Best Indie Releases of 2020: The Albums and Songs That Cut Through the Gloom Â
This year saw a staggering number of releases. Here, in no particular order, are a few of the notable ones.
The pandemic brought the world to a standstill, and with it a pause on social life as we knew it that is still going on. Among the many industries to be hit hard was music, as the shutters came down on concerts, gig venues and festivals with the announcement of a government-mandated lockdown to ensure physical distancing. With no places to play live music in, the revenues of most musicians dwindled down to almost nothing.