UKNY For January 5

The turning of the page on any year offers the expansive retrospective on all of the music of the year prior — and how impossible it is to choose "best of the year" songs or albums without naming dozens and dozens of picks. Tonight's "UKNY" at 11 continues what was begun last week — a compilation of some of my choices of standout tracks and albums of 2019, songs that became earworms and albums that became comforting companions while navigating a tough twelve months.

Part 1 of that journey can still be found in the Weekend Archives and Part 2 continues tonight with tracks from London's beabadoobee and Dry Cleaning, Manchester's Francis Lung,  Zambian-Australian sensation Sampa the Great, Dublin's mighty Fontaines D.C., witty experimentalists Black Country, New Road, Bristol's climate conscious Rachael Dadd, and much more.

Also, remembering Detroit songwriter Allee Willis who passed away on Christmas Eve and cowrote a number of UK hits.

That's "UKNY," Sunday nights from 11 p.m.-midnight on 90.7, streaming online, via the FUV app, and also found on demand in the Weekend Archives after broadcast.

Songs played:

1. beabadoobee, “She Plays Bass,” Space Cadet EP
2. Dry Cleaning, “Sit Down Meal,” Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks
3. Francis Lung, “Unnecessary Love,” A Dream Is U
4. (Zambia-Australia) Sampa the Great, “Freedom,” The Return
5. Bombay Bicycle Club, “Eat Sleep Wake (Nothing But You),” Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
6. (Cameroon-NYC) Vagabon, “Wits About You,” Vagabon
7. (Dublin, IE) Fontaines D.C., “Dublin City Sky,” Dogrel
8. Little Simz, “101 FM,” GREY Area
9. Sacred Paws, “Is This Real,” Run Around the Sun
10. Joviale, “Taste of the Heavens,” Crisis EP
11. Black Country, New Road, “Sunglasses,” single
12. (Remembering Allee Willis) Pet Shop Boys feat. Dusty Springfield, “What Have I Done To Deserve This,” Actually
13. Rachael Dadd, “Language of Water,” FLUX
14. Floating Points, “LesAlpx,” Crush