Dave 3000's Top 25 (or so) New Releases of 2019

(Just my opinion!)

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1

Oh Sees "Face Stabber"

Oh Sees "Face Stabber" (Castle Face)

2

Meat Puppets "Dusty Notes"

Meat Puppets "Dusty Notes" (Megaforce)

3

The Babe Rainbow "Today"

The Babe Rainbow "Today" (Flightless)

4

Wand "Laughing Matter"

Wand "Laughing Matter" (Drag City)

5

Babymetal "Metal Galaxy"

BABYMETAL "Metal Galaxy" (Babymetal Records / Toy's Factory)

6

(tie)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Fishing For Fishies"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Infest The Rats' Next"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Fishing For Fishies" (Flightless)
 
 

   and
 
 
 
"Infest The Rats' Nest" (Flightless)

7

Kim Gordon "No Home Record"

Kim Gordon "No Home Record" (Matador)

8

Dempagumi.inc "Wareware Wa Dempagumi.inc Da"

Dempagumi.inc "Wareware Wa Dempagumi.inc Da" (Meme Tokyo / Toy's Factory)

("We Are Dempagumi.inc")

9

Santana "Africa Speaks"

Santana "Africa Speaks" (Concord)

10

Stephen Malkmus "Groove Denied"

Stephen Malkmus "Groove Denied" (Matador)

11

(tie)

Ty Segall "First Taste"

Ty Segall Freedom Band "Deforming Lobes"

Ty Segall "First Taste" (Drag City)
 
 

   and
 
 
 
Ty Segall Freedom Band "Deforming Lobes" (Drag City)

12

Cheer-Accident "Chicago XX"

Cheer-Accident "Chicago XX" (Complacency)

13

The Claypool-Lennon Delirium "South Of Reality"

The Claypool-Lennon Delirium "South Of Reality" (ATO)

14

Swans "leaving meaning."

Swans "leaving meaning." (Young God / Mute)

15

Fat White Family "Serfs Up!"

Fat White Family "Serfs Up!" (Domino)

16

DAOKO "Shitekiryoko"

DAOKO "Shiteki Ryokou" (Toy's Factory)

("Private Trip")

17

DMBQ "KEEENLY"

DMBQ "KEEENLY" (Drag City)

18

ORB "The Space Between"

ORB "The Space Between" (Flightless)

19

Royal Trux "White Stuff"

Royal Trux "White Stuff" (Jagjaguwar)

20

Moon Duo "Stars Are The Light"

Moon Duo "Stars Are The Light" (Sacred Bones)

21

Chris Forsyth "All Time Present"

Chris Forsyth "All Time Present" (No Quarter)

22

The Mystery Lights "Too Much Tension!"

The Mystery Lights "Too Much Tension!" (Daptone)

23

(tie)

Guided By Voices "Zeppelin Over China"

Guided By Voices "Warp And Woof"

Guided By Voices "Sweating The Plague"

Guided By Voices "Zeppelin Over China" (GBV Inc.)
 
 

   and
 
 
 
"Warp And Woof" (GBV Inc.)

 

   and
 
 
 
"Sweating The Plague" (GBV Inc.)

24

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets "And Now For The Whatchamacallit"

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets "And Now For The Whatchamacallit" (Marathon)

25

Ariel Pink "Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2"

Ariel Pink "Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2" (Mexican Summer)
   

Honorable Mentions:

(in alphabetical order)

75 Dollar Bill ”I Was Real” (Thin Wrist)
The Black Keys ”Let's Rock” (Nonesuch)
Black Mountain ”Destroyer” (Jagjaguwar)
Boris ”Love & Evol” (Third Man)
The Budos Band ”V” (Daptone)
Clinic “Wheeltappers And Shunters” (Domino)
The Comet Is Coming “Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery” (Impulse!)
DJ Shadow “Our Pathetic Age” (Mass Appeal)
Steve Earle & The Dukes “Guy” (New West)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring “All In Good Time” (Castle Face)
Floating Points “Crush” (Ninja Tune)
Flying Lotus “Flamagra” (Warp)
Guerilla Toss “What Would The Odd Do?“ EP (NNA)
Ibibio Sound System “Doko Mien” (Merge)
Kool Keith “Keith” (Mello)
Victor Krummenacher “Pacific Blue” (Veritas)
Kungens Män “HåRt Som Ben” (Riot Season)
David Liebman “On The Corner Live! The Music Of Miles Davis” (Ear Up)
Malibu Ken “Malibu Ken” (Rhymesayers)
Matmos “Plastic Anniversary” (Thrill Jockey)
Cass McCombs ”Tip Of The Sphere” (Anti-)
Roscoe Mitchell “Littlefield Concert Hall Mills College” (Wide Hive)
Thurston Moore “Spirit Counsel” (Daydream Library)
Oceans Of The Moon “Oceans Of The Moon” (Castle Face)
Iggy Pop ”Free (Caroline)
Poppy “Choke” EP (I'm Poppy/Mad Decent)
POW! “Shift” (Castle Face)
The Prettiest Eyes “Vol. 3” (Castle Face)
Royal Trux & Ariel Pink “Pink Stuff” EP (Fat Possum)
Sleater-Kinney “The Center Won't Hold” (Mom+Pop)
Snarky Puppy “Immagrance” (GroundUP)
Sonny & The Sunsets “Hairdressers From Heaven” (Rocks In Your Head)
Spiral Stairs “We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized” (Nine Mile/Coolin By Sound)
Sunn O))) “Life Metal” (Southern Lord)
Taras Bulba “One” (Riot Season)
TC&I “Naked Flames: Live At Swindon Arts Centre” (self released)
Tricot “Repeat” EP (Bakuretsu)
Tropical Fuck Storm “Braindrops” (Joyful Noise)
Wednesday Campanella “Yakushima Treasure” EP (Warner Japan)
The Who “WHO” (Polydor)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Colorado” (Reprise)

Reissues of theYear:

Prince “Originals” (NPG/Warner Bros)
The Replacements “Dead Man's Pop” (Rhino/Warner Bros)
Neil Young & Stray Gators “Tuscaloosa” (Reprise)
Peter Laughner “Peter Laughner Box Set” (Smog Veil)

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