Here it comes
This year, I’m not writing any pithy descriptions of the albums content; it’s always best to let the music speak for itself.
Especially when your 2019 resolution is to practice “sacred indolence” and you’ve already expended your daily allotment of energy on crafting a Spotify playlist.
However… if you like reading album titles, I do hope you’ll enjoy these ones:
ANNA CALVI, “HUNTER”
ARCTIC MONKEYS, “TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO”
BLUEPRINT, “TWO-HEADED MONSTER”
BREAKMASTER CYLINDER, “ SONGS FOR BROADCAST PT. 6”
CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS, “CHRIS”
CZARFACE & MF DOOM, “CZARFACE MEETS METAL FACE”
EARL SWEATSHIRT, “SOME RAP SONGS”
GUERILLA TOSS, “TWISTED CRYSTAL”
THE INTERNET, “HIVE MIND”
JEFF GOLDBLUM AND THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA, “THE CAPTIAL STUDIOS SESSIONS” (Yes, seriously…)
KYLE, “LIGHT OF MINE”
MARLOWE, “MARLOWE”
MGMT, “LITTLE DARK AGE”
MITSKI, “BE THE COWBOY”
NONAME, “ROOM 25”
OTIS MCDONALD, “FLOAT”
PARQUET COURTS, “WIDE AWAKE!”
POPPY, “AM I A GIRL?”
PUSHA T, “DAYTONA”
RICHARD SWIFT, “THE HEX”
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS, “ONION”
SOPHIE, “OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES”
TAYLOR BENNETT, “BE YOURSELF”
TuNe-YaRdS, “i can feel you creep into my private life”
U.S. GIRLS, “IN A POEM UNLIMITED”
VIAGRA BOYS, “STREET WORMS”
And as promised, we close out with a sampler playlist for the sonically curious: