Rachel Goodman’s favorite alt-rock and alt-pop songs of the year for 2019 include The Dandy Warhols, The Knocks, Nilüfer Yanya, Strand of Oaks, Sharon Van Etten, Better Oblivion Community Center, Kirin J. Callinan, Mikal Cronin, The New Pornographers, Jenny Lewis and Cigarettes After Sex. Rounding up my favorite songs…

Clockwise from top left: Kidsmoke, Yokosawa Shunichiro, Stonefield, Dollyrots, Bad Books, Fruit Bats and Deanna Petcoff. Summer is finally here. The weather is beautiful and San Francisco is getting sunshine. Which really means, who on earth has time to sit at home and check out new music? That playlist…