You don't need me to tell you that 2020 sucked. It did, we all know it and we all hope things get better in 2021.
That said, we were lucky in that there were some really great records this year, despite the insanity. I know for a fact that I bought fewer new albums in 2020 than any prior year. I know that there are good records that came out that I haven't heard yet. There are even records on this list that I wasn't able to get the vinyl for yet. On the docket for sure.
What I can say for certain is that The Suitesixteen would have been my number one record just about any year it would have come out. I absolutely adore it and have listened to it more than anything else this year by a country mile. That isn't to say the rest of the top 10 wasn't great, they were. Headsparks, Custody and Reverse really brought me back to those feelings I had in the mid 90s when I was obsessing about UK punk rock and Boat checked in with an indie rock record as good as anything that's come out in the past five years or so.
But, The Suitesixteen record is something truly special. If you get nothing else out of this year, give that record a listen.
01 -
The Suitesixteen -
Mine Would Be The Sun - Self Released
(Listen)02 -
Headsparks -
Working Parts - Fixing A Hole
(Listen)03 -
Reverse -
Empty Spaces - Boss Tuneage/SP Records
(Listen)04 -
Boat -
Tread Lightly - Magic Marker
(Listen)05 -
Custody -
II - Brassneck / Waterslide / Combat Rock
(Listen)06 -
Diaz Brothers -
Diaz Brothers - Boss Tuneage
(Listen)07 -
Dan Sartain -
Western Hills - Earth Libraries
(Listen)08 -
Bob Mould - Blue Hearts - Merge
(Listen)09 -
Cloud Nothings -
The Black Hole Understands - Self Released
(Listen)10 -
Shiner -
Schadenfreude - Two Black Eyes
(Listen)
11 - Broken Record - I Died Laughing - Snappy Little Numbers
12 - Ultimate Fakebook - The Preserving Machine - Sonic Ritual
13 - Snuff - The Wrath of Toth - 10 Past 12 / Unless You Try
14 - Brother Kite - Make It Real - Self Released
15 - Quaker Wedding - In Transit - Salinas
16 - Built to Spill - Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston - Ernest Jennings
17 - Spells - Stimulants & Sedatives - Snappy Little Numbers
18 - Outtacontroller - Sure Thing - Alien Snatch
19 - Soundtrack - Music From G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - Universal/Hasbro
20 - Dinged Up - Mucho Dolor - Snappy Little Numbers
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