Category: BEST OF 2019

MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2019
1) Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka (Interscope)2) Fontaines DC Dogrel (Partisan)3) Big Thief U.F.O.F.; Two Hands (4AD)4) The Minus 5 Stroke Manor

Best Of 2019: Reissues/Collections
MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues/collections of the year 1) Sounds Of Liberation Unreleased (Columbia University 1973) (Dogtown)2) Bob

Best Of 2019: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Brìghde Chaimbeul The Reeling (River Lea)2) Our Native

Best Of 2019: Singer/Songwriter
MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1) Bruce Springsteen Western Stars (Columbia)2) Ian Noe Between

Best Of 2019: Metal
MAGNET’s Andrew Earles picks the best metal releases of the year 1) Boris LφVE & EVφL (Third Man)2) Low Dose

Best Of 2019: World Music
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1) Umut Adan Bahar (Riverboat)2) Azam Ali Phantoms (Terrestrial

Best Of 2019: Noise
MAGNET’s Raymond Cummings picks the best noise releases of the year 1) Kelly Ruth Forms (Pseudo Laboratories)2) Stelzer/Murray Commuter (Humanhood)3)

Best Of 2019: Punk
MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) The Flesh Eaters I Used To Be Pretty

Best Of 2019: Hip Hop
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana (Keep Cool/Madlib Invazion/ESGN/RCA)2)

Best Of 2019: Jazz/Improv
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Mandatory Reality