Yep, 2019 is a wrap and you can find my favorite albums of the year at this Spotify link, in no particular order: 2019 Brave New Faves. If Spotify is not your jam, here are the titles for you to look up on the music service of your choice, neatly broken out by genre:
FOLK & AMERICANA
Devendra Banhart “Ma”
Better Oblivion Community Center “Better Oblivion Community Center”
Field Medic “fade into the dawn”
Florist “Emily Alone”
Robert Forster “The Evangelist”
Damien Jurado “In the Shape of a Storm”
The Strumbellas “Rattlesnake”
Yola “Walk Through Fire”
GROOVE
Black Pumas “Black Pumas”
Helado Negro “This Is How You Smile”
Hot Chip “Hungry Child”
Sault “5”
Thom Yorke “Anima”
INDIE POP
Stella Donnelly “Beware Of The Dogs”
Fruit Bats “Gold Past Life”
The Growlers “Natural Affair”
The Mountain Goats “In League With Dragons”
Patience “Dizzy Spells”
Purple Mountains “Purple Mountains”
Sacred Paws “Run Around The Sun”
That Dog “Old LP”
INDIE ROCK & ROCK
Adia Victoria “Silences”
The Black Keys “Let’s Rock”
Bleached “Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?”
Corridor “Junior”
Dehd “Water”
DIIV “Deceiver”
Ex Hex “It’s Real”
Froth “Duress”
Middle Kids “New Songs For Old Problems”
POP-ISH
Angelo De Augustine “Tomb”
Leonard Cohen “Thanks for the Dance”
Edwyn Collins “Badbea”
Efterklang “Altid Sammen”
Lumineers “III”
Dustin O’Halloran "Other Lights”
Vampire Weekend “Father Of The Bride”
(updated 1-24-2020)