30 gru 2019

MY FAVORITE FILMS OF THE DECADE



Due to the holiday turmoil, it is only today that we publish our film ranking, which first appeared online a week ago. I repeat, I am not going to claim that these are the best films of the decade. Not only because I only caught up on a few of them in December, and I certainly didn't manage to see everything I planned or should have seen. Even for the films released this year.

It is very, very subjective and you could probably psychoanalize me based on this list alone. ;)

I tried to include films that were among my favourites at some point during the decade. I am talking specifically about The Cloud Atlas, which is not a brilliant work of art, by any means, but it moved me a lot when I saw it in the cinema when it opened. The King Speech was, I believe, the first film not made for kids that I went to.

The choice of the film of the decade is very special and provocative, because - technically - it is a TV series. However, it was filmed as a long, eighteen-hour film, which was later divided into parts. Specialist periodicals such as Sight And Sound and Cahiers Du Cinema have already put it first in their film rankings. For me, it was one of the most defining life experiences I have ever had and perhaps David Lynch's masterwork (though it's challenging to compare it with Mulholland Drive, for example). 

I also decided to include an episode of Atlanta - Teddy Perkins - because I believe it works very well as a stand-alone and you don't have to watch the whole series to enjoy one of the best surreal works of the decade. Then, watch the rest of the show :)

If we're talking about the series, that was the decade when I really got into the Prestige TV and my interest grew slowly, so I still haven't seen many of the most acclaimed series (including, well well, Game Of Thrones). However if there are few more shows that deserved to be mentioned here, that would be: Mr. Robot, True Detective (season 1 and 3), Fargo and Legion. UPDATE 2020: The brilliant HBO series The Leftovers also should be mentioned.

Without further ado, my 100 favorite films of the decade.

  1. Twin Peaks: The Return
  2. Arrival - MY FAVOURITE SCIENCE FICTION FILM
  3. Inception
  4. La La Land
  5. The Tree Of Life
  6. Your Name - MY FAVOURITE ANIMATED FILM
  7. Blade Runner 2049
  8. What We Do In The Shadows - MY FAVOURITE COMEDY
  9. Paddington 2
  10. Won’t You Be My Neighbour - MY FAVOURITE DOCUMENTARY
  11. The Handmaiden - MY FAVOURITE NON-ENGLISH DRAMA
  12. Roma
  13. Her
  14. Paterson
  15. Ex Machina
  16. The Lighthouse - MY FAVOURITE HORROR
  17. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  18. Lobster
  19. Interstellar
  20. Atlanta - „Teddy Perkins”
  21. Jackie
  22. The Master
  23. The Irishman
  24. Black Swan
  25. Whiplash
  26. The Favourite
  27. Parasite
  28. Prisoners
  29. Logan
  30. Get Out
  31. Marriage Story
  32. Hell Or High Water
  33. Captain America The Winter Soldier
  34. Toy Story 3
  35. The Great Gatsby
  36. Burning
  37. Into The Spider-Verse
  38. Nightcrawler
  39. About Time
  40. The Big Short
  41. If Beale Street Could Talk
  42. Paddington
  43. Jojo Rabbit
  44. Loving Vincent
  45. First Man
  46. Long Day’s Journey Into Night
  47. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
  48. The Disaster Artist
  49. Blindspotting
  50. Shutter Island
  51. I Am Not Your Negro
  52. Annihilation
  53. The Cloud Atlas
  54. Us
  55. Drive
  56. Carol
  57. The Dark Knight Rises
  58. Wonder Woman
  59. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
  60. You Were Never Really Here
  61. The Social Network
  62. Blackklansman
  63. Frank
  64. Baby Driver
  65. Guardians Of The Galaxy
  66. Black Panther
  67. Ad Astra
  68. Predestination
  69. I Lost My Body
  70. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
  71. 12 Years A Slave
  72. Anomalisa
  73. Moonlight
  74. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  75. The Farewell
  76. Shoplifters
  77. Moonrise Kingdom
  78. Mission Impossible Fallout
  79. Joker
  80. American Hustle
  81. Leviathan
  82. Dunkirk
  83. The Death Of Stalin
  84. Spider-Man Homecoming
  85. Boy
  86. Frances Ha
  87. The King’s Speech
  88. The Big Sick
  89. Thor Ragnarok
  90. Django Unchained
  91. The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
  92. The Phantom Thread
  93. The LEGO Movie
  94. Moana
  95. The Avengers
  96. Widows
  97. Wind River

23 gru 2019

MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE DECADE - 2010s



Without further ado, these are my favorite albums of the decade. Same rules apply (one album by artist).


  1. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
  2. Jessie Ware - Devotion
  3. Julia Holter – Aviary
  4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
  5. Tame Impala – Currents
  6. FKA Twigs - LP1
  7. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
  8. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
  9. David Bowie – Blackstar
  10. Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
  11. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
  12. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
  13. Sade – Soldier Of Love
  14. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
  15. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
  16. Anna Calvi – Hunter
  17. Sampha – Process
  18. Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth
  19. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
  20. Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
  21. Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
  22. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
  23. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
  24. Bjork – Vulnicura
  25. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
  26. Solange – A Seat At The Table
  27. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
  28. James Blake – Overgrown
  29. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
  30. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
  31. Shura – Nothing’s Real
  32. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
  33. Nadine Shah – Fast Food
  34. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
  35. Kadhja Bonet – Childqueen
  36. Niia – I
  37. Sara Bareilles – Kaleidoscope Heart
  38. HAIM – Days Are Gone
  39. London Grammar – If You Wait
  40. Christine And The Queens - Chris
  41. Nabihah Iqbal – Weighning Of The Heart
  42. Beach House – 7
  43. Burial – Rival Dealer
  44. Various Artists – La La Land
  45. Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio 1 and 2
  46. Clare Maguire – Light After Dark
  47. Jamie xx – In Colour
  48. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
  49. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
  50. Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
  51. Yumi Zouma - Willowbank
  52. Anohni - Hopelessness
  53. Arctic Monkeys – AM
  54. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
  55. Katy B – On A Mission
  56. Salt Ashes – Salt Ashes
  57. Passion Pit – Gossamer
  58. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
  59. Sevdaliza – Ison
  60. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
  61. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here
  62. Snoh Aalegra – Feels
  63. Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
  64. East India Youth – Culture Of Volume
  65. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
  66. Rosalia – El Mal Querer
  67. Foals – What Went Down
  68. Mew = +-
  69. The Invisible – Patience
  70. Thundercat - Apocalypse
  71. Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
  72. Thom Yorke – Anima
  73. Rhye – Woman
  74. St. Vincent – Masseduction
  75. Nilufer Yanya – Miss Universe
  76. Charlotte Gainsbourg — Rest
  77. Brandon Flowers – The Desired Effect
  78. The Maccabees – Marks To Prove It
  79. Hurts - Happiness
  80. Caribou – Our Love
  81. Angel Olsen – All Mirrors
  82. Disclosure – Settle
  83. Mitski – Be The Cowboy
  84. Temples – Sun Structures
  85. MGMT – Little Dark Age
  86. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
  87. The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
  88. Little Simz – GREY Area
  89. Kate Tempest – The Book Of Traps And Lessons
  90. Totally Enormous - Trouble
  91. Skepta – Konnichiwa
  92. Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds
  93. Jamila Woods – Legacy Legacy
  94. Kaytranada – 99.9%
  95. Kali Uchis - Isolation
  96. George Maple – Lover
  97. Oneohtrix Point Never – Love In The Time Of Lexapro
  98. Mary Lattimore – Hundreds Of Days
  99. Nite Jewel – Real High
  100. The Black Keys – Brothers

MY FAVORITE SONGS OF THE DECADE - 2010s



By definition, all my decade lists are very subjective. These are the songs that are classics for me, that I have sweet spot for. I didn't really want to do this, because it's dangerously close to something I will always refuse to make - all-time chart. Comparing songs from such different times in my life is very difficult. I tried my best, I think I did justice to some artists I really enjoyed in early 10s, whom maybe I don't listen to anymore (Hurts are a good example). On the other hand, you won't find Adele here, who was for a short time my favorite female artist before I found Florence. Now I literally cannot stand her music. With each of these charts I made changes even while posting it, now, when it's on Twitter I won't be changing it no more, but I probably will never be satisfied with it. But I hope you like it.

With both albums and songs chart I prefer the rule - one song by artist. I didn't want to dominate them with Jessie Ware and Lana Del Rey, although I easily could. But I don't wanna bore those who are not fans, save alone obsessives. In some cases it's again, tough choice. But I think I did okay.

You'll notice that some of these songs and albums are actually in different order than in this year-end chart!


  1. Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments
  2. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
  3. David Bowie – Blackstar
  4. Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out
  5. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
  6. Tame Impala - Let It Happen
  7. Salt Ashes - Raided
  8. Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarassing
  9. Chromatics – Shadow
  10. SBTRKT feat. Jessie Ware - Right Thing To Do
  11. Weyes Blood – Movies
  12. Shura - What's It Gonna Be
  13. Sade - Soldier Of Love
  14. Solange - Losing You
  15. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
  16. Frank Ocean - Sweet Life
  17. Jess Mills – For My Sins
  18. Niia - Body
  19. Burial – Come Down To Us
  20. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
  21. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
  22. Mew – Satellites
  23. Julia Holter - I Shall Love 2
  24. College feat. Electric Youth - A Real Hero
  25. Kwamie Liv – Higher
  26. Kamasi Washington – Fists Of Fury
  27. Bjork - Stonemilker
  28. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
  29. James Blake – Ovegrown
  30. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
  31. Sebastien Tellier feat. Caroline Polachek - In The Crew Of Tea Time
  32. Daft Punk feat. Paul Williams - Touch
  33. Peggy Gou – Starry Night
  34. Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing
  35. Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t A Problem
  36. Sara Bareilles – King Of Anything
  37. La La Land Cast – Another Day Of Sun
  38. Radiohead – The Daily Mail
  39. Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu – Queen
  40. Kendrick Lamar feat. Thundercat, Bilal, Anna Wise – These Walls
  41. Jack White – Love Is Blindness
  42. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
  43. Chvrches - The Mother We Share
  44. Nabihah Iqbal – Something More
  45. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know
  46. Nadine Shah – Stealing Cars
  47. Jennylyn Mercado – Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough
  48. Mitski – Washing Machine Heart
  49. Anna Calvi – Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My Body
  50. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
  51. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You
  52. Lapsley – Love Is Blind
  53. Thundercat - Oh Sheit It's X
  54. Coco Morier – Ambulance
  55. Japanese Breakfast – Boyish
  56. HAIM - Don't Save Me
  57. Marina And The Diamonds - Hollywood
  58. London Grammar - Hell To The Liars
  59. Sampha – Blood On Me
  60. Katy B feat. Jessie Ware – Aaliyah
  61. Clare Maguire – The Last Dance
  62. Foster The People - Houdini
  63. Bon Iver – Beth/Rest
  64. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
  65. Jamie xx - Loud Places
  66. Childish Gambino – Redbone
  67. Sharon Van Etten – Jupiter 4
  68. Father John Misty - Please Don't Die
  69. Christine And The Queens – Comme si
  70. George Maple - Hero
  71. Pond - Holding Out For You
  72. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Ring A Ring O Roses
  73. Dua Lipa – Be The One
  74. Blood Orange feat. Skepta - High Street
  75. Yumi Zouma – December
  76. Say Lou Lou - Better In The Dark
  77. The Maccabees – Spit It Out
  78. White Lies – Strangers
  79. Holly Blue – Irresistible
  80. MGMT – TSLAMP
  81. Emma Stone – Someone In The Crowd
  82. Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds – Ballad Of The Mighty I
  83. Mutya Keisha Siobhan – Flatline
  84. Foals - Bad Habit
  85. Hurts – Stay
  86. Beach House – Dive
  87. St. Vincent – Digital Witness
  88. Washed Out – Amor Fati
  89. Rhye – Open
  90. Skepta – Konnichiwa
  91. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight
  92. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Latch
  93. Chairlift – I Belong In Your Arms
  94. Temples - The Golden Throne
  95. Hot Chip - Need You Now
  96. Lianne La Havas – Gone
  97. Camila Cabello - Havana
  98. How To Dress Well - Lost You / Lost Youth
  99. Bat For Lashes – Kids In The Dark
  100. A$AP Rocky feat. Lana Del Rey - Ridin’

21 gru 2019

MAVOY CHARTS 2019 - TOP 300 OF ALBUMS



There's a problem with year-end charts. The issue is generally with the ranking of music. John Doran summed it up very well in his introduction to this year's The Quietus ranking, so I won't expand on it. I will only emphasize here that for me the most important element of such lists, the reason why I follow them is the aspect of originality, musical discovery. I don't like to read about what I already know (although you'll know most of my top albums ;) ) That's why my list is so long (will it ever be longer? I don't know!), that' s why I always include the genre. I hope you will find something new for you here. Enjoy reading.

#10 FKA TWIGS - MAGDALENE


I was worried about this album - I'll remind you that its predecessor, Tahliah's full-length debut, took second place in 2015, which of course is a great achievement for the debut, but also raises very high expectations. I'm not saying that Magdalene is worse, although certainly very different. The trap experiments failed, but if you delve into the lyrics - and indeed the excellent production of Nicolas Jaar (Fallen Alien is particularly impressive) - you will find this girl's unique talent. There may not be another Two Weeks here... but maybe I just need more time to discover it. My review here.



#9 KAE TEMPEST - THE BOOK OF TRAPS AND LESSONS

I had not listened to Kae Tempest before, I knew very little about them and their music. But I was moved by a new album, a very emotional piece, whose first listening I will always remember. Like the album #10, FKA Twigs, it is at the same time a delicate and angry album. Despite the division (not only) of Brexit, often reflected on this album, Tempest stretches out a hand and tries to seek understanding. "More empathy, less greed, more respect" - If only more people listened ... My review here.



#8 JAMILA WOODS - LEGACY! LEGACY!


I've already written in my review that Jamila's vocals sound very much like Badu (this is not an objection, of course,on the contrary, especially when Erykah doesn't release anything new). However, the vocalist, poet and spoken word artist has a very distinct individuality. Her new project is a tribute to the heroes of the past (each song is entitled with a different name, which connects her to Rapsody), but also an attempt to discuss the black history of the United States.

#7 LITTLE SIMZ - GREY AREA


2019 is the year when the girls took over rap. I'm not only talking about the top spots, but also about Yungen Blakrok or Noname, present in the songs chart. The best of them all is an incredibly smart girl from the UK, who is also doing more and more well as an actress. I missed her concert, which I regret very much, but I think Simz should be on the radar of every rap (and not only) listener. My review




#6 THOM YORKE - ANIMA


Until now I knew Thom's solo achievements very poorly - probably less than the Atoms For Peace project. Kid A and In Rainbows are my favorite Radiohead albums, so it's no wonder that I like Yorke's electronic music very much. Some of the beats on this record sounds like new material from Burial (obviously they collaborated in the past) And the video promoting it is beautiful.




#5 NILUFER YANYA - MISS UNIVERSE

When I wrote about this girl a few years ago (I have no doubt that I was first in this country)- and then I got in touch with her, I couldn't have imagined that one day the Internet would be fascinated with her and the English artist would be opening for Interpol. Dynamic In Your Head was a big surprise for me, but the album turned out to be an eclectic, concept testimony of an extremely original artist. And it is always nice to hear Dave Okumu... My review.



#4 LANA DEL REY - NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL



(The alternate cover just looks better to me). 
I admit... Lust For Life didn't deserve the album of the year. Or at least this album would have deserved more. I granted this award at that time to a large extent because I was starting to lose hope for another classic and I just wanted to be done with it. Very wrongly. Norman is her best album since Ultraviolence, at least half of the recordings on the album are now among my favorite songs of her. After the regress, Lana seems to be reborn - the next album is said to be released... in two weeks.
#3 MICHAEL KIWANUKA - KIWANUKA


When I was reviewing this album, I realized that no matter how strong the comparison is, Michael Kiwanuka is starting to catch up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield. I think that a few years ago few people expected such a scale from the author of (actually neat) acoustic songs, even despite the (well-deserved) BBC Sound Of award. In creating his new release, Michael emphasized his African origin, and the songs on the album - such as Hero, Hard To Say Goodbye or the triumphant You Ain't The Problem are among the best in his discography.

#2 WEYES BLOOD - TITANIC RISING


To some extent, this is my "debut of the year", although the "discovery of the year" is obviously more fitting. A year ago at this time I never heard of Weyes Blood, and I checked TR- I am ashamed to admit - with a few weeks' delay. However, it is an extraordinarily powerful album, and the highest-ranked folk album in the history of the ranking, although the attempt to genre this album unnecessarily simplifies it. Natalie Mering's vocal - somewhere between Karen Carpenter and Joni Mitchell - shines against the background of extensive arrangements of Jonathan Rado from Foxygen. Thematically, Mering wonders about, among other things, the climate crisis, which inspired the title of the album. Every song on this album is a revelation. She is also extraordinary live.

#1 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - GHOSTEEN


Of course we knew that The Bad Seeds were working on a new album, I had planned a replay of the whole discography in advance. Quite sudden release was a nice surprise, though technical problems spoiled my joy of YouTube premiere. Cave released an album at once filled with mourning and radiant, probably for the first time in his career he sang falsetto. This album, like Skeleton's Tree, sounds like music from a completely different universe, clearly different from any other album in our line-up. It couldn’t be any other way.

COMPLETE RESULTS

  1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (rock, Bad Seeds Ltd)
  2. Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising (folk, Sub Pop)
  3. Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka (soul, Polydor)
  4. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell (indie pop, Polydor)
  5. Nilüfer Yanya – Miss Universe (indie pop, ATO)
  6. Thom Yorke – Anima (electronic, XL)
  7. Little Simz – Grey Area (hip hop, Age 101)
  8. Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY! (neo soul, Jagjaguwar)
  9. Kate Tempest – The Book Of Traps And Lessons (hip hop, American Recordings)
  10. FKA Twigs – Magdalene (electronic, Young Turks)
  11. The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (jazz/electronic, Impulse)
  12. Angel Olsen – All Mirrors (rock/folk, Jagjaguwar)
  13. Chromatics – Closer To Grey (electronic, Italians Do It Better)
  14. Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow (rock/folk, Jagjaguwar)
  15. Bon Iver – I,i (folk, Jagjaguwar)
  16. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Watchmen / Waves (score, self-released)
  17. Michael Abels – Us (score, Back Lot)
  18. Rosie Lowe – YU (R&B, Wolf Tone)
  19. James Blake – Assume Form (electronic, Polygon)
  20. Rapsody – Eve (hip hop, Jamla/Roc Nation)
  21. Carla Dal Forno – Look Up Sharp (ambient, Kallista)
  22. Prince – Originals (rock, Warner)
  23. Marvin Gaye – You’re The Man (soul, Motown/Universal)
  24. Sudan Archives – Athena (electronic, Stones Throw)
  25. Mark Korven – The Lighthouse (score, A24/Sony Music)
  26. Bat For Lashes – Lost Girls (electronic, AWAL)
  27. Jenny Hval – The Practice Of Love (electronic, Sacred Bones)
  28. Kedr Livanskiy – Your Need (electronic, 2MR)
  29. Leonard Cohen – Thanks For The Dance (folk, Columbia)
  30. Dwight Trible – Mothership (jazz, Gearbox)
  31. Leon Ware – Rainbow Deux (soul, Kitchen Records)
  32. Emel Mathlouthi – Everywhere We Looked Was Burning (electronic, Partisan)
  33. Loyle Carner – Not Waving, But Drowning (hip hop, AMF/Virgin)
  34. Hot Chip – A Bath Full Of Ecstasy (electronic, Domino)
  35. Raveena – Lucid (R&B, Moonstone)
  36. Nerija – Blume (jazz, Domino)
  37. Tawiah – Starts Again (electronic, First Word Records)
  38. Free Nationals – Free Nationals (R&B, OBE LLC)
  39. Philip Bailey – Love Will Find A Way (jazz, Verve)
  40. Snoh Aalegra – Ugh those feels again (R&B, Artium)
  41. Cassius – Dreems (electronic, Universal)
  42. Maria Usbeck – Envejeciendo (electronic, Cascine)
  43. Marika Hackman – Any Human Friend (rock, Sub Pop)
  44. Jordan Rakei – Origin (R&B, Ninja Tune)
  45. The National – I Am Easy To Find (rock, 4AD)
  46. Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 & Part 2 (rock, Warner)
  47. Max Richter & Lorne Balfe – Ad Astra (score, Deutsche Grammophon)
  48. Dayme Arocena – Sonocardiogram (jazz, Brownswood)
  49. Robert Glasper – Fuck Yo Feelings (jazz, Loma Vista)
  50. Blushing – Blushing (shoegaze, Wallflower Records)
  51. Raphael Saadiq – Jimmy Lee (soul, Columbia)
  52. Trupa Trupa – Of The Sun (rock, Glitterbeat)
  53. Kim Gordon – No Home Record (rock, Matador)
  54. Oneothrix Point Never – Uncut Gems (electronic/score, Warp)
  55. Floating Points – Crush (electronic, Ninja Tune)
  56. Solange – When I Get Home (R&B, Columbia)
  57. Blood Orange – Angel’s Pulse (R&B, Domino)
  58. John Coltrane – Blue World (jazz, Verve)
  59. Kindness – Something Like A War (R&B, Female Energy)
  60. Bibio – Ribbons (electronic, Warp)
  61. William Doyle – Your Wilderness Revisited (folk, self released)
  62. Alfa Mist – Structuralism (jazz, Sekito)
  63. Jung Jaell – Parasite (score, Genie Music/Stone Music)
  64. Erika De Casier – Essentials (R&B, Independent Jeep)
  65. Jay Som – Anak Ko (dream pop, Polyvinyl)
  66. Kaytranada – Bubba (R&B, RCA)
  67. Gang Starr – One Of The Best Yet (hip hop, self-released)
  68. Jorja Chalmers – Human Again (electronic, Italians Do It Better)
  69. Dan Levy – I Lost My Body (score, Lakeshore)
  70. SLO – Solace (electronic, self-released)
  71. Tallies – Tallies (dream pop, Kanine)
  72. Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker (score, WaterTower)
  73. Durand Jones & The Indications American Love Call (soul, Dead Oceans)
  74. Hatchie – Keepsake (dream pop, Ivy League)
  75. Chrysta Bell – Feels Like Love (dream pop, Mata Hari)
  76. Shura – Forevher (electronic, Secretly Canadian)
  77. O Future – Voyeur (electronic, self-released)
  78. Alan Silvestri – Avengers: Endgame (score, Hollywood Records)
  79. SAULT – 5 / 7 (R&B, Forever Living Originals) 
  80. Lindstrom – On A Clear Day I Can See You Forever (electronic, Smalltown Supersound)
  81. Randy Newman – Marriage Story (score, Lakeshore)
  82. Sui Zhen – Losing, Linda (electronic, Cascine)
  83. City Calm Down – Television (rock, I Oh You) 
  84. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things Season 3 (score, Lakeshore)
  85. Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited (folk/tribute, Bella Union)
  86. Heather Woods Broderick – Invitation (rock/folk, Western Vinyl)
  87. Bobby Krlic – Midsommar (score, Milan)
  88. Fatima Al Qadiri – Atlantics (score, Milan)
  89. Joe Armon-Jones – Turn To Clear View (jazz, Brownswood)
  90. Octo Octa – Resonant Body (electronic, T4T LUV)
  91. DJ Shadow – Our Pathetic Age (electronic, Mass Appeal)
  92. Flying Lotus – FLAMAGRA (electronic, Warp)
  93. M83 – DSVII / Knife + Heart (electronic, Naive)
  94. Blue Hawaii – Open Reduction Internal Fixation (electronic, Arbutus)
  95. Sote – Parallel Persia (electronic, Diagonal)
  96. Brittany Howard – Jaime (rock, ATO)
  97. Devonte Hynes – Queen & Slim (score, Domino)
  98. Ana Roxanne - ~~~~ (ambient, Living Records)
  99. Julien Chang – Jules (chillwave, Transgressive)
  100. Leon Vynehall – DJ Kicks (electronic, IK7)
  101. Yazz Ahmed – Polyhymnia (jazz, Ropeadope)
  102. Helado Negro – This Is How You Smile (indie, Universal)
  103. Altin Gün – Gece (rock, Glitterbeat)
  104. Anna Of The North – Dream Girl (pop, PIAS)
  105. Temples – Hot Motion (rock, ATO)
  106. Fair Weather Friends – Carte Blanche (indie pop, Polskie Radio)
  107. Anni B Sweet - Universo Por Estrenar (rock, Subterfurge)
  108. Grace Lightman – Silver Eater (electronic, Handsome Dad)
  109. Trentemoller – Obverse (electronic, In My Room)
  110. Gemini Rising, Tensnake & Fiora – Best Case Life (electronic, self-released)
  111. Skepta – Ignorance Is Bliss (hip hop, Boy Better Know)
  112. Sara Bareilles – Amidst The Chaos (pop, Epic)
  113. Shafiq Husayn – The Loop (jazz, Nature Sound)
  114. Sabrina Claudio – Truth Is (R&B, self-released)
  115. The Twilight Sad – IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME (rock, Rock Action)
  116. Holy Ghost! - Work (electronic, West End)
  117. Pizzagirl -First Timer (indie pop, Heist Or Hit)
  118. Hania Rani – Esja (neoclassical, Gondwana)
  119. Telefon Tel Aviv – Dreams Are Not Enough (electronic, Ghostly)
  120. BEA1991 – Brand New Adult (R&B, self-released)
  121. Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place (shoegaze, Wichita)
  122. Iggy Pop – Free (rock, Caroline)
  123. The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger (rock, Third Man)
  124. Anna Wise – As If It Were Forever (R&B, Alpha Pup)
  125. Aldina Duarte – Roubados (fado, Sony)
  126. Ionnalee – Remember The Future (electronic, To Whom It May Concern)
  127. Lor – Lowlight (folk, Agora)
  128. Black Marble – Bigger Than Life (rock, Sacred Bones)
  129. Electric Youth – Memory Emotion (electronic, self released)
  130. Claude Fontaine – Claude Fontaine (indie pop, Innovative Leisure)
  131. Lloyd Cole – Guesswork (rock, EarMusic)
  132. Pieces Of A Man – Made In Pieces (soul, Tru Thoughts)
  133. Chali 2na & Krafty Kratfs - Adventures Of A Reluctant Superhero (hip hop, Manphibian Music)
  134. Gallant – Sweet Insomnia (R&B, Mind Of A Genius)
  135. Africa Express – Egoli (world, self released)
  136. Daria Zawiałow – Helsinki (rock, Sony)
  137. Mark De Clive Lowe – Heritage(jazz, Ropeadope)
  138. Beirut – Gallipoli (folk, 4AD)
  139. Luna - Транс (electronic, self-released)
  140. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – And Now for the Whatchamacallit (rock, Marathon)
  141. Pond – Tasmania (rock, Marathon)
  142. Life – A Picture Of A Good Health (rock, Afghan Moon)
  143. Mica Levi – Monos (score, Invada/Lakeshore)
  144. Bonobo – Fabric Presents (electronic, Fabric)
  145. Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Dissolution (electronic, Weird World)
  146. Rustin Man Drift Code (folk, Domino)
  147. Annie Hart – A Softer Opening (indie pop, self-released)
  148. Ezra Collective – You Can’t Steal My Joy (jazz, Enter The Jungle)
  149. Steve Lacy – Apollo XXI (R&B, AWOL)
  150. Fontaines DC – Dogrel (rock, Partisan)
  151. Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride (rock, Columbia)
  152. Scimshire – Listeners (electronic, Albert’s Favourites)
  153. Clairo – Immunity (pop, Fader)
  154. Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (pop, RCA)
  155. Planet Asia - Initials On My Jewelry (hip hop, Gold Chain)
  156. Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow – Luce(score, Invada)
  157. Anna Meredith – Fibs (electronic, Moshi Moshi)
  158. Kwiaty – Kwiaty (indie, self-released)
  159. Ashley Henry – Beautiful Vinyl Hunter (jazz, Sony)
  160. Misia Furtak – Co przyjdzie? (indie, Agora)
  161. Ruby Rushton - Ironside (jazz, 22A)
  162. Akua – Them Spirits (R&B, self-released)
  163. Carla – Kill A Feeling (synth pop, Great Canyon)
  164. Jazzmeia Horn – Love And Liberation (jazz, Concord)
  165. Tamaryn – Dreaming The Dark (dream pop, Dero Arcadia)
  166. Frankie Cosmos – Close it Quietly (indie pop, Sub Pop)
  167. Black Pumas – Black Pumas (soul, ATO)
  168. Lapalux – Amnioverse (electronic, Brainfeeder)
  169. Vendredi Sur Mer – Premiers Émois (electronic, Profil Da Face/Sony)
  170. Ego Ella May – So Far (jazz, Tru Thoughts)
  171. ALTA – Reasons (electronic, Soothsayer)
  172. Jeff Goldblum – I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (jazz, Decca)
  173. Galcher Lustwerk – Information (electronic, Ghostly)
  174. XOA – Way West (broken beat, Five Easy Pieces)
  175. Emile Mosseri – The Last Black Man In San Francisco (score, Lakeshore)
  176. Purple Pilgrims – Perfumed Earth (dream pop, Flying Nun)
  177. Mavis Staples – We Get By (soul, ANTI)
  178. Toy – Happy In The Hollow / Songs Of Consumption (rock, Tough Love)
  179. Sir Was – Holding On To A Dream (electronic, Memphis Industries)
  180. Chris Potter – Circuits (jazz, Edition) – with James Francies and Eric Harland
  181. The New Pornographers – In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights (rock, Concord)
  182. Kinkajous – Hidden Lines (jazz, Running Circle)
  183. Alex Lahey – The Best Of Luck Club (rock, Dead Oceans)
  184. For Tracy Hyde – New Young City (shoegaze, P-Vine)
  185. Daniel Avery – B Sides And Remixes (electronic, Phantasy Sound)
  186. James Newton Howard – A Hidden Life (score, Sony)
  187. Sarathy Korwar – More Arriving (jazz, Leaf)
  188. Yann Tiersen – All (neoclassical, Mute)
  189. Mahalia – Love And Compromise (R&B, Asylum)
  190. Lower Dens – The Competition (rock, Ribbon Music)
  191. Incognito – Tomorrow’s New Dream (soul, Bluey Music)
  192. Men I Trust – Oncle Jazz (indie pop, Back To Analog)
  193. Deerhunter – Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared (rock, 4AD)
  194. Diat – Positive Disintegration (rock/post-punk, White Lung)
  195. Yugen Blakrok – Anima Mysterium (hip hop, IOT)
  196. Georgia Anne Muldrow – VWETO II (funk, Mello Music)
  197. Theo Crocker –Star People Nation (jazz, Masterworks)
  198. VA – HyperSwim (electronic, Hyperdub)
  199. Charlie Porter – Immigration Nation (jazz, OA2)
  200. GLOK – Dissident (electronic, Bytes)
  201. Caroline Polachek – Pang (indie pop, Perpetual Novice)
  202. Olga Wojciechowska – Infinite Distances (ambient, A Strangely Isolated Place)
  203. The Pendletons – 2 Steps Away (funk, Bastard Jazz)
  204. Resavoir – Resavoir (jazz, International Anthem Recording)
  205. Lorelle meets The Obsolete - De Facto (rock, Sonic Cathedral)
  206. C Duncan – Health (indie pop, Fat Cat)
  207. Belle And Sebastian – Days Of The Bagnold Summer (indie pop, Matador)
  208. Vancouver Sleep Clinic – Onwards To Zion (indie, self-released)
  209. Tyler, The Creator – Igor (hip hop, Columbia)
  210. Friendly Fires – Inflorescent (electronic, Polydor)
  211. Skinny Pelembe – Dreaming is Dead Now (electronic, Brownswood)
  212. Perfect Son – Cast (indie pop, Sub Pop)
  213. Jamael Dean – Black Space Tapes (jazz, Stones Throw)
  214. Apollo Brown – Sincerely, Detroit (hip hop, Mello Music)
  215. Chrissie Hynde – Valve Bone Woe (jazz, BMG)
  216. Clea Vincent – Nuits sommes sommeil (indie pop, Chateau Perdu)
  217. Barrie – Happy To Be Here (dream pop, Winspear)
  218. Rosemary Fairweather – Second Collection (pop, Universal)
  219. Nat Turner Rebellion - Laugh To Keep From Crying (soul, Mad Dragon)
  220. Alberto Iglesias – Dolor y gloria (score, Quartet)
  221. Ronin Arkestra - First Meeting / Sankei (jazz, Albert’s Favourites)
  222. Ratso – Stubborn Heart (rock, Lucky Number)
  223. Two Door Cinema Club – False Alarm (rock, PIAS)
  224. Paula Morelenbaum – Atlantico (jazz, Skip Records)
  225. Felicia Atkinson – The Flower And The Vessel (experimental,Shelter Press)
  226. Tycho – Weather (electronic, Ninja Tune / Mom+Pop)
  227. Rose Elinor Dougall - A New Illusion (indie pop, Vermillion)
  228. Boogarins – Sombrou Dúvida (rock, Oveaseas Artists)
  229. William Basinski – On Time Out Of Time (ambient, Temporary Residence)
  230. Brandee Younger – Soul Awakening (jazz, self-released)
  231. The Drums – Brutalism (indie pop, Anti)
  232. Sinkane – Depayse (folk, City Slang)
  233. King Princess – Cheap Queen (pop, Columbia)
  234. Kevin Morby – Oh My God (rock, Dead Oceans)
  235. Fémina – Perlas & Conchas (folk, self-released)
  236. Hauschka – A Different Forest (neoclassical, Sony Classical)
  237. Brijean – Walkie Talkie (downtempo, Native Cat)
  238. The Chemical Brothers – No Geography (electronic, Virgin)
  239. Laurel Halo – DJ-Kicks (electronic, IK7)
  240. Emeli Sande – Real Life (R&B, Capitol)
  241. Bethany Curve – Murder! (shoegaze, Kitchen Whore)
  242. Heather Victoria – Boutique Hotel (R&B, Jamla)
  243. Spinn – Spinn (rock, Modern Sky)
  244. Mayra Andrade – Manga (folk, Columbia)
  245. Ibibio Sound Machine – Doko Mien (funk, Merge)
  246. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Full Moon Fever (dream pop/tribute, Turntable Kitchen)
  247. Better Oblivion Community Center – Better Oblivion Community Center (folk, Dead Oceans)
  248. Swimming Tapes – Morningside (indie rock, Hand In Hive)
  249. Jadu Heart – Melt Away (downtempo, VLF)
  250. Various Artists Music Inspired by the Film Roma (indie, Columbia)
  251. Mary Lattimore – Hundred Of Days Remixed (ambient, Ghostly)
  252. Teen Daze – Bioluminescence (ambient, Flora)
  253. Hibou – Halve (dream pop, Barsuk)
  254. Khruangbin – Hasta El Cielo (dub, Night Time Stories)
  255. Frankie Rose – Seventeen Seconds (dream pop/tribute, Turntable Kitchen)
  256. Kishi Bashi – Omoiyari (indie pop, Joyful Noise)
  257. Sandy Alex G – House Of Sugar (indie pop, Domino)
  258. Laura Jurd (of Dinosaur) - Stepping Back Jumping In (jazz, Edition)
  259. Penelope Isles – Until The Tide Creeps In (indie rock, Bella Union)
  260. Lee Fields & The Expressions – It Rains Love (soul, Big Crown)
  261. CYNE – Waters For Mars (hip hop, Project Mooncircle)
  262. Geowulf – My Resignation (indie pop, PIAS)
  263. Liam Gallagher – Why Me Why Not (rock, Warner)
  264. Moriah Woods – Old Boy (rock, self-released)
  265. Chasms – The Mirage (dream pop, Felte)
  266. Rachel Zeffira - Elizabeth Harvest (score, Invada)
  267. Theon Cross – Fyah (jazz, Gearbox)
  268. Robert Forster – Inferno (indie, Tapete)
  269. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Bandana (hip hop, ESGN)
  270. Kneebody – Chapters (jazz, Edition)
  271. Molly – All That Ever Could Have Been (shoegaze, Sonic Cathedral)
  272. FEET – What’s Inside Is More Than Just Ham (rock, self-released)
  273. Alex Weston – The Farewell (score, Milan)
  274. Girlpool – What Chaos Is Imaginary (rock, Anti)
  275. Patti Yang Group – War On Love (electronic, Requiem Records)
  276. Matt Martians – The Last Party (funk, 3QTR)
  277. Anemone – Beat My Distance (pop, Luminelle)
  278. Pure Bathing Culture – Night Pass (pop, Infinite Companion)
  279. Double Mixte – Romance Noire (Italians Do It Better)
  280. Richard Bone – Empyrean Castles (ambient, self-released)
  281. Julius Paul – Ism (jazz, International Anthem)
  282. Nathan Johnson – Knives Out (score, Cut Narrative)
  283. Mini Mansions – Guy Walks Into A Bar (indie pop, Fiction)
  284. Shanti Celeste – Tangerine (electronic, self-released)
  285. KOKOKO! – Fongola (jazz, Transgressive)
  286. David Sanchez – Carib (jazz, Ropeadope)
  287. Tinashe – Songs For You (R&B, self-released)
  288. HÆLOS — Any Random Kindness (electronic, Infectious Music)
  289. Oscar Hernandez – Love The Moment (jazz, Origin)
  290. Magela Herrera – Explicaciones (jazz, self-released)
  291. Sarah Tandy – Infection in the Sentence (jazz, Jazz Re:Freshed)
  292. Shana Cleveland – Night Of The Worm Moon (folk, Hardly Art)
  293. Hayden Thorpe – Diviner (indie, Domino)
  294. Joy Ellis – Dwell (jazz, self released)
  295. Atmosphere – Whatever (hip hop, Rhymesayers
  296. Johnny Rawls – I Miss Otis Clay (soul/blues, Third Street Cigar)
  297. The Proper Ornaments - Six Lenins (indie, Tapete)
  298. Kelley Stoltz – My Regime (folk, Banana & Louie)
  299. Daniel Caesar – CASE STUDY 01 2019 (R&B, Golden Child)
  300. Snarky Puppy – Immigrance (jazz, GroundUp)