The 2020 end of year music lists thread

this is unusually good for one of these. kind of stunned that sault isn't on there but lido pimienta is

lido now easily the most famous person I have ever purchased a frozen dessert for

v sad to learn that little simz is neoliberalism

this list is pretty good :)

https://www.kexp.org/read/2020/12/16/2020-top-ten-list-spotlight-reverend-dollars/

nice, will check out yr top 3

(backxwash and brandy i already know + love)

didn't know you were rev, EM! I love (and am occasionally repping for) the Miyamoto is Black Enough Album. You're also the only other person i'm seeing big upping the Bbymutha, which is very good.

and Tiwa Savage’s Celia!

yeah, love that one too

didnt know extended mix was rev

love the irreversible entanglements

ok the Miyamoto Is Black Enough album is pretty sick

pretty incredible actually

Moor Jewelry really good, now KeiyaA is sounding exceptional too

not mentioned on here much except to compare it to sault

it is absolutely nothing like sault lol, it is much closer to personal favourite l'rain

keiyaa record is really excellent, was hoping you'd dig it lj

:) it is completely my thing yeah

it owns

xp The Mr. Bungle album is sick

The Graun's jazz top 10 link

I'm particularly curious about their number one, that I've not heard of before. (I did catch her in the 'Last Five Years' Bowie doc that was released some time ago)

Genuinely impressed by how quickly keyiaa has catapulted to the top of critical acclaim, I love it but it felt pretty niche, I thought she’d really go on the next project but it’s moving fast

Cool to see

Guardian jazz list is interesting. Several things on there I like a lot (Metheny, Redman, Rollins, the Blue Note compilation, Bley, Schneider). I do think if you're only listing 10 albums you shouldn't include one that's just a reissue of one of the best-known albums in the history of jazz, though.

Maria Schneider's music is tough to get hold of. She doesn't release it to streaming services; you have to pretty much buy it directly from her. But Data Lords is my favorite thing I've heard by her, by a sizable margin. Worth seeking out.

Thanks unperson. Saw that she only made available a single track from the album on spotify, which is fair enough of course. No really a way to hear it before purchase. But based on that, what I've read and your comments backing that up I'll bite.

Top 100 metal albums of 2020 courtesy of Grizzly Butts:

https://grizzlybutts.com/2020/12/21/the-top-100-albums-of-the-year-2020/

Resident Advisor - 2020's Best Albums
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3787

Various - HOA 10-12
Slikback - /// + ///II
KMRU - Peel + opaquer
Ulla - Tumbling Towards A Wall
E.M.M.A. - Indigo Dream
Theo Parrish - Wuddaji
BOOF - Rebirth Of Gerberdaisy
Beatrice Dillon - Workaround
Various - Physically Sick 3
Ana Roxanne - Because Of A Flower
Jonnine - Blue Hills
Moodymann - Taken Away
Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
Shinichi Atobe - Yes
Actress - Karma & Desire
Duval Timothy - Help
Yaeji - What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던
Jasmine Infiniti - BXTCH SLÄP
Headie One - Edna
RA Album of the Year: DJ Python - Mas Amable

Yaeji record v. good

Electronic Sound:

30. Hilary Woods - Birthmarks
29. Rival Consoles - Articulation
28. Andy Bell - The View from Halfway Down
27. Gaudi - 100 Years of Theremin (The Dub Chapter)
26. Doug McKechnie - San Francisco Moog 1968-72
25. Nyx Nótt - Aux Pieds de la Nuit
24. Sink Ya Teeth - Two
23. Scissorgun - All You Love is Need
22. Belbury Poly - The Gone Away
21. Benge - Thirteen Systems
20. Luke Vibert - Amen Andrews / Modern Rave / Rave Hop
19. Max Richter - Voices
18. Black Devil Disco Club - Lucifer is a Flower
17. Ben Lucas Boysen - Mirage
16. Katie Gately - Loom
15. JARV IS... - Beyond the Pale
14. Luke Abbott - Translate
13. Blancmange - Mindset
12. ACR - ACR Loco
11. Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine
10. Kl(aüs) - Kl(aüs) 2
9. Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Mixing Colours
8. Polly Scattergood - In This Moment
7. The Orb - Abolition of the Royal Familia
6. Soulwax - EMS Synthi 100: DEEWEE Sessions Vol 01
5. Polypores - Azure / Flora
4. Cabaret Voltaire - Shadow of Fear
3. Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club
2. John Foxx and the Maths - Howl
1. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song

Katie Gately should be on more lists.

https://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-20/#albums

As always, RSTB shows up in the end and shows how a list can be a piece of art in itself:

http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/favorite-albums-of-2020/

those Haus of Altr comps (+ various AceMo/MoMA Ready projects) have been absolute fire

my other favorite dance music series this year is New York Dance Music, with a lot of overlapping personnel

As always, RSTB shows up in the end and shows how a list can be a piece of art in itself:

http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/favorite-albums-of-2020/

This is exquisite! a handful of things on here that I know and love, and loads of unknowns to dig into over the next week

I voted in the Wire poll, and the only LP from my ballot that made the top 50 was the Soft Pink Truth. Some years are like that, though.

Andy's (RSTB) aesthetic is just so meticulously curated that I'm compelled to give the ones that did not grab me another chance too. Half my late entries list comes from his:

https://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-20/#late

Boomkat's AOTY is DJ Python, full list does not seem up yet.

is now: https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2020

Of course they wanted to send another email after announcing their number one, so here's the Boomkat 100

xp damnit

Had not noticed there was a new Eyvind Kang and a new Maria Minerva

Really great to see the Hilary Woods album getting traction in some of these lists - it got a bit lost in March but is so perfect for this time of year (and, you know, for this kind of year)

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3788
Top Tracks

boomkat tryna bankrupt me again

gotta they're showing a lot of self-control by not including the excellent jonnine standish record they put out

still haven't heard the mica levi which apparently "shifts the template to a sort of scuzzed dreampop somewhere between MBV and that Chopped & Screwed hookup with the London Sinfonietta", mmmm hmmm

It is amazing, yes

listening to it now. sounds like surfer rosa-era pixies playing in a sewer pipe?

Are you talking about the whole album (which is great) or the title-track (which is incredible) there?

title track is dogs barking for thirty seconds?

Ffs we're talking about entirely different albums aren't we

Mica Levi's pop band Good Sad Happy Bad also returned this year lol

Oh right! I was talking about 'ruff dog'. Some good dead c-esque scuzziness on some of the songs, i don't hate it! Will check out the other one though, thanks for the tip

Okay this sounds way different. Classic boomkat move going for the sewercore option

Many and multiple xps

Enjoying the Material Girl album. Some of the references a bit on the nose? Perfect for the fug of this time of year. And loving the KeiyaA. The bass on 'Negus Poem 1&2' nearly made this melt shit his pants.

This new Mica Levi album is great too!

hey imago, heads-up on this one from the boomkat list:

Lol K — The Breeze (Halcyon Veil)
Yeah this is the shit; the standout debut album of intricately woven, asymmetric and offbeat drill/pop from London’s Lol K, starring vocals by Coby Sey and LA Timpa. It’s a shockingly strong followup to their debut EP for Mica Levi and co’s Curl Recordings, developing a crafty set of queer, sensuous pop, configured in brilliant, surprising ways for Halcyon Veil. Highly recommended if yr into Vegyn, Mica Levi, Tirzah, Yves Tumor, Slowthai... T

it's not all great tbh but it has some neat songs on it. might be up your street?