Russell shares his selections for 2019

 Albums of the year

1. Kate Tempest - The Book of Traps & Lessons
2. Black Midi - Schlageheim
3. Lana del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
4. The National - I Am Easy To Find
5. Floating Points - Crush
6. Dave - Psychodrama
7. These New Puritans - Inside The Rose
8. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
9. Apparat - LP5
10. Bon Iver - i,i

Festival Sets

1. Kate Tempest - Park Stage, Glastonbury
2. Miley Cyrus - Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury
3. Bon Iver - All Points East
4. IDLES - Park Stage, Glastonbury
5. Lowkey - Rum Shack, Glastonbury
6. Lizzo - West Holts Stage, Glastonbury
7. Bodega - End of the Road
8. Dave - Other Stage, Glastonbury
9. Black Country, New Road - Visions
10. Janelle Monae - West Holts Stage, Glastonbury

Gigs 

1. The Raconteurs - Electric Ballroom, Camden
2. Massive Attack - O2 Arena
3. IDLES - Alexandra Palace
4. These New Puritans - The Dome, Kilburn
5. Apparat - The Roundhouse, Camden
6. Billy Bragg - Islington Assembly Hall
7. Richard Hawley - EarTH, Hackney
8. IDLES - The Dome, Brighton
9. Loyle Carner - The Dome, Brighton
10. slowthai - Brixton Academy

Reissue of the year:
Patrick Cowley - Mechanical Fantasy Box

Album of the decade:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Tracks of the year

1. Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses
2. Working Men’s Club - Teeth
3. Vampire Weekend - This Life
4. Celeste - Strange
5. Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor

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