Had to wait for Phoebe to come out and at least spend a few days with it before even coming into this thread or trying to rank haha. Did my top 30 today though. Hell of a year it’s been. This is cut down from a list of 99 records that I’ve heard and actually really enjoyed this year.
Ok after this weekend: 1. On Circles by Caspian 2. Palimpsest by Protest the Hero 3. Run the Jewels 4 by Run the Jewels 4. You and I by O’Brother 5. Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers 6. Reunions by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit 7. Melee by Dogleg 8. The Avalanche by Owen 9. Wake UP! by Hazel English 10. Vespertine by This Will Destroy You
The Sault album at the top of this is incredible. Hadn’t heard of them before seeing the list the other day.
Yeah I put it on immediately out of curiosity when I saw the list, four tracks in and wayyyy impressed
everyone who made their list before phoebe dropped is fucking up 1. Charli XCX - how i’m feeling now 2. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene 3. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 4. Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country 5. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory 6. Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist - Alfredo 7. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 8. Against All Logic - 2017 - 2019 9. Run The Jewels - RTJ4 10. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately 11. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 12. Destroyer - Have We Met 13. Caribou - Suddenly 14. Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas 15. Polo G - The Goat 16. Diet Cig - Do You Wonder About Me? 17. Mac Miller - Circles 18. Porridge Radio - Every Bad 19. J Hus - Big Conspiracy 20. Poppy - I Disagree
Pretty much in order... Moodymann - Taken Away Run the Jewels - RTJ4 King Krule - Man Alive! Ambrose Akinmusire - on the tender spot of every calloused moment Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo Ka - Descendants of Cain The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now Thundercat - It Is What It Is The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed Beatrice Dillon - Workaround Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi R.A.P. Ferreira - purple moonlight pages Boldy James - The Price Of Tea In China Westside Gunn - Pray For Paris Shabazz Palaces - The Don of Diamond Dreams Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind Against All Logic - 2017-2019 Kassa Overall - I Think I'm Good Jeremy Cunningham - The Weather Up There Mac Miller - Circles Nazar - Guerilla Knxwledge - 1988 Gil Scott-Heron - We're New Again (A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven) The Professionals - The Professionals
I had completely missed that Moodymann had a new album until it started popping up on these lists. Immediately went grabbed it off bandcamp and have been wearing it out lately.
I listened to him a bit when his ST came out in 2014 and enjoyed it, but never really went back to him. Then I read someone call him the Dilla of house music and it made so much sense. So went and checked out his older stuff and have been listening to him so much sense. His new one and Sinner from last year are so god damn good.
Yeah Sinner is the one that put him on my radar, maybe I should go back and listen to some of his older material. Both Sinner and Taken Away are so good.
Here are my favorites of the year so far: Dogleg – Melee Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher Soccer Mommy – Color Theory Run the Jewels – RTJ4 Tame Impala – The Slow Rush Charmer - Ivy Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud The Strokes – The New Abnormal Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor Future – High Off Life Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner The Weeknd – After Hours Gleemer – Down Through
ok after two straight weeks of like... 2-3 classic records being released per week, i decided to catch up on some albums i hadn't heard update my list, fuck it, whatever the 1975 notes on a conditional form keiyaA forever, ya girl hum inlet moodymann taken away vanessa carlton love is an art jessie ware what's your pleasure? fiona apple fetch the bolt cutters kehlani it was good until it wasn't moses boyd dark matter phoebe bridgers punisher katie pruitt expectations haim women in music pt. iii empty country empty country the soft pink truth shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? bob dylan rough and rowdy ways poppy i disagree owen pallett island grimes miss anthropocene tame impala the slow rush kate nv room for the moon hayley williams petals for armor vladislav delay rakka tricot pure black mandy moore silver landings destroyer have we met fuckin incredible year so far
Top 10, loosely ordered: Colony House - Leave What’s Lost Behind Overcoats - The Fight Haim - Women in Music, pt III Purity Ring - WOMB Firewoodisland - Firewoodisland Delta Rae - The Light OHMME - Fantasize Your Ghost Jason Isbell - Reunions Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher COIN - Dreamland
This is shaping up to be an absolutely ridiculous year. So much good music, not enough time to take it all in. 2020 might go down as a legendary year in music the way it's going.
no particular order but: Mac Miller - Circles Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist - Alfredo Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud Need to spend more time with new Jeff Rosenstock, Charli XCX, and Soccer Mommy, but they'll probably end up on here.
1. All Time Low - Wake Up Sunshine 2. The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form 3. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush 4. The Weeknd - After Hours 5. Silverstein - A Beautiful Place to Drown 6. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene 7. Caribou - Suddenly 8. Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision 9. Katie Malco - Failures 10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B I'd expect Haim, Dua Lipa, and a few others to end up on the final version too. Been a sneaky good year so far
Not doing a numbered list because fuck that noise, here's a big long list (20 each from Q1 and Q2) of albums I really enjoyed, i.e. would score 80% or better, from the first half of this weird-ass year. Algiers - There is No Year Arvo Party - Love Above All Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong Boniface - S/T Braids - Shadow Offering B.C. Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff Caribou - Suddenly Caspian - On Circles Cavetown - Sleepyhead Columbia Mills - CCTV Dogleg - Melee Elisabeth Elektra - Mercurial Fields - The Silence of Staying In Floral Tattoo - You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start Georgia - Seeking Thrills Gordi - Our Two Skins The Howl and the Hum - Human Contact I Break Horses - Warnings Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd Long Neck - World's Strongest Dog Katie Malco - Failures Naeem - Startisha NNAMDÏ - BRAT O'Brother - You & I of Montreal - UR FUN Orchards - Lovecore Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA Robotaki - The Grand Mirage Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways to New Italy Shawn Wasabi - MANGOTALE Snarls - Burst Soccer Mommy - Color Theory Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Vistas - Everything Changes in the End Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor Wolf Parade - Thin Mind
1. phoebe bridgers - punisher 2. christian lee hutson - beginners 3. hot mulligan - you'll be fine 4. charmer - ivy 5. run the jewels - rtj4 6. charli xcx - how i'm feeling now 7. soccer mommy - color theory 8. the weeknd - after hours 9. tennis - swimmer 10. waxahatchee - saint cloud 11. code orange - underneath 12. loathe - i let it in and it took everything 13. denzel curry x kenny beats - unlocked 14. the strokes - the new abnormal 15. four year strong - brain pain
In no order at all: Retirement Party - Runaway Dog Dryjacket - Going Out of Business Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible O'Brother - You and I Charmer - Ivy I'm Glad It's You - Every Sun, Every Moon The Wonder Years - Burst & Decay (Volume II) Worst Party Ever - here, online Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone Beach Bunny - Honeymoon Dogleg - Melee Hot Mulligan - you'll be fine Ratboys - Printer's Devil Silverstein and Four Year Strong are both solid but need more listens, and I'm digging the new Remo Drive a BUNCH more than the previous one, but other than that, this is what I'm working with. Please please rec me some stuff I may have missed or should check out.
based on this list, I’d say check out if you haven’t: Have A Good Season - Shapes I’ve Never Seen Snarls - Burst Innerlove. - Fine By Me EP Same - Plastic Western