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The 10 Best Albums of 2019 — So Far…
Mike Luoma is a Vermont based writer and Music Director who helps curate the sound of Adult Alternative Streaming Station WBKM.org.
Really? We do this now?
After seeing first one, then another, then, suddenly, many more Best Albums Of 2019 (So Far) lists — and realizing my weird and quirky tastes weren’t quite represented — I decided to share my own subjective take on the current theme. Almost halfway through the year, so why not? Everything moves so quickly these days — maybe telling you in December about an album that came out all the way back in January is old news?
These are the ten albums I’ve been listening to the most that came out in the first half of this year, out of a whole bunch more music — 2019 is a great year so far…
10. Better Oblivion Community Center — (Self-Titled) — It was a pleasant surprise when Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers announced back in late January that they’d combined forces as Better Oblivion Community Center and dropped their debut self-titled album. This isn’t an album of duets — the two most often sing together, their voices combining in raspy harmony. And their collaboration made a certain immediate artistic sense. Though Oberst has a longer track record with Bright Eyes, his solo work and various other projects, Bridgers 2017 debut Stranger In the Alps trafficked in…
