Podcast 89: Kicker’s Best of 2019

In 2019, I saw my favourite band play live for the first time in 20 years. The next day I met my musical hero in a record shop and then saw my favourite band play live for the first time in 24 hours. The rest of my musical year was pretty not bad either: I got to see the best Scottish band ever play just down the road, met another musical legend and bought far too many records than could ever really be justified.

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From these records, I have narrowed it down to a CD’s worth (plus a couple of extras) to play to my fellow wizard Chorizo Garbanzo and at some point test him on his knowledge of musical punctuation – SPOILER: he does quite admirably.

You can listen to the whole shebang right here:

Alternatively, you can just imagine the whole thing with, no doubt, improved witty chat between songs by reading through the tracklist here:

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Best Of Folks
Guided By Voices – Ego Central High
The Gotobeds – On Loan
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage – LPs
Richard Dawson – Two Halves
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights – Looks Like I’m Running Out
Babybird – Cave In
Purple Mountains – All My Happiness Is Gone
Fontaines D.C. – Big
Tropical Fuck Storm – Braindrops
Robert Forster – Crazy Jane And The Day Of Judgement
Von Hayes – December Sun
Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge – Flight Attendants, Please Prepare For Love
Kneeling In Piss – USA Will Start Another War
Comet Gain – Bad Nite At The Mustache
The Cool Greenhouse – Landlords
Honey Radar – Cornflake ESP
Bill Callahan – Tugboats & Tumbleweeds
Lankum – Katie Cruel
Guided By Voices – The Rally Boys
Craven Faults – Ings

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If you enjoyed this podcast, watch out for a quick sharp follow up with Chorizo’s Best of 2019 soon upon us, and if you didn’t enjoy this one, you’ll be relieved to know the next one is much better.

Lists of more of my favourite stuff from 2019 can be found here:

https://trustthewizards.com/2019/12/20/kicker-of-elves-favourite-things-from-2019/