all things old school: ALL THINGS OLD SCHOOL AWARDS - The Best Of 2019

Monday, December 30, 2019

ALL THINGS OLD SCHOOL AWARDS - The Best Of 2019

Photo: Angela Owens

For starters this whole thing of "Best Of" can be a very personal matter (empathy vs talent), is hard not to take sides. That's why this year I decided to do more of a retrospective of all releases that got my attention in Hardcore, Punk, Thrash and some stuff in between! (Probably the last one I will ever be doing)

Of course there were some highlights this year that I have to point out like WHO THE HELL IS WILD SIDE? Man what a record, the exact kind why I still listen to hardcore, stoked that they pulled it off after many years of wait. In general, the crossover scene dominated again this year with great releases by DOMINANT FORCE, HIGH COMMAND, SPIRIT CRUSHER and DEAD HEAT to name a few. Other highlight would be the Hungarians in TOUCH with their new album The Darkness Reflects (tip from my buddy Pingua), a powerful hardcore masterpiece, not to mention the new albums by B'URST!, GAZM and BATTLE RUINS.

Some labels ruled the old school music business this year with plenty of strong releases, headed by TRIPLE B and Quality Control HQ and a good amount of albums were out in late november and december, making it out of many best lists out there, for instance SKOURGE on Lockin' Out Records.

To improve this journey through all these releases plus many more here's a Spotify Playlist (naysayers flip-out!), bad grammer included. Selected bands coming from all corners of the globe, from Indonesia to Peru, Canada to South Korea! Of course not everything is on that platform, albums by RATED X, SUBVERSIVE RITE and MURO were left out along some other new albums. As they are added in I will be updating as I did for the 2018 playlist.


There should have been more post surprises before the year ended but my PC stopped working, eventually they will be up in January/February. 

5 comments:

  1. Hey bruther !
    I want wish you only health and power for 2020 !
    I hope we keep the contact on ;)
    ( please excuse my english..i give my best ;)
    I hope you keep the work on your blog in 2020 too and i cant wait to see your first post in 2020 bruther ;)!
    ONE LUV frum Germany !
    D3AD_L3TTER___SC3NE_R3LEASES_M0B_20 !

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  2. HEY BRUTHER ;) !
    Thank you very much 4 your nice / motivating Comment on my Blog :) !

    My favourite Releases in 2019 are :
    1.dude26-Universum26-WEB-DE-2019-ENRAGED (R.I.P)
    2.Ill_Bill_and_Stu_Bangas-Cannibal_Hulk-2019-NOiR
    3.Ankhlejohn-Wisdom_Equality-WEB-2019-ENRAGED
    4.Ankhlejohn-Knowledge_Born-WEB-2019-ENRAGED
    5.80% of the Vinyl-Digital Labelreleases are sooo beautiful music (instrumental/lo-fi)

    Thats it !
    Tell me about your favourites !
    BLEZZ

    SCENE_RELEASES_M0B_2020

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  3. HEY MY FRIEND ;) !
    hope you are fine / your fam are healthy !
    Thats the most important thing bruther !
    Yes..i understand you FAVOURITE-LIST ;)
    1. D.I.T.C. Studio Vol.2
    2. Brous One & Dennis Da Menace

    THIS ARE SO DOPE TUNES in 2019 ...i know ;)..i mean bruther..the 2019 year was a lot of dope releases...i swear i dont remember all this dope stuff frum 019 ...but you have an motherfuckin goood '' MUSIC-TASTE'' Brother ;)..ahha thats for sure ! I hope we keep the contact alive in 2020..i follow your blog brother you know right !? ;) so..SEE YA ! ONE LOVE ! wish you an smooooth Sunday !
    D3AD__HIP-H0P_SC3NE_REL3ASES_CLIQU'_2020 !

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