Michael Tatum's A Downloader's Diary: Year 2019 Index

(51) September 12

1. Carsie Blanton: Buck Up (self-released) A
2. Blarf: Cease and Desist (Stones Throw) A-
3. Car Seat Headrest: Commit Yourself Completely (Matador) A-
4. Stef Chura: Midnight (Saddle Creek) A-
5. GoldLink: Diaspora (RCA) A-
6. Jambú (E Os Míticos Sons da Amazônia) (Analog Africa) B+
7. Kokoko!: Fongola (Transgressive) A-
8. Madonna: Madame X (Interscope) A
9. Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (Drag City) A+
10. Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won't Hold (Mom + Pop) B+
11. Spoon: Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon (Matador) B+
12. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Bandana (ESGN/Keep Cool/Madlib Invasion/RCA) ***
13. Mekons: Deserted (Glitterbeat) ***
14. The Hold Steady: Thrashing Through the Passion (Frenchkiss) ***
15. Imperial Teen: Now We Are Timeless (Merge) **
16. Ibibio Sound Machine: Doko Mien (Merge) **
17. Kate Tempest: The Book of Traps and Lessons (American Recordings) **
18. Digital Kabar: Electronic Maloya from La Réunion Since 1980 (Infiné) **
19. Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe (ATO) *
20. Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987 (Strut) *
21. Beyoncé: Homecoming: The Live Album (Parkwood/Columbia) C+
22. Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars (Columbia) B-
23. Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising (Sub Pop) B-
24. Anderson .Paak: Ventura (12 Tone/Aftermath) B-
25. Marvin Gaye: You're the Man (Motown) B-
26. Hama: Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds) B-
27. Sebadoh: Act Surprised (Dangerbird) B-
28. Kim Petras: Clarity (Bunhead) C+
29. Offset: Father of 4 (Motown/Quality Control) C+

(50) June 29

1. Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (4AD) A
2. The Coathangers: The Devil You Know (Suicide Squeeze) A-
3. Control Top: Covert Contracts (Get Better) A-
4. Dave: Psychodrama (Neighbourhood) A-
5. Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs (Secretly Canadian) A-
6. Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Darkroom/Interscope) A
7. Hand Habits: Placeholder (Merge) B+
8. Little Simz: Grey Area (Age 101) A-
9. Caroline Spence: Mint Condition (Rounder) A-
10. Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride (Spring Snow/Columbia) B+
11. Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar) A
12. Ariana Grande: Thank U Next (Republic) ***
13. Jenny Lewis: On the Line (Warner Bros.) ***
14. AJ Tracey: AJ Tracey (self-released) **
15. Ex Hex: It's True (Merge) **
16. The Chemical Brothers: No Geography (Astralwerks) **
17. Prince: Originals (Rhino) **
18. Sir Babygirl: Crush on Me (Father/Daughter) **
19. Mountain Goats: In League With Dragons (Merge) **
20. Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile (RVNG Intl.) *
21. Florida Georgia Line: Can't Say I Ain't Country (Big Machine) C
22. Matmos: Plastic Anniversary (Thrill Jockey) C+
23. Self Esteem: Compliments Please (Fiction) C+
24. Stephen Malkmus: Groove Denied (Matador) B-
25. The Cranberries: In the End (BMG) C+
26. Adia Victoria: Silences (Atlantic) C+
27. Karyyn: The Quanta Series (Antevasin) C
28. Gary Clark, Jr.: This Land (Warner Bros.) C

(49) April 9

1. Charlotte Adigéry: Zandoli (Deewee/PIAS) A-
2. Big Star: Live on WLIR (Omnivore) B+
3. Alex Chilton: From Memphis to New Orleans (Bar None) A-
4. Martin Frawley: Undone at 31 (Merge) A-
5. Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990 (Light in the Attic) A
6. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Miri (Out Here) A-
7. Malibu Ken: Malibu Ken (Rhymesayers) A-
8. Sigrid: Sucker Punch (Island) B+
9. Spellling: Mazy Fly (Sacred Bones) A-
10. Sunflower Bean: King of the Dudes (Mom + Pop) A-
11. Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar) ***
12. Mavis Staples: Live in London (Anti-) ***
13. The Specials: Encore (Island) ***
14. Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center (DeadO Oceans) **
15. Our Native Daughters: Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways) **
16. Julia Jacklin: Crushing (Polyvinyl) **
17. Maggie Rogers: I Heard It in a Past Life (Debay/Capitol) **
18. Seaford Mods: Eton Alive (Extreme Eating) *
19. Girlpool: What Chaos Is Imaginary (Anti-) *
20. Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock (Merge) *
21. Pet Shop Boys: Agenda (X2) *
22. Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? (4AD) B-
23. Mercury Rev: Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited (Bella Union) C
24. LCD Soundsystem: Electric Lady Sessions (DFA/Columbia) C+
25. Steve Gunn: The Unseen In Between (Matador) C+
26. Weezer: Weezer (The Teal Album) (Crush Music) C
27. Jessica Pratt: Quiet Signs (Mexican Summer/City Slang) C
28. Durand Jones and the Indications: American Love Call (Dead Oceans) C
29. William Basinski: On Time Out of Time (Temporary Residence) C-