➤ BEST MUSIC OF 2019, from p.34
10. Pelada: “Movimiento Para
Cambio” (PAN): This Canadian
duo fi nds common ground between
punk and house music. Non-binary
singer Chris Vargas’ righteous
anger informs their Spanish-language
lyrics, which bring a queercore/
riot grrrl sensibility to the
dance club — and also take on
surveillance capitalism. Producer
Tobias Rachman’s beats burrow
into a spare but driving groove.
Runners-up (with asterisk indicating
music by LGBTQ artists):
black midi: “Schlagenheim” (Rough
Trade)
Blanck Mass: “Animated Violence
Mild” (Sacred Bones)
Blood Incantation: “Hidden History
of the Human Race” (Dark
Descent)
*Blood Orange: “Angel’s Pulse”
(Domino)
Blut Aus Nord: “Hallucinogen”
(Debemur Morti)
Burna Boy: “African Giant” (Atlantic)
Charly Bliss: “Young Enough”
(Barsuk)
Leonard Cohen: “Thanks For the
Dance” (Columbia)
Theon Cross: “Fyah” (self-released)
Denzel Curry: “Zuu” (Loma Vista)
*Default Genders: “Main Pop Girl
2019” (self-released)
Lana Del Rey: “Norman Fucking
Rockwell” (Interscope)
DIIV: “Deceiver” (Captured
Tracks)
Ex Hex: “It’s Real” (Merge)
*Fire-Toolz: “Field Whispers (Into
the Crystal Palace)” (Orange Milk)
Florist: “Emily Alone” (Double
Double Whammy)
Rhiannon Giddens: “There Is No
Other” (Nonesuch)
Lucki: “Freewave 3” (self-released)
and “Days B4 III” (Empire)
Mdou Moctar: “Ilana: The Creator”
(Sahel Sounds)
*Bob Mould: “Sunshine Rock”
(Merge)
Caroline Polachek: “Pang” (Perpetual
Novice)
Resavoir: s/t (International Anthem)
Tomeka Reid Quartet: “Old New”
(Cuneiform)
Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats: “Anger
Management” (Atlantic)
“Pony” proves that the strength of Orville Peck’s vocals and songwriting are undeniable.
75 Dollar Bill: “I Was Real” (Glitterbeat)
Slowthai: “Nothing Great About
Britain” (Method)
Tinashe: “Songs For You” (self-released)
*Torche: “Admission” (Relapse)
Triad God: “Triad” (Presto!?)
*Tyler, the Creator:“Igor” (Columbia)
SUB POP
Soundtrack: “Us” (Back Lot)
Adia Victoria: “Silences” (Atlantic)
For my 40 top favorite singles, visit
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for a YouTube playlist of my favorites
of 2019 visit tinyurl.com/tfmnvr3.
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