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
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Anders Parker -  Wolf Reckoning
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Illuminati Hotties -  Let Me Do One More
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Yes - The Quest
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The Beatles -  Let it Be (Super Deluxe Edition)
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John Baccigaluppi

The Weather Station - Ignorance
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Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview of Phenomenal Nature
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Low - Hey What
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Hand Habits - Funhouse
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Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
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Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky
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Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think it’s Gonna Last?
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Geoff Stanfield

Blitzen Trapper - Holy Smokes, Future Jokes
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Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000
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Rachel Eckroth - The Garden
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Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa
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Nate Smith - Kinfolk 2: See the Birds
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Anthony Sarti

Turnstile - GLOW ON
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Clams Casino - Winter Flower
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The Weeknd - "Save Your Tears" (w/ Ariana Grande) Remix
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Crumb - Ice Melt
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Sons of Alpha Centauri - Push
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Andy Hong

In Inertia - Efflorescence
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Wings of the ISANG - The Borderline between Hope and Despair
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Pat Metheny - Road to the Sun
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Alina Baraz - Sunbeam/Moongate
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Hope Tala - Girl Eats Sun
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Rodrigo Amarante - Drama
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