Wall of Sound presents: “2019 YEAR IN REVIEW” – by Wall of Sound Photographer Kim Anderson
2019 has really dragged. The highlights of my year mostly revolve around Gerard Way: Netflix turned ‘The Umbrella Academy’ into a series which I love/hate, the 3rd installment of The Umbrella Academy comics came out and then My Chemical Romance suddenly reunited and are touring next year…except I’m here stuck in Perth and I hate festivals. Can someone please just fly Gerard over for a comic book signing? This was also my worst year yet for music photography. Chronic neck pain is fucking brutal so I only shot 5 shows this year but the highlight was having The Superjesus use one of my photos in the SUMO 20 (LIVE) Vinyl release. I really wanted to include their new song ‘The Impossible’ in my Top 10 but I can’t on principle. I was born on the day man walked on the moon and this year was the 50th anniversary, I can’t have them singing it didn’t happen!
TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2019?
1. End Of Suffering – Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
2. Fandom - Waterparks
3. Waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay – The Donald Trumpets
4. Rammstein - Rammstein
5. The Really Really Really Really Boring Album - Regurgitator’s Pogogo Show
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF16_JRFC08&w=640&h=360]
TOP 11 SONGS OF 2019?
1. 'Anxiety' – Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
2. 'Turbulent' – Waterparks
3. 'March On' – Scalphunter
4. 'This Mess' – Five North
5. 'Deutschland' – Rammstein
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DovgXeCWDa0&w=640&h=360]
- 'Can’t You See' - Fidlar7. 'The Viles' – Blaqk Audio8. 'Father of All' – Green Day9. 'Tausend Mann und ein Befehl' – OOMPH!10. 'She Gets Around' - Starcrawler11. 'Bigger Than Jesus' – Born Lion
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCnTtxltqnE&w=640&h=360]
TOP 5 MUSIC VIDEO OF 2019?
1. Little Big – 'Go Bananas'
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADlGkXAz1D0&w=640&h=360]
2. Rammstein – 'Deutschland'
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQM1c-XCDc&w=640&h=360]
3. Waterparks – 'Easy To Hate'
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXarVFSy7Q&w=640&h=360]
4. Little Big – 'Rock-Paper-Scissors'
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxbu80okI_U&w=640&h=360]
5. Wallows – 'Scrawny'
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgOR698RMLY&w=640&h=360]
BEST GIGS YOU’VE SEEN 2019?
I’m gonna be straight with you…I’m not one of these genre-elitist-snobs that can’t like pop music because Bananarama were amazing. My inner 8 year old was loving it. I can’t say the same for the opening act that night though. Watching Amber perform was like watching your 60yr old aunt sing karaoke.
Also, Scalphunter at Adventure World was the gig I didn’t know I needed to see. BEST LIGHTING I’VE EVER SEEN IN PERTH. At a waterpark. Perth venues need to get their shit together (the video was shot at that show)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_QYQAKhts&w=640&h=360]
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2020?
Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes touring in January. That’s it. Don’t talk to me about My Chemical Romance coming to Australia, I might cry.
Written by Kim Anderson aka @ShootTheWickedWitch
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCaplw6pvRg&w=853&h=480]
