March usually fires the year up, like really cranking things up to 11. Last year, March gave us our #1 AOTY Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It by UK phenomenon Rolo Tomassi, so you probably understand why I’m so pumped for March 2019. And damn, it turned out just as fantastic as I anticipated!
Ni – Pantophobie
March 1 // Dur et Doux
Lomelda – M for Empathy
March 1 // Double Double Whammy
Little Simz – Grey Area
March 1 // Age 101
Hip hop is great in 2019; this album is one of the main reasons why.
The Japanese House – Good At Falling
March 1 // Dirty Hit
All the EPs only teased for this. Thanks.
Durand Jones & The Indications – American Love Call
March 1 // Dead Oceans
Dan Mayo – Big Brown Eyes
March 1 // Unsigned
SÂVER – They Came With Sunlight
March 8 // Pelagic Records
Alice Phoebe Lou – Paper Castles
March 8 // Unsigned
Warmth is an attribute which easily attracts me to music, because it’s connected to honesty and comfort. Therefore, Paper Castle was a no-brainer.
Ataraxie – Résignés
March 8 // Weird Truth | Xenokorp | Deadlight
Astralingua – Safe Passage
March 8 // Midnight Lamp Records
Kyle Dion – Suga
March 8 // Unsigned
Souly r’n’b with a lot of charm and cheese.
Sora Tob Sakana – World Fragment Tour
March 13 // Warner Bros Entertainment
J-pop meets math rock. With their previous EPs and mini-albums, Sora Tob Sakana prepared us for this release. Mission accomplished. Blown away.
Louise Lemón – A Broken Heart Is An Open Heart
March 15 // Icons Creating Evil Art
Elizabeth Colour Wheel – Nocebo
March 15 // The Flenser
Kilchhofer & Anklin – Moto Perpetuo
March 15 // Marionette
Clever Austin – Pareidolia
March 15 // Unsigned
Furious jazz fusion by Perrin Moss of Hiatus Kaiyote fame!
Tenta – W.E.I.R.D. Subtopia
March 15 // Unsigned
The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
March 15 // Impulse! Records
A powerhouse. Jazz will be in good shape as long as Shabaka Hutchings is around.
Shanghai Qiutian – New Era, Shared Future
March 15 // Wild Records
An Isolated Mind – I’m Losing Myself
March 16 // Unsigned
Chinese Football – Continue?
March 16 // Wild Records
Beneath – Beneath
March 17 // Unsigned
Post-rock, emo, and indie – a good recipe! Add some gazey guitars and nice vocals, and you got a nice release worth checking out.
American Football – American Football (LP3)
March 22 // Polyvinyl
Ultra Zook – Ultra Zook
March 22 // Dur Et Doux | Gnougn Records
No Man’s Valley – Outside The Dream
March 22 // Tonzonen Records
Sigils – You Built The Altar, You Lit The Leaves
March 22 // Unsigned
Shabti – Trembling and Shorn
March 22 // Last Mercy Emissions
Heavy.
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Ancestral Recall
March 22 // Ropeadope
Vesperine – Espérer Sombrer
March 22 // Apathia Records
Lambchop – This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You)
March 22 // Merge Records/City Slang
First I just wanted to check out a song. Then the album ended. Repeat. Chills. End. Repeat. You get the picture.
Sermon – Birth Of The Marvellous
March 22 // Prosthetic Records
Lucy Rose – No Words Left
March 22 // Arts & Craft
That’s magic. Album of the year contender.
Heize – She’s Fine
March 22 // Genie Music
Korean r’n’b is best r’n’b.
Emily Wells – This World Is Too _____ for You
March 22 // Thesis & Instinct
Johnny Booth – Firsthand Accounts
March 22 // Hotfoot Records
Super powerful stuff. If you wanna check one -core record this year, make it this one.
Petra – Filament
March 22 // Gold Bolus Recordings
Let this end you.
Valerinne – Desire
March 25 // Unsigned
Vltimas – Something Wicked Marches In
March 29 // Season Of Mist
East Of The Wall – NP Complete
March 29 // Translation Loss Records
Skryptor – Luminous Volumes
March 29 // Sleeping Giant Glossolalia/Skin Graft/Aqualamb
Brutus – Nest
March 29 // Sargent House | Hassle Records
Moon Tooth – Crux
March 29 // Modern Static Records
SEIMS – 3.1
March 29 // Bird’s Robe Records | Art As Catharsis
The Matthew Herbert Big Band – The State Between Us
March 29 // Accidental Records
Rows Arc – High On The Tide
March 29 // Hawthorne Street Records
Radare – Der Endless Dream
March 29 // Golden Antenna Records
Orpheus Omega – Wear Your Sins
March 29 // EVP Recordings
Quelle Chris – Guns
March 29 // Mello Music Group
Mdou Moctar – Illana: The Creator
March 29 // Sahel Sounds
Fennesz – Agora
March 29 // Touch
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Hiding Place
March 29 // Backwoodz Studioz
What a great collaboration – great lines and great beats.
American Pleasure Club – Fucking Bliss
March 29 // Run For Cover Records
Lower Slaughter – Some Things Take Work
March 29 // Box Records
Are you searching for a snotty, driving garage rock album? You’ve come to the right place with Lower Slaughter.
Marvin Gaye – You’re The Man
March 29 // Motown
Marvin Gaye.
Choosey & Exile – Black Beans
March 29 // Dirty Science
Thanks for scrolling. I’m tired. Will sleep till next month.
You can find “The Noise Of March 2019” Spotify playlist below!
