1. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (10 votes)
“Hard not sing along with these bangers in the car, even if I look completely ridiculous.”
“Hard not sing along with these bangers in the car, even if I look completely ridiculous.”
“Don't know how many times I've said "blame it on my juice" as an excuse this year. On heavy rotation every time we drive anywhere.”
“Proof that I live in my isolated cave of hate/despair is that I'd never heard of Lizzo before 2 weeks ago. I gave her a listen and GODDAMN, I shook my tiny anemic white boy ass until it was sore.”
“Big woman, big power, big personality. The best concert-going experience I had all year!”
2. Orville Peck - Pony (10 votes)
“Best video of 2019!!!”
“Hooked with the Hope to Die video. Love the combination of Roy Orbison and laconic shoegaze, or something.”
“This makes me want to drink whiskey” - Joline
“I was hooked the first moment he started singing on the first track of the album. Unforgettable and haunting vocals. I can definitely get behind an artist described by the NY times as a ‘masked gay country star.’”
“An answer to the extremely important question, ‘What would happen if Morrissey was outlaw country?’”
“A welcome discovery. This bastard son of Elvis makes me want to drink Pabst Blue Ribbon beneath the full David Lynch moon.”
3. Lana del Ray - Norman Fucking Rockwell (7 votes)
“I look forward to listening to the Doin' Time cover on repeat at BBQs next summer!”
“I look forward to listening to the Doin' Time cover on repeat at BBQs next summer!”
“In 2010 I got black out drunk at a house party and told some poor girl who put her on that listening to Lana del Rey was "NOT cool". And now a decade later she's in my top 10 so I would like to formally admit I was very wrong about that. She's really cool, this album is really cool, the lyrics are lush and surprising after many listens and they (almost) make me want to move back to LA.”
“Banal. Catchy. Shallow. Earwormy. Possibly plagiarized. Good enough to play at a party. Here's a poem based on LDR's lyrics: Push up bra at the farm. Pink ladies a dozen soaked til dawn. Cocaine sunflowers makin baby hot. I can be your back room kit kat don't stop. Let's ride this wave hanging ten. California but near Wilbur's pen. Cider's sweet I said to him. We danced all night, summersend.”
4. Jenny Lewis - On the Line (6 votes)
“The best Jenny Lewis album since the Rilo Kiley days!”
“The production on this album is so good.”
“I love when I really like the song on the album that has the same name as the album... this is to say I really like the song "On The Line" (along with all the other ones).”
5. Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari (6 votes)
“Love at first listen.”
“I listened to ‘F Delano’ a ton this year. I recommend you do the same!”
“Listening to this album filled my mind with so much imagery. Let's all be more pro orchestral arrangements.”
6. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (6 votes)
“Exhausting at times, but full of inventive sounds. A tighter single-disc album exists here, but it's tough to complain about so much new Vampire Weekend music. Also, the opening of Harmony Hall is my favorite piece of music for 2019.”
“Exhausting at times, but full of inventive sounds. A tighter single-disc album exists here, but it's tough to complain about so much new Vampire Weekend music. Also, the opening of Harmony Hall is my favorite piece of music for 2019.”
“Mmm, Harmony Hall”
“Thought this album came out ten years ago? Its still good.”
“‘Unbearably white’ is a song and also kind of how I felt after Spotify told me that all of my top 5 most listened to songs this year were off this album. But is an extremely listenable album! Everyone from my dad to my 1 year old likes it. I love that they decided to be a jam band on this album, and I don't like jam bands!”
7. Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet (5 votes)
8. Ages and Ages - Me You They We (4 votes)
9. Cool Original - I Never Said I Didn't Care (4 votes)
"A band named after Doritos shouldn't be this good. I love the mix of emotions."
10. Layperson - The Divide (4 votes)
“Oh man. So beautiful. Reminds me of the Pernice Brothers in the best way.”
“Oh man. So beautiful. Reminds me of the Pernice Brothers in the best way.”
“The is the type of music that I would listen to” - Joline
“This album was one I didn't know I was missing. Thanks to whoever added this!”
11. Strand of Oaks - Eraserland (4 votes)
“This album felt more relaxed that previous Strand Of Oaks stuff. The first time I heard "Weird Ways" I was floored.”
“This album felt more relaxed that previous Strand Of Oaks stuff. The first time I heard "Weird Ways" I was floored.”
12. Westkust - Westkust (4 votes)
“Like a harder, but still just as catchy, Swedish Alvvays.”
“Like a harder, but still just as catchy, Swedish Alvvays.”
“Sweden!!! I love the song ‘Daylight’”
