Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2020
It s a given that 2020 has been a year unlike any that most of us have ever experienced. Time seemed to fold in on itself (for me at least), and March to December seemed to go by in an instant but also in slow motion. If felt this way for music, too. Albums I thought were last year were this year and vice versa. Looking through the months, though, it was a bit shocking how many records I really liked were released and how many of these groups I wish I had gotten to see live this year.
The Lounge Society by Piran Aston
Well, that was a laugh wasn’t it?
Officially The Worst Year Ever (at least we could drown our sorrows and sing aloud in 2016), 2020 has turned everyone’s lives upside down and still has the capacity to do so, but we know all this.
It wasn’t just COVID-19 that caused such a year of great upheaval. In Sean Connery and Diego Maradona, the silver screen and the beautiful game lost legendary figures, so much so that we should perhaps start checking up on soon-to-be octogenarian Bob Dylan (although, given he’s now $300m richer, he’ll probably be alright). Meanwhile, in the UK the agonising, incessant stench of Brexit lingered on.
UTR s 2020 Favourite Music Moments UTR Team and Contributors / Thursday 17th December, 2020 11:04AM
We ve nearly made it to the end of a year that even Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described as horrendous , but before we bounce from the office for some long-awaited summer fun, it s time to unveil our
2020 Music Moments. We invited contributors who ve generously leant their talents to the site over the past twelve months to share their reflections on an incomparable year.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed to our proudly independent music news and ticketing site in 2020 to
NZ On Air,
NZ Music Commission and
MusicHelps for their support in helping us bring you the best local music news during the wildest of times, to all the artists for producing such inspiring work, to the events organisers who gave us awesome live shows to look forward to, and thanks to you dear reader for making it all worthwhile! Dive in, explore and enjoy the selections
The only stand-out album for me this year is Point of No Return by Those Damn Crows. Great band who are brilliant live and managed to put out an album of absolute cracking tracks. Pity they didn t get to tour the album this year, but did manage to catch them in Bristol in February a couple of days after they released it and again at Planet Rock s Winter s End which turned out to be the last gig we went to prior to lockdown.
Have to be honest, I m not a fan of tdc at all, but that s the joy of music for me - what one person loves another hates!
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