Best Music of 2020

wokeupnew said:
Getting a lot of Beach House vibes from this, specifically "7" vibes. It also sounds a little like the last Tamaryn album. Not hearing many M83 similarities, musically a little bit but not much.
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Agreed on the Beach House "7" vibe. The music 🎶 is more indebted to the shoegaze-y sounds of MBV and Cocteau Twins. Those two bands were major influences on Maria's artistic development. Vocally I can also pick up some similarities with Sarah Bartell of Phantogram. Nevertheless, I hope you are enjoying "Warnings" ⚠️ as much as I do. It is already a favorite of mine this year.
 
Hollywood said:
Agreed on the Beach House "7" vibe. The music 🎶 is more indebted to the shoegaze-y sounds of MBV and Cocteau Twins. Those two bands were major influences on Maria's artistic development. Vocally I can also pick up some similarities with Sarah Bartell of Phantogram. Nevertheless, I hope you are enjoying "Warnings" ⚠ as much as I do. It is already a favorite of mine this year.
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Definitely feeling some Phantogram but not as electronic
 
2020 Favorites Updated

1. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
2. Silver Sun - Switzerland
3. Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
4. Jeremy Cunningham - The Weather Up There
5. BOAT - Tread Lightly
6. Shabaka & the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by History
7. Caleb Landry Jones - The Mother Stone
8. Brendan Benson - Dear Life
9. Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
10. Disq - Collector
11. The Wants - Container
12. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
13. Ultimate Fakebook - The Preserving Machine
14. Monophonics - It's Only Us
15. I Break Horses - Warning
16. Nada Surf - Never Not Together
17. Caribou - Suddenly
18. Porridge Radio - Every Bad
19. Alexandra Savior - The Archer
20. Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
 
I just want to give another shout out to the Walter Martin album, it's gone completely under the radar but it's really great, his best ever album. The songs are so beautiful and I've cried several times when listening to it. The first time I heard The Soldier, I was driving my car and by the end I had tears rolling down my cheeks. He was clearly and understandably deeply effected by Stewart's death and this album is an expression of that melancholy and reflection.
 
This is my current top ten.

  1. Moses Sumney - Grae
  2. Thundercat - It Is What It Is
  3. Aoife O’Donovan- Bull Frog Croons (and Other Songs)
  4. Shabaka and the Ancestors- We Are Sent Here By History
  5. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
  6. Katie Pruitt - Expectations
  7. Monophonics - It’s Only Us
  8. Bonny Light Horseman
  9. Chicano Batman- Invisible People
  10. Waxahatchee - St Cloud
note: hearing Sumney on the system and in full was a fucking religious experience.
 
My top 10
  1. Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
  2. Katie Pruitt – Expectations
  3. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
  4. Caribou – Suddenly
  5. Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter
  6. Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
  7. John Moreland – LP5
  8. Logan Ledger – Logan Ledger
  9. Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline
  10. ROOKIE – ROOKIE
 
My favorite albums of 2020 (so far):

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Caribou - Suddenly
Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
I Break Horses - Warnings
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
Porridge Radio - Every Bad
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
TOPS - I Feel Alive
 
wokeupnew said:
First ranking of 2020 albums
  1. Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences
  2. Caroline Rose - Superstar
  3. Pinegrove - Marigold
  4. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
  5. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
  6. Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
  7. Ratboys - Printer's Devil
  8. Caribou - Suddenly
  9. Tennis - Swimmer
  10. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon
  11. Real Estate - The Main Thing
  12. Torres - Silver Tongue
  13. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
  14. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

Still need to listen to:
  • Lapsley
  • Childish Gambino
Anticipating albums from:
  • Everyone
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Update!

new additions in bold
  1. Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences
  2. Tops - I Feel Alive
  3. Caroline Rose - Superstar
  4. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
  5. Pinegrove - Marigold
  6. Hazel English - Wake Up!
  7. Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner
  8. The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin
  9. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
  10. Anna Burch - If You're Dreaming
  11. Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
  12. Ratboys - Printer's Devil
  13. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
  14. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
  15. Caribou - Suddenly
  16. I Break Horses - Warnings
  17. Låpsley - Through Water
  18. Tennis - Swimmer
  19. M. Ward - Migration Stories
  20. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon
  21. Snarls - Burst
  22. Half Waif - The Caretaker
  23. Real Estate - The Main Thing
  24. Torres - Silver Tongue
  25. Peach Pit - You and Your Friends
  26. Moses Sumney - græ
  27. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
  28. Roger Eno and Brian Eno - Mixing Colours
Bad
  • Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
  • Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
  • The Strokes - The New Abnormal

Still need more listens of:
  • Perfume Genius
  • Diet Cig
  • Agnes Obel
  • Choir Boy
  • Yves Tumor
  • Fiona Apple
  • Trace Mountains
  • Childish Gambino
 
I like the new CSH and The Strokes is fine. If I were a fan I'd probably describe it as a return to form, but I'm not so I'll just say it's fine.
 
Captainfog said:
I like the new CSH and The Strokes is fine. If I were a fan I'd probably describe it as a return to form, but I'm not so I'll just say it's fine.
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I am casual to mid-level fans of those bands, but I thought it was unfair to the bands that are towards the bottom of my list to rank them when I really don’t like those 3 albums that much at all.

"Eternal Summer" by the Strokes is god awful, maybe the worst song I've heard so far this year
 
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wokeupnew said:
Update!

new additions in bold
  1. Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences
  2. Tops - I Feel Alive
  3. Caroline Rose - Superstar
  4. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
  5. Pinegrove - Marigold
  6. Hazel English - Wake Up!
  7. Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner
  8. The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin
  9. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
  10. Anna Burch - If You're Dreaming
  11. Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
  12. Ratboys - Printer's Devil
  13. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
  14. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
  15. Caribou - Suddenly
  16. I Break Horses - Warnings
  17. Låpsley - Through Water
  18. Tennis - Swimmer
  19. M. Ward - Migration Stories
  20. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon
  21. Snarls - Burst
  22. Half Waif - The Caretaker
  23. Real Estate - The Main Thing
  24. Torres - Silver Tongue
  25. Peach Pit - You and Your Friends
  26. Moses Sumney - græ
  27. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
  28. Roger Eno and Brian Eno - Mixing Colours
Bad
  • Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
  • Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
  • The Strokes - The New Abnormal

Still need more listens of:
  • Perfume Genius
  • Diet Cig
  • Agnes Obel
  • Choir Boy
  • Yves Tumor
  • Fiona Apple
  • Trace Mountains
  • Childish Gambino
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Nice to see Montreal indie pop band TOPS getting some love 💘 but Tame Impala - The Slow Rush bad??? Smh
 
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