2020 was quite the year in so many different ways.
On one hand, it was pretty great (I got married), and on the other hand it was kind of terrible (pandemic, nation of incompetents, etc).
The good news is, there was still plenty of excellent music. Unfortunately, despite traveling and being out less, I actually listened to less music this year than probably ever. I still had to wedge my podcast listening in, and I had so many of them to listen to that I really did worse than ever at really exploring and enjoying my new music.
Regardless, this was what I deemed my favorite music of the year. There surely was even more great stuff, but I just never got around to listening to it.
BT - The Lost Art of Longing
Caribou - Suddenly
El Ten Eleven - Tautology
Halsey - Manic
Lady Gaga - Chromatica
Louis the Child - Here For Now
Jody Wisternoff - Nightwhisper
The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
Here’s my list of favorite singles of the year as well:
2020 also saw the 11th release of Anjunadeep’s compilation album. As always, this is one of my favorites and is always on repeat.
Additionally, here is my “Replay 2020” list which shows the 100 songs that I apparently played the most throughout the year.