Stereogum: Best 2019 Albums So Far
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
- Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
- Charly Bliss — Young Enough
- Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
- Jessica Pratt — Quiet Signs
- Holly Herndon — PROTO
- Mannequin Pussy — Patience
- black midi — Schlagenheim
- Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats — Anger Management
- Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
- Control Top — Covert Contracts
- Brutus — Nest
- Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
- Ariana Grande — thank u, next
- Billy Woods & Kenny Segal — Hiding Places
- Hand Habits — placeholder
- Solange — When I Get Home
- Empath — Active Listening: Night on Earth
- girlpool — What Chaos Is Imaginary
- Baroness — Gold & Grey
- Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
- PUP — Morbid Stuff
- Bill Callahan — Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
- Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
- Nilüfer Yanya — Miss Universe
- Denzel Curry — ZUU
- The National — I Am Easy to Find
- Stella Donnelly — Beware of the Dogs
- Patio — Essentials
- Strand of Oaks — Eraserland
- Kevin Abstract — Arizona Baby
- Cate Le Bon — Reward
- CHAI — Punk
- Truth Club — Not an Exit
- Judiciary — Surface Noise
- Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
- Hatchie — Keepsake
- James Blake — Assume Form
- Sigrid — Sucker Punch
- Cherry Glazerr — Stuffed & Ready
- Fury — Failed Entertainment
- Maren Morris — GIRL
- Spencer Radcliffe — Hot Spring
- Dead Heat — Certain Death
- Sada Baby — Bartier Bounty
- Skepta — Ignorance Is Bliss
- Inter Arma — Sulphur English
- Wand — Laughing Matter
- Hot Chip — A Bath Full of Ecstasy
New York Magazine's Vulture: The Best Movies of 2019 (So Far)
- Arctic — Joe Penna
- Birds of Passage — Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
- Escape Room — Adam Robitel
- Fighting with My Family — Stephen Merchant
- Transit — Christian Petzold
- Climax — Gaspar Noé
- Diane — Kent Jones
- The Brink — Alison Klayman
- Ash is Purest White — Jia Zhang-ke
- Us — Jordan Peele
- Amazing Grace — Sydney Pollack
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — Terry Gilliam
- Trial by Fire — Edward Zwick
- The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco — Joe Talbot
- Midsommar — Ari Aster
- Wild Rose — Tom Hooper
- Domino — Brian De Palma
Uproxx: All of the Best Albums of 2019 So Far, Ranked
- Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
- Ariana Grande — thank u, next
- 2 Chainz — Rap or Go to the League
- Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
- The National — I Am Easy to Find
- Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
- Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
- Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life
- Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
- Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
- 21 Savage — i am > i was
- Kevin Morby — Oh My God
- Boogie — Everythings for Sale
- Strand of Oaks — Eraserland
- Anderson .Paak — Ventura
- Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
- Nilüfer Yanya — Miss Universe
- Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
- Denzel Curry — ZUU
- Jenny Lewis — On the Line
- Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
- Kevin Abstract — Arizona Baby
- James Blake — Assume Form
- Jessica Pratt — Quiet Signs
- 03 Greedo — Still Summer in the Projects
- PUP — Morbid Stuff
- Sigrid — Sucker Punch
- Charly Bliss — Young Enough
- Hand Habits — placeholder
- Little Simz — GREY Area
- girlpool — What Chaos Is Imaginary
- Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
- Juice WRLD — Death Race for Love
- Tamaryn — Dreaming the Dark
- Solange — When I Get Home
- Elva — Winter Sun
- Steve Gunn — The Unseen In Between
- Khalid — Free Spirit
- Maren Morris — GIRL
- Cass McCombs — Tip of the Sphere
- Steve Lacy — Apollo XXI
- Alex Lahey — The Best of Luck Club
- Flying Lotus — Flamagra
- The Japanese House — Good at Falling
- Offset — Father of 4
- Rosie Tucker — Never Not Never Not Never Not
- Tayla Parx — We Need to Talk
- Gary Clark Jr. — This Land
- Karen O & Danger Mouse — Lux Prima