Best of 2020

An otherwise shit year all round still managed to serve up some great tunes.  Just outside my top 100 this year include the following:

 

101    Marie Davidson & L'Oeil Nu - Renegade Breakdown

102    Public Enemy - Grid (ft. Cypress Hill & George Clinton)

103    Sleaford Mods - Shortcummings

104    Das Koolies - It's All About the Dolphins

105    Warm Digits - Growth of Raindrops (ft. Sarah Cracknell)

106    Youth Meets Jah Wobble - Rhino (ft. Vivien Goldman

107    Jeremiah Sand - Message From the Mountain

108    Lie - Drowning in Piss

109    The Buttertones - Jazzhound

110    Earth Tongue - Probing the New Reality

111    Alien Lizard -  Rêve d'une Femme

112    Warm Digits - Feel The Panic (ft. The Lovely Eggs)

113    The Rellies - Isabella Is Annoying

114    Cable Ties - Tell Them Where to Go

115    Mount Hush - Fuenf

116    Cornershop - St Marie Under Canon

117    Victories At Sea - Follow You

118    Imperial Wax - Bromidic Thrills

119    KennyHoopla - Plastic Door

120    Fishmonger - Real Machine

121    Heavy Lungs - (A Bit Of A) Birthday

122    The Goa Express - Be My Friend

123    Tony Or Tony - Fatty Malloy

124    The Black Wizards - The Great Escape

125    Dry Cleaning - Magic of Meghan

Best Of 2019 - The Playlist

Best of 2019 1-10

1.  KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - Cyboogie / Acarine




2.  CLIPPING - Nothing Is Safe / Blood Of The Fang




3.  AUDIOBOOKS - Hot Salt


4.  NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Fireflies


5.  MOON DUO - Lost Heads


6.  FAT WHITE FAMILY - Feet


7.  THE COMET IS COMING - Blood Of The Past  (ft. Kate Tempest)


THE COMET IS COMING - Summon The Fire


8.  FONTAINES DC - Boys In The Better Land / Hurricane Laughter




9.  PRINS THOMAS - Feel The Love


10. RICHARD DAWSON - Jogging / Two Halves

Best of 2019 11-20

11.  AQUARIAN BLOOD - A Love That Leads To War


      AQUARIAN BLOOD - There's A World


12.  ART TRIP & THE STATIC SOUND - Bad Impression


13.  MAN OF MOON - Ride The Waves


14.  KARKARA - Zarathoustra


15.  L'ÉPÉE - Last Picture Show


16.  SNAPPED ANKLES - Drink and Glide


17.  KATE TEMPEST - People's Faces


18.  SARATHY KORWAR - Bol (ft. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash)


19.  SWANS - It's Coming It's Real


20.  SLEAFORD MODS - Kebab Spider

Best of 2019 21-30

 21.  BLACK MOUNTAIN - Boogie Lover


22.  DEATH AND VANILLA - Nothing Is Real


23.  KNEECAP - H.O.O.D.


24.  GONG GONG GONG - Something's Happening


25.  OH SEES - The Daily Heavy


26.  THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - We've Got To Try


27.  PUBLIC PRACTICE - Extra-Ordinary


28.  WET TUNA - Goin'


29.  HATCHIE - Obsessed


30.  FANTASTIC NEGRITO - The Duffler

Best of 2019 31-40

31.  ROSE CITY BAND - Rip City


32.  DEAFKIDS - Templo Do Caos


33.  BANANAGUN - Oh Yeah


34.  ALDO - Trembling Eyelids


35.  VANISHING TWIN - Cryonic Suspension May Save Your Life


36.  ALLAH LAS - Polar Onion


37.  EZRA FURMAN - Calm Down AKA I Should Not Be Alone


38.  POTTERY - Smooth Operator


39.  JULIA JACKLIN - Body


40.  JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE - LPs

Best of 2019 41-50

41.  THEE TELEPATHS - Alpha, Pt 1


42.  RIDE - R.I.D.E.


43.  KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - Fishing For Fishies


44.  THE COOL GREENHOUSE - Cardboard Man


45.  OH SEES - Snickersnee


46.  THE DANDELION - El Poncho Rojo  (Time To Go)


47.  THE BLACK KEYS - Lo/Hi


48.  BLACK DOLDRUMS - She Divine


49.  FONTAINES D.C. - Chequeless Reckless


50.  SOULEANCE - Kiss

Best of 2019 51-60

51.  TOY - Jolt Awake


52.  LEONARD COHEN - Puppets


53.  FLY PAN AM - Distance Dealer


54.  OCEANS OF THE MOON - Blowing My Mind


55.  BAD HOMBRES - Don't Panic Steven


56.  JULIAN LYNCH - Andaza


57.  WICKETKEEPER - Night Night (Whatever)


58.  INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP - I Stole Yer Plimsoles (ft.
Jason Williamson)


       INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP - After Dark


59.  NOV3L - Natural


60.  NANCY - I'm Not Getting Sober, I'm Just Getting Older (Helluva Guy)

Best of 2019 61-70

61.  THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM - Blood and Rockets


62.  SIR WAS - Deployed (ft. Little Dragon)


63.  ONE FRIEND - Fall


64.  AUDIOBOOKS - Dance Your Life Away


65.  AUTOMATIC - Too Much Money


66.  IMPERIAL WAX - No Man's Land


67.  DOPE LEMON - Hey You


68.  THE COSMONAUTS - Seven Sisters


69.  INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP - Age Of The Train


70.  KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - Plastic Boogie

 

 

Best of 2019 71-80

71.  PIXIES - On Graveyard Hill


72.  DRAHLA - Godstar


73.  MOON DUO - Eye 2 Eye


74.  ART TRIP & THE STATIC SOUND - No Fly Zone


75.  L'ÉPÉE - Dreams


76.  AQUA SECA - Whipped Cream


77.  THE BLACK KEYS - Fire Walk With Me


78.  PRETTIEST EYES - Mr President


79.  SPORTS TEAM - Fishing


80.  DESERT SESSIONS - Chic Tweetz