Tape Op Staff Picks 2020

2020. What a year. Since very few of who reading this will have recently relocated from a nearby galaxy I won't get into the specifics, but we all know what kind of year it was and many of us are glad it's almost gone. It certainly will not be forgotten. But alas, music has endured and been an amazing resource to help many of us deal with the mess that was 2020. Here are some of our favorites from this very strange year.

Larry Crane

1. Roger Waters
   Us + Them

2. Mac Miller
   Circles

3. Andy Shauf
   The Neon Skyline

4. Brian Eno
   Film Music 1976 ~ 2020

5. Brendan Benson
   Dear Life

John Baccigaluppi

1. Nadia Reid
   Out of My Province

2. Logan Farmer
   Still No Mother

3. Nada Surf
   Never Not Together

4. Matt Berniger
   Serpentine Prison

5. Bonny Light Horsemen
   S/T

6. Sufjan Stevens
   The Ascension

7. Roger & Brian Eno
   Mixing Colors

8. Moses Sumney
   Græ

9. Tom Petty
   Wildflowers and All The Rest

10. Nine Inch Nails
    Ghosts V & VI

Geoff Stanfield

1. Sarah Jarosz
   World on the Ground

2. Bill Frisell
   Valentine

3. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
   KG

4. King Britt
   Back2Black

5. Suzanne Ciani
   A Sonic Womb

6. Tycho
   Simulcast

7. The Dip
   The Dip Plays it Cool

8. Khruangbin
   Mordechai

9. Jon Hassel
   Seeing Through Sound

Marsha Vdovin

1. Oumou Sangaré
   Acoustic

2. Emilie Nicolas
   Tranquille Emile

3. Madame Gandhi
   Young India Reimagined

4. Spacemoth
   This Shit/Who I Was

Anthony Sarti

1. Clams Casino
   Instrumental Relics - "I'm God" (Feat. Imogen Heap)

2. The Anix
   Hologram (Deluxe Edition) - "Everlasting Love"

3. Tails
   "Forever" (Feat. Rome in Silver)

4. Mrs. Piss
   Self-Surgery - "Knelt"
   
   Deftones
   Ohms - "This Link Is Dead"
   
   

Andy Hong

1. Caspian
   On Circles

2. Coldbones
   The Cataclysm

3. This Will Destroy You
   Vespertine

4. Pat Metheny
   From This Place

5. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
   RoundAgain

Scott McChane

1. Lucinda Williams
   Good Souls, Better Angels

2. Mavericks
   En Español

3. Ghost Funk Orchestra
   An Ode to Escapism

4. Duck Duck Goose
   Noise, Noise and More Noise

5. Black Market Brass
   Undying Thirst