In the first six months of 2019, these sixty-six recordings impressed me favorably. Some of them I'll rarely listen to again. Some will become old friends. The ten in bold stand out a bit from the rest of the pack.
I haven't been of a mind to write record reviews for some time now. However, if you want my spontaneous two cent's worth on any of these titles, I'll be happy to give you a quick take to affirm, bolster my support.
In no particular order:
21 Savage – I am > I was
Kel Assouf – Black Tenere
Deerhunter – Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared
Divine Comedy – Office Politics
Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs
Dream Syndicate – These Times
Du Blonde – Lung Bread for Daddy
Willie Farmer – The Man from the Hill
Felice Brothers – Undress
Flesheaters – I Used to be Pretty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vppn_T5b_Lo
Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
Fleshtones – Budget Buster
Robert Forster – Inferno
Better Oblivion Community Center – s/t
Bellows – the Rose Gardener
Pinky Pinky – Turkey Dinner
Rhiannon Giddens – There is no Other
Patty Griffin – s/t
Guided by Voices – Zeppelin Over China
Guided by Voices – Warp and Woof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruM6t_3q1p0
Aldous Harding – Designer
Durand Jones and the Indications – American Love Call
Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind – CollecticV
Alex Lahey – The Best of Luck Club
Mattiel – Satis Factory
Mdou Moctar – Ilana (The Creator)
Mekons – Deserted
Mystery lights – Too Much Tension
NOX Boys – out of Touch
Nots – 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdBZ-kFyEgI
Offset – Father of 4
J.S. Ondara – Tales of America
Peter Perrett – Humanworld
Jessica Pratt – Quiet Signs
Lucy Rose – No Words Left
Sebadoh – Act Surprised
Emerson Snowe – That’s Rock n Roll
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
Mavis Staples – We Get By
Tacocat – This Mess is a Place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6JC91j2lUc
Tough Shits – Burning in Paradise
Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
Vandoliers – Forever
Andrew Wasylyk – Paralian
Yawpers – Human Question
Nicole Yun – Paper Suit
Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
75 Dollar Bill – I Was Real
Kate Tempest – The Book of Traps and Lessons
Mega Bog – Dolphine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6ddp3BMEM
Mike – Tears of Joy
Thea Gilmore – Small World Turning
Summer Cannibals – Can’t Tell Me No
Titus Andronicus – An Obelisk
Westside Gunn – Flygod is an Awesome God
Catenary Wires – To the Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkeWhRw0Xig
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