Even if this space was rather sparse and quiet this year, it was because rather than writing about the music, I was straight listening and live gigging it all. I went to so many shows; I bought a ton of albums. I churned out a mix each quarter.

And in 2019, my partner Zanimal and I decided to collaborate yet again on our top tracks of the year. It’s a pretty massive list but that’s just how the year went musically… massively. Featuring tracks from Sharon Van Etten, Vagabon, Angel Olsen, Priests, SOAK, Guur, Charlie XCX, Caribou, Chance the Rapper, Lizzo, DaBaby, Sigird, Georgia, and so so many more.

We sure hope you play along on and hop on this mix. A proper 3.5 hours, this wee musical jaunt should take you straight out of one decade and bounce you into another (and yes, our year in review art work features our pup Jackie driving a white mercedes; you know how we do).

Rigamarole, of course, includes that the podcast is available for streaming and download at mixcloud. And read all about, or wander through past episodes, over here.

Check out Zanimal’s other great mixes, particularly is long running mixtape series, while you’re at it.

Happy 2020, kids.

Tracklist

Sharon Van Etten – Seventeen 00:00
Angel Olsen – All Mirrors 04:18
Lizzo – Heaven Help Me 08:49
Jenny Lewis – Red Bull & Hennessy 11:36
Friendly Fires – Heaven Let Me In 16:21
Daphni feat. Paradise – Sizzling 20:50
Tame Impala – Patience 25:48
Avalon Lurks – Papi Chulo 30:39
Jorja Smith feat. Burna Boy – Be Honest 33:44
AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove 37:00
DaBaby feat. Offset – Baby Sitter 40:08
Chance the Rapper feat. Death Cab For Cutie – Do You Remember 42:43
Vagabon – Water Me Down 46:31
Thom Yorke – Traffic 50:58
Local Natives – Megaton Mile 56:11
Caribou – Home 01:00:06
Big Wild – Joypunks 01:02:23
Hot Chip – Bath Full of Ecstasy 01:05:33
Caroline Polachek – Door 01:09:28
Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens – Gone 01:14:45
Houses – Hold Me Up 01:18:50
Nilüfer Yanya – In Your Head 01:21:46
Gurr – Bye Bye 01:25:09
Priests – Good Time Charlie 01:28:33
Clairo – Sofia 01:31:13
Cayucas – Melrose Place 01:34:18
Carly Rae Jepsen – Want You In My Room 01:37:28
Cassius feat. Owlle, Luke Jenner & Joe Rogers – Dreems 01:40:04
Georgia – About Work the Dancefloor 01:44:32
Sigrid – Don’t Feel Like Crying 01:47:43
girl in red – bad idea! 01:50:11
pronoun – stay 01:53:45
Twin Peaks – Dance Through It 01:57:28
Whitney – Giving Up 02:02:06
Aldous Harding – The Barrel 02:05:12
Cate Le Bon – Home to You 02:09:54
Mark Ronson feat. Angel Olsen – True Blue 02:15:16
Hoops – They Say 02:20:55
Toro y Moi – Laws of the Universe 02:25:24
A-Trak – Work It Out 02:28:12
Robyn – Ever Again (Soulwax Remix) 02:31:17
Friendly Fires – Offline 02:37:51
SebastiAn – Beograd 02:41:03
Marie Davidson – Work It (Soulwax Remix) 02:44:31
Lolo Zouaï – Moi – 02:48:35
Chromatics – Time Rider 02:51:45
Faye Webster – Kingston 02:56:25
Mac DeMarco – Nobody 02:59:37
Men I Trust – All Night 03:03:02
Frankie Cosmos – This Swirling 03:06:03
Big Thief – Forgotten Eyes 03:08:40
Stella Donnelly – Old Man 03:11:57
Alex Cameron – Far From Born Again 03:15:26
Vampire Weekend – This Life 03:19:33
HAIM – Summer Girl 03:23:56
Yeasayer – Ecstatic Baby 03:27:18
SOAK – Knock Me Off My Feet 03:30:10
Purple Mountains – That’s Just The Way That I Feel 03:33:14