As we reach the pointy end of 2019, we at Laneway HQ (along with all music fans) begin to reflect on some of our favourite albums of the year. These aren't just albums we like or gave a few spins -- but the ones we've obsessed over and listened to so many times that they now feel like second nature.
We're excited to present our staff and extended family's list of favourite records, and we're extra stoked to see how many albums on this list come from artists playing the festival in 2019 and artists we've toured under the Laneway Presents banner this year.
Let's kick things off with details of the prize you can win just by getting interactive, followed by some of our favourite tastemakers' "Best Of" lists... with Laneway 2019 acts very well represented.
Tastemakers
Consequence Of Sound's Albums Of The Year
Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs [#22], Charli XCX - Charli [#30], Hatchie - Keepsake [#48]
Paste Magazine's Top 50 Albums
Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel [#14], Charli XCX - Charli [#42],
Staff Picks
Jerome Borazio, Laneway Festival Australia
Kim Gordon - No Home Record
Nick Cave and the bad seeds - Ghosteen
Danny Brown -uknowatimsaying
Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel
Fat White Family - Serfs Up
Mark Kneebone, Laneway Festival New Zealand
Daffodils - Boys
Aldous Harding - Designer
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Bandana
Baroness - Gold and Grey
Holly Herndon - PROTO
Manolo Echave, Laneway Festival New Zealand
Deerhunter - Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
FOALS - Everythng Not Saved Will be Lost
Nilufer Yanya - Miss Universe
King Princess - Cheap Queen
Travis Banko, Laneway Festival Australia
Tyler the Creator - Igor
Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
YBN Cordae - The Lost Boy
Schlagenheim - Black Midi
Honorable mention: Charli XCX, Charli. Kanye West, Jesus is king. King Gizz, Infest the rats’ nest. Slowthai, nothing great about Britain, Sampa the Great's, The Return
Emma Doilibi, Laneway Festival Australia
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Solange - When I Get Home
Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings
Foals - Part 1: Eveything Not Saved Will Be Lost
Stella Donnelly - Beware Of The Dogs
Simon Parsons, Laneway Festival Australia
Fat White Family - Serfs Up
Clairo - Immunity
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Chai - Punk
Warmduscher - Tainted Lunch
Honorable EP mentions - Emerson Snowe - That's Rock n Roll, Squid - Town Centre, Dry Cleaning - Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks, Bodega - Shiny New Model
Steph Heading, Laneway Festival Australia
Julia Michaels - Inner Monologue Part 1 and 2
Harry Styles - Fine Line
Allday - Starry Night Over the Phone
G-Flip - About Us
Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew
Ruby Miles, Laneway Festival Australia
Aldous Harding - Designer
James Blake - Assume Form
Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe
Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace
Slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
Claire Collins, Bossy Music
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Big Thief - UFOF
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
Aldous Harding - Designer
Kaylie Ekinci, Bossy Music
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
King Princess - Cheap Queen
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
Clairo - Immunity
