Only going to bother with 2020 albums otherwise I'll never keep this up lol 1. Frail Hands - parted/departed/apart ++ 2. Poppy - I disagree * 3. The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City * 4. Cauldron - Last Words: Screamed from Behind God's Muzzle + 5 Pressure Cracks - This Is Called Survival + 6. Rumination - The Lesser Key +
1. Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City 2. Halsey - Manic 3. Pinegrove - Marigold 4. Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers 5. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone 6. Kesha - High Road 7. The Wonder Years - Burst & Decay Vol. 2 8. Kevin Devine - Kenny O’Brien & The O’Douls 9. Andy Hull - Who Is Your Humble? 10. Brian Fallon - Local Honey 11. Andy Hull - Born Of You 12. The Smith Street Band - Don’t Waste Your Anger 13. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon 14. Elvis Depressedly - Depressedelica 15. Cassino - Yellowhammer 16. Mallcops - We Made Plans to Self Destruct and Return to the Stars 17. The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin 18. Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM 19. Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners 20. I'm Glad It's You - Every Sun, Every Moon 21. House & Home - Find Sense. Feel Love. Make Light 22. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 23. Trace Mountains - Lost In The Country 24. Right Away, Great Captain! - I Am Not Me 25. The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast 26. The Chicks - Gaslighter 27. Taylor Swift - folklore 28. Creeper - Sex, Death & The Infinite Void 29. Dominic Fike - What Could Possibly Go Wrong 30. Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties - Live From Asbury Park 31. The Killers - Imploding The Mirage 32. Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was 33. The Front Bottoms - In Sickness & In Flames 34. The Avett Brothers - The Third Gleam 35. Hot Mulligan - You’ll Be Fine 36. Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall 37. The Menzingers - From Exile 38. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension 39. Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive 40. The Goodbye Party - Beautiful Motors 41. Stay Inside - Viewing 42. Matthew Berninger - Serpentine Prison 43. Rilo Kiley - Rilo Kiley 44. Salem - EP 45. Jake McKelvie & The Countertops - Here’s What You Do 46. ManDancing - The Good Sweat 47. Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays 48. Less Than Jake - Silver Linings 49. Dolores Diaz & The Standby Club - Live at O’Leaver’s 50. Taylor Swift - evermore 51. Slaughter Beach, Dog - At The Moonbase 52. Novo Amor - Cannot Be, Whatsoever
1. Selena Gomez - Rare 2. Poppy - I Disagree 3. Echosmith - Lonely Generation 4. Halsey - Manic 5. Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision 6. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By 7. Of Montreal - Ur Fun 8. Caspian - On Circles 9. Lil Wayne - Funeral 10. Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor: 1 11. Kesha - High Road 12. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
only going to list albums released in 2020 otherwise i'll never keep track. want to do this just to experience new music and branch out. i tend to get in the habit of listening to albums for weeks at a time with only 2-3 other albums thrown in. this year is all about quantity i guess. and i need more songs to listen to while running. 1 Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City (liked it) 2 Echosmith - Lonely Generation (liked it) 3 Field Music - Making a New World (meh) 4 Selena Gomez - Rare (ok) 5 The Big Moon - Walking Like We Do (meh) 6 Poppy - I Disagree (liked it) 7 Georgia - Seeking Thrills (ok) 8 Cauldron - Last Words: Screamed from Behind God's Muzzle (ok) 9 Rumination - The Lesser Key (meh) 10 Honeymoon - From the Future (liked it) 11 Pressure Cracks - This is Called Survival EP (ok) 12 With Abandon - Keepsakes (liked it) 13 Ether Coven - Everything is Temporary Except Suffering (liked it) 14 Frail Hands - parted/departed/apart (liked it) 15 Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (meh) 16 Stabbing Westward - Dead and Gone EP (liked it) 17 Snorlax - II (ok) 18 Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (really liked it) 19 Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision (liked it) 20 Eminem - Music to be Murdered By (liked it) 21 Holy Fawn - The Black Moon EP (ok) 22 Algiers - There is No Year (ok) 23 Mac Miller - Circles (ok) 24 Halsey - Manic (ok) 25 Dragged Under - The World Is In Your Way (really liked it) 26 …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void And Other Stories (liked it) 27 Mallcops - We Made Plans to Self Destruct and Return to the Stars (liked it) 28 Criteria - Years (ok) 29 Futurebirds - Teamwork (AOTY candidate) 30 Holy Fuck - Deleter (liked it) 31 Chelsea Cutler - How to be Human (meh) 32 Odious Mortem - Synesthesia (ok) 33 Elliot Moss - A Change in Diet (ok) 34 A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around (really liked it) 35 Violent Joy - Violent Joy (meh) 36 Of Montreal - UR FUN (liked it) 37 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi (disliked) 38 Little Big Town - Nightfall (ok) 39 Mest - Masquerade (meh) 40 Bill Fay - Countless Branches (liked it) 41 Mura Masa - R.Y.C. (liked it) 42 Alice Boman - Dream On (liked it) 43 Steve Moakler - Blue Jeans (liked it) 44 Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman (ok) 45 Wolf Parade - Thin Mind (ok) 46 Acid Mammoth - Under Acid Hoof (liked it) 47 Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot (liked it) 48 Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater (ok) 49 Andy Schauf - The Neon Skyline (AOTY candidate) 50 NVM - Thermal Memory (liked it) 51 Okay Kaya - Watch This Liquid Pour Itself (ok) 52 Black Lips - Sing in a World That's Falling Apart (ok) 53 Stroke 9 - Calafrio (liked it) 54 Ride Your Bike - Let Life Play EP (liked it) 55 Twin Atlantic - POWER (liked it) 56 Galleons - Metropolis (ok) 57 13 Crowes - Solway Star (ok) 58 Sarah Mary Chadwick - Please Daddy (disliked) 59 WIre - Mind Hive (liked it) 60 Pinegrove - Merigold (ok) 61 Colony House - Leave What's Lost Behind (meh) 62 C*ntrie - Scrapbooking EP (ok) 63 Dolorifics - Welcome to Dolograd (really liked it) 64 Caspian - On Circles (AOTY candidate) 65 Midnight - Rebirth by Blasphemy (ok) 66 Nicolas Godin - Concrete and Glass (meh) 67 Less Talk - Legacy EP (ok) 68 Vukovi - Fall Better (really liked it) 69 Pummel - Our Power EP (liked it) 70 Ironsword - Servants of Steel (liked it) 71 Termination Dust - Growing Down (liked it) 72 Theophilus London - Bebey (liked it) 73 Kiwi Jr. - Football Money (liked it) 74 Frances Quinlan - Likewise (meh) 75 Wild Nothing - Laughing Gas (ok) 76 Destroyer - Have We Met (ok) 77 Polica - When We Stay Alive (liked it) 78 Deathwhite - Grave Image (liked it) 79 Theory of a Deadman - Say Nothing (disliked) 80 Savage Hands - The Truth in Your Eyes (meh)
Every single album I listened to in 2020 (2020 releases in bold): Blink-182 - Nine JACKBOYS, Travis Scott - JACKBOYS Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising Young Thug - So Much Fun Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell Yellowcard - When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes Descendants - All Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be Converge - Jane Doe Senses Fail - Let it Enfold You My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Touche Amore - Stage Four Tame Impala - Lonerism Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City Phoebe Bridges - Stranger in the Alps Pinegrove - Cardinal Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life Brand New - Deja Entendu Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon Drake - Nothing Was the Same Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window Mallcops - We Made Plans to Self Destruct and Return to the Stars TOOL - Lateralus Joyce Manor - S/T King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest Eminem - Music to be Murdered By Mac Miller - Circles Pinegrove - Marigold Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball A Day to Remember - What Separates Me From You Halsey - Manic Poppy - I Disagree Marietta - Summer Death Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is Paramore - After Laughter Soccer Mommy - Clean Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler The Wonder Years - The Upsides Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Gang Starr - Moment of Truth Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave Talking Heads - Remain in Light Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love The Early November - For All Of This My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys The Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition Ariel Pink - Before Today Tame Impala - Currents PUP - Morbid Stuff Lil Wayne - Funeral Dashboard Confessional - The Best One of the Best Ones Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves The Story So Far - Under Soil and Dirt Dragged Under - The World Is in Your Way Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront Silverstein - When Broken Is Easily Fixed The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - Three Cheers For Disappointment Bomb the Music Industry! - SCRAMBLES Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Alexisonfire - Crisis Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave Tame Impala - Innerspeaker Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Presto Pixies - Doolittle Death Grips - The Powers That B Bomb the Music Industry! - Adults!!!...Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!!!!! Green Day - Father of All Motherfuckers Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - UNLOCKED Denzel Curry - Imperial Nada Surf - Never Not Together Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay Against All Logic - 2017 - 2019 Futurebirds - Teamwork Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Blink-182 - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) Live Denzel Curry - 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT MIXX (EP) A Day to Remember - Homesick Young Thug - Slime Season 3 Crumb - Jinx Justin Bieber - Changes The Wonder Years - Burst & Decay Volume 1 (EP) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Oddments Sports - Naked All The Time Pop Smoke - Meet the Woo 2 Taking Back Sunday - New Again King Krule - Man Alive! King Krule - The OOZ Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Grimes - Miss Anthropocene Seaway - Vacation The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial Four Year Strong - Brain Pain Tycho - Simulcast Bomb the Music Industry! - Get Warmer Soccer Mommy - color theory The Distillers - Coral Fang Caribou - Suddenly Young Nudy - Anyways Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Hot Mulligan - you'll be fine Silverstein - A Beautiful Place to Drown Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake Disclosure - Ecstasy EP Blink-182 - blink-182 Silverstein - This Is How The Wind Shifts: Addendum Incubus - Morning View Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness Lil Uzi Vert - LUV vs. The World 2 Code Orange - Underneath Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right All Time Low - Wake Up Sunshine All Time Low - Nothing Personal All Time Low - Put Up or Shut Up Thundercat - It Is What It Is Sam Hunt - Southside Forever the Sickest Kids - Underdog Alma Mater Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless The Strokes - The New Abnormal Gorillaz - Gorillaz 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi Yves Tremor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind Charmer - Charmer Charmer - ivy Enter Shikari - Nothing is Real & Everything is Possible The Smith Street Band - Don't Waste Your Anger Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps DaBaby - BLAME IT ON BABY Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now: PartTwo Set Your Goals - Mutiny! Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Psychology Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Pleasure Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - The Great Outdoors Jam (Live) NOFX - Punk in Drublic King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz Goldfinger - The Knife The Used - Heartwork Dr. Dre - The Chronic Green Day - Insomniac Phish - Sigma Oasis PUP - PUP Bad Brains - Bad Brains Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open Boston Manor - GLUE Straylight Run - Straylight Run New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones Phish - Farmhouse CKY - Camp Kill Yourself, Volume 1 Man Overboard - Man Overboard Senses Fail - Still Searching Chris Brown & Young Thug - Slime & B Minor Threat - First Two Seven Inches Little Simz - Drop 6 Kid Cudi - Indicud Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World Green Day - Kerplunk AFI - The Art of Drowning Nav - Good Intentions The Years Gone By - Forever Comes Too Song Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Future - High Off Life The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships LiL Lotus - All My Little Scars, Vol. 1 (EP) Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Gunna - WUNNA Portugal. The Man - Waiter: "You Vultures!" Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre The Ataris - So Long, Astoria Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against The Machine Wiz Khalifa - Kush and Orange Juice Run the Jewels - RTJ4 Lil Wayne - The Leak (EP) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Lil Wayne - No Ceilings The All American Rejects - Move Along Polo G - THE GOAT Paramore - Paramore Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster Fight Fair - Settle the Score Jimmy Eat World - Invented Emery - White Line Fever Senses Fail - From the Depths of Dreams Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo Lil Lotus - 2016 - 2018 New Found Glory - Coming Home Less Than Jake - Anthem The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort - we're Alright Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang Brian Fallon - Local Honey Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers Green Day - American Idiot MxPx - The Ever Passing Moment Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings Lagwagon - Hoss Strung Out - Twisted by Design Lagwagon - Railer Lagwagon - Hang Jawbreaker - Dear You Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher New Found Glory - Forever And Ever X Infinity Student Rick - Soundtrack for a Generation Set Your Goals - Burning At Both Ends Paramore - All We Know is Falling Teyana Taylor - The Album Panic! At the Disco - Pretty. Odd. Lagwagon - Blaze Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture Khruangbin - Mordechai Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways to New Italy Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit Say Anything - Say Anything Lil Wayne - FWA Butch Walker - American Love Story Pop Smoke - Shoot For the Stars Aim For the Moon Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Days Real Friends - The Home Inside My Head Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation Boldy James and The Alchemist - The Price of Tea in China Wiz Khalifa - The Saga of Wiz Khalifa State Champs - Living Proof Rancid - Indestructible Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy AFI - Crash Love Transplants - Transplants The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die Hot Rod Circuit - Sorry About Tomorrow Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers Hot Rod Circuit - Reality's Coming Through Madvillain - Madvillainy MF Doom - Mm..FOOD 100 Gecs - 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast If I Die First - My Poison Arms (EP) The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta! Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? Neck Deep - Life's Not Out To Get You Knuckle Puck - Copacetic Yellowcard -Ocean Avenue Yellowcard - Southern Air Taylor Swift - folklore Neck Deep - All Distortions Are Intentional Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American Logic - No Pressure Butch Walker - Letters Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 Dominic Fike - What Could Possibly Go Wrong Something Corporate - North Motion City Soundtrack - Panic Stations Motion City Soundtrack - Spotify Sessions City Morgue - TOXIC BOOGALOO Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance Oliver Tree - Ugly is Beautiful Drain - California Cursed Jimmy Eat World - Damage Against Me! - Transgender Dysmorphia Blues Ween - The Mollusk Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness The Fall of Troy - Mukiltearth Stand Atlantic - Pink Elephant The Ataris - Live in Chicago 2019 Washed Out - Purple Noon Oso Oso - basking in the glow Vacationer - Relief The Fall of Troy - Manipulator Paramore - Riot! Personal Space - Ecstatic Burbs Headie One, Fred again… GANG Call Me Malcolm - Me, Myself and Something Else Call Me Malcolm - I Was Broken When You Got Here Lil Keed - Trapped on Cleveland 3 Carly Rae Jespen - Emotion Armor For Sleep - Dream to Make Believe Young Jesus - Welcome to Conceptual Beach Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang The Dangerous Summer - Live in Baltimore 2019 Phish - Amsterdam Thursday - Full Collapse Jacob Colier - Djesse Vol. 3 Thursday - War All the Time AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND The Front Bottoms - In Sickness & In Flames Nas - King's Disease State Champs - Unplugged Point North - Brand New Vision Deftones - Diamond Eyes The Wonder Years - No Closer To Heaven Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers Mayday Parade - A Lesson in Romantics The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits Amber Pacific - The Possibility and the Promise Taking Back Sunday - Taking Back Sunday Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto Every Time I Die - Ex Lives Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty Emery - The Weak's End New Found Glory - New Found Glory Green Day - Warning Michael Cera Palin - I Don't Know How To Explain It (EP) New Found Glory - Kill It Live Barely Civil - I'll Figure this Out Code Orange - Under the Skin Big Sean - Detroit 2 Big Havi - Personal Problems 2 The Academy Is... Almost Here Something Corporate - Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate Into It. Over It - Proper Fireworks - Oh, Common Life Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs Death Cab For Cutie - Plans Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album Pennywise - About Time Jeff Rosenstock - 2020 Dump (EP) Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Alex Melton - Pbrs and Teles Home Grown - Kings of Pop Knuckle Puck - 20/20 Movements - No Good Left to Give Into It. Over It - Figure Yours Truly - Self Care Ludwig Goransson - TENET (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Anberlin - Cities NOFX - The Decline (EP) The Menzingers - Hello Exile Deftones - Around the Fur Deftones - White Pony Fleet Foxes - Shore Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall Deftones - Ohms The Menzingers - From Exile Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave Joji - Nectar Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High Playboi Carti - Die Lit 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy Radiohead - Kid A The Spill Canvas - Sunsets & Car Crashes Acceptance- Wild, Free 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - SAVAGE MODE II The Alchemist - A Doctor, A Painter & An Alchemist Walk Into A Bar The Used - In Love and Death The Used - The Used Touche Amore - Lament Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White Phish - The Baker's Dozen: Live At Madison Square Garden 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - SAVAGE MODE II [CHOPPED NOT SLOPPED] Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.D. City PUP - This Place Sucks Ass (EP) Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You Gorillaz Song Machine - Season One: Strange Timez Bring Me the Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal Clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town Ty Dolla $ign - Featuring Ty Dolla $ign The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound Sessions: 10 Year Annivesary Retrospective The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Stop Making Cake: Halloween 2019 (Live in New Haven, CT) Years Spent Cold - Moving Heaven To Hell Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Outkast - Stankonia Outkast - ATLiens Future & Young Thug - SUPER SLIMEY Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Mexico City (Live) Converge - Jane Live Four Year Strong - Four Year Strong Seaway - Big Vibe Future & Lil Uzi Vert - Pluto x Baby Pluto AC/DC - POWER UP 2 Chainz - So Help Me God! Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely The Maine - American Candy A Day To Remember - Common Courtesy King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - K.G. Seahaven - Halo of Hurt The Smashing Pumpkins - CYR Weave - The Sound II Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi Dogleg - Melee Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon III: The Chosen The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You Less Than Jake- Silver Linings JPEGMAFIA - EP! Taylor Swift - Evermore Kid Cudi - Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading Between the Buried & Me - Colors Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
The Big Moon - Walking Like We Do 7/10 Georgia Seeking - Thrills 8/10 Field Music - Making a New World 5/10 Poppy - I Disagree 7/10 Moneybagg Yo - Time Served 4/10 Selena Gomez - Rare 5/10 Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City 4/10 Circa Waves - Happy 4/10 JACKBOYS - JACKBOYS 3/10 Pinegrove - Marigold 6/10 Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By 1/10 (worst album I have heard in two or three years) Halsey - Manic 7/10
Late but adding my post for this year: Same format as last year +++ = loved it / top 5 AOTY material / a new personal favorite ++ = very strong + = liked it * = ok - = ehhhh -- = no plz no 2020 albums are BOLDED January 1. James Brown - Roots of a Revolution (1984) +++ 2. James Brown - Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969 (1996) 3. Blowout- No Beer, No Dad (Redux) (2016/2020) +++ 4. Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band (1986) 5. The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It to the Streets (1976) + 6. The Doobie Brothers - Livin' on the Fault Line (1977) 7. Hank Mobley - Poppin' (1957) ++ 8. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1967) + 9. Fiona Apple - Tidal (1996) 10. Brian McKnight - Anytime (1997) 11. Selena Gomez - Rare (2020) 12. Frances Quinlan - Likewise (2020) 13. Destroyer - Have We Met (2020) 14. Kesha - High Road (2020) 15. Louis Tomlinson - Walls (2020) - 16. Louis Armstrong and King Oliver - Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (1974) February 17. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow (1970) 18. Joe Henderson - Our Thing (1963) 19. Billy Corgan - Ogilala (2017) + 20. Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse (1965) ++ 21. Funkadelic - Funkadelic (1970) 22. Merle Haggard & The Strangers - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (1967) ++ 23. Green Day - Father of All Motherfuckers (2020) -- 24. Al Green - The Belle Album (1977) +++ 25. Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964 (2003) +++ 26. Wayne Shorter - Moto Grosso Feio (1970) + 27. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - Unlocked (2020) ++ 28. Green Day - WARNING: (2000) ++ 29. Cayetana - Nervous Like Me (2014) + 30. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005) + 31. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) 32. Merle Haggard & The Strangers - Hag (1971) ++ 33. Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits (1967) 34. Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine (2016) + 35. Guided By Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) ++ 36. Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling (2020) ++ 37. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008) +++ 38. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day (2003) ++ 39. Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do (2010) * 40. Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots (2011) +++ 41. The Mountain Goats - Full Force Galesburg (1997) ++ 42. Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs (1993) March 43. G Herbo - PTSD (2020) + 44. Mandy Moore - Silver Landings (2020) ++ 45. Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch (2007) + 46. Katie Pruitt - Expectations (2020) +++ 47. Truth Club - Not an Exit (2019) + 48. Freddie Hubbard - The Body & the Soul (1964) 49. Ratboys - Printer's Devil (2020) 50. Various Artists - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (2006) +++ 51. Various Artists - Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (2013) ++ 52. Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label (2004) + 53. Various Artists - Good God! Born Again Funk (2010) 54. Various Artists - Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul (2007) 55. Maroon 5 - Red Pill Blues (2017) + 56. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020) + 57. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011) + 58. Them - The "Angry" Young Them! (1965) 59. The Animals - The Best of The Animals (1966) ++ 60. All Time Low - Wake Up, Sunshine (2020) + 61. David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969) * 62. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World (1970) 63. The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (1965) ++ 64. The Rolling Stones - December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) ++ 65. Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971) +++ 66. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968) 67. Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) 68. Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996) ++ 69. Frank Sinatra - The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings (1993) 70. The Who - My Generation (1965) April 71. Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway (1999) 72. They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986) + 73. Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me (2007) + 74. The Magnetic Fields - The Charm of the Highway Strip (1994) ++ 75. Guided By Voices - English Little League (2013) * 76. The Guess Who - Canned Wheat (1969) 77. The Guess Who - The Best of The Guess Who (1971) 78. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Claudine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1974) 79. Lee Morgan - Delightfulee (1966) 80. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Caravan (1963) 81. Hank Mobley - Hank Mobley (1958) 82. John Coltrane - Standard Coltrane (1958) + 83. The Strokes - The New Abnormal (2020) ++ 84. Destroyer - Your Blues (2004) 85. The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012) + 86. Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012) +++ 87. The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977) + 88. Jessie Ware - Glasshouse (2017) + 89. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (1980) + 90. Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor (2020) +++ 91. *NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000) - 92. The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974) - 93. Backstreet Boys - Millennium (1999) * 94. *NSYNC - Celebrity (2001) * May 95. Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind of Fellow (1963) + 96. The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967) 97. Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) ++ 98. Jackie McLean - New Soil (1959) ++ 99. Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (1962) 100. Kehlani - It Was Good Until It Wasn't (2020) 101. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957) ++ 102. The Temptations - Sky's the Limit (1971) ++ 103. Kool & the Gang - Emergency (1984) 104. Jackie McLean - Capuchin Swing (1960) + 105. The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (2020) +++ 106. Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010) +++ 107. Bomb the Music Industry! - Get Warmer (2009) ++ 108. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror (2012) 109. Bomb the Music Industry! - SCRAMBLES (2009) ++ 110. Wynton Kelly - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) ++ 111. Chico Hamilton Quintet - The Three Faces of Chico (1959) 112. Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue (1959) 113. Wynton Kelly - Kelly Great (1959) 114. Wynton Kelly - Kelly at Midnight (1960) 115. McCoy Tyner - Tender Moments (1967) +++ 116. Bomb the Music Industry! - Adults!!!... Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!!!!!! (2010) 117. Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons (1960) ++ 118. Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook (1959) ++ 119. Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964) +++ 120. Duke Ellington - Money Jungle (1963) 121. John Coltrane - Live at Birdland (1964) +++ 122. Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (1962) 123. Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance (1962) 124. Baby Face Willette - Face to Face (1961) 125. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Indestructible (1964) June 126. Limbeck - Hi, Everything's Great (2003) 127. Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain (2007) *
7. Nervous Rex - Lover's High + 8. Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater ++ 9. Snorlax - II 10. Ezra Furman - Sex Education Original Soundtrack ++ 11. Dead Hour Noise - Sleeping Dogs + 12. Phalanx - Golden Horde + I've already got bad at updating this lol
2020 Albums only 1. Georgia - Seeking Thrills ++ 2. Mac Miller - Circles ++ 3. Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong + 4. Theopilus London - Bebey + 5. A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around ++ 6. Halsey - Maniac + 7. Poppy - I Disagree + 8. Frail Hands - parted/departed/apart + 9. Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater ++ 10. tricot - 真っ白 ++ 11. Kesha - High Road + 12. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone +++ (10/10) 13. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - UNLOCKED ++
Updated. Gonna keep a running AOTY list to and update that monthly and see how that evolves. January: 1. Algiers - There is No Year 2. Holy Fuck - Deleter 3. Caspian - On Circles 4. Honeymoon - From the Future 5. Halsey - Manic 6. Poppy - I Disagree 7. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Voice and Other Stories 8. 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi 9. AJJ - Good Luck Everybody 10. Mac Miller - Circles
listened to 80 2020 releases in January, with 71 of them being new artists to me (i.e. "new" = never listened to them before, and in most cases never even heard the name of the artist before). very happy with that, and kind of shocked. think i'm going to do a post per month because idk how long a single post can be and if people scroll through the thread in August my own post would take about an hour to get through i assume. found lots of good stuff so far this year, happy i'm doing this. only a few duds, but i'm usually not super picky or critical of music. Top 5 for 2020 so far: Andy Schauf - The Neon Skyline Futurebirds - Teamwork Caspian - On Circles Dolorifics - Welcome to Dolograd Dragged Under - The World is in Your Way honorable mentions: A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
I'll list albums I had never listened to before or barely given attention to. ++ = Fantastic, I'm hooked! + = Good album, might go back sometimes. * = Enjoyable, but probably won't go back. - = Didn't enjoy much. -- = Couldn't stand, probably didn't finish. 2020 releases are in bold font. JANUARY 1. Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future (2008) ++ 2. Hawthorne Heights - Zero (2013) + 3. Paramore - All We Know Is Falling (2005) * 4. Paramore - Riot! (2007) + 5. Dayseeker- Sleeptalk (2019) ++ 6. Paramore - Brand New Eyes (2009) + 7. Paramore - Paramore (2013) ++ 8. Conditions- Fluorescent Youth (2010) ++ 9. Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails (1996) * 10. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity (1999) * 11. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) + 12. Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004) ++ 13. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light (2007) + 14. Jimmy Eat World - Invented (2010) + 15. Jimmy Eat World - Damage (2013) ++ 16. Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision (2020) ++ 17. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues (2016) ++ 18. Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City (2020) + 19. Circa Waves - Happy (2020) ++ 20. Echosmith- Lonely Generation (2020) * 21. Georgia - Seeking Thrills (2020) - 22. The Big Moon - Walking Like We Do (2020) + 23. Emarosa- Relativity (2008) + 24. Selena Gomez - Rare (2020) * 25. AJJ- Good Luck Everybody (2020) * 26. Pinegrove- Marigold (2020) + 27. Halsey- Manic (2020) + 28. Of Montreal - UR FUN (2020) ++ 29. Funeral For a Friend - Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation (2003) + 30. Emarosa- Emarosa (2010) + 31. Emarosa- Versus (2014) + 32. Emarosa- 131 (2016) ++ 33. Meet Me @ The Altar - Bigger Than Me EP (2019) ++ 34. Bayside- Sirens and Condolences (2004) * 35. Bayside- Bayside (2005) + 36. Dashboard Confessional- The Best Ones of The Best Ones (2020) + 37. Holy Fuck - Deleter (2020) + FEBRUARY 38. Cassino- Bottlenecker EP (2016) + 39. Caspian- On Circles (2020) * 40. Bayside- The Walking Wounded (2007) + 41. Green Day - Father of All Motherfuckers (2020) + 42. Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor I EP (2020) ++ 43. Bayside- Shudder (2008) ++ 44. Bayside- Killing Time (2011) ++ 45. Bombay Bicycle Club- Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (2020) * 46. Little Big Town - Nightfall (2020) ++ 47. Chase Tremaine- Unfall (2020) + 48. Foxing- Nearer My God (2018) + 49. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline (2020) * 50. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone (2020) + 51. Linelions- II (2020) + 52. Bayside - Cult (2014) + 53. Bayside- Vacancy (2016) ++ 54. Bayside- Interrobang (2019) ++ 55. Frances Quinlan - Likewise (2020) * 56. John Moreland - LP5 (2020) + 57. Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything (2020) + 58. Nada Surf- Never Not Together (2020) ++ 59. The Lone Bellow - Half Moon Light (2020) + 60. Beach Bunny- Honeymoon (2020) ++ 61. Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright (2020) + 62. Tame Impala- The Slow Rush (2020) * 63. Four Year Strong - Brain Pain (2020) ++
January in Review: Kicking off another year of music and there were some nice finds in January. It took a few weeks for the 2020 releases to start dropping, but around mid-month a series of songs and albums came out that suggest an embarrassment of riches through the rest of the year. Mac Miller's posthumous Circles connected with me in a surprising way and stood out as the first truly great release of the year. I was a relatively passive listener of Mac's before he passed, but this album's heavy focus on singing resonated with me as I have always gravitated to his more melodic tendencies over his rapping. His raspy voice pairs with Jon Brion's organic instrumentation to create a warmth that truly feels like someone reaching out for others. It clearly resonated with others; being on Twitter while the world took it in for the first time felt like riding a wave. It magnifies the loss of an artist who could make brilliant, solemn music. A lot of people love Mac Miller, and I'm glad to have a better understanding of why. Operating in a kindred space but on a totally different wavelength, Destroyer's Have We Met has a similar classic 1970's songwriter feel, filtered through an apocalyptic synthscape and vocalist/lyricist Dan Bejar's penchant to not give a single solitary fuck about what anyone thinks. It's his strongest work since 2011's masterpiece Kaputt, the output of a singular artist doing exactly what he wants. I've been entranced by the album's sophisticated pop turns for days now, as well as lyrics that can only exist on a Destroyer record. (My current favorite, from his Citizen-Kane-by-way-of-mediocrity lament "The Television Music Supervisor": Clickety click click. The music makes a musical sound measured in echoes by famous novelist brothers Shithead Number One and Shithead Number Two.) Bejar's wonderfully gonzo poetry and lackadaisical vocals could easily be taken as apathetic, but there's a deep sense of longing beneath the surface that reveals itself on repeated listens. Aside from those albums, a number of songs came out this month that seem like a harbinger of great music to come. One of my favorite rising artists, Westerman, reappeared after a quiet 2019 with "Blue Comanche", a contemplative tune that feels like a new morning sun in the constant anxiety of this political hellscape. Soccer Mommy, Waxahatchee, and The 1975 released previews from their new albums that harken back to the 90s heyday of Lilith Fair. I discovered an artist named Angelica Garcia at a showcase for Latin musicians, whose song "Jícama" is a slice of chunky futurist pop that feels entirely of its own. Ethan Gruska and Phoebe Bridgers's duet "Enough For Now" is an anthem that reminds me of the best racing-in-the-street moments of the last Now, Now album. They're all incredible songs, ones I see myself listening to for a long time to come. Next month is also my participation in the #MWE project, so I'm expecting to hear a lot of great older albums. You can follow my thoughts about them on this Twitter thread. Top 2020 albums of the month: Destroyer, Mac Miller, Kiwi Jr. Recommended Songs I discovered this month: Westerman - "Blue Comanche" Angelica Garcia - "Jícama" Waxahtchee - "Fire" Soccer Mommy - "circle the drain" Night Tapes - "Down To The Bricks"
only going to list albums released in 2020 otherwise i'll never keep track. February Listens of 2020 Releases: 81 Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar (really liked it) 82 Leeched - To Dull the Blades of Your Abuse (liked it) 83 Slotface - Sorry for the Late Reply (really liked it) 84 Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling (ok) 85 Kesha - High Road (liked it) 86 Lil Wayne - Funeral (ok) 87 Ethan Gruska - En Garde (liked it) 88 Squarepusher - Be Up a Hello (meh) 89 Huntingtons - iMuerto, Carcel, O Rocanrol! (ok) 90 Chase Tremaine - Unfall (liked it) 91 Obsidian Tongue - Volume III (liked it) 92 Tall Tall Trees - A Wave of Golden Things (liked it) 93 Squirrel Flower - I Was Born Swimming (liked it) 94 Charli Adams - Good at Being Young EP (really liked it) 95 Yatra - Blood of the Night (ok) 96 Caveboy - Night in the Park, Kiss in the Dark (really liked it) 97 Dune Rats - Hurry Up and Wait (liked it) 98 End It - One Way Track EP (ok) 99 Ben Watt - Storm Damage (liked it) 100 Gabrielle Aplin - Dear Happy (liked it) 101 Granite Hands - Void (ok) 102 Thoughts Factory - Elements (ok) 103 Smoke Fairies - Darkness Brings the Wonders Home (liked it) 104 Loving - If I Am Only My Thoughts (liked it) 105 Torres - Silver Tongue (ok) 106 Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone (liked it) 107 Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything (really liked it) 108 Green Day - Father of All Motherfuckers (BAD) 109 Poolside - Low Season (liked it) 110 Nada Surf - Never Not Together (liked it) 111 Oh Wonder - No One Else Can Wear Your Crown (ok) 112 Sylosis - Cycle of Suffering (liked it) 113 Tenille Townes - Road to the Lemonade Stand EP (ok) 114 God Dethroned - Illuminati (liked it) 115 John Moreland - LP5 (liked it) 116 The Lone Below - Half Moon Light (ok) 117 Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces (really liked it) 118 Sallow Moth - The Larval Hope (ok) 119 Lorna Shore - Immortal (meh) 120 Aubrie Sellers - Far From Home (ok) 121 Cheerbleederz - Lobotany EP (liked it) 122 Initiate - Lavender EP (liked it) 123 Brent Cobb- No Place Left to Leave (liked it) 124 Envy - The Fallen Crimson (liked it) 125 Your Spirit Dies - The Process of Grief (meh) 126 Svart Crown - Wolves Among the Ashes (ok) 127 Oldsoul - You Were Overwhelmed (liked it) 128 Giver - Sculpture of Violence (liked it) 129 La Roux - Supervision (meh) 130 Gadget - Spreading the Love (ok) 131 Meghan Trainor - Treat Myself (liked it) 132 Stone Temple Pilots - Perdida (ok) 133 Coin - Dreamland (liked it) 134 The Cadillac Three - Country Fuzz (ok) 135 Pulse Emitter - Swirlings (meh) 136 Shopping - All or Nothing (ok) 137 Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (liked it) 138 Katie Gately - Loom (meh) 139 Personality Cult - New Arrows (liked it) 140 Beach Bunny - Honeymoon (liked it) 141 Summer Camp - Romantic Comedy (liked it) 142 Thief Club - New View (liked it) 143 Blaze of Perdition - The Harrowing of Hearts (liked it) 144 Tennis - Swimmer (liked it) 145 Worst Party Ever - here, online (really liked it) 146 Great American Ghost - Power Through Terror (ok) 147 Denzel Curry - Unlocked (ok) 148 Justin Bieber - Changes (liked it) 149 Western State Hurricanes - Through with Love (liked it) 150 EDEN - No Future (ok) 151 The Postcards - The Good Soldier (liked it) 152 Ihsahn - Telemark (ok) 153 Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void (liked it) 154 Gasoline Heart - Allergic to Wood (really liked it) 155 Arbor Labor Union - New Petal Instants (liked it) 156 Kvelertak - Splid (liked it) 157 Bashful - Driving (ok) 158 Yuri Gagarin - The Outskirts of Reality (liked it) 159 Rope and Ladder - Rope and Ladder (liked it) 160 Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright (ok) 161 Huey Lewis & the News - Weather (ok) 162 Sega Bodega - Salvador (meh) 163 The Men - Mercy (ok) 164 Louis Tomlinson - Walls (liked it) 165 John Allred - Anchor (liked it) 166 Karg - Traktat (ok) 167 King Krule - Man Alive! (disliked) 168 Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd (ok) 169 Posehn - Grandpa Metal (liked it) 170 Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man (liked it) 171 Polaris - The Death of Me (liked it) 172 Katie Pruitt - Expectations (really liked it) 173 Sightless Pit - Grave of a Dog (disliked) 174 Best Coast - Always Tomorrow (liked it) 175 The Homesick - The Big Exercise (liked it) 176 Banoffee - Look at Us Now Dad (liked it) 177 Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree - Names of North End Women (ok) 178 Humanist - Humanist (meh) 179 Guided by Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field (ok) 180 Tape Glow - Bright at Midnight EP (dislike) 181 Isobel Campbell - There is No Other (ok) 182 Sepultura - Quadra (liked it) 183 The Amity Affliction - Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them (ok) 184 Non La - Not in Love (ok) 185 Too Free - Love in High Demand (meh) 186 The Highsides - Some Pretty Dark Thoughts (ok) 187 Soccer Mommy - Color Theory (liked it) 188 Caribou - Suddenly (ok) 189 Christine and the Queens - La Vita Nuova (ok) 190 Ratboys - Printer's Devil (liked it) 191 Four Year Strong - Brain Pain (meh) 192 James Taylor - American Standard (ok)