Chad Whitehead, host of About What You’d Expect, breaks down his favorite albums of 2020.
What else is there to say about 2020 that we don’t already know? 2020 has dislodged most of us from our routines, our jobs, our entertainment choices, and well, everything. This year was brutal for artists, many of whom are now on food stamps and unemployment like so many other Americans. Despite the hardships, artists and art moved forward.
Here are some great artists who released solid albums in 2020 that are worth checking out. I’m not a big fan of ranking something as personal and subjective as art so these are not in any particular order. If that is hard for you to deal with, let’s just say Lous and the Yakuza’s
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The List: Stereoboard s Best Albums of 2020 Monday, 14 December 2020 Written by Stereoboard
Well, that was weird, wasn t it? 2020 will not be fondly remembered (aside from one particular bloke losing a big job) and 2021 is starting its race with some ground to make up, but as we locked down and stayed home the soundtrack was excellent at least. So much good music made its way into the world over the past 12 months, reminding us of what we have to cherish and also what we potentially have to lose. Here s our pick of the best of the best with a reminder: the artistic and creative industries cannot be allowed to wither and die. Support your local record shop. Support your local venues. Keep going.
The Quietus
, December 14th, 2020 11:58
These are our favourite tracks of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Bobby Barry, Aaron Bishop, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp, Fergal Kinney, Sean Kitching, Anthea Leyland, Peter Margasak, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner, Kez Whelan and Daryl Worthington. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck
There s not much more I can add to what has already been said about our relationship to music in this pandemic-hit year by my colleagues Luke Turner and Patrick Clarke in their respective introductions to our lists of the year s best albums and best reissues, compilations, mixes etc.
Pitchfork + NME Release Their Top 50 (5 each) Albums of 2020
5. Perfume Genius,
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write up]In a year of isolation and unattainable intimacies, Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas is our poet laureate of constant longing. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately, his fifth album, celebrates the endless possibility and vulnerability of the body without losing sight of the fundamental absurdity of the human ordeal. Hadreas sings about misery and disconnection, about feeling unrecognizable to himself, about shepherding an inexperienced lover through his first gay encounter and picking his pockets afterwards. As on 2017’s No Shape, producer Blake Mills reveals the music with startling clarity and subtlety, bringing out lifelike strings and trembling synths through sound design as much as conventional production. In the warm thrum of “Describe,” the oceanic splash of “Without You,” and the barnstorming buildup of “Some Dream,” Set My Heart on Fire Immediately throws open doors to the