January 8, 2020 Playlist
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More highlights of the year: my favorite new bands I discovered in 2019 are Australia's pastel surf-rock hippies The Babe Rainbow, whose album Today created one of the most consistent and pleasant aural soundscapes of the year, and (yes here we go again) the fabulous Japanese nerd girl prog-pop band Dempagumi.inc - here's the baffling music video that introduced me to them (Mirin is wearing a stuffed pig in a bikini as a hat!) As far as 20th century geezers, Meat Puppets nearly claimed the top spot this year with Dusty Notes, their best album in a quarter century and my favorite record of 2019 in terms of classic songwriting, while Kim Gordon finally released her debut solo album No Home Record eight years after Sonic Youth broke up - it sounds 100% like you'd expect a Kim Gordon album to sound (I mean that as a compliment!) |
Artist | Song | Album | Year | Country |
The Babe Rainbow | Something New | Today (N) (Kosmik Radiation #3 album of 2019) | 2019 (Flightless/ATO) | Australia |
Moon Duo | Flying | Stars Are The Light (N) (Kosmik Radiation #20 album of 2019) | 2019 (Sacred Bones) | USA |
Stephen Malkmus | Rushing The Acid Frat | Groove Denied (N) (Kosmik Radiation #10 album of 2019) | 2019 (Matador) | USA |
The Claypool-Lennon Delirium | Easily Charmed By Fools | South of Reality (N) (Kosmik Radiation #13 album of 2019) | 2019 (ATO) | USA |
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | Digital Hunger / Dezi's Adventure | And Now For The Whatchamacallit (N) (Kosmik Radiation #24 album of 2019) | 2019 (Marathon) | Australia |
The Mystery Lights | Too Much Tension | Too Much Tension! (N) (Kosmik Radiation #22 album of 2019) | 2019 (Daptone) | USA |
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Guided By Voices | Good Morning Sir | Zeppelin Over China (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #23 album of 2019) | 2019 (GBV Inc.) | USA |
Guided By Voices | Dead Liquor Store | Warp And Woof (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #23 album of 2019) | 2019 (GBV Inc.) | USA |
Guided By Voices | Heavy Like The World | Sweating The Plague (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #23 album of 2019) | 2019 (GBV Inc.) | USA |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | The Bird Song | Fishing For Fishies (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #6 album of 2019) | 2019 (Flightless/ATO) | Australia |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Planet B | Infest The Rats' Nest (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #6 album of 2019) | 2019 (Flightless/ATO) | Australia |
Ty Segall Freedom Band | Squealer / Breakfast Eggs (live) | Deforming Lobes (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #11 album of 2019) | 2019 (Drag City) | USA |
Ty Segall | When I Met My Parents part 1 / I Sing Them / When I Met My Parents part 3 | First Taste (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #11 album of 2019) | 2019 (Drag City) | USA |
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Oh Sees | Henchlock | Face Stabber (N) (Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2019) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK | 2019 (Castle Face) | USA |
Oh Sees | The Daily Heavy | Face Stabber (N) (Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2019) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK | 2019 (Castle Face) | USA |
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Dempagumi.inc | Inochi No Yorokobi ("Joy Of Life") | single (N - forthcoming album in 2020) | 2019 (Meme Tokyo/Toy's Factory) | Japan |
Dempagumi.inc | FD3, Dempa Rocket Go!! | Wareware Wa Dempagumi.inc Da (N) ("We Are Dempagumi.inc") (Kosmik Radiation #8 album of 2019) | 2019 (Meme Tokyo/Toy's Factory) | Japan |
Poppy | Concrete | single (N - forthcoming album "I Disagree" in 2020) | 2019 (Sumerian) | USA |
BABYMETAL | Night Night Burn! | Metal Galaxy (N) (Kosmik Radiation #5 album of 2019) | 2019 (Babymetal Records/Toy's Factory) | Japan |
Santana | Batonga | Africa Speaks (N) (Kosmik Radiation #9 album of 2019) | 2019 (Concord) | USA/Mexico |
DAOKO | Chocho Ni Natte ("Become A Butterfly") | Shiteki Ryokou ("Private Trip") (N) (Kosmik Radiation #16 album of 2019) | 2018 (Toy's Factory) | Japan |
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Chris Forsyth | Tomorrow Might As Well Be Today | All Time Present (N) (Kosmik Radiation #21 album of 2019) | 2019 (No Quarter) | USA |
Ariel Pink | Something About Michael Landon | Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2 (N) (Kosmik Radiation #25 album of 2019) | rec. 1996-2003 (2019 Mexican Summer) | USA |
Fat White Family | Kim's Sunsets | Serf's Up! (N) (Kosmik Radiation #15 album of 2019) | 2019 (Domino) | UK |
ORB | General Electric | The Space Between (N) (Kosmik Radiation #18 album of 2019) | 2019 (Flightless) | Australia |
DMBQ | So The Word Of Good Spread | KEEENLY (N) (Kosmik Radiation #17 album of 2019) | 2018 (Drag City) | Japan |
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Royal Trux | Year Of The Dog | White Stuff (N) (Kosmik Radiation #19 album of 2019) | 2019 (Fat Possum) | USA |
Kim Gordon | Don't Play It | No Home Record (N) (Kosmik Radiation #7 album of 2019) | 2019 (Matador) | USA |
Cheer-Accident | Like Something To Resemble | Chicago XX (N) (Kosmik Radiation #12 album of 2019) | 2019 (Complacency) | USA |
Wand | Rio Grande | Laughing Matter (N) (Kosmik Radiation #4 album of 2019) | 2019 (Drag City) | USA |
Meat Puppets | Outflow | Dusty Notes (N) (Kosmik Radiation #2 album of 2019) | 2019 (Megaforce) | USA |
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Swans | My Phantom Limb | leaving meaning. (N) (Kosmik Radiation #14 album of 2019) | 2019 (Young God/Mute) | USA |