Thursday, January 2, 2020

2019 Best of Lists from friends of Twist & Shout! (Round 1)

Down Time


Here’s our top Ten List of best albums of 2019:
Not sure if we had to rate them, but we did anyways :)

10 - Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
9 - Alex G - House of Sugar
8 - Devendra Banhart - Ma
7 - Crumb - Jinx
6 - Dehd - Water
5 - Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
4 - Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
3 - Karen O - Lux Prima
2 - Y la Bamba - Mujeres
1 - Cate le Bon - Reward

Down Time is an indie art rock band from Denver that has been gathering a devoted following in the local scene since their first release in 2017.  Their new album, Hurts Being Alive will be out this March and was produced and engineered by Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley from Tennis.
www.downtimeforever.com

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Kendall Smith


1. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
2. Big Dopes - Crimes Against Gratitude
3. Kiltro - Creatures of Habit
4. Kevin Morby - Oh My God
5. Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
6. Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
7. Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
8.  Karen O, Danger Mouse - Lux Prima
9.  Larry Nix - Hardly Haggard
10. Prince - Originals

Kendall Smith is the former Event Director of The UMS and current Partnership and Events Manager for Colorado Public Radio. 

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YaSi



End Of Year No Order:
Ari Lennox - Shea Butter Baby
Clario - Immunity
Snoh Aalgrea - Ugh, Those Feels Again
King Princess - Cheap Queen
Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
Megan Thee Stallion - Fever
Ariana Grande - thank u, next
Lucky Daye - Painted
Free Nationals - Free Nationals

End Of The Decade No Order:
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon 2
Frank Ocean - Blonde
SZA - CTRL
Saba - Care For Me
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. and good kid, m.A.A.D city, and To Pimp a Butterfly
Tame Impala - Currents and Lonerism
Lorde - Melodrama and Pure Heroine
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus
Drake - Take Care
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Anderson Paak - Malibu
Rihanna - ANTI
PARTYNEXTDOOR - PARTYNEXTDOOR and PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO
Beyonce - Lemonade and Beyonce
Solange - A Seat At The Table
JID - The Never Story and Dicaprio 2
Rosalía - El Mal Querer
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Nai Palm - Needle Paw
Kanye West and Jay Z - Watch The Throne
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Mac Miller - Swimming
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dreams
Bryson Tiller - Trap Soul

Iranian-American artist YaSi is a firecracker on stage with sentimental lyricism. Introspective, genre bending, and honest music has led YaSi to tour with Raja Kumari and open for the likes of Teyana Taylor to Zara Larsson. Her music has been on Spotify's Fresh Finds along with blogs like Earmilk and Indie Shuffle.

Visit YaSi's website here: https://www.yasimuse.com/music

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Vinyl Me, Please


My Best of 2019

1. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
2. Solange - When I Get Home
3. James Blake - Assume Form
4. Slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
5. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow

Honorable Mentions:
Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaire's Club
Hatchie - Keepsake
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Kevin Morby - Oh My God

Courtney Catagnus is the Director of Digital at Vinyl Me, Please (www.vinylmeplease.com), focused on bringing album campaigns to life across digital channels.

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