Guest Post: Jack Murray’s top 10 albums of 2019

What musical treats have been stored on Jack Murray’s minidisc collection? He’s back, having survived 2000 Trees, and hundreds of cans of warm lager, ready to share his favourite albums and tracks.

Lizard Hips – Top 10 albums of 2019

2019 has been a turbulent and year, with a huge range of excellent releases – Microwave’s 3rd album being an incredible surprise, Hawk Eyes returning to the music world and Lightning Bolt’s noise-rock chaos. Read on for more…

Sugar Horse – GakEater

It’s comforting that every Sugar Horse track seems like it could soundtrack the end of the world. If that isn’t a statement to make you want to listen, I don’t know what is.

Ed Fraser – Ghost Gums

Ghost Gums, the debut mini-album from Ed Fraser conjurers up the feeling of walking through a wood on a crisp autumnal evening.

Dead Kaczynski – Mr. Scratch

Dead Kaczynski are a disjointed barrage of noise from Kent and display all the great qualities that make this kind of music so agitated, itchy and down-right engaging to listen to.

Wizard Rifle – S/T

There’s a kind of unholy majesty about the songs on offer here – each of these five tracks feels expansive, monstrously heavy and crams so many ideas and twists within its layers.