”. (Spotify)
Billie Eilish – When we all fall asleep, where do we go? || “Commercial pop” with a surprisingly experimental touch. (Spotify)
Jess Ribeiro – LOVE HATE || If the girls from The Shangri-La’s were young today and had started a band, this may be how they would sound
. (Spotify)
Mammoth Penguins – There’s no fight we can’t both win || “Energetic, bouncy indie rock” (Spotify)
Evripidis and his Tragedies – Mia Triti Stin Cantina || Well crafted ndiepop with vocals sung in Greek. (Spotify)
May

Operators
Operators – Radiant Dawn || Electro-pop with guitars. The band features members of Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits, Devojka and New Bomb Turks (Spotify)
The Ballet – Matchy Matchy || Catchy synthpop/indiepop with touching lyrics. This has been on repeat for a while here in my house. (Spotify)
Lowland Hum – Glyphonic || Warm and melodic “art-folk”. (Spotify)
Coral Collapse – Don’t wait to see me say goodbye || Dreampop/shoegaze from New York. (Spotify)
KUNG-FU GIRL – KUNG-FU GIRL || Rough, energetic, punky indiepop from Japan. (Spotify)
whenyoung – Reasons to dream || Energetic, powerful, catchy indie pop. (Spotify)
Maps – Colours, Reflect , Time Loss || Orchestral, electronic dreampop. (Spotify)
Vampire Weekend – Father of the bride || Hipster pop
. But good. 🙂 (Spotify)
June

Keel Her (Photo by Ned Botwood)
Keel Her – With Kindness || Warm, rhythmic, melodic, a tiny bit melancholic, “dreamy in a Stereolab/Broadcast-ish way”… (Spotify)
No Aloha – Okay Alone || Indiepop, with lovely melodies, arrangements and atmospheres. (Spotify)
Palehound – Black Friday || Good songs and lyrics, with a little bit of the good kind of roughness. (Spotify)
Jeanines – Jeanines || Jangly, classic indiepop. (Spotify)
Fresh – Withdraw || Energetic “jump around” punky indie pop
. (Spotify)
Rat Fancy – Stay Cool || Rough, upbeat, kind of punky, melodic indiepop. (Spotify)
July

Cat Apostrophe
Cat Apostrophe – Lifelong Amateurism || Rough, melodic and jangly guitar-pop. (Spotify)
Jesca Hoop – STONECHILD || Mostly acoustic, interesting both musically and lyrically. (Spotify)
Florist – Emily Alone || Melancholic, beautiful , calm songs. (Spotify)
seablite – Grass stains and novocaine || Fuzzy, melodic indiepop. (Spotify)
Penelope Isles – Until the tide breaks in || Dreamy guitar-pop out on Bella Union. (Spotify)
U.S. Highball – Great Record || Jangly, catchy pop songs. (Spotify)
Smaller Hearts – Honestly || Electronic pop/synthpop. (Spotify)
Fashion Brigade – Fvck the heartache || Collaborative project feat. members of Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Frankie Cosmos, LCD Soundsystem, Dirty Projectors, Icy Demons, Prince Rama, Phosphorescent, and loads more. (Spotify)
August

0 stars
0 stars – Blowing on a marshmallow in perpetuity || Unique sound, and difficult to put in a genre other than “pop” or “indie”. Warm, intimate songs. (Spotify)
Joyero – Release the dogs || Fragile, organic pop, – based on electronics. (Spotify)
Psapp – Tourists || Playful pop. (Spotify)
Black Belt Eagle Scout – At the party with my brown friends || Indie/folk-ish-ish. (Spotify)
Modern Nature – How to live || Psychedelic/folk project from Ultimate Painting/Mazes/Beak members. (Spotify)
Queen of Jeans – If you’re not afraid, I’m not afraid || Indie (Spotify)
Slaughter Beach, Dog – Safe and also no fear || Indie (Spotify)
Orange Crate Art – Astral lullabies on the treshold || Big-sounding, warm, psychedelic “space pop”. (Spotify)
Francis Lung – A dream is U || Harmony based, orchestral pop. Beach Boys anno 2019? (Spotify)
September

Operator Music Band (photo by Adam Lempel)
Operator Music Band – Duo duo || “art pop”-ish and angular, with lots of old-school synths
. (Spotify)
Frankie Cosmos – Close it quietly || Indiepop (Spotify)
Boat to Row – Rivers that flow in circles || Warm, calm indie, with elements of the sound of late 60s/early 70s folk. (Spotify)
Babe Rainbow – Today || Psych-pop with folk elements. There is even a bit of bossa-nova here. (Spotify)
Simen Mitlid – Neutral || Fine, melodic pop from Norway. (Spotify)
The Needs – You Need the Needs || Powerpop with sunshiny melodies and cool guitar hooks. (Spotify)
October

Gold Celeste (photo by Benedikte Olsen)
Gold Celeste – The gentle maverick || Sun-drenched psych-POP (Spotify)
levitation room – Headspace || Very catchy, dreamy psych pop, leaning both on 60s pop and the more modern indie-sound. (Spotify)
Lisa Prank – Perfect love song || Fuzzy, catchy, punky indiepop. (Spotify)
The Leaf Library – The world is a bell || Playful, experimental art pop “covering a wide stylistic range that falls somewhere between mellow indiepop and droning post-rock”. (Spotify)
DIIV – Deceiver || “shoegaze bliss with grunge catharsis”, according to the band. (Spotify)
Mousey – Lemon law || These songs can go from catchy, upbeat pop to calm, melancholic emotional ballads. I like both parts. (Spotify)
Shana Falana – Darkest light || Psych/shoegaze/dreampop (Spotify)
yeule – Serotonin II || Calming, dreamy electronic pop with whispery vocals (Spotify)
Rocketship – Thanks to you || Indiepop, both very catchy and with more experimental elements (Spotify)
November

Daybehavior
Daybehavior – Based on a true story || Probably the album I have listened the most to since November. Catchy electro-pop. (Spotify)
The Model Spy – Serenest (A long play on truth, deceit and souvenirs) || Indiepop/electropop/dreampop from Greece (Spotify)
Fenella – Fenella || Synth-heavy ambient pop featuring Jane Weaver (Spotify)
Green Buzzard – Amidst the clutter and mess || Sydney based “indie pop unit with a penchant for pairing big Brit-pop hooks with Guided by Voices-esque garage punk” (Spotify)
Pomme – les failles || Melancholic French songs. (Spotify)
Cloth – Cloth || “Angular alt-rock with deep electronic grooves”. Lovely, soft, reverbed vocals. (Spotify)
Pure Moods – Upward Spiral || Melbourne-based lo-fi-ish melodic indie (Spotify)
Pastel Coast – Hovercraft || French indiepop/dreampop band with influences from bands like The Drums, Beach Fossils , DIIV and Motorama. (Spotify)
December
Nothing has impressed me – as usual – in December. It’s all bells and (reissues of) The Hollies. See what I did there? I am so clever.
Listen to the songs from this list on Spotify:
2 Comments
Thank you! So many of these are now in my regular rotation! (Party, Daddi, when the party’s over, 2021, break my heart, isn’t that just being in love, with great purpose, and Old Bear) Very appreciative for the time you put into this!
Hopefully you’re getting some time to work on your own music during this time!
Thank you so much!