Tape Op Staff Favorites of 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

Roger Waters - Us + Them Listen

Mac Miller - Circles Listen

Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline Listen

Brian Eno - Film Music 1976 ~ 2020 Listen

Brendan Benson - Dear Life Listen

John Baccigaluppi

Nadia Reid - Out of My Province Listen

Logan Farmer - Still No Mother Listen

Nada Surf - Never Not Together Listen

Matt Berniger - Serpentine Prison Listen

Bonny Light Horsemen - S/T Listen

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension Listen

Roger & Brian Eno - Mixing Colors Listen

Moses Sumney - Græ Listen

Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All The Rest Listen

Coriky - S/T Listen

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V & VI Listen

Geoff Stanfield

Sarah Jarosz - World on the Ground Listen

Bill Frisell - Valentine Listen

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - KG Listen

King Britt - Back2Black Listen

Suzanne Ciani - A Sonic Womb Listen

Tycho - Simulcast Listen

The Dip - The Dip Plays it Cool Listen

Khruangbin - Mordechai Listen

Jon Hassel - Seeing Through Sound Listen

Marsha Vdovin

Oumou Sangaré - Acoustic Listen

Emilie Nicolas - Tranquille Emile Listen

Madame Gandhi - Young India Reimagined Listen

Spacemoth - This Shit/Who I Was Listen

Anthony Sarti

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

The Anix - Hologram (Deluxe Edition) - "Everlasting Love" Listen

Tails - "Forever" (Feat. Rome in Silver) Listen

Mrs. Piss - Self-Surgery - "Knelt" Listen

Deftones - Ohms - "This Link Is Dead" Listen

Andy Hong

Caspian - On Circles Listen

Coldbones - The Cataclysm Listen

This Will Destroy You - Vespertine Listen

Pat Metheny - From This Place Listen

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade - RoundAgain Listen

Scott McChane

Lucinda Williams - Good Souls, Better Angels Listen

Mavericks – En Español Listen

Ghost Funk Orchestra - An Ode to Escapism Listen

Duck Duck Goose - Noise, Noise and More Noise Listen

Black Market Brass - Undying Thirst Listen