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Top 89 of 2019: Mark Wheat, host

Top 89 of 2019
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December 02, 2019

Top 10 Singles of 2019

Kate Tempest – "People's Faces"
The Comet Is Coming – "Summon The Fire"
Fontaines D.C. – "Boys In A Better Land"
Brittany Howard – "History Repeats"
Bon Iver – "Hey, Ma"
Courtney Barnett – "Everybody Here Hates You"
The Hold Steady – "Denver Haircut"
Cloud Cult – "Best Time OF My Life"
Chance The Rapper – "5 Year Plan"
Gary Clark Jr. – "This Land"

Top 5 Albums of 2019

Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra – Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall
Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won't Hold

Top 5 Shows of 2019

David Byrne's "American Utopia"
Nick Cave Q & A at Pantages Theatre
Lazerbeak album release at Parkway Theater
Caravan du Nord in Austin, Minn.
Pizza Lucé Block Party (feat. Har Mar Superstar, Chastity Brown, Haphduzn & Dimitry Killstorm, and more)

Top 5 In-Studio Sessions of 2019

Aldous Harding
Seratones
Abby Jeanne
Weyes Blood
Davina and the Vagabonds at the Minnesota State Fair

Top 5 Other Events of 2019

Maren Kloppmann (The Missus) solo show in NYC!
Maren becoming an American citizen!!
Interviewing jeremy messersmith at Westminster Church
Liverpool becoming European Champions
The US Women becoming World Champions