Mid-Year 2020 Lists (Best of 2020 Thus Far) • Page 6

I should revisit that song alone, it's only a minute anyway

 

perfect minute

 

Had to wait for Phoebe to come out and at least spend a few days with it before even coming into this thread or trying to rank haha. Did my top 30 today though. Hell of a year it’s been. This is cut down from a list of 99 records that I’ve heard and actually really enjoyed this year.

 

Ok after this weekend:

1. On Circles by Caspian
2. Palimpsest by Protest the Hero
3. Run the Jewels 4 by Run the Jewels
4. You and I by O’Brother
5. Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
6. Reunions by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
7. Melee by Dogleg
8. The Avalanche by Owen
9. Wake UP! by Hazel English
10. Vespertine by This Will Destroy You

 

2020.5: our favorite albums + songs from the first half of the year

GVB list

 

The Sault album at the top of this is incredible. Hadn’t heard of them before seeing the list the other day.

 

Yeah I put it on immediately out of curiosity when I saw the list, four tracks in and wayyyy impressed

 

everyone who made their list before phoebe dropped is fucking up

1. Charli XCX - how i’m feeling now
2. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
4. Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country
5. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
6. Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist - Alfredo
7. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
8. Against All Logic - 2017 - 2019
9. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
10. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

11. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
12. Destroyer - Have We Met
13. Caribou - Suddenly
14. Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas
15. Polo G - The Goat
16. Diet Cig - Do You Wonder About Me?
17. Mac Miller - Circles
18. Porridge Radio - Every Bad
19. J Hus - Big Conspiracy
20. Poppy - I Disagree

 

Pretty much in order...

Moodymann - Taken Away
Run the Jewels - RTJ4
King Krule - Man Alive!
Ambrose Akinmusire - on the tender spot of every calloused moment
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
Ka - Descendants of Cain
The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed
Beatrice Dillon - Workaround
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
070 Shake - Modus Vivendi
R.A.P. Ferreira - purple moonlight pages
Boldy James - The Price Of Tea In China
Westside Gunn - Pray For Paris
Shabazz Palaces - The Don of Diamond Dreams
Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
Against All Logic - 2017-2019
Kassa Overall - I Think I'm Good
Jeremy Cunningham - The Weather Up There
Mac Miller - Circles
Nazar - Guerilla
Knxwledge - 1988
Gil Scott-Heron - We're New Again (A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven)
The Professionals - The Professionals

 

I had completely missed that Moodymann had a new album until it started popping up on these lists. Immediately went grabbed it off bandcamp and have been wearing it out lately.

 

I listened to him a bit when his ST came out in 2014 and enjoyed it, but never really went back to him. Then I read someone call him the Dilla of house music and it made so much sense. So went and checked out his older stuff and have been listening to him so much sense. His new one and Sinner from last year are so god damn good.

 

Yeah Sinner is the one that put him on my radar, maybe I should go back and listen to some of his older material. Both Sinner and Taken Away are so good.

 

Here are my favorites of the year so far:

1. Dogleg – Melee
2. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy
3. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
4. Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
5. Run the Jewels – RTJ4
6. Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
7. Charmer - Ivy
8. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
9. The Strokes – The New Abnormal
10. Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor
11. Future – High Off Life
12. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
13. Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner
14. The Weeknd – After Hours
15. Gleemer – Down Through

 

Thanks to quarantine I have listened to a ton of albums already this year :)

 

you are gonna get your head taken off by black mahogani

 

ok after two straight weeks of like... 2-3 classic records being released per week, i decided to catch up on some albums i hadn't heard update my list, fuck it, whatever

the 1975 notes on a conditional form
keiyaA forever, ya girl
hum inlet
moodymann taken away
vanessa carlton love is an art
jessie ware what's your pleasure?
fiona apple fetch the bolt cutters
kehlani it was good until it wasn't
moses boyd dark matter
phoebe bridgers punisher
katie pruitt expectations
haim women in music pt. iii
empty country empty country
the soft pink truth shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
bob dylan rough and rowdy ways
poppy i disagree
owen pallett island
grimes miss anthropocene
tame impala the slow rush
kate nv room for the moon
hayley williams petals for armor
vladislav delay rakka
tricot pure black
mandy moore silver landings
destroyer have we met

fuckin incredible year so far

 

Top 10, loosely ordered:

Colony House - Leave What’s Lost Behind
Overcoats - The Fight
Haim - Women in Music, pt III
Purity Ring - WOMB
Firewoodisland - Firewoodisland
Delta Rae - The Light
OHMME - Fantasize Your Ghost
Jason Isbell - Reunions
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
COIN - Dreamland

 

This is shaping up to be an absolutely ridiculous year. So much good music, not enough time to take it all in.

2020 might go down as a legendary year in music the way it's going.

 

no particular order but:

Mac Miller - Circles
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist - Alfredo
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

Need to spend more time with new Jeff Rosenstock, Charli XCX, and Soccer Mommy, but they'll probably end up on here.

 

1. All Time Low - Wake Up Sunshine
2. The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
3. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
4. The Weeknd - After Hours
5. Silverstein - A Beautiful Place to Drown
6. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
7. Caribou - Suddenly
8. Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
9. Katie Malco - Failures
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B

I'd expect Haim, Dua Lipa, and a few others to end up on the final version too. Been a sneaky good year so far

 

Not doing a numbered list because fuck that noise, here's a big long list (20 each from Q1 and Q2) of albums I really enjoyed, i.e. would score 80% or better, from the first half of this weird-ass year.

Algiers - There is No Year
Arvo Party - Love Above All
Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
Boniface - S/T
Braids - Shadow Offering
B.C. Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff
Caribou - Suddenly
Caspian - On Circles
Cavetown - Sleepyhead
Columbia Mills - CCTV
Dogleg - Melee
Elisabeth Elektra - Mercurial
Fields - The Silence of Staying In
Floral Tattoo - You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start
Georgia - Seeking Thrills
Gordi - Our Two Skins
The Howl and the Hum - Human Contact
I Break Horses - Warnings
Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd
Long Neck - World's Strongest Dog
Katie Malco - Failures
Naeem - Startisha
NNAMDÏ - BRAT
O'Brother - You & I
of Montreal - UR FUN
Orchards - Lovecore
Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
Robotaki - The Grand Mirage
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways to New Italy
Shawn Wasabi - MANGOTALE
Snarls - Burst
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Vistas - Everything Changes in the End
Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor
Wolf Parade - Thin Mind

 

1. phoebe bridgers - punisher
2. christian lee hutson - beginners
3. hot mulligan - you'll be fine
4. charmer - ivy
5. run the jewels - rtj4
6. charli xcx - how i'm feeling now
7. soccer mommy - color theory
8. the weeknd - after hours
9. tennis - swimmer
10. waxahatchee - saint cloud
11. code orange - underneath
12. loathe - i let it in and it took everything
13. denzel curry x kenny beats - unlocked
14. the strokes - the new abnormal
15. four year strong - brain pain

 

In no order at all:

Retirement Party - Runaway Dog
Dryjacket - Going Out of Business
Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
O'Brother - You and I
Charmer - Ivy
I'm Glad It's You - Every Sun, Every Moon
The Wonder Years - Burst & Decay (Volume II)
Worst Party Ever - here, online
Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
Beach Bunny - Honeymoon
Dogleg - Melee
Hot Mulligan - you'll be fine
Ratboys - Printer's Devil

Silverstein and Four Year Strong are both solid but need more listens, and I'm digging the new Remo Drive a BUNCH more than the previous one, but other than that, this is what I'm working with.

Please please rec me some stuff I may have missed or should check out.

 

where do you get this lay out again?

 

based on this list, I’d say check out if you haven’t:
Have A Good Season - Shapes I’ve Never Seen
Snarls - Burst
Innerlove. - Fine By Me EP
Same - Plastic Western