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Five albums to lose yourself in.
The globe-spanning networks of musicians, label owners, fans, and songwriters that make up the shoegaze community can withstand most things.
Now on to its sixth (or is it seventh?) wave, shoegaze has moved from early hype to critical derision, learning to survive both in the limelight and on the fringes. Indeed, it’s little wonder that the Scene That Celebrates Itself has developed such in-built capabilities of providing access to mutual support.
Recent years have been a boom time for the genre, with returning greats and new generation acts providing some sensational releases. We’ve had new albums from Swervedriver and Wild Nothing, aan album that displayed the darker side of DIIV, some excellent work from Ride (and its subsequent modern-classical re-working), The Telescopes first new album in three decades, the emergence of Australian artist Hatchie, and a lot more besides.
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Since I have now completed my two countdown radio shows for the Top 50 albums of 2020 see the big takeover “radio” button above to hear one song from each! here is my complete list of the 180 best albums, 100 best archive/retrospective/reissue releases, and 100 best stand-alone singles and EPs of this previous year my best bets on another great year for music, old and new.
And in one of the worst years of our lifetimes, here’s a small tip of my well-worn ballcap in profound gratitude to the artists below, for giving us this music to listen to while stuck at home. Perhaps half the below had already been recorded and was in process before COVID-19 shut us all down, which also curtailed many a scheduled recording session to go with all the cancelled tours.