2019 was a year when the changes hinted by 2018 finally came to pass. Thank you 2018, you rotten bugger. Anyway, my Favourite Things have been arranged in a list format, and they’re all practically interchangeable so there’s no countdown. 2019 has been a strange year, so it goes without saying that without these Favourite Things, I might not have survived the psychic damage inflicted on me by the election results, reading comments by Doctor Who ‘fans’ on Twitter, and that final scene of Veronica Mars.
Singles/Songs of the Year
She Plays Bass – Beabadoobee
Lost Ship – Juliana Hatfield
Good Side – Liz Phair
Flowers – Sugababes/DJ Spoony
STFU! – Rina Sawayama
Initiative – Shopping
Twin Flame – Cowgirl Clue
We Appreciate Power – Grimes
Toyota Man – Neon Indian
I Found A Girl – Miss World
Life On Mars – Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross
Control – Mom And The Mailman
Dark Ballet – Madonna
Albums of the Year
Weird – Juliana Hatfield
Tasty Meat – Mom And The Mailman
Punk – Chai
Actors – Slow Hollows
What Are You Waiting For – Daisies
Guv 1 – Young Guv
Pang – Caroline Polachek
Hyperspace – Beck
The Vital Cord – La Neve
Football Money – Kiwi Jr
Old LP – That Dog
Dizzy Spells – Patience
10 Outta 10 – LA Vampires
Charli – Charli XCX
Space Cadet – beabadoobee
Run Around the Sun – Sacred Paws
Madame X – Madonna
Weird Glow – Sarah Bethe Nelson
After You – Jack Penate
Icebreaker – Cowgirl Clue
Lost Girls – Bat For Lashes
With Kindness – Keel Her
Books of the Year
My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy
Arguing With The Dead by Alex Nye
Life For Sale by Yukio Mishima
Blood by Maggie Gee
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Against Memoir by Michelle Tea
Constitution Street by Jemma Neville
Apple And Knife by Intan Paramaditha
Slow Motion Ghosts by Jeff Noon
Bearmouth by Liz Hyder
Only Americans Burn In Hell by Jarett Kobek
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
Endland by Tim Etchells
A Friend Is A Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle
All in all, 2019 has been quite a good year for music and books but a bad year for my bank balance.
Yup! Some nice choices, v eclectic as ever..happy new year pal!