Good riddance to 2019. Here’s to 2020!
My favorite albums of 2019
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – All In Good Time (Castle Face)
Yvonne and The No Regrets – World Of Women (S/R)
Peter Perrett – Humanworld (Domino Recording Co)
The Proletariat – Move (Boss Tuneage)
Heavy Metal – LP4 (Double LP) (Static Shock/ Static Age)
Taiwan Housing Project – Sub-Language Trustees (ever/never)
CTMF – Brave Protector (Damaged Goods)
Model Zero – S/T (Slovenly)
Teenage Cavegirl – Candy Cigarettes (S/R)
Judy and The Jerks – Friendships Formed In The Pit (Neck Chop)
Casual Burn – Mean Thing (Handstand)
Cindy – S/T (S/R)
The Mystery Lights – Too Much Tension! (Wick)
Warp – Traffic Control (Thrilling Living)
Golden Pelicans – Grinding For Gruel (12XU)
My favorites EPs of 2019
Disco Junk – Underage Punk (Hozac)
David Nance Group – Meanwhile (Third Man)
The Dogmatics – She’s The One (Rum Bar)
Jackson Reid Briggs and The Heaters – Hide Away (Grubby Productions)
Miss June – Best Girl (Frenchkiss)
Unhappy Fly – The Vision and The Poison (Emotional Response)
Jack Oblivian and The Sheiks – Every Little Thing Goes Wrong (Chaputa!)
Michael Beach – Curtain Of Night (Tall Texan)
The Cool Greenhouse – Crap Cardboard Pet (Lumpy)
Rubber Blanket – New Garbage Truck (Spacecase)
My favorite reissues of 2019
Echo & The Bunnymen – The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983 (Korova)
Anemic Boyfriends – Fake ID (Hozac)
Peter Ivers – Becoming Peter Ivers (Rvng Intl)
Gino and The Goons – Rip It Up (Slovenly)
Alex Chilton – From Memphis to New Orleans (Bar/None)
Malaria! – Compiled 2.0/ 1981-1984 – Full Emotion (Moabit Musik)
The Victims – S/T (In The Red)
Dum Dum Boys – Let There Be Noise (In The Red)
Revenge – Our Generation (In The Red)
V/A – Were Were Living In Cincinnati: Punk and Underground Sounds From Ohio’s Queen City
1975-1982 (Hozac)
My favorite shows of 2019
Scientists – Mosswood Park, Oakland – July 7
CTMF – Starline Social Club, Oakland – July 6 & 7
Chandra – Elbo Room, Oakland – June 21
Misfits – Oakland Arena, Oakland – September 11
Miss June – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco – November 4
Robert Forster – Swedish American Hall, San Francisco – November 8
Amyl & The Sniffers – Thee Parkside, San Franciso – March 22
Roy Erickson – The Chapel, San Francisco – April 19
Peter Murphy – Chapel, San Francisco – March 13
Fatty Cakes & The Puff Pastries – Full Circle Brewing Co, Fresno – April 15
Just Head – Thee Knockout, San Franciso – April 13
Sugar Hill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio – New Parish, Oakland – April 20
Tav Falco – Thee Parkside, San Franciso – May 9
Sweet Knives – Thee Parkside, San Franciso – June 22
Weird Al – Meadowbrook Pavilion, Gilford, NH – July 18
KRS-One – Cornerstone, Berkeley, CA – October 12
Cock Sparrer – USS Hornet, Alameda, CA October 19
Amy Rigby – Starline Social Club, Oakland – November 7
Nots – Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco – November 13
Jon Spencer – Slim’s, San Francisco – February 24
Flatworms – Thee Knockout, San Francisco – April 27
My favorite movies of 2019
Pain and Glory
Dolemite Is My Name
