The 70 Best Albums of 2019

From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2019 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.

                                      
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        The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2019
    
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        02 Dec 2019
    
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        'It Won/t Be Like This All the Time' Is the Album the Twilight Sad Was Destined to Make
    
Paul Carr

        15 Jan 2019
    
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        The Twilight Sad: No One Can Ever Know
    
Corey Beasley

        09 Feb 2012

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Mono + The Twilight Sad: 26 May 2010 - Toronto

Probably the best way to describe the live Mono experience is this realization: All evening long, there was a giant gong set up next to the drummer's kit. When he finally hit the gong, no one in the audience could hear it.

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'It Won/t Be Like This All the Time' Is the Album the Twilight Sad Was Destined to Make

The Twilight Sad: No One Can Ever Know

Mono + The Twilight Sad: 26 May 2010 - Toronto

Probably the best way to describe the live Mono experience is this realization: All evening long, there was a giant gong set up next to the drummer's kit. When he finally hit the gong, no one in the audience could hear it.

Remember to Forget: The Twilight Sad Interview

With the recent release of their second album, the Twilight Sad are poised for that ever-elusive "next level". PopMatters talks with lead singer James Graham about life on the road, and on the dole.

The Twilight Sad: 10 October 2009 - Toronto

The Twilight Sad + We Were Promised Jetpacks + BrakesBrakesBrakes / Words and Pictures by Dave MacIntyre

The Twilight Sad: 8 May 2009 - Congress Theater, Chicago

Words and Pictures by Kirstie Shanley

Twilight Sad: Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters

Glasgow's Twilight Sad are neo-shoegazers who could maybe rock the Garden.

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