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Music For Your Weekend: Aaron Byrd's overlooked albums of 2019 edition

KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd digs a bit deeper into the best of 2019, with this list of overlooked albums.

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By Aaron Byrd • Dec 27, 2019 • 1 min read

Hope you are enjoying the holidays, I know I certainly am. The next time we touch base will be in the New Year, but while we're still in 2019, here are a few releases from this year that were slept on.

By the way, I intentionally waited to submit this list until after everyone's "Best Of" lists were published, because it's a safe bet that if one of us DJs have declared an album worthy of our Top Ten then it has not been slept on. As a consequence, none of the following albums are on anyone's lists and are in no particular order.

Enjoy and happy New Year!

Bobby Oroza - This Love

The Godfathers Of Deep House SA - The 1st Commandment Chapter 27

BEA1991 - Brand New Adult

Maria Usbeck - Envejeciendo

A concept album about our obsession with youth and death. Lush with tropical, new wave, synth-heavy pop songs sung in Spanglish

Garçons - Be Human

Noah - 像自己

Dexter Story - Bahir

Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - Back at the House

Carla dal Forno - Look Up Sharp

iLe - Almadura

Check out this video playlist featuring work from all of the artists

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