Your 2019 in Music

**Frownland** · 12-30-2019, 07:46 PM

We're at the end of the year and instead of AOTY lists, I thought it might be interesting to take a wider look at what this year in music was like for you. I've got a batch of questions below, feel free to answer some or all of them. Feel free to add any other tidbits too, if it's good I'll add it to the OP.

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?

What was your favourite album of 2019?

What was your least favourite album this year?

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?

What's your song of the year?

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year?

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self?

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?

What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019?

Biggest musical surprise of the year?

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse?

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?

Tristan_Geoff · 12-30-2019, 08:06 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?

One of the most varied years in music I think we've got in a while, the internet blah blah blah but everyone's top 10 list I've seen so far is way different and had albums I hadn't heard yet

What was your favourite album of 2019?

XYZ by Gloo

What was your least favourite album this year?

Yella Beezy and his Restroom Occupied trash

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?

XYZ by Gloo

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?

Lana Del Rey as a cop out I don't wanna do this whole list

What's your song of the year?

Teef Chizzel by Gloo

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?

Electronic

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?

Electronic

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?

Daughters/HEALTH was prob the only show I saw that wasn't one my band was playing and that one was sick

Oh wait I saw Flaming Lips this year too, really hard pick between those two

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?

I finally started releasing music with vocals that I was somewhat happy with

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?

Igor for sure

ziggywas · 01-06-2020, 12:54 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?

Bad. I think the ratio (new music listened to)/(new music i found pleasure in listening to) is staying in the same high its been for almost a decade now..

What was your favourite album of 2019?

Purple Mountains.

What was your least favourite album this year?

100 gecs. I think y'all crazy for liking this thing.

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?

Cant measure this.. i ll guess: Spacemen 3 - the perfect Prescription

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?

Black Midi, Dury Dava, Fontaines DC.

What's your song of the year?

Not by Big Thief

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?

i dont know. It definitely was not hiphop.

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?

post punk, indie rock

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year?

the feelies, Minami Deutsch, Acid MothersTemple. I also heard one pretty interesting record by Hiroshi Yoshimura.

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self?
i dont think so.

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?

Iggy Pop, Wire, Max Cooper, Thee Holy Strangers, Neneh Cherry(!!!!!!!!)

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?
-
What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019?

Ghosteen

Biggest musical surprise of the year?

Iggy's awesome live show, despite the fact he's.....72!

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse?

not really. maybe i use mixcloud a bit more. but i always liked listening to hand picked playlists/mixtapes so its not something really new. i just like mixloud's interface and have found enough users that i like their stuff so now it works smoothly enough. My main way of listening to music stays the same: listening to albums.

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?

none that i heard.

OccultHawk · 01-16-2020, 06:45 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?

Phenomenal year

What was your favourite album of 2019?

Coin Memphis

What was your least favourite album this year?

Disappointed in the Brockhampton

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?

Idk - maybe Hiding Places

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?

yeule

What's your song of the year?

Forgotten Eyes

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?

Free/spiritual jazz

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?

Art pop

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year?

Volker Kriegel

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self?

In 2018 I metaled out like crazy. 2019 not so much. I’m sure I missed a lot of metal releases. Gettin old maybe.

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?

Been really broke and it’s a long way out of Loserton.

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?

N/A

What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019?

See above

Biggest musical surprise of the year?

The way hip hop is evolving

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse?

It’s not better or worse really but I’m not going to obsess over new music as much this year.

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?

Norman ****ing Rockwell.

It might take 3 or 4 decades for Coin Memphis to get its place because enough time will have to pass to where the albums that it sits with don’t have the advantage of already passing the test of time. So I might be dead before it gets it’s due. **** the entire human race might be dead come to think of it.

Machine · 01-16-2020, 07:30 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?
Probably the best year for music in the decade. Really starting to see a convergence of the underground with the mainsyream and I see a lot of new styles and sounds really popping up this year because of it.

What was your favourite album of 2019?
H.A.Q.Q by Liturgy (All My Heroes Are Cornballs by JPEGMAFIA is also a 10/10)

What was your least favourite album this year?
Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?
1000 Gecs by 100 Gecs

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?
For bands that started in 2019: 100Gecs
For bands I discovered in 2019: p. rosa/Panda Rosa

What's your song of the year?
Peroxide by Ecco2k

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?
Bubblegum Bass, Avant Soundcloud, Experimental Rock

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?
Probably Experimental Hip Hop (Lo-NY and Avant SoundCloud specfically), but Glitch and Experimental Rock come close.

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year?
m a l i b l u e, Dean Blunt, The Brave Little Abacus, chrisTTT, Five Finger Posse

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self?
It’s not really from this year specifically, but when I used to be super active on here I never would’ve thought I would have been so into Trap music and I’ve dropped a lot if the metal music I ised to listen to.

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?
Was broke as **** all year but Remo Drive was good.

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?
I mean just listen to Samsara compared to Birds Can Sing I’ve finally figured out the perfect balance for my music and have really worked on making it all a little cleaner while getting more experimental stylistically.

What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019?
Brockhampton

Biggest musical surprise of the year?
Liturgy came back and dropped AOTD not that I was suprised they could make AOTD.

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse?
Got out of my conspiracy theorist right wing ******* thing and had a total life revelation and in doing so redicovered a firey love for music.

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?
IGOR, All My Heroes Are Cornballs, HAQQ, No World As Good As Mine, 1000 Gecs, Bioconcrete.

OccultHawk · 01-16-2020, 08:01 PM

I wonder how 1000 Gecs will age. At first I thought it was a freakishly amusing novelty but now I see how it fits in with bubblegum pop and all that.

Machine · 01-16-2020, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I wonder how 1000 Gecs will age. At first I thought it was a freakishly amusing novelty but now I see how it fits in with bubblegum pop and all that.

They’re just damn good pop songwriters. It’s hard to deny their talent even if the music is goofy as hell.

CRAZY-HORSE · 01-27-2020, 11:06 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music? pretty good, some exciting new artists emerged who could have decent careers

What was your favourite album of 2019? Molly Tuttle "when youre ready"

What was your least favourite album this year? biggest disappointment once again for me was the Neil Young album

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? Ian Now "between the country", superb debut album from this dude who reminds me of Waylon and Merle

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? Lewis Capaldi

What's your song of the year? N/A too many to single out one

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? alternative, because it is such a wide genre

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? alternative

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year? N/A

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? was never a huge fan of Eagles but loved America, now my musical pendulum has swung the other way

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? N/A, vowed McCartney would be my last concert a couple of years ago, hey, gotta go out with the biggest star in rock history.

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? N/A

What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? Bruce Springsteen's very average "western stars" album

Biggest musical surprise of the year? Tones & I

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? no, still eclectic in my listening

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?
Nick Cave "ghosteen"
Jon Fratelli "bright night flowers"
Billie Eilish "when we fall sleep, where do we go?"
Montaigne "complex"
Ian Noe "between the country"
Bec Sandridge "try + save me"
Gino Vannelli "wilderness road"

thisisthelasttime · 01-30-2020, 01:20 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?
This year was very overrated some singers.

What was your favourite album of 2019?
Hypersonic Missiles by Sam Fender.

What was your least favourite album this year?
Social Cues by Cage The Elephant.

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?
Hypersonic Missiles by Sam Fender.

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?
My favourite new artists are whenyoung and BOCC band.

What's your song of the year?
Mother by The Amazons.

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?
I think alternative rock so really well in 2019. (Sam Fender, The Amazons, The Black Keys, Foals and more...)

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?
Alternative, folk and indie pop.

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year?
Fuzzy Sun.

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self?
This year were Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers forming of duo folk music group surprised for me.

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?
-

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?
-

What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019?
-

Biggest musical surprise of the year?
-Future Dust by The Amazons and Reasons To Dream by whenyoung.
This two albums were created different perspective in my head.

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse?
Generally, it wasn't changed.

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?
Help Us Stranger by The Raconteurs.

Raime · 01-30-2020, 10:22 PM

What was your overall impression of 2019's music?
Legit Techno and Black Metal are as strong as ever.

What was your favourite album of 2019?
Man, this is tough. I'll take a few from different genres just because I can't put one over the other.

Death Spell Omega "The Furnaces of Palingenesia"
Puce Mary "The Drought'
Joshua Sabin "Sutarti"
Restive Plaggona "Trouble Sociale"

What was your least favourite album this year?
I feel awful for this, but I was expecting to love Ansome's new album and I really only like 1 song from it.

Which album did you listen to the most in 2019?
I was late to "Cocoa Sugar", but oh my god it's track after track of pure gold. Defintely best album of 2018, just didn't know till 2019.

Who is your favourite new artist of 2019?
Karim Maas. Really great dark and atmospheric DnB. Did a collab album with Pessimist that was cold as ****.

What's your song of the year?
"Lost" by Boy Harsher. Saw them play it live at my favorite run down club too.

Which genre(s) had the best releases this year?
Techno and Black Metal, definitely.

Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019?
See above

Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year?
Again, "Cocoa Sugar" by Young Fathers.

Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self?
Yeah, Trance.

Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones?
Stereolab gave me watery eyes. The crowd was mostly old fogies who waited for over a decade to see them, but I was 16 when I started listening to them, and that's when they went on hiatus (I'm 28 now, oh ****). Lataetia seemed really humbled by how long people waited for them to come back. Fuzzy feelings all around.

If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year?
I don't make it per se, I just play around with gear. I've went all hardware and mostly modular.

What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019?
Ansome "Hounds of The Harbor"

Biggest musical surprise of the year?
Karenn's new album was so good that even my friends who don't care for Techno like it. Was expecting them to flub it again trying to replicate their live performances.

Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse?
Not too much, pretty similar to 2018. The only difference is that I'm more versed in Techno and Black Metal.

What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?

Alberich "Quantized Angel"

A breath of fresh air for Death Industrial, and I keep coming back to it as well as do other people it seems.

12-30-2019, 07:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Your 2019 in Music We're at the end of the year and instead of AOTY lists, I thought it might be interesting to take a wider look at what this year in music was like for you. I've got a batch of questions below, feel free to answer some or all of them. Feel free to add any other tidbits too, if it's good I'll add it to the OP. What was your overall impression of 2019's music? What was your favourite album of 2019? What was your least favourite album this year? Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? What's your song of the year? Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? *Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't* released in 2019 this year? Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? Biggest musical surprise of the year? Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?** __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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ziggywas Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 289	What was your overall impression of 2019's music? Bad. I think the ratio (new music listened to)/(new music i found pleasure in listening to) is staying in the same high its been for almost a decade now.. What was your favourite album of 2019? Purple Mountains. What was your least favourite album this year? 100 gecs. I think y'all crazy for liking this thing. Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? Cant measure this.. i ll guess: Spacemen 3 - the perfect Prescription Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? Black Midi, Dury Dava, Fontaines DC. What's your song of the year? Not by Big Thief Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? i dont know. It definitely was not hiphop. Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? post punk, indie rock Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year? the feelies, Minami Deutsch, Acid MothersTemple. I also heard one pretty interesting record by Hiroshi Yoshimura. Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? i dont think so. Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? Iggy Pop, Wire, Max Cooper, Thee Holy Strangers, Neneh Cherry(!!!!!!!!) If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? - What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? Ghosteen Biggest musical surprise of the year? Iggy's awesome live show, despite the fact he's.....72! Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? not really. maybe i use mixcloud a bit more. but i always liked listening to hand picked playlists/mixtapes so its not something really new. i just like mixloud's interface and have found enough users that i like their stuff so now it works smoothly enough. My main way of listening to music stays the same: listening to albums. What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics? none that i heard. Last edited by ziggywas; 01-18-2020 at 04:42 AM. Reason: spell

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	What was your overall impression of 2019's music? Phenomenal year What was your favourite album of 2019? Coin Memphis What was your least favourite album this year? Disappointed in the Brockhampton Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? Idk - maybe Hiding Places Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? yeule What's your song of the year? Forgotten Eyes Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? Free/spiritual jazz Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? Art pop *Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't* released in 2019 this year? Volker Kriegel Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? In 2018 I metaled out like crazy. 2019 not so much. I’m sure I missed a lot of metal releases. Gettin old maybe. Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? Been really broke and it’s a long way out of Loserton. If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? N/A What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? See above Biggest musical surprise of the year? The way hip hop is evolving Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? It’s not better or worse really but I’m not going to obsess over new music as much this year. What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics? Norman ing Rockwell. It might take 3 or 4 decades for Coin Memphis to get its place because enough time will have to pass to where the albums that it sits with don’t have the advantage of already passing the test of time. So I might be dead before it gets it’s due. ** the entire human race might be dead come to think of it. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	What was your overall impression of 2019's music? Probably the best year for music in the decade. Really starting to see a convergence of the underground with the mainsyream and I see a lot of new styles and sounds really popping up this year because of it. What was your favourite album of 2019? H.A.Q.Q by Liturgy (All My Heroes Are Cornballs by JPEGMAFIA is also a 10/10) What was your least favourite album this year? Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? 1000 Gecs by 100 Gecs Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? For bands that started in 2019: 100Gecs For bands I discovered in 2019: p. rosa/Panda Rosa What's your song of the year? Peroxide by Ecco2k Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? Bubblegum Bass, Avant Soundcloud, Experimental Rock Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? Probably Experimental Hip Hop (Lo-NY and Avant SoundCloud specfically), but Glitch and Experimental Rock come close. Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year? m a l i b l u e, Dean Blunt, The Brave Little Abacus, chrisTTT, Five Finger Posse Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? It’s not really from this year specifically, but when I used to be super active on here I never would’ve thought I would have been so into Trap music and I’ve dropped a lot if the metal music I ised to listen to. Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? Was broke as ** all year but Remo Drive was good. If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? I mean just listen to Samsara compared to Birds Can Sing I’ve finally figured out the perfect balance for my music and have really worked on making it all a little cleaner while getting more experimental stylistically. What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? Brockhampton Biggest musical surprise of the year? Liturgy came back and dropped AOTD not that I was suprised they could make AOTD. Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? Got out of my conspiracy theorist right wing *** thing and had a total life revelation and in doing so redicovered a firey love for music. What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics?** IGOR, All My Heroes Are Cornballs, HAQQ, No World As Good As Mine, 1000 Gecs, Bioconcrete. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

01-16-2020, 08:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I wonder how 1000 Gecs will age. At first I thought it was a freakishly amusing novelty but now I see how it fits in with bubblegum pop and all that. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-27-2020, 11:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
CRAZY-HORSE Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 29	What was your overall impression of 2019's music? pretty good, some exciting new artists emerged who could have decent careers What was your favourite album of 2019? Molly Tuttle "when youre ready" What was your least favourite album this year? biggest disappointment once again for me was the Neil Young album Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? Ian Now "between the country", superb debut album from this dude who reminds me of Waylon and Merle Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? Lewis Capaldi What's your song of the year? N/A too many to single out one Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? alternative, because it is such a wide genre Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? alternative Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year? N/A Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? was never a huge fan of Eagles but loved America, now my musical pendulum has swung the other way Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? N/A, vowed McCartney would be my last concert a couple of years ago, hey, gotta go out with the biggest star in rock history. If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? N/A What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? Bruce Springsteen's very average "western stars" album Biggest musical surprise of the year? Tones & I Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? no, still eclectic in my listening What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics? Nick Cave "ghosteen" Jon Fratelli "bright night flowers" Billie Eilish "when we fall sleep, where do we go?" Montaigne "complex" Ian Noe "between the country" Bec Sandridge "try + save me" Gino Vannelli "wilderness road"

01-30-2020, 01:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
thisisthelasttime Groupie Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 22	What was your overall impression of 2019's music? This year was very overrated some singers. What was your favourite album of 2019? Hypersonic Missiles by Sam Fender. What was your least favourite album this year? Social Cues by Cage The Elephant. Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? Hypersonic Missiles by Sam Fender. Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? My favourite new artists are whenyoung and BOCC band. What's your song of the year? Mother by The Amazons. Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? I think alternative rock so really well in 2019. (Sam Fender, The Amazons, The Black Keys, Foals and more...) Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? Alternative, folk and indie pop. Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year? Fuzzy Sun. Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? This year were Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers forming of duo folk music group surprised for me. Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? - If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? - What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? - Biggest musical surprise of the year? -Future Dust by The Amazons and Reasons To Dream by whenyoung. This two albums were created different perspective in my head. Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? Generally, it wasn't changed. What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics? Help Us Stranger by The Raconteurs. Last edited by thisisthelasttime; 01-30-2020 at 01:27 PM.

01-30-2020, 10:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
Raime Forever Electro Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 511	What was your overall impression of 2019's music? Legit Techno and Black Metal are as strong as ever. What was your favourite album of 2019? Man, this is tough. I'll take a few from different genres just because I can't put one over the other. Death Spell Omega "The Furnaces of Palingenesia" Puce Mary "The Drought' Joshua Sabin "Sutarti" Restive Plaggona "Trouble Sociale" What was your least favourite album this year? I feel awful for this, but I was expecting to love Ansome's new album and I really only like 1 song from it. Which album did you listen to the most in 2019? I was late to "Cocoa Sugar", but oh my god it's track after track of pure gold. Defintely best album of 2018, just didn't know till 2019. Who is your favourite new artist of 2019? Karim Maas. Really great dark and atmospheric DnB. Did a collab album with Pessimist that was cold as **. What's your song of the year? "Lost" by Boy Harsher. Saw them play it live at my favorite run down club too. Which genre(s) had the best releases this year? Techno and Black Metal, definitely. Which genres (from any year) did you listen to the most in 2019? See above Have you found any new favourite artists or albums that weren't released in 2019 this year? Again, "Cocoa Sugar" by Young Fathers. Did you pick up or leave behind any new tastes that might have surprised your past self? Yeah, Trance. Did you see any shows? Which were the best ones? Stereolab gave me watery eyes. The crowd was mostly old fogies who waited for over a decade to see them, but I was 16 when I started listening to them, and that's when they went on hiatus (I'm 28 now, oh ). Lataetia seemed really humbled by how long people waited for them to come back. Fuzzy feelings all around. If you make music, how have you evolved as an artist this year? I don't make it per se, I just play around with gear. I've went all hardware and mostly modular. What was your biggest musical disappointment of 2019? Ansome "Hounds of The Harbor" Biggest musical surprise of the year? Karenn's new album was so good that even my friends who don't care for Techno like it. Was expecting them to flub it again trying to replicate their live performances. Have your listening habits changed at all this year? For better or for worse? Not too much, pretty similar to 2018. The only difference is that I'm more versed in Techno and Black Metal. What are some albums from this year that you think we'll look back on as classics? Alberich** "Quantized Angel" A breath of fresh air for Death Industrial, and I keep coming back to it as well as do other people it seems.