It's that time of year again where we go back through our digital listening histories or simply look over at the turntable to get a handle on just what we were enjoying this past year. There were a ton of great releases this year, many of them made during in bedrooms, basements and cabins during lockdowns, quarantines and the spaces in between. We gave a little leeway for some late or perhaps overlooked 2020 releases. Enjoy.
Larry Crane
Steven Wilson -The Future Bites Listen
Anders Parker - Wolf Reckoning Listen
Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More Listen
Yes - The Quest Listen
The Beatles - Let it Be (Super Deluxe Edition) Listen
John Baccigaluppi
The Weather Station - Ignorance Listen
Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview of Phenomenal Nature Listen
Low - Hey What Listen
Hand Habits - Funhouse Listen
Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises Listen
Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky Listen
Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think it's Gonna Last? Listen
Geoff Stanfield
Blitzen Trapper - Holy Smokes, Future Jokes Listen
Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me Listen
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 Listen
Rachel Eckroth - The Garden Listen
Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa Listen
Nate Smith - Kinfolk 2: See the Birds Listen
Anthony Sarti
Turnstile - GLOW ON Listen
Clams Casino - Winter Flower Listen
The Weeknd - "Save Your Tears" (w/ Ariana Grande) Remix Listen
Crumb - Ice Melt Listen
Sons of Alpha Centauri - Push Listen
Andy Hong
In Inertia - Efflorescence
Wings of the ISANG - The Borderline between Hope and Despair
Pat Metheny - Road to the Sun Listen
Alina Baraz - Sunbeam/Moongate Listen/Listen
Hope Tala - Girl Eats Sun Listen
Rodrigo Amarante - Drama
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