Ali's Top Tens 2019

Top Ten albums 2019

1.    Henryk Gorecki, Symphony No.3, “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” performed by Beth Gibbons and the Polish National Radio        Symphony Orchestra
2.    Stick In the Wheel - present From Here :English Folk Field Recordings. Volume 2
3 .   Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
4 .   Holly Herndon - Proto
5.    Bob Mould – Sunshine Rock
6.    Little Simz – Grey Area
7.    Rosalie Cunningham – Rosalie Cunningham
8 .   Better Oblivion Community Centre - Better Oblivion Community Centre
9 .   Richard Dawson - 2020
10.   Sleaford Mods – Eton Alive

Track of The Year – Lizzo - Juice

Album of the Decade - PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

Top Ten Gigs

1.    Bjork, SSE Hydro Glasgow
2.    Partisans, Derby Jazz
3.    Flotation Toy Warning , Le Petit Bain , Paris
4.    Haiku Salut (Buster Keaton Picture Show), live score, Nottingham Contemporary
5.    Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, The Parish, Huddersfield
6.    Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening, Moira Miner's Welfare Club
7 .   Hot Chip, Nottingham Rock City
8 .   Denys Baptiste Quartet, Derby Jazz
9.    Wilco, Hammersmith Apollo
10.  Dream Nails, Nottingham Rescue Rooms

Top Festival Performances

1.    Spiritualized, End of the Road
2.    Working Men's Club, Gold Sounds Leeds
3.    Super Furniture, Beat the Streets
4.    Lucy Ward, London Folk Festival
5.    Buenos Treehouse, Beat the Streets
6 .   Wooze, Live at Leeds
7 .   Emily Askew Band, London Folk Festival
8 .   The Murder Capital, Live at Leeds
9 .   Michel Kiwanuka, End of the Road
10.   Kate Tempest, End of the Road