2020: top 20
Though we didn't get to see nearly as many live shows as we would have in any other year, we did manage to see quite a few excellent live-streams. We were also so lucky to have some incredible albums come out as well.
In no particular order, these were a few of my favourites this year:
Sault: UNTITLED (Black is) & UNTITLED (Rise)
Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song
Against All Logic: 2017-2019
Caribou: Suddenly
Loving: If I Am Only My Thoughts
Yaeji: What We Drew
Backxwash: God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It
Lomelda: Hannah
Julianna Barwick: Healing is a Miracle
Moses Sumney: græ
Lido Pimienta: Miss Columbia
Khotin: Finds You Well
Cindy Lee: What's Tonight to Eternity
Destroyer: Have We Met
Run the Jewels: RTJ4
U.S. Girls: Heavy Light
Adrianne Lenker: songs
Angel Olsen: Whole New Mess
Flung: Shaky but My Hair is Grown
Nap Eyes: Snapshot of a Beginner