Calc's Cool Cuts 2019
Another great year in the books. Little girl turned one a few weeks ago, talk about a refocus in your life priorities. Everything is going well and there was a lot of good shit that came out this year. Hope everyone has a happy or at least bearable holiday this year. |
77 | | Fleshworld The Essence Has Changed, but the Details Remain
Grimy Post-hardcore/metal |
76 | | Poloniumcubes five
Classical
Every year this dude dumps his leftovers out on bandcamp for a few bucks and every year I lap it up |
75 | | Lapalux Amnioverse
IDM/Ambient |
74 | | Strawberry Girls Tasmanian Glow
Instrumental Groove rock |
73 | | Cartoon Theory Yokai Orchestra
Prog Metal/ Electronic |
72 | | Dirty Shirt Letchology
Balkan Metal |
71 | | Forests Spending Eternity In A Japanese Convenience Store
Math rock/emo |
70 | | Raiju Non Sequitur
Prog metal/ Prog rock |
69 | | Unimagined Friendless
Post-Hardcore/Baroque
guilty pleasure, really liked this |
68 | | Dinosaur Pile-Up Celebrity Mansions
90s alt rock
super nostalgic, first 4 songs are bangers |
67 | | Eluvium Pianoworks
Ambient/ Classical |
66 | | Jambinai ONDA
Post Rock |
65 | | Jordan Rakei Origin
Electronic/ Soul |
64 | | Artificial Language Now We Sleep
Prog metal |
63 | | Tank And The Bangas Green Balloon
RnB/ Soul
>>Lizzo |
62 | | Denzel Curry Zuu
Hip-Hop |
61 | | CityCop Nesh
Acoustic/ Post-Hardcore |
60 | | Snooze Familiaris
Math Rock
Top 5 of year, damn thing almost made me tear up thinking about how my dog is gonna die one day |
59 | | Sango Acima
Electronic/ IDM/ Hop-Hop
really really wish this was more than 3 songs |
58 | | The Pneumatic Transit Chordae Tendineae
Jazz Fusion/ Prog Rock
This style of music has really fallen out of vogue but if I catch a whiff of EAPZ on anything I'm on it. This album is just as technically savvy and enjoyable as the last |
57 | | Shinichiro Yokota I Know You Like It
House
He knew I like it |
56 | | The Callous Daoboys Die On Mars
Metalcore
ETID worship that leans more into the self-aware tongue-in-cheek still lyrics |
55 | | Pool of Light 壤 Soil
Drone/Folk |
54 | | Bushwhacker A Fistful of Poison
Stoner Metal/ Spaghetti Western
Story is ridiculous so obviously I love it. Music does a great job interpreting the nonsense too |
53 | | Bryce Dessner El Chan
Classical |
52 | | Moon Tooth Crux
Metal/ Hard Rock
"Raise a Light" is too damn short, and also perfect. |
51 | | thoughtcrimes Tap Night
Post-Hardcore/ Metalcore |
50 | | El Buho Camino de Flores
Electrofolk/ downtempo |
49 | | Default Genders main pop girl 2019
Noisepop |
48 | | ni Pantophobie
Math Rock/Weird Shit |
47 | | La Petite Mort / Little Death Disco
Mathy Screamo |
46 | | Shin Guard 2020
Screamo |
45 | | Christian Scott Ancestral Recall
Jazz/ World Music
One of the best doing it imo |
44 | | Periphery Periphery IV: Hail Stan
Prog Metal
Blood Angel gets me growling |
43 | | Secret Band LP2
Post-Hardcore/ Metalcore
There's a weasel in my peehole!!!!!!!! |
42 | | GoldLink Diaspora
Hip-Hop |
41 | | He Is Legend White Bat
Metal/ Post Hardcore |
40 | | Your Old Droog Transportation
Rap/Hip-Hop |
39 | | Thom Yorke Anima
IDM/ Glitch |
38 | | Yuna Rouge
Pop
The Tyler the Creator feature is outta left field but ehh |
37 | | White Ward Love Exchange Failure
Black metal |
36 | | Zeta (VEN) Mochima
Prog Rock/ Post Hardcore |
35 | | Erika de Casier Essentials
90's Pop/ RnB
This is cute to the point of giving you a stomach ache but damn if it doesn't take me back |
34 | | Parliament Owls A Span Is All That We Can Boast
Progressive Post Hardcore |
33 | | The Contortionist Our Bones
Prog metal
Don't care, the cover of 1979 is great |
32 | | OA/E? Kaamos
IDM/ Ambient |
31 | | Daedelus The Bittereinders
Electronic? Idk |
30 | | clipping. There Existed an Addiction to Blood
Hip-Hop/ Horrorcore |
29 | | Ludovico Einaudi Seven Days Walking
Ambient/Classical
Very homogeneous piano compilation album. Twinkly melodies and slow burning progressions make this easy to zone out too.
It's also 7 hours long all together |
28 | | Sudan Archives Athena
RnB/ Soul
"Iceland Moss" so good |
27 | | Wilmette Anxious Body
Pop-Punk/Hardcore
Think a lot of you would dig this |
26 | | Bengal Sound Culture Clash
Dub
"On the Hill" is an electric tune |
25 | | Illyria The Carpathian Summit
Black Metal
Those cute little bears though. |
24 | | Sparrows Failed Gods
Post Hardcore |
23 | | Richard Henshall The Cocoon
Prog metal |
22 | | Raphael Saadiq Jimmy Lee
RnB |
21 | | The Number Twelve Looks Like You Wild Gods
Grindcore/ Prog Metal |
20 | | From Indian Lakes Dimly Lit
Dream Pop
Joey goes full dream pop on this one, not as impactful but sometimes its nice to listen to pretty music because it's pretty |
19 | | Okada Life's but an Empty Dream
Darkwave/Ambient
Suffocating. |
18 | | Arthur Moon Arthur Moon
Pop
Very interesting self described queer pop album. Odd arrangements and melodies and very enjoyable |
17 | | Little Simz GREY Area
Hip-Hop/Rap
Didn't get the hype 4 years ago. I get it now |
16 | | A Novelist Folie
Tech Death/ Prog Metal
2 person tech death outta the bayou |
15 | | Idiot Pilot Blue Blood
Alt Rock/ Electronic
Over a decade since their last album, still got it and their sound hasn't aged a bit. |
14 | | Joao McDowell The Seventh Seal - 2018 concert
Classical/Opera |
13 | | Giant Swan Giant Swan
Techno/Drone |
12 | | Crimeapple Viridi Panem
Hip-Hop/Dark beats |
11 | | Mappe Of The Isle of Ailynn
Folk/ Prog |
10 | | In Mourning Garden of Storms
Melodeath |
9 | | Johnny Booth Firsthand Accounts
Metalcore
*Nice Surprise |
8 | | Taylor McFerrin Love's Last Chance
RnB/ Soul Jazz |
7 | | Joliette Luz Devora
Post Hardcore |
6 | | Edyth Bare II
Downtempo/Ambient |
5 | | Trembler Trembler
Shoegaze/Emo |
4 | | Lobby Boxer Eugene's Preference
Prog Rock/ Good shit |
3 | | Origami Angel Somewhere City
Emo/Pop Punk |
2 | | Jakub Zytecki Nothing Lasts, Nothing's Lost
Ambient/ Progressive Rock
AOTY 1B: I've never heard a guitar album like this. You know when Trinity is fleeing the robots in the third Matrix movie and they fly above the clouds and see the sun? This whole album is like that feeling. |
1 | | Russian Girlfriends In The Parlance of Our Times
Punk
AOTY 1A: I usually find one album a year that lodges itself into my brain. And with this even when I'm listening to something else I'm think I could be listening to this instead and rockin out with my cockin out. Glad this caught on a little around here. |
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