2019 is almost over! Here’s to 2020 being 365 days of excitement, but the good kind of excitement not the stressful kind?? The kind like… a playlist of the top 100 albums played on CiTR 101.9FM in 2019?!
Top Notch – CiTR’s Top 100 of 2019! is the first of CiTR & Discorder‘s Top Notch playlists, all curated by CiTR programmers, writers, editors, and whoever hangs around enough to be given the Spotify password and what they think is top notch content.
Some of the artists on the list are too ~underground~ to be on Spotify, so here’s the whole list if you’re curious.
| 1 | Dumb*#+ | Club Nites | Mint |
| 2 | Swim Team*#+ | V | Self-Released |
| 3 | Only A Visitor*#+ | Technicolour Education | Self-Released |
| 4 | Devours*+ | Iconoclast | Artoffact |
| 5 | Necking*#+ | Cut Your Teeth | Mint |
| 6 | Jock Tears*#+ | Bad Boys | Inky |
| 7 | Sarah MacDougall*# | All The Hours I Have Left To Tell You Anything | Label In Between |
| 8 | Kat Danser*# | Goin’ Gone | Black Hen |
| 9 | NIMKISH*#+ | Heartbreak On The Coast | Self-Released |
| 10 | Divorcer*#+ | Debt Jubilee | Comfortable On A Tightrope |
| 11 | Debby Friday*#+ | Death Drive | Deathbomb Arc |
| 12 | Lightning Dust*#+ | Spectre | Western Vinyl |
| 13 | Julia Holter*# | Aviary | Domino |
| 14 | Haviah Mighty*# | 13th Floor | Self-Released |
| 15 | kylie v*+ | lotus eater | Self-Released |
| 16 | FRANKIIE*#+ | Forget Your Head | Paper Bag |
| 17 | Sigh*#+ | Images | Self-Released |
| 18 | Men I Trust*# | Oncle Jazz | Self-Released |
| 19 | Club Sofa*#+ | Club Sofa | Self-Released |
| 20 | Alien Boys*+ | Night Danger | Desolate |
| 21 | wild kind*#+ | West Ends | Self-Released |
| 22 | Sleepy Gonzales*#+ | mellowtrauma | Light Organ Records |
| 23 | Rae Spoon* | Mental Health | Coax |
| 24 | JB The First Lady*#+ | Righteous Empowered Daughter | Self-Released |
| 25 | Pale Red*#+ | Heavy Petting | Self-Released |
| 26 | Snotty Nose Rez Kids* | Trapline | Minay Music |
| 27 | Peach Pyramid*# | Bright Blue | Oscar Street Records |
| 28 | Gal Gracen*+ | Fantasy Gardens | Jaz Records |
| 29 | Woolworm*#+ | Awe | Mint Records |
| 30 | Bridal Party*# | Too Much | Kingfisher Bluez |
| 31 | Nice Apple*#+ | This Time Nice Apple is Auto-Cathecting | Hidden Bay Records |
| 32 | Apollo Ghosts*#+ | Living Memory | Self-Released |
| 33 | Black Belt Eagle Scout# | At The Party With My Brown Friends | Saddle Creek |
| 34 | BB*#+ | X | Self-Released |
| 35 | LAPS*# | Soon Not Often In It | Terrific Kids |
| 36 | Garbage Dreams*#+ | Demonstrations | Self-Released |
| 37 | lié*#+ | Hounds | Mint |
| 38 | D.O.A.*+ | 1978 | Sudden Death |
| 39 | The 427’s*# | Stay Gold | Stingray |
| 40 | Curren$y, LNDN DRGS, Jay Worthy*+ | Umbrella Symphony | GDF Records |
| 41 | Mauno*# | Really Well | Tin Angel |
| 42 | Meltt*+ | Swim Slowly | Self-Released |
| 43 | Chris-a-Riffic*+ | Treats | Self-Released |
| 44 | Becky Ninkovic*#+ | Woe | Paper Bag |
| 45 | Dead Soft*#+ | Big Blue | Arts & Crafts |
| 46 | Puzzlehead*#+ | Big Sniff | Stucco |
| 47 | Kellarissa*#+ | Ocean Electro | Mint |
| 48 | Peach Kelli Pop# | Gentle Leader | Mint |
| 49 | future star*#+ | i will fight the devil and i will win | Self-Released |
| 50 | Co-op*+ | III | Self-Released |
| 51 | Mr. Stee*+ | See You Tomorrow… | EASTBLVD |
| 52 | Our Native Daughters*# | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 53 | Jaelem Bhate*+ | On The Edge | Self-Released |
| 54 | Northern Haze* | Siqinnaarut | Aakuluk |
| 55 | Pudding*#+ | Pop Over | Self-Released |
| 56 | Bored Decor*+ | The Colour Red | Self-Released |
| 57 | Eekwol & T-Rhyme*# | For Women By Women | Self-Released |
| 58 | Dil Brito*+ | Lowing | Self-Released |
| 59 | Tim the Mute*+ | Welcome to the Sad Cafe | Kingfisher Bluez |
| 60 | Kamikaze Nurse*#+ | Bucky Fleur | Agony Klub |
| 61 | Graftician*#+ | Mandarins | Self-Released |
| 62 | Winona Forever* | FeelGood | Self-Released |
| 63 | The Shiverettes*# | Real Shrill Bitches | Self-Released |
| 64 | Kim Gray*+ | Plastic Memory | Buzz Records |
| 65 | Weyes Blood# | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 66 | Milk*#+ | Mattress Ranch | Self-Released |
| 67 | Sarah Davachi*# | Gave in Rest | Ba Da Bing! |
| 68 | Non La*+ | Demos | Self-Released |
| 69 | Strange Breed*#+ | Permanence | Self-Released |
| 70 | Begonia*# | Fear | Rex Baby |
| 71 | Jerk Jails*#+ | Intra Slop | Self-Released |
| 72 | alimony*#+ | release | Alarum Records |
| 73 | Ivory Towers*#+ | Queller | Self-Released |
| 74 | Samurai Champs* | Cabernet Sauvignon | Trifecta Sound Co. |
| 75 | Orville Peck* | Pony | Royal Mountain |
| 76 | Mr. Merlot*+ | City Sex Vol. 2 | Self-Released |
| 77 | Black Mountain*#+ | Destroyer | Dine Alone |
| 78 | nêhiyawak* | Nipiy | Arts & Crafts |
| 79 | PUP* | Morbid Stuff | Little Dipper |
| 80 | Craig Aalders*+ | Oceanography | Self-Released |
| 81 | Schwey* | Schwey | 604 |
| 82 | Skye Wallace*#+ | Skye Wallace | Self-Released |
| 83 | Blocktreat*+ | After Dark | Self-Released |
| 84 | Megamall*#+ | Demos | Self-Released |
| 85 | Hua Li*# | Dynasty | Outside Music |
| 86 | Baby Blue*#+ | Death of Euphoria | Self-Released |
| 87 | Dadweed*+ | Mighty, Always | Kingfisher Bluez |
| 88 | The Vicious Cycles*+ | Motorcycho | Pirates Press |
| 89 | Brutal Poodle*+ | Crowd Control / Low Tide | Kingfisher Bluez |
| 90 | Alex Little and the Suspicious Minds*#+ | No Control EP | Light Organ Records |
| 91 | Yawn*#+ | You & I | Self-Released |
| 92 | Land Line*#+ | Land Line | Self-Released |
| 93 | Terell Safadi*+ | Trap Love and $ex | Self-Released |
| 94 | Kiwi Jr.*+ | Football Money | Mint |
| 95 | Kristin Witko*#+ | Zone of Exclusion | Kingfisher Bluez |
| 96 | Chain Whip*+ | 14 Lashes | Sabotage Records |
| 97 | yoon*#+ | Wilt | Self-Released |
| 98 | Primp*#+ | Mother Loose | Self-Released |
| 99 | Harpdog Brown*+ | For Love & Money | Dog House Records |
| 100 | Minor Pieces*#+ | The Heavy Steps of Dreaming | FatCat Records |