Pitchfork's Best Experimental Albums of 2019

Featuring Holly Herndon, Kali Malone, Fire-Toolz, and other voices from the fringe

Published: December 16, 2019 16:26 Source

# 1
Album • May 31 / 2019 Hyperpop
# 2
Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Psychedelic Rock Tishoumaren
# 3
EP • Jan 14 / 2019 Ambient Techno
# 4
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Deconstructed Club Hip House Experimental Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Glitch Pop Art Pop Progressive Pop
# 6
Album • Oct 11 / 2019 American Primitivism Americana
# 7
Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Experimental Rock Avant-Garde Jazz
# 8
Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Industrial Techno
# 9
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Plunderphonics
# 10
Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Drone Ambient
# 11
Main Pop Girl 2019 by Default Genders
Album • Feb 04 / 2019 Indietronica Dream Pop Art Pop
# 12
Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Drone Minimalism Microtonal Classical
# 13
Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Progressive Electronic Post-Industrial
# 14
Album • May 10 / 2019 Experimental Glitch Pop
# 15
Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Post-Minimalism Experimental
# 16
Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Drone
# 17
Album • Nov 27 / 2018 Latin Electronic Neoperreo
# 18
Album • Sep 20 / 2019 IDM UK Bass Glitch
# 19
EP • Nov 01 / 2019 Ambient
# 20
Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Ambient Electroacoustic
# 21
Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Avant-Garde Jazz Free Jazz
# 22
Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Iranian Music
# 23
Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Ambient Drone Film Score
# 25
Album • Jul 05 / 2019 Ambient Electroacoustic
# 26
Weigh the Word by Seth Cooke
Album • Jan 27 / 2019 Spoken Word
# 27
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Afro-Jazz
# 28
Album • Mar 29 / 2019 IDM Glitch
# 29
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Ambient
# 30
Album • Aug 02 / 2019 Sound Collage Art Pop