Favorites from '19: Buz & Muf's Year End Pick Thru The Litter (Commemorative Edition Redux)
Our fanzine Zub Alert, featured of cool stuff “selected” by the Zub kitties, Buz and Muf, in each issue. We did this last year and by gum, here it comes again. Here are the 20 or so persons, places, and things that made 2019 memorable.
Better late than never
We finally got to see some acts that had long been on the list.
1 Stiff Little Fingers
2 Blondie
3 The Specials
4 Teenage Fanclub
5 George Clinton
6 Fishbone
7 OMD
New Sensations
These were welcome newcomers to our ears:
1. The Claypool Lennon Delirium
2. Amyl & The Sniffers debut album
Everything old is back again
Classic artists making great records.
1 Joe Jackson Fool
2 Bob Mould Sunshine Rock
3 The Rubinoos From Here
4 Andy Partridge & Robyn Hitchcock Planet England
5 Buzzcocks Reissues
Old dogs, new tricks
The Figgs Shady Grove
Redd Kross Beyond The Door
The Specials Encore
Cool cats
In print: Will Birch, Cruel To Be Kind; Deborah Harry, Face It; Frye Gaillard, A Hard Rain
In film: They Shall Not Grow Old, JoJo Rabbit, and Yesterday
Small screen: Sherman’s Showcase, Detroiters, Legion, Ken Burns’ Country Music, and Mindhunter