Best of 2019 Album Collections

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

The most dreaded moment of the year is when I have to sit down and figure out what my end of year favorite metal albums are.

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Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle [International Anthem] The Oracle is more than just a record.

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Radio X picks the best albums to be released in 2019: from Billie Eilish and Liam Gallagher to Sam Fender and Jade Bird.

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RA staff pick their favourite full-lengths of the year.

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From Amon Amarth to Venom Prison

Published: June 17, 2019 11:30 Source

The finest LPs from one of the biggest years in heavy music in recent memory

Published: November 25, 2019 14:00 Source

From Korn's 'The Nothing' to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's 'Infest the Rats' Nest,' we count down the best metal albums of 2019.

Published: December 11, 2019 18:44 Source

Roddy Ricch, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Tyler the Creator, Polo G and more feature among the best rap albums of 2019

Published: December 30, 2019 18:38 Source

The 40 best country and Americana albums of 2019, including Tanya Tucker, Tyler Childers, and Yola.

Published: December 09, 2019 16:50 Source

We count down the best albums of 2019, from Lana Del Rey's 'Norman Fucking Rockwell!' to DaBaby's 'Baby on Baby.'

Published: December 05, 2019 14:00 Source

Including Lizzo, Vampire Weekend, Billie Eilish, Tyler the Creator, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce and more

Published: June 21, 2019 17:25 Source

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The more borders you cross, the more potential for discovery—and 2019, as eclectic a year as any, has demonstrated that.

Published: December 12, 2019 17:05 Source

Plus the best songs.

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Sputnikmusic is a premier source for music reviews and music news, covering the best albums in indie, metal, and punk.

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In the year of "Old Town Road," the real story of country was a year rich with developments both bold and subtle.

Published: December 09, 2019 15:30 Source

Electronic-driven music seems more dominant and vital than ever. Here are the 10 best, most forward-thinking releases this year.

Published: December 06, 2019 16:33 Source

There have been long stretches this past year when I didn’t want to listen to anything other than hardcore — where music didn’t sound right unless it had volcanic mosh parts and I-just-ate-bad-curry-and-I’m-angry-about-it vocals. I could attempt to be cute and blame my hardcore fixation on the perilous state of the world or whatever. But […]

Published: December 13, 2019 14:39 Source

This wasn’t a year of radical transformation in the world of jazz. There was no single breakout star, and no explosion like the sudden realization last year that some really major shit was going down in London. But a tremendous amount of extraordinarily good music was released, and there was something for just about every […]

Published: December 09, 2019 20:00 Source

Hails, my fellow Black Marketers. Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Black Market Glossary, a reference guide designed to help new readers interpret what the hell we’re writing about. Oh, I guess I should mention that our top 10 appears at the end of this thing. You might want to read that. Whatever. And, […]

Published: December 06, 2019 20:08 Source

At the end of 2019, rap is the most popular form of music in America, and maybe in the entire world. We know this. The data bears it out. But one thing that the data doesn’t quite show is us that rap, like every other genre of music in our atomized age, is not a […]

Published: December 10, 2019 17:58 Source

In 2018 we pondered the state of the EP and the increasingly diverse ways that artists are categorizing what they release — i.e., the rise of the “project.” But if our list of great EPs from last year, and now 2019’s crop, are any indication, the EP format is just as strong as ever. The […]

Published: December 04, 2019 15:14 Source

For many of us, 2019 has been a year of flux — politically, culturally, professionally, personally. It’s hard to envision what the future might bring since the recent past has shown us that we don’t know half the things we thought we knew. In unsteady times, music can be a balm and also a mirror. And a lot of the best music of the year responded, in one way or another, to that constant uncertainty.

Published: December 03, 2019 15:00 Source

Music has always been a vast universe to explore, and that sense of the unconquerable infinite has only intensified in an age of on-demand streaming and easily accessible recording equipment. The flow of new sounds is so constant, so voluminous, and so diverse that no one could ever claim to have a handle on all of it, not even those of us who listen all day every day. So in a sense attempting to sum up the best music in a given timeframe is a fool’s errand.

Published: June 11, 2019 14:00 Source

Our favorite albums of the year (complete with a playlist), plus the winner of our 4 yearly awards (AOTY, Best Debut, Best Non-LP, and Most Underrated)

Published: December 16, 2019 16:30 Source

NEW YORK (AP) — The top 10 albums of the year by Associated Press Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu: 1. Ari Lennox, “Shea Butter Baby”: A message to the Grammy Awards, in the words of pop music philosopher Mariah Carey: “Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion.”

Published: December 07, 2019 17:48 Source

Our staffers pick the most resonant and exciting music of the year.

Published: December 10, 2019 11:00 Source

These records represent the very brightest spots in a brilliant year.

Published: December 19, 2019 12:00 Source

Just six months into a great year in music, we’ve seen strange, galactic records from R&B innovators Solange and Flying Lotus. In the crowded field of hip-hop, emerging talents like Denzel Curry, Little Simz, and Zelooperz have separated from the pack—not to mention Tierra Whack, whose five singles widened the view of…

Published: June 22, 2019 13:00 Source

From Charli XCX to Burial and everything in between, this is the music we loved this year.

Published: December 19, 2019 17:04 Source

Our pick of the year’s finest albums brings American dreaming, teenage dynamism, heartbreak, barbed rap, impetuous indie and beautiful soundscapes

Published: December 20, 2019 09:41 Source

Ariana Grande delivered swaggering pop, there was state-of-the-nation rap from Slowthai, Dave and Sleaford Mods, Billie Eilish shouted out for the teens, and Angélique Kidjo blended Africa with Cuba

Published: June 04, 2019 12:00 Source

Over the past 12 months, pop artists have toppled the genre’s boundaries; British rap is more socially conscious than ever; and rock has made a tentative comeback. Here are The Independent’s 50 favourite albums this year

Published: December 23, 2019 14:12 Source

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Published: December 13, 2019 17:37 Source

We rank the fifty most outstanding records of 2019, including Slowthai, Little Simz, Kano, (Sandy) Alex G and Charli XCX.

Published: December 20, 2019 00:00 Source

Yet again, we polled 'The Music' team and contributors to pick out the best of the year 2019. The Album Of The Year picks saw a changing of the guard, with the list dominated by women in pop.

Published: December 24, 2019 02:14 Source

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Amanda Petrusich on her favorite music of the year and of the decade, including records from Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, FKA twigs, Thom Yorke, and more.

Published: December 03, 2019 11:00 Source

Our critics chose the best albums of the year — a format that is in an increasingly fragile state in pop music.

Published: December 05, 2019 10:00 Source

Grime came of age and a different kind of female pop performer cracked the charts

Published: December 30, 2019 09:00 Source

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From the indie darlings to the commercial smashes to the out-of-nowhere newcomers, two Ringer staffers break down the best long players of the year

Published: December 03, 2019 13:03 Source