Steve Erickson: The Year in Music, as published by Gay City News
- FKA twigs — Magdalene
- Polo G — Die a Legend
- Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
- Big Thief — Two Hands
- Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
- Jenny Lewis — On the Line
- Dorian Electra — Flamboyant
- various artists — Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack
- Orville Peck — Pony
- Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
- Pelada — Movimiento Para Cambio
- black midi — Schlagenheim
- Blanck Mass — Animated Violence Mild
- Blood Incantation — Hidden History of the Human Race
- Blood Orange — Angel's Pulse
- Blut Aus Nord — Hallucinogen
- Burna Boy — African Giant
- Charly Bliss — Young Enough
- Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance
- Theon Cross — Fyah
- Denzel Curry — ZUU
- Default Genders — Main Pop Girl 2019
- Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
- DIIV — Deceiver
- Ex Hex — It's Real
- Fire-Toolz — Field Whispers (Into the Crystal Palace)
- Florist — Emily Alone
- Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi — there is no Other
- Lucki — Freewave 3
- Lucki — Days B4 III
- Mdou Moctar — Ilana (The Creator)
- Bob Mould — Sunshine Rock
- Caroline Polachek — Pang
- Resavoir — Resavoir
- Tomeka Reid Quartet — Old New
- Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats — Anger Management
- 75 Dollar Bill — I Was Real
- slowthai — Nothing Great About Britain
- Tinashe — Songs for You
- Torche — Admission
- Triad God — Triad
- Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
- Michael Abels — Us (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Adia Victoria — Silences