In January 2019, no less!
After the omnishambles that was my 2017 music listening spree, there was really little choice but to scale back a bit.
To that end, last years new release albums consumed by yours truly topped out at 205.
And this was them:
Various Artists, “Black Panther: The Album”
Allan Rayman, “Harry Hard-On”
altopalo, “frozenthere”
Amir Obe, “Chapter 2 (EP)”
Anna Calvi, “Hunter”
Apollo Brown, “The Brown Tape”
Arctic Monkeys, “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”
Armand Hammer, “Paraffin”
Ash Koosha, “Return O”
AURORA, “Infections of a Different Kind (Step I)”
Avid Dancer, “Sharaya”
Baba Stiltz, “Showtime (EP)”
Bad Rabbits, “Mimi”
The Beths, “Future Me Hates Me”
Blood Orange, “Negro Swan”
The Blue Stones, “Black Holes”
Blueprint, “Two-Headed Monster”
Børns, “Blue Madonna”
Breakmaster Cylinder, “Songs For Broadcast, Pt. 6”
Brandi Carlile, “By The Way, I Forgive You”
Brandon Coleman, Resistance”
The Breeders, “All Nerve”
Buzzy Lee, “Facepaint (EP)”
Cadence Weapon, “Cadence Weapon”
Calexico, “The Thread That Keeps Us”
Calvin Johnson, “A Wonderful Beast”
Camarão, “The Imaginary Soundtrack To a Brazilian Western Movie”
Car Seat Headrest, “Twin Fantasy (Face To Face)”
Caroline Rose, “Loner”
The Carters, “Everything Is Love”
Cazzette, “Stereo Mono (EP)”
Christine and the Queens, “Chris”
Chromeo, “Head Over Heels”
CHVRCHES, “Love Is Dead”
Cliff Martinez, “Game Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”
Confidence Man, “Confident Music For Confident People”
The Coup, “Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack”
The Crystal Method, “The Trip Home”
Cuco, “Chiquito”
Cut Worms, “Hollow Ground”
Czarface & MF Doom, “Czarface Meets Metal Face”
Dabrye, “Three/Three”
De Lux, “More Disco Songs About Love”
Death Grips, “Year of the Snitch”
Dessa, “Chime”
Dilly Dally, “Heaven”
Django Django, “Marble Skies”
Django Django, “Winter’s Beach (EP)”
The Dog Apollo, “The Dog Apollo”
Dommengang, “Love Jail”
Earl Sweatshirt, “Some Rap Songs”
El Perro Del Mar, “We Are History”
Empress Of, “Us”
Evidence, “Weather Or Not”
Felt, “Held (EP)”
The Field, “Infinite Moment”
Flasher, “Constant Image”
Florence and the Machine, “High as Hope”
Foodman, “Aru Otoko No Demesetsu”
Francis and the Lights, “Just For Us”
Franz Ferdinand, “Always Ascending”
Fred Thomas, “Aftering”
Freddie Gibbs, “Freddie”
FRND, “Before U I Didn’t Exist (EP)”
Gang Gang Dance, “Kazuashita”
Georgia Anne Muldrow, “Overload”
Geowulf, “Great Big Blue”
The Get Up Kids, “Kicker (EP)”
GFOTY, “Gfotybucks: Red Cups”
The GO! Team, “Semicircle”
Gorillaz, “The Now Now”
Gruff Rhys, “Babelsburg”
Guerilla Toss, “Twisted Crystal”
H.E.R., “I Used To Know Her- Part 2 (EP)”
H.E.R., “I Used To Know Her: The Prelude (EP)”
Hana Vu, “How Many Times Have You Driven By”
Hermit and the Recluse, “Orpheus vs. The Sirens”
Hollie Cook, “Vessel of Love”
Holly Miranda, “Mutual Horse”
How To Dress Well, “The Anteroom”
Hozier, “Nina Cried Power (EP)”
Iggy Azalea, “Survive The Summer (EP)”
Innanet Jones, “Keep It Clean (EP)”
The Internet, “Hive Mind”
Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom, “J. Jasmine: My New Music”
Janelle Monae, “Dirty Computer”
Jay Rock, “Redemption”
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, “The Capital Studio Sessions”
Jeff Rosenstock, “Post-”
Jesse James Solomon, “Strata”
Joyce Manor, “Million Dollars To Kill Me”
Jpegmafia, “Black Ben Carson”
Juice WRLD, “Goodbye & Good Riddance”
Jungle, “For Ever”
Kahdja Bonet, “Childqueen”
Kali Uchis, “Isolation”
Kanye West, “ye”
KIDS SEE GHOSTS, “Kids See Ghosts”
Kimbra, “Primal Heart”
King Princess, “Make My Bed”
KYLE, “Light Of Mine”
Lalalala, “The Lamb”
Laura Jean, “Devotion”
The Lemon Twigs, “Do Hollywood”
Let’s Eat Grandma, “I’m All Ears”
Lo Moon, “Lo Moon”
Loma, “Loma”
Lori Scacco, “Desire Loop”
Lucas, “Fall In Love (EP)”
Lykke Li, “So Sad So Sexy”
Maps & Atlases, “Lightlessness Is Nothing New”
Marlowe, “Marlowe”
Mass Gothic, “I’ve Tortured You Long Enough”
Matthew Dear, “Bunny”
Matthewdavid, “Time Flying Beats”
Matty, “Déjàvu”
Mazzy Star, “Still (EP)”
Meat Beat Manifesto, “Impossible Star”
Melody’s Echo Chamber, “Bon Voyage”
Metric, “Art of Doubt”
MGMT, “Little Dark Age”
The Midnight Hour, “The Midnight Hour”
Mitski, “Be The Cowboy”
Moneybagg Yo, “2 Heartless”
Mormor, “Heaven’s Only Wishful”
The Mountain Goats, “Hex Of Infinite Binding (EP)”
Nadine, “Oh My”
Nas, “Nasir”
Natalie Prass, “The Future and the Past”
Neneh Cherry, “Broken Politics”
Niagra, “Apologia”
Nine Inch Nails, “Bad Witch”
Nipsey Hussle, “Victory Lap”
Noname, “Room 25
Nostrum Grocers, “Nostrum Grocers”
The O’My’s, “Tomorrow”
Olden Yolk, “Olden Yolk”
Omar Apollo, “Stereo”
The Orielles, “Silver Dollar Moment”
Otis McDonald, “Float”
Otis McDonald, “Moon”
Ought, “Room Inside The World”
Palberta, “Ranch Goin’ Down”
Pale Waves, “All The Things I Never Said (EP)”
Paul White, “Rejuvenate”
Petite Noir, “La Maison Noir/The Black House (EP)”
Pigeon Hole, “Invasion (EP)”
Poppy, “Am I a Girl?”
Porches, “The House”
The Prodigy, “No Tourists”
Protomartyr, “Consolation (EP)”
Pusha T, “DAYTONA”
Reckoner, “Pop Aesthetics (EP)”
Restorations, “Lp5000”
Richard Swift, “The Hex”
Rico Nasty, “Nasty”
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, “Hope Downs”
Roosevelt, “Young Romance”
Royal Tusk, “Tusk II”
Ruler, “Winning Star Champion”
Saba, “Care For Me”
Sam Evian, “You, Forever”
Scallops Hotel, “Sovereign Nose of Your Arrogant Face”
Screaming Females, “All at Once”
Shame, “Songs Of Praise”
Shannon and the Clams, “Onion”
Sheck Wes, “Mudboy”
Sherwood Marty, “Young and Reckless”
The Shy Boys, “Bell House”
Shy Girl, “Cruel Practice”
Simian Mobile Disco, Murmurations”
Sink Ya Teeth, “Sink Ya Teeth”
SiR, “Summer in November”
Skee Mask, “Compro”
Ski Mask The Slump God, “Stokeley”
The Skull Defekts, “The Skull Defekts”
Slowthai, “Runt (EP)”
Sleep Party People, “Lingering, Part II”
Snail Mail, “Lush”
Sophie, “Oil Of Every Pear’s Un-Insides”
The Spook School, “Could It Be Different?”
Starchild and the New Romantic, “Language”
The Struts, “Young & Dangerous”
Swearin’, “Fall Into The Sun”
Taylor Bennett, “Be Yourself (EP)”
Teddy, “Castle With No Light (EP)”
Teyana Taylor, “K.T.S.E.”
They Might Be Giants, “I Like Fun”
Thought Gang, “Thought Gang”
Thunderpussy, “Thunderpussy”
Tierra Whack, “Whack World”
Tirzah, “Devotion”
Towkio, “Www.”
tUnE-YaRdS, “I can feel you creep into my private life”
U.S. Girls, “In a Poem Unlimited”
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Sex & Food”
Until The Ribbon Breaks, Until The Ribbon Breaks”
Vance Joy, “Nation of Two”
Viagra Boys, “Street Worms”
Vince Staples, “FM!”
Virginia Wing, “Ecstatic Arrow”
Wale, “Free Lunch (EP)”
The Watson Twins, “Duo (EP)”
We Are Scientists, “Megaplex”
White Denim, “Performance”
Yves Tumor, “Safe In The Hands of Love”
Pryorball. 