Top 30 records of 2020
January 5th, 2021
Here are 30 records I listened to and loved in 2020. Why 30? No real reason. Seemed like a good round number. Since I'm a coward, we'll do these in alphabetical order.
ADULKT LIFE – BOOK OF CURSES (WHAT’S YOUR RUPTURE?)
ALL HITS – MEN AND THEIR WORK (IRON LUNG)
FIONA APPLE – FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS (EPIC)
BAMBARA – STRAY (WHARF CAT)
BEABADOOBIE – FAKE IT FLOWERS (DIRTY HIT)
DEATH BELLS – NEW SIGNS OF LIFE (DAIS)
EL CAMINO ACID – STAY MINE (AMISH ELECTRIC CHAIR)
FEARING – SHADOW (FUNERAL PARTY)
FONTAINES D.C. – A HERO’S DEATH (PARTISAN)
GAG – STILL LAUGHING (IRON LUNG)
GELD – BEYOND THE FLOOR (IRON LUNG)
LAURA JANE GRACE – STAY ALIVE (POLYVINYL)
HUM – INLET (EARTH ANALOG)
IDLES – ULTRAMONO (PARTISAN)
KHRUANGBIN + LEON BRIDGES – TEXAS SUN (DEAD OCEANS)
KHRUANGBIN – MORDECHAI (DEAD OCEANS)
METZ – ATLAS VENDING (SUB POP)
MOLCHAT DOMA – MONUMENT (SACRED BONES)
BOB MOULD – BLUE HEARTS (MERGE)
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS – GETTING INTO KNIVES (MERGE)
NOTHING – THE GREAT DISMAL (RELAPSE)
PORRIDGE RADIO – EVERY BAD (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
PROFIT PRISON – DREAMS OF A DARK BUILDING (AVANT!)
RASPBERRY BULBS – BEFORE THE AGE OF MIRRORS (RELAPSE)
RAW MILK – CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL (RAW MILK)
RJD2 – THE FUN ONES (RJ’S ELECTRICAL CONNECDTIONS)
SOFT KILL – DEAD KIDS R.I.P. CITY (CERCLE SOCIAL)
SPECTRES – NOSTALGIA (ARTOFFACT)
TRUE BODY – HEAVENLY HYMNS FOR THE UNITIATED (FUNERAL PARTY)
VARIOUS ARTISTS – SOUTHEAST OF SATURN: MICHIGAN SHOEGAZE / DREAM POP / SPACE ROCK (THIRD MAN)
