Welcome to the FIFTH annual list of independent albums and EP’s that probably slipped under your radar this year. I’ve been in the music industry for over a decade at this point (I know right?!) and it continues to floor me just how much talent is out there.

Yet here we are again, with even more incredible music for you to sink your teeth into. One of the truest things that keeps me creating these lists year after year is the excitement I derive from the serendipitous discovery of these wide swaths of creativity. Sometimes the best artistry emerges from the best-kept secrets.  🤘🎸

Since 2015, I’ve given you lists of 100 independent albums and EP’s you probably missed during the year. Here they are:

• 100 Albums & EP’s for 2015
• 100 Albums & EP’s for 2016
• 100 Albums & EP’s for 2017
• 100 Albums & EP’s for 2018

And so, here is the 2019 list in all its glory. I’m equally excited for the new crop of artists here as well as for those returning again. A healthy helping of the content on this year’s list is from artists I’ve known for years and who continue to crank out new material. It’s all balanced by an influx of new content from new artists whom I’ll certainly be keeping tabs on into the new year.

As with all previous lists, these 100 albums and EP’s come from artists all over the world. This year’s list includes artists from: Canada, Greece, Germany, Spain, Austria, Hungary, France, almost ALL of Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland!), Australia, Estonia, Argentina, Mexico, the Philippines, New Zeland, Indonesia, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Bulgaria, the U.K., Poland, and 21 different U.S. states. The independent world is massive.

It’s always interesting to see what each year brings in terms of style and genre, and this year’s list seems to heavily feature classic garage punk, pop-punk, shoegaze, alternative, metal, folk rock, and hard rock material.

With all that out of the way, here are 100 of the independent albums and EP’s that you probably missed in 2019. All were released during the 2019 calendar year.

As always, albums are in no particular order.

Remember, if you dig this and want to see more, follow me on Twitter @adammarx13 and let’s talk music, tech, and startups!

Come take a peek under the radar at the material you probably missed this year—live in my music world for a little while. 😎👍

 

1. What Happened To Us? (Vol. 1) — The Head — Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. Breathe In Colours — Forever Still — Copenhagen, Denmark

3. Ghost — Bloody Diamonds — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4. I’m The Reaper — The Beautiful Monument — Melbourne, Australia

5. Gone Off the Earth — Felic — Helsinki, Finland

6. Far Canal — Fox Ache — Brisbane, Australia

7. Ephemeral — We Are The Catalyst — Gothenburg, Sweden

8. Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones on Audiotree Live — Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones — Los Angeles, California, USA

9.  Retrospective | Reactive — Have No Clue — Esztergom, Hungary

10. Mourning Vibes II — DownStater — Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

11. When Daughters & Sons Revolt — Past Tense Of Never — Graham, North Carolina, USA

12. Show Me Your Teeth — Beth Blade and the Beautiful Disasters — Cardiff, Wales, UK

13. The Extinction of Unicorns — The Dead Love — Sydney, Australia

14. The Wood Room Sessions — Just Like Honey — New York, New York, USA

15. Useless Hands — Rival Town — St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

16. Not So Bold — Dance Contraption — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

17. Main Street Revival — Main Street Revival — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

18. Crowned In Frost — Frozen Crown — Milan, Italy

19. Come What May — Oh See Demons — Bergen, Norway

20. How Your Life’s Played Out — Montgomery — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

21. Alone in the Dark — In Good Nature — Boston, Massachusetts, USA

22. Brand New World — Desert Queen — Tartu, Estonia

23. Asleep in the Deep End — Andross — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

24. It Was Beautiful — Fawner — Bristol, England, UK

25. Traya — Set Fire — Boston, Massachusetts, USA

26. Notti di Follia — Out For Summer — Moderna, Italy

27. Slice — Spo — Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

28. Feeding The Void — Hysteria — Dresden, Germany

29. Here & Now (EP) — Dangerfield — Brisbane, Australia

30. Celebration — CityState — Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

31. Dream Living — Lost Mind — Torrelodones, Spain

32. So It Began — Silvernite — Greece

33. Bridges We Build | Bridges We Burn — Teresa Banks — Helsinki, Finland

34. Serenity — Saint Raven — Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

35. Two Sides — Dirty Rugs — Seattle, Washington, USA

36. ATERA — Zea Mays — Bilbao, Spain

37. LP1 — Clouds & Satellites — Savannah, Georgia, USA

38. Three on Three EP — Jack Droppers & the Best Intentions — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

39. CRAFTING EP — CRAFTING — Wilmington, Delaware, USA

40. The World Conspires — Birdeatsbaby — Brighton, England, UK

41. Transcend — Hello, Mountain — Denver, Colorado, USA

42. Spiral Down — Blue Velvet Drapes — Los Angeles, California, USA

43. Redeemer — Red Handed Denial — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

44. Maladjusted — My Secret Haven — Warsaw, Poland

45. Glitter Trails — Glitter Trails — Los Angeles, California, USA

46. Memorias — Carla Monterrubio — Mexico City, Mexico

47. The Toll — DUSK — Vienna, Austria

48. Manic EP — Lie to Life — Detroit, Michigan, USA

49. Genetic Nobodies — Genetic Nobodies — Los Angeles, California, USA

50. Skull Flower — John Tessier — Paris, France

51. Unbreakable — Keep Flying — New Jersey, USA

52. Scream In My Dream — Strangers In The Attic — Zurich, Switzerland

53. Stories in Time — Time Jugglers — Sofia, Bulgaria

54. A New Dawn — AltHero — Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain

55. On A Flow — Breitenbach — Frankfurt, Germany

56. L’hameçon — ATHECIO — Lyon, France

57. Dusky Wing — Dusky Wing — Los Angeles, California, USA

58. PALIMONY EP — PALIMONY — Gainesville, Florida, USA

59. On Fences — Between Bodies — Berlin, Germany

60. Dormancy — Playing Pretend — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

61. Woodland Rites — Green Lung — London, England, UK

62. Peachy Keen EP — Golden Cinema — Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

63. Thunderjoy — West Valley Shakers — Sheridan, Oregon, USA

64. Queen of the Pill — The Jackets — Bern, Switzerland

65. After Dark — Pale Lips — Montreal, Quebec, Canada

66. Erebus — Returned To The Earth — Nuneaton, England, UK

67. Schizophrenia — Altersight — Saint Petersburg, Russia

68. IV — OMAHA — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

69. Egress — TopLady  — Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

70. Blind by Midnight — Dino Bravo — Burlington, Vermont, USA

71. Cool Evil — Glued — St. Louis, Missouri, USA

72. Stressor — Wine Lips — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

73. Here It Is — Fragile Canyons — Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

74. Feels Like Forever — Pretty Bird — Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

75. Larmes Confettis — Cosmophone — Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

76. UNO — Black Betty — Villa Maria, Argentina

77. The Ghostwriter — The Ghostwriter — Detroit, Michigan, USA

78. Pen Name — Pen Name — Canterbury, England, UK

79. Hoping, Not Hopeful — Low Vault — Baltimore, Maryland, USA

80. Planet Hunter — Planet Hunter — Wellington, New Zealand

81. Butterfly Distortion — Dive to Blue — Buenos Aires, Argentina

82. Take Her My Life — Castle Black — Brooklyn, New York, USA

83. Starburst – EP — Truett & The Traitors — Springfield, Missouri, USA

84. Go — MoND — Bandung, Indonesia

85. A War Within — Enmy — Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

86. The Devil You Know — The Coathangers — Atlanta, Georgia, USA

87. Manic Mood — Easy Jane — Beirut, Lebanon

88. Demonstration — Floral Canyon — Phoenix, Arizona, USA

89. Exhale — The Sleep Department — Brooklyn, New York, USA

90. ep — Soft Topics — Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

91. SPLASH – EP — Service Delay — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

92. Welcome to the Block — Stonewall BLVD — Denver, Colorado, USA

93. The New Joys E.P. — The New Joys — Brooklyn, New York, USA

94. Superfuzz — Superfuzz — A Coruña, Spain

95. Overnight — Insomnia — Milan, Italy

96. EP 2019 — Dischord — Aix En Provence, France

97. Young & Dumb — All In Due Time — New York, New York, USA

98. Indeed EP — Indeed — Budapest, Hungary

99. Mural — Mural — Cebu, The Philippines

100. No Missed Calls, No New Messages — The Ragetones — Pueblo, Colorado, USA

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