Pitchfork's Best Rock Albums of 2019

From Big Thief’s twin masterworks to Brittany Howard’s bold solo debut, these were the guitar records we loved most this year.

Published: December 11, 2019 14:00 Source

# 1
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop
# 2
Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 3
Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk
# 4
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Indie Rock Dream Pop
# 5
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Math Rock Noise Rock Experimental Rock
# 6
Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Art Pop
# 7
Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 8
Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 9
Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop
# 10
PUNK by CHAI
Album • Feb 13 / 2019 Dance-Punk Indie Pop Pop Rock
# 11
Album • May 10 / 2019 Power Pop Indie Pop
# 12
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Riot Grrrl Queercore
# 13
Jinx by Crumb
Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 14
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock
# 15
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Shoegaze
# 16
Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 17
Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Soft Rock Pop Rock
# 18
Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 19
Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Post-Industrial Noise Rock
# 20
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Indie Rock Power Pop
# 21
Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop
# 22
Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 23
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Emo-Pop Indie Rock
# 24
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Indie Rock Math Pop Art Rock
# 25
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Pop Punk
# 26
Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Alt-Country Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 27
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Indie Pop Synthpop
# 28
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Hard Rock
# 29
Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Pop
# 30
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop