The ILXors' personal 2020 end of year music lists thread

Top 80 (first 14 ranked) w/ Bandcamp links to all:

https://www.twitter.com/musicophiliamix/status/1331894795778859008

Trying again:

The fifty-three months the year of 2020 have been... yeah. But musicians have carried us through.

From the 300 LPs and EPs from 2020 I bought this year, here are my very favorites. I'll link to every album's @Bandcamp page in the thread below.

What were your favorites? pic.twitter.com/7YXjbacQTG

— Musicophilia (@musicophiliamix) November 26, 2020

I haven't made a list (yet) but I do have a Best of 2020 Spotify Playlist I can share:

http://open.spotify.com/playlist/7B12GYpOu4sCycx1nMlanu?si=CeYDhShQRuisMedBcQ6pIw

My singles: https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2020/12/13/the-best-singles-of-2020/

alfred thank you for your correct megan vote

*bows*

my list is so much like brad's it's not true

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/timfinney/albums-of-2020/1/

wrote about my favs

tracks: https://voodoochili.tumblr.com/post/638846348547014656/my-favorite-songs-of-2020
albums: https://voodoochili.tumblr.com/post/639305980900950016/my-75-favorite-albums-of-2020

i wish i'd gotten my shit together in enough time to actually write blurbs for my lists but the final* ones are here: https://hologramofthesenses.substack.com/p/alt2020end

*ilm 77 certain to mess with the integrity of this list over the next three weeks

a few songs and albums there will have my support!

Since I won't be voting in the main poll this year anyway, might as well post this unranked list (more like two-in-one) of 2020 highlights. Chances are I'll still be updating it in the coming weeks:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/pomenitul/2020-highlights-in-progress/

my grandma always says “if you don’t vote, you can’t complain” so keep that in mind, pom

I've run out of complaints anyway, so I won't be transgressing that adage.

ALBUMS

1. Yuko Araki, Live Recording 2019-2020 (Gerpfast)
2. Marta Zapparoli, Sonata Per Eterna (Glistening Examples)
3. Various Artists, Anthology of Experimental Music from Mexico (Unexplained Sounds)
4. Stephen J. Malkmus, Traditional Techniques (Matador)
5. Evicshen, Hair Birth (American Dreams)
6. Various Artists, Alternate African Reality - Electronic, electroacoustic, and experimental music from Africa and the diaspora (Syrphe)
7. The Soft Pink Truth, Shall We Go On Sinning, So That Grace May Increase? (Thrill Jockey)
8. Moze Pray, A Whirling Hall of Knives (Somatic)
9. Jason Crumer, S/T (Breathing Problem)
10. Mark Morgan/Mike Khoury, Mark Morgan/Mike Khoury (Sound Holes)
11. Brian Eno, Film Music 1976-2020 (UMC)
12. Apologist, Anhedonia (No Rent)
13. Monte Espina, conradios (self-released)
14. Tafi & Green Door Allstars, Ghana Glasgow Fellowship (Optimo/Autonomous Africa)
15. Rust Worship, Perpetuality (KVP)
16. Vanessa Rossetto, Self-Care (Unfathomless)
17. Ellen Fullman, Music for the Man Who Grew Common in Wisdom (Besom Presse)
18. Sarah Hughes, i love this city and its outlying lands (Mappa)
19. Robert Turman, Chapter Eleven (Hanson)
20. Jeff Carey, index off (Self-Released)
21. English, Democracy (AMPLIFY 2020)
22. Simon Whetham, Forced to Repeat Myself (Misanthropic Agenda)
23. Maria Chavez, EMPAC Sessions 1, 2020 (self-released)
24. Arrington de Dionyso, LUNGS (self-released)
25. The Necks, Three (Northern Spy)
26. Jeff Tweedy, Love Is The King (dBpm)

TRACKS

1. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, “Guinnevere” (Stretch Music / Ropeadope)
2. The Strokes, “The Adults Are Talking” (RCA)
3. HAIM, "The Steps" (Columbia)
4. Psychic Graveyard, “No” (Deathbomb Arc)
5. STYLUCIPHER, "Pain" (Unexplained Sounds)
6. Cloud Circuit, “A letter from the cloud eternal network” (Archive Officielle)
7. Horse Lords, “Integral Accident” (Northern Spy)
8. Snake Union & Hisham Bharoocha, “The Principle of Distinction” (Rat Route)
9. Eiko Ishibashi, "Memory of Future" (self-released)
10. Deerhoof, “‘Farewell’ Symphony” (Joyful Noise)
11. Dan Ex Machina, “I Think You Should Consider Therapy” (self-released)
12. Erik Griswold, “The Hive” (Room40)
13. Gil-Scott Heron and Makaya McCraven, "Running" (XL)
14. Fiona Apple, “I Want You To Love Me” (Sony)
15. Phoebe Bridgers, “Kyoto” (Dead Oceans)
16. Rabbit Hole 7, “Live Sound Meditation at Comanche Library” (Aural Atmospheres)
17. JoAnn McNeil, "Lavender Skies" (self-released)
18. Elizabeth Veldon, “and what was in those ships all three (self-released)
19. Boldy James feat. Freddie Gibbs, “S.N.O.R.T.” (ALC)
20. Beatriz Ferreyra, “Echoes” (Room40)
21. Ela Minus, “do whatever you want, all the time” (Domino)
22. Model Home, “Grip” (Disciples)
23. Mike Shiflet, "(for Erik Hoffman)" (Skeleton Dust)
24. Hallelujah!, “Minipony” (Maple Death)
25. Drake, “Toosie Slide” (OVO)
26. Autechre, "TM1 open" (Warp)

thank you! Robert Turman and that Tafi/GDA records are both super fab and made my list as well, looking forward to checking those out

I admire the genre-specific approach but at this point (for me) it all gets lumped together into what I like most in general, in track and album lists of 25.

Maybe for 2021 I'll consider tracking "new to me" non-2021 releases - that's an interesting metric.

The Turman is a lot of fun, but it's a LOT, you know?

The Tafi record - I feel like someone had that in their top ten on FB in the past month or so and I kinda randomly checked it out and was blown away.

that might have been me!

it is very good

and yeah the Turman is an overdose, but in a good way

I have a provisional list of 75 albums, but it will be added to over the next month(s) as I'm playing catch up but if anyone wants to see it you can go here https://pastebin.com/npNdzJnW

I also have a Spotify playlist with most of the albums on it that are available.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ex35eRCgzaDW8fEdbzDqC?si=_nCdtJ2yQ5Cx8aV24oCJJA

I haven't compiled a list yet though I do have a Spotify playlist...

This is my @Spotify playlist of my favorite songs culled from the 113 albums that came out in 2020 that I purchased or plan on doing so. Maybe others will enjoy it!https://t.co/229kKG5Jsv #NowPlaying

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) January 5, 2021

And now I have compiled a list... Two of them to be exact.

Metal Albums of 2020 pic.twitter.com/3SJhWRAP7D

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) January 6, 2021

Metal Albums of 2020 pic.twitter.com/SqiFmaz7uf

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) January 6, 2021

Non-Metal Albums of 2020 pic.twitter.com/rO4JfItdgp

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) January 6, 2021

Ugh, those didn't propagate correctly. Here's a C&P.

Metal Albums of 2020

1. Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald (Kunsthall Produktionen)
2. Dola - Dola (Independent)
3. Duma - Duma (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
4. Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst (Season of Mist)
5. Thy Catafalque - Naiv (Season of Mist)
6. Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville (Century Media)
7. Cirith Ungol - Forever Black (Metal Blade Records)
8. Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Co-Dependent Love (Season of Mist)
9. Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full (Sacred Bones)
10. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi (Nuclear Blast America)
11. Krallice - Mass Cathexis (Hathenter)
12. Lucifer - III (Century Media)
13. Maggot Heart - Mercy Machine (Rapid Eye Records)
14. Rebel Wizard - Magickal Mystical Indifference (Prosthetic)
15. Melted Bodies - Enjoy Yourself (Sweatband Records)
16. Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (Century Media)
17. Early Moods - Spellbound (Dying Victim Productions)
18. Liturgy - Origin Of The Alimonies (YLYLCYN)
19. Feminazgûl - No Dawn For Men (Independent)
20. Mesarthim - Degenerate Era (Avantgarde Music)
21. Fluisteraars - Bloem (Eisenwald)
22. Lotus Thief - Oresteia (Prophecy)
23. Witching - Vernal (Independent)
24. Zeal & Ardor - Wake of a Nation [EP] (Zeal & Ardor)
25. Horn - Mohngang (Iron Bonehead)
26. Ensiferum - Thalassic (Metal Blade Records)
27. Smoulder - Dream Quest Ends [EP] (Cruz Del Sur Music)
28. Serpent Omega - II (Icons Creating Evil Art)
29. Myrkur - Folkesange (Relapse Records)
30. Triptykon - Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019) (Century Media)
31. Wolftooth - Valhalla (Ripple Music)
32. Eye of Nix - Ligeia (Prophecy)
33. Of Feather And Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration (Profound Lore)
34. Frayle - 1692 (Aqualamb Records)
35. Chrome Waves - Where We Live (Disorder Recordings)
36. Evangelist - Ad Mortem Festinamus (Nine Records)
37. Protokult - Transcending The Ruins (Self-Released)
38. Warbringer - Weapons Of Tomorrow (Napalm Records)
39. Griiim - Bête Immonde (Purity Through Fire)
40. Eternal Champion - Ravening Iron (No Remorse Records)
41. Drottinn - Í helgum dýrðar ljóma (Terratur Possessions)
42. Onslaught - Generation Antichrist (AFM Records)
43. Venom Prison - Primeval (Prosthetic Records)
44. Insect Ark - The Vanishing (Profound Lore)
45. Cosmic Burial - Impakt (Purity Through Fire)
46. Finntroll - Vredesvävd (Century Media)
47. Macabre - Carnival Of Killers (Nuclear Blast)
48. Tombs - Under Sullen Skies (Season of Mist)
49. Lili Refrain - ULU (Subsound Records)
50. AC/DC - Power Up (Columbia Records)
51. Total Fucking Destruction - ...to be alive at the end of the world (Translation Loss)
52. Children of Technology - Written Destiny (Hells Headbangers)
53. Black Magnet - Hallucination Scene (20 Buck Spin)
54. Eternal Rot - Putridarium (Godz ov War Productions)
55. Vile Creature - Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! (Prosthetic)
56. Couch Slut - Take A Chance On Rock 'n' Roll (Gilead Media)
57. Nechochwen / Panopticon - Split (Bindrune Recordings)
58. Sightless Pit - Grave of a Dog (Thrill Jockey Records)
59. Paradise Lost - Obsidian (Nuclear Blast America)
60. Barfbag - Let's Stop a War (Stay Gold Records)
61. Lingua Ignota - The Caligula Demos (Self-Released)
62. Dead Neanderthals - Blood Rite (Utech Records)
63. Pig Destroyer - The Octagonal Stairway [EP] (Relapse Records)
64. Empyrean Grace - Bestowment of the Seraphic Key (Haeresis Noviomagi)
65. Boris - No (Fangs Anal Satan)
66. Violet Cold - Noir Kid (Independent)
67. Hyborian - Volume II (Season of Mist)
68. Celestial Season - The Secret Teachings (Burning World)
69. Pyrrhon - Abscess Time (Willowtip Records)
70. At The Altar Of The Horned God - Through Doors of Moonlight (I, Voidhanger)
71. Uniform - Shame (Sacred Bones Records)
72. Yatra - All is Lost (Grimoire Records)
73. Drown - Subaqueous (Prophecy)
74. Mesarthim - Planet Nine [EP] (Avantgarde Music)
75. Tombs - Monarchy of Shadows [EP] (Season of Mist)
76. Haunt - Mind Freeze (Shadow Kingdom)
77. Ihsahn - Telemark [EP] (Spinefarm)
78. Riot - Rock World (Rare & Unreleased 87-95) (Metal Blade)
79. Yatra - Blood of the Night (STB Records)
80. Skepticism - Alloy (Reissue) (Svart Records)

Non-Metal Albums of 2020

1. Nick Cave - Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace (Bad Seed)
2. She Hates Emotions - Melancholic Maniac (Out Of Line Music)
3. Human Impact - Human Impact (Ipecac Recordings)
4. Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It (Independent)
5. Strangelight - Adult Themes (Rad Girlfriend Records)
6. Idles - Ultra Mono (Partisan Records)
7. Ötzi - Storm (Artoffact Records)
8. Fotocrime - South of Heaven (Profound Lore)
9. Black Rose Burning - The Year Of The Scorpion (Self-Released)
10. Vincas - Phantasma (Learning Curve Records)
11. The Guilt - New Knives (Heptown Records)
12. CLT DRP - Without the Eyes (Small Pond)
13. Eye Flys - Tub of Lard (Thrill Jockey Records)
14. Wire - Hive Mind (Pink Flag)
15. Lydia Loveless - Daughter (Honey, You're Gonna Be Late)
16. The Unfit - The Unfit (Share It Music)
17. Bloods - Seattle (Share It Music)
18. Rachel Lark - Sex and Balances (Self-Released)
19. C Trip A - Ozzy Nights (Translation Loss Records)
20. Wasted Shirt - Fungus II (Famous Class Records)
21. Cumgirl8 - Cumgirl8 (Muddguts Records)
22. The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives (Merge Records)
23. Sci-Fi Romance - The Rain Becomes a River (Broken Image)
24. D.O.A. - Treason (Sudden Death)
25. Mustard Gas And Roses - We Are One (Pax Aeternum Digital)
26. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts VI Locusts (The Null Corporation)
27. Jarboe - Illusory (Consouling Sounds)
28. Alice Bag - Sister Dynamite (In the Red Records)
29. Agrabatti - Beyond the Sun (Interstellar Smoke Records)
30. Backxwash - Stigmata (Independent)
31. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V Together (The Null Corporation)
32. Lady Gaga - Chromatica (Interscope Records)
33. Lucid Child - My Universe (Lucid Child)

top 25 albums

special interest - the passion of
chubby & the gang - speed kills
megan thee stallion - good news
boldy james - manger on mcnichols
playboi carti - whole lotta red
max b - wave pack
flo milli - ho, why is you here?
bbymutha - muthaland
india jordan - for you
the microphones - microphones in 2020
horse lords - the common task
roisin murphy - roisin machine
beverly glenn-copeland - live at le guess who?
crack cloud - pain olympics
loving - if i am only my thoughts
soccer mommy - color theory
container - scramblers
imaginary softwoods - annual flowers in color
night lunch - s/t
haim - women in music
home blitz - all through the year
peel - kmru
theo parrish - wuddaji
garcia peoples - nightcap at wit's end
la china del gasolina - s/t

I did a bedroom livestream countdown of my favourite tracks of the year

If anyone wants to, they can listen back to the show on Mixcloud (presented in three parts) here: https://mixcloud.com/cframe/

IT'S THE HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE STOIC SHOW END-OF-YEAR TOP 50 TRACKS COUNTDOWN 2020

1. SAULT - Wildfires
2. Sarkodie - Oofeets
3. 70 SHIINE - Domino
4. Saronde ft. Idd Aziz - Firewood
5. iMarkkeyz, DJ Suede The Remix God - Lose Yo Job
6. Dadi Freyr - Think About Things
7. Eddie Chacon - Wicked World
8. Pye Corner Audio - Resist (John Talabot Remix)
9. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village
10. Midas the Jagaban - Party With A Jagaban
11. Burna Boy - Wonderful
12. Autechre - gr4
13. Problem Child - Nasty Up
14. Lila Ike - Where I'm Coming From
15. Admas - Astawesalehu
16. Kiko Bun - Bad Boy Tenor
17. Felbm - Filatelie
18. Tiwa Savage - Dangerous Love
19. Koffee - Lockdown
20. Plone - Miniature Magic
21. Viagra Boys - Ain't Nice
22. Bella Boo - She's Back! (Off The Meds Remix)
23. Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa etc - eMcimbini
24 Machalii Watandu, Fido Vato - Mbaya Nimbaya Hamnaga Nzuri
25. Rachael Dadd - We Build Our Houses Well
26. TeeZandos - Highlander
27. Makola - Everyday Legend
28. DANDANA - Free The System!
29. Patrick, Wayne Marshall - Can't Fly
30. MC Waraba - Djoro (Bertho Vs Sheitan Brothers Remix)
31. Minor Science - For Want of Gelt
32. Chronixx - Dela Move
33. HENGE - Get Outta Ma House
34. Pongo - Quem Manda No Mic
35. Dakar Audio Club, FOLU - Moonlight
36. Siti Muharam - Nyuki
37. Py & Tendril - Belong
38. Ahmed Ben Ali - Subhana
39. corto.alto - Squonk
40. Beatking - Then Leave (feat. Queendome Come)
41. Lorenzo_BITW, MC Yallah, Swordman Kitala - Basta
42. Lianne La Havas - Weird Fishes
43. Adekunle Gold, Patoranking - Pretty Girl
44. Rema - Woman
45. Reuben Vaun Smith - Photosynthesizer
46. Fireboy DML - Favourite Song
47. Mr Pacho Vibes System - Candela Gal
48. Swing Ting ft. Trigga - Swagger & Flex - Sam Binga Remix
49. WS80 - You Lose
50. SAULT - I Just Want To Dance

PT.1, 50-37 - https://www.mixcloud.com/cframe/thssseoycd-stoic-show-top-50-tracks-of-2020-pt-1-50-35/

PT.2, 36-22 - https://www.mixcloud.com/cframe/thssseoyt50cd-pt2-stoic-show-top-50-tracks-of-2020-36-22/

PT.3, 21-1 - https://www.mixcloud.com/cframe/thssseoycd-stoic-show-top-50-tracks-of-2020-pt-1-50-35/

And here's a more extensive Spotify Top 100 if you'd rather not hear me blabbing on:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BCIwFyyTvyq8phGlJbqPe?si=MH7rNU60Tz6lHil0bdewnw

great lists everybody
gonna go through these today

Guysssss, this is taking all the surprises out of the poll. Come on. Do some lobbying and voting, don't show your cards so early.

ILM's 2020 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD

srsly ffs

there's always the option of not reading this thread until after the poll ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

20 fave songs, in reverse order for playlist / mixtape purposes
much of it not nominated, so feels safe to share

20. Liv.e • I Been Livin
19. Yaeji • Never Settling Down
18. The Bats • Red Car
17. Kaash Paige • Mrs. Lonely
16. No Joy • Nothing Will Hurt
15. Tiwa Savage • Dangerous Love
14. Katie Gately • Waltz
13. The Psychedelic Furs • Ash Wednesday
12. Victoria Monét • Touch Me
11. Loraine James feat. Jonnine • Don’t You See It
10. Bob Dylan • I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
9. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever • She’s There
8. Cleo Sol • Her Light
7. Chloe x Halle • Ungodly Hour
6. KeiyaA • Hvnli / Hvnli (Reprise)
5. Cindy Lee • Heavy Metal
4. Zeroh • Aquamane
3. Perfume Genius • Describe
2. Katie Dey • Dancing
1. Pantayo • Kaingin

Some great stuff on that list! I'll check out the tracks I don't know. (I nominated Kaash Paige's "London," and didn't want to nom more than one track from a single album - but "Mrs. Lonely" is a fave, as well...)

It was your posts on the r&b thread that led me there, so thanks! Might have to vote for "London" but "Mrs. Lonely" has definitely been the one, recently.