Spanish Love Songs has released a video for “Kick.”
Chorus.fm’s Top 25 Albums of 2019
It’s easy for end-of-decade years to become an afterthought in terms of the music they produce. Most music publications dropped their “best albums of the decade” features in early October. At Chorus.fm, we held off until December 9th. Still, when you spend months of the year reflecting on past years, and on the albums you loved from throughout a whole decade, the music from the year you’re currently living in can get overlooked, forgotten, or short-changed on listening time.
I suppose we were guilty of that sin ourselves, as our “albums of the decade” list ultimately lacked a single entry from 2019. Call it anti-recency bias, or maybe just an occupational hazard of having to start planning and compiling these lists months before any readers actually lay eyes on them. But therein lies the beauty of still being able to revert to old routines: to end the year with a proper tribute to everything it had to offer on its own.
And 2019 certainly had plenty of riches to offer, from old favorite bands delivering some of their sturdiest albums in years, to one of the strongest slates of debut talent I can remember getting in a single 365-day timeframe. Taking in the scope of a decade and all the music it gave us is a fulfilling experience; it’s certainly something I invested a lot of time in this year. But there’s also something wonderful about being past that now, and about being able to take things day by day again: week by week, release day by release day, album by album. Making lists is fun, but listening and discovering will always be the greatest parts of being a music fan. Here’s to the 25 albums that we discovered, listened to, and loved most in 2019. [CM]
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The app is built for those that want to listen, specifically, to albums as a whole and be able to find them and consume them in an easy manner. In addition to offering features like album shuffle, the app also hooks into MusicBrainz and Discogs to pull in production credits, release dates, and record label. It also makes the most of the latest iOS features, like Siri Shortcuts, Dark Mode, and context menus. And, the latest update has an in-app purchase to use built in Last.fm scrobbling.
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With Abandon Release New Album
Jay from Just Surrender’s new band, With Abandon, released their full length album, Keepsakes, to all streaming services.
Hayley Williams Begins Teasing
Hayley Williams has begun teasing something on Instagram, posting three cryptic images.
Mannequin Pussy Issue Statement on Why They’re Playing Coachella
Mannequin Pussy have issued a statement on why they’ve decided to play Coachella.
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Benji Madden & Cameron Diaz Announce the Birth of First Child
Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz have announced the birth of their child, Raddix Madden.
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Spike Jonze Releasing Beastie Boys Photo Book
Spike Jonze will be releasing a Beastie Boys photo book on March 17th. Pre-orders are now up.
The 1975 Casting For New Video
The 1975 are shooting a music video in London next week and are looking for extras for the video.
Justin Bieber – “Yummy” Video
Justin Bieber has released a video for “Yummy.”
Fat Mike Starting New Podcast
Fat Mike of NOFX is starting a new podcast called “UnSafe Words” for sexuality and relationship advice.
The Best of 2019 Playlist
I put together a playlist from our “best of 2019” list that features one song from each album. It’s up on Apple Music and Spotify. Hopefully you’ll find something new to check out and love.
Liner Notes (January 3rd, 2020)
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2020. In this week’s newsletter, I share my start of the year routines and resolutions, share some fun party games we played on New Year’s Eve, talk about what music I’m anticipating this year, and go through my usual music and media diet rundown. There’s also a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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La Bouquet – “Anxiety, My Best Friend”
La Bouquet have shared the new song “Anxiety, My Best Friend.”
Silverstein Teasing Announcement Next Week
Silverstein are teasing something for next week.