Music In 2019: Indie 102.3 Staff Picks For Best Albums, Songs, Concerts And More

  • Great Grandpa - "Four of Arrows"
  • Fontaines DC - "Dogrel"
  • Wand - "Laughing Matter"
  • Altin Gün - "Gece"
  • Hatchie - "Keepsake"
  • Jamila Woods - "LEGACY! LEGACY!"
  • Purple Mountains - "Purple Mountains"
  • Kiltro - "Creatures of Habit"
  • Michael Kiwanuka - "KIWANUKA"
  • Deerhunter - "Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?"

  • Spencer Krug at The Old Church (Portland, Ore.), May 4
  • Johnny Marr at Gothic Theatre, May 16
  • Grapetooth at Larimer Lounge, June 29
  • Deerhunter at Ogden Theatre, July 11
  • Built to Spill at Gothic Theatre, July 25
  • Viagra Boys at Pickathon - Galaxy Barn (Happy Valley, Ore.), Aug. 3
  • Altin Gün at Pickathon - Tree Line Stage (Happy Valley, Ore.), Aug. 4
  • Nathaniel Rateliff (solo) at Pickathon - Woods Stage (Happy Valley, Ore.), Aug. 5
  • Stereolab at Ogden Theatre, Oct. 7
  • Bob Dylan at Mission Ballroom, Oct. 17

  • Black Belt Eagle Scout - “My Heart Dreams”
  • CHAI - “I'm Me”
  • Combo Chimbita - “El Camino”
  • Femina - “Resist ft. Iggy Pop”
  • Flor de Toloache - “Besos de Mezcal”
  • Brittany Howard - “Stay High”
  • Lizzo - “Soulmate”
  • Angel Olsen - “Lark”
  • Vagabon - “Secret Medicine”
  • Y La Bamba - “Bruja de Brujas”
Bikini Kill shirt
Chicano Batman shirt
Combo Chimbita shirt
Flor de Tolache shirt
Kiltro shirt
Lizzo shirt
Kikagaku Moyo shirt
The Marias shirt
Santana shirt
Y La Bamba shirt

  • Bikini Kill 
  • Chicano Batman 
  • Combo Chimbita
  • Flor de Toloache 
  • Kiltro
  • Lizzo
  • Kikagaku Moyo
  • The Marías
  • Santana
  • Y La Bamba

  1. The Black Keys - “Let’s Rock” 
  2. Black Pumas - “Black Pumas” 
  3. Sturgill Simpson - “Sound & Fury” 
  4. Beck - “Hyperspace” 
  5. The New Pornographers - “In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights”
  6. Sharon Van Etten - “Remind Me Tomorrow” 
  7. Karen O & Danger Mouse - “Lux Prima” 
  8. The National - “I Am Easy To Find” 
  9. Santana - “Africa Speaks” 
  10. The Pixies - “Beneath The Eyrie”

  1. Black Pumas - "Colors"
  2. Mondo Cozmo - "Come On"
  3. Sharon Van Etten - "Seventeen"
  4. Beck - "Lightning"
  5. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - "Got It Bad"
  6. TIE Foals - "Exits" and Gary Clark Jr. - "This Land"
  7. Neal Francis - "Changes Pt. 1"
  8. Aldous Harding - "The Barrel"
  9. Soak - "Knock Me Off My Feet"
  10. The Waterboys - "Where The Action Is"

  1. Weyes Blood - “Everyday”
  2. Aldous Harding - “The Barrel”
  3. Kiltro - “Curico”
  4. Nilufer Yanya - “Heavyweight Champion of the Year”
  5. Sharon Van Etten - “Comeback Kid”
  6. Big Thief - “Not”
  7. Lizzo - “Juice”
  8. Jenny Lewis - “Do Si Do”
  9. Big Wild - “6’s to 9’s”
  10. Omar Apollo - “Ashamed”

  1. Karen O & Danger Mouse - "Lux Prima"
  2. Lizzo & Missy Elliott - “Tempo”
  3. Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst - "Better Oblivion Community Center"
  4. James Blake & Rosalia - “Barefoot in the Park”
  5. Lala Lala & Why? - “Siren 042”
  6. Vampire Weekend & Steve Lacy - “Sunflower”
  7. DJ Shadow & Run the Jewels - “Rocket Fuel”
  8. Chance the Rapper & Death Cab for Cutie - “Do You Remember”
  9. Julia Jacklin & Lana Del Rey - “Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You (Live in Denver)”
  10. Matt Corby & Tash Sultana - “Talk it Out”

  • Alex Cameron - "Miami Memory"
  • Angel Olsen - "What It Is"
  • Brittany Howard - "Georgia"
  • Ezra Furman - "In America" 
  • FKA Twigs - "Cellophane"
  • Fontaines D.C. - "Boys in the Better Land"
  • J.S. Ondara - "Saying Goodbye"
  • Orville Peck - "Dead of Night"
  • Purple Mountains - "Maybe I'm The Only One For Me"
  • Tank and the Bangas - "Nice Things"

  • Esme Patterson - "Light In Your Window"
  • Good Elastics - "I'd Waste All My Time On You"
  • Kiltro - "If I Lead"
  • Kyle Emerson - "May You Find Peace"
  • Neoma - "Young"
  • Neyla Pekarek - "The Attack"
  • Shark Dreams - "Blankey"  
  • Slow Caves - "Girlfriend"
  • South of France - "Comme Ca"   
  • Spirettes - "Long Day"

  1. Anderson.Paak - "Ventura"
  2. Lizzo - "Cuz I Love You"
  3. Whitney - "Forever Turned Around"
  4. Andrew Bird - "My Finest Work Yet"
  5. Norah Jones - "Begin Again"
  6. Brittany Howard - "Jaime"
  7. Weyes Blood - "Titanic Rising"
  8. Ezra Furman - "12 Nudes"
  9. Michael Kiwanuka - "Kiwanuka"
  10. The Teskey Brothers - "So Caught Up"

  • Hozier w/ Jade Bird at Bellco Theatre, April 5
  • Norah Jones w/ Mavis Staples at Red Rocks, July 5
  • Billy Joel at Coors Field, Aug. 8
  • Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats w/ Hiss Golden Messenger at Red Rocks, Aug. 21 
  • Lizzo at Fillmore Auditorium, Oct. 16 
  • Whitney at Ogden Theater, Oct. 21 
  • Lucy Dacus w/ Liza Anne at The Gothic, Nov. 1
  • Brittany Howard at Ogden Theater, Nov. 14 
  • Ira Glass at Paramount Theater (I know, I know, not technically a concert. But what an amazing show! We are public radio afterall), Nov. 23

  • Bon Iver - “Hey Ma”
  • Spoon - "No Bullets Spent"
  • Adia Victoria - “Dope Queen Blues”
  • Beck - “Saw Lightning”
  • Cage the Elephant - “Ready to Let Go”
  • Tame Impala - “Borderline”
  • Broken Bells - “Good Luck”
  • Eldren - “Hazy Days”
  • Neil Francis - “Changes Pt. 1”
  • TWRP (featuring Dan Avidan) - “Starlight Brigade”

  • Big Dopes - "Crimes against Gratitude"
  • Kiltro - "Creatures of Habit"
  • Neoma - "Real"
  • Turvy Organ - "The Ghost at the Feast"
  • The Beeves - "Adam & Beeve"
  • Shark Dreams - "Shark Dreams"
  • Wildermiss - "In My Mind"
  • Tacocat - "This Mess Is A Place"
  • Yasi - "Freedom"
  • The Burroughs - "Color Red"