Category: BEST 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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