dawhizz Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Seen some Best of 2020 So Far lists start to trickle out, so I figured I'd share. Feel free to add any others. Would love to hear what other VCers are digging as well - always looking for something new. https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best/indie-rock-albums-2020/ http://www.getalternative.com/the-best-albums-of-2020-so/ https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-2020-midyear-list/ https://www.spin.com/featured/the-30-best-albums-of-2020-so-far/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N8TRU Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I've liked a lot this year but my favorites have been: Great American Ghost "Power Through Terror" Porches "Ricky Music" Yumi Zouma "Truth or Consequences" Mumrunner "Valeriana" Choir Boy “Complainer” Off Road Minivan “Swan Dive” Deathbreaker “Isolate” EPs include: Holy Fawn “The Black Moon” Work Drugs “True Palms” Some Mess “Some Mess” Mouse on the Keys “Arche” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Solo Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 I love how this thread was posted in June rather than December. Just throwing up the year end lists now and calling it a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Solo Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 In all seriousness though, I think my favourites have been Drain and End! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesar11 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud Dogleg - Melee Soakie - Soakie Disclosure - Ecstacy EP Porridge Radio - Every Bad AJJ - Good Luck Everyone Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM HUM - Inlet Moses Sumney - Græ Coriky - S/T Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Run The Jewels - RTJ4 Taylor Swift - folklore Logic - No Pressure Days N' Daze - Show Me The Blueprint. The Suicide Machines - Revolution Spring Edited July 25, 2020 by cesar11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) Dirty Projectors - 5 EPS Owen - The Avalanche Justin Bieber - Changes The Midnight - Monsters Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong Soccer Mommy - Color Theory 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form Dawes - Good Luck With Whatever Andy Shauf - Neon Skyline Childish Gambino - 03.15.20 Ryan Adams - Wednesdays Denzel Curry - Unlocked New Found Glory - Forever and Ever x Infinity Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Thundercat - It Is What It Is Tame Impala - Slow Rush Ray LaMontagne - MONOVISION Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool Adrianne Lenker - songs https://www.neverendingchartrendering.org/ Edited December 18, 2020 by Tommy Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 RTJ Heads. Psychonaut Mild Orange Whale Fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) My current favorites this year, alphabetically: Best Coast - Always Tomorrow Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Coriky - S/T Drakulas - Terminal Amusements Brian Fallon - Local Honey Hum - Inlet Christopher Lee Hutson - Beginners Jason Isbell - Reunions Bob Nanna - Celebration States Jeff Rosenstock - N O D R E A M Run The Jewels - RTJ4 SNST - It's Hard To Be Loved By You Soccer Mommy - Color Theory Sparta - Trust The River The Suicide Machines - Revolution Spring Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor Edited July 18, 2020 by scottheisel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, scottheisel said: My current favorites this year, alphabetically: Best Coast - Always Tomorrow Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Coriky - S/T Drakulas - Terminal Amusements Brian Fallon - Local Honey Hum - Inlet Christopher Lee Hutson - Beginners Jason Isbell - Reunions Bob Nanna - Celebration States Jeff Rosenstock - N O D R E A M Run The Jewels - RTJ4 SNST - It's Hard To Be Loved By You Soccer Mommy - Color Theory Sparta - Trust The River The Suicide Machines - Revolution Spring Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor Its funny. Whenever I put on the new Suicide Machines, my wife will ALWAYS ask "Who is this?". Shes a Suicide Machines fan and shes heard the album many times but for some reason she forgets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom81 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Caspian - On Circles O'Brother - You and I Whale Fall - It Will Become Itself Barrens - Penumbra Hum - Inlet Khruangbin - Mordechai A.A. Williams - Forever Blue Coldbones - The Cataclysm Elder - Omens Run the Jewels - IV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawhizz Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 I've probably listened to more new music this year than in any other year - not much else for me to distract myself with, sadly. My favorites, so far, roughly in order: David Keenan - A Beginner's Guide to Bravery SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) Rope and Ladder - Rope and Ladder Carpool - Erotic Nightmare Summer Stay Inside - Viewing Andrew Judah - Impossible Staircase Flies are Spies from Hell - Final Quiet Katie Pruitt - Expectations Katie Malco - Failures Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters So Soon, the Truth - Were You Ever Really There? Bruce Peninsula - No Earthly Sound VASA - Heroics Myrkur - Folksange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Favorites so far: The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast Four Year Strong - Brain Pain Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces, Everyone PEARS - S/T New Found Glory - Forever and Ever x Infinity Good romps: Criteria - Years The Garden - Kiss My Super Bowl Ring Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Band of Heartbreak City AJJ - Good Luck Everybody Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine Bob Nanna - Celebration States Stuff I need to dig into more: Covet - technicolor Bad Cop/Bad Cop - The Ride Pictures of Vernon - Bug Broadway Calls - Sad in the City Sparta - Trust The River Stuff I'm looking forward to: Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds... Into It. Over It. - Figure METZ - Atlas Vending Drug Church - LP 4 (hopefully) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas³ Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Caspian - On Circles Hum - Inlet Owen - The Avalanche Looking forward to the most; Into It. Over It. - Figure Sad Heart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Williams Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 SO FAR: Four Year Strong - Brain Pain Acacia Strain - Slow Decay Run The Jewels - RTJ4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative-feedback Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 against all logic-2017-2019 man-eaters - ggentle ballads for the simple soul BIB-deluxe the cowboy-wifi on the prairies caustic wound-death posture bolt gun-begotten sunami-sunami geld-beyond the floor special interest-the passion of gulch-impenetrable cerebral fortress protomartyr-ultimate success today the microphones-the microphones in 2020 the microphones album is definitely my aoty so far, and i dont think that will change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 1:55 AM, Grant Williams said: SO FAR: Four Year Strong - Brain Pain Acacia Strain - Slow Decay Run The Jewels - RTJ4 Don’t forget ice nine kills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 So far, alphabetically. Expecting the new Oh Sees in the mail today so that'll probably be included once I hear it. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – X: The Godless Void and Other Stories Against All Logic - 2017 – 2019 The Cool Greenhouse – S/T Crack Cloud – Pain Olympics Datassette – Void Fill Product Hum – Inlet Nicolás Jaar – Cenizas Cindy Lee – What's Tonight to Eternity Men With Secrets – Psycho Romance and Other Spooky Ballads Police des moeurs – Péril Quelle Chris & Chris Keys – Innocent Country 2 R.A.P. Ferreira – Purple Moonlight Pages The Seneschal Arrives – Haze of Reality The Serfs – Sounds of Serfdom Stuck – Change Is Bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 On 6/25/2020 at 12:31 PM, cesar11 said: Coriky - S/T Absolutely love this record. I've had it on repeat at work since it came out, and happened to stumble upon a copy at a local shop the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawhizz Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) (Pretty decent) updated Best of 2020 list from Paste: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2020/ Edited December 2, 2020 by dawhizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshiram Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 This year was kinda bad for me as far as good new music I liked. I did a lot of backtracking because of it though and I explored old soul, reggae and country so that was the highlight of this year. Fave projects: Poppy - I Disagree 21 Savage and Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II Kali Uchis - Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats - Unlocked Mac Miller - Circles That's literally it. RTJ4 didn't click with me as much as I wanted but I still enjoyed it. I also dug a lot of Pop Smoke, but his album just ended up being a little too bloated for me. I ought to get out of my comfort zone and listen to more newer music that isn't hip-hop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawhizz Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Lots of other lists have gone up in the last few days: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/930492613/the-50-best-albums-of-2020-page-1 https://www.stereogum.com/2108664/best-albums-2020/lists/year-in-review/2020-in-review/ https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2020/ https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2020-list/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckinandsuckinandtouchin Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Here’s my top 10 (in no particular order) Bad Cop/Bad Cop - The Ride The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast Ways Away - S/T X - ALPHABETLAND Soccer Mommy - color theory The Bombpops - Death In Venice Beach New Found Glory - Forever And Ever x Infinity Moving Targets - Humbucker Pinegrove - Marigold The Front Bottoms - In Sickness & In Flames Edited December 4, 2020 by curator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Ultimate Fakebook -- "The Preserving Machine" WANDA -- "One Hit" Hainbach -- "Assertion" Boris -- "NO" are my top contenders this year Edited December 4, 2020 by birdwell left off crucial pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Kyle & the Pity Party - Heaven. Cure-esque dreamy synth alt shoegaze/post-punk. Amazing album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INRIhab Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) In no particular order: Hum "Inlet" Seaway "Big Vibe" Envy "The Fallen Crimson" Yumi Zouma "Truth Or Consequences" Intronaut "Fluid Existential Inversions" Loathe "I Let It In and It Took Everything" Misery Signals "Ultraviolet" Run The Jewels "RTJ4" The Weeknd "After Hours" Taylor Swift "Folklore" The 1975 "Notes on a Conditional Form" Deftones "Ohms" Gleemer "Down Through" The Midnight "Monsters" So far.... Edited December 14, 2020 by INRIhab N8TRU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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