My Favorite Albums of 2020

2020 was one of the worst years ever. For music fans, not even having live music in your life, made things a lot harder for some of us. I listened to old bootlegs from some of my favorite artists and did some deep dives on catalogs of older artists. But I also listened to a lot of new music. Anyway, without further ado here are the 2020 albums I most enjoyed:

Adrianne Lenker  Songs (Domino)

Alex the Astronaut  The Theory of Absolutely Nothing (Nettwerk)

Anna Burch  If You're Dreaming (Polyvinyl)

Beabadoobee  Fake It Flowers (Dirty Hit)

Beach Bunny  Honeymoon (Mom + Pop)

Beach Slang  The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City (Bridge 9)

The Beths  Jump Rope Gazers (Carpark)

Bob Mould  Blue Hearts (Merge)

Bonny Light Horseman  Bonny Light Horseman (37d03d)

Brian Bringelson  Desperate Days (Futureman)

Bruce Springsteen  Letter to You (Columbia)

Bully  Sugaregg (Sub Pop)

Coriky  Coriky (Dischord)

Dehd  Flower of Devotion (Fire Talk)

Drive-By Truckers  The Unraveling (ATO)

Drive-By Truckers  The New O.K. (ATO)

Fiona Apple  Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Epic)

Fontaines D.C.  A Hero's Death (Partisan)

Ganser  Just Look At the Sky (Felte)

The Goodbye Party  Beautiful Motors (Double Double Whammy)

Greg Dulli  Random Desire (BMG)

Guided By Voices  Surrender Your Poppy Field (GBV inc)

Guided By Voices  Mirrored Aztec (GBV inc)

Guided By Voices  Styles We Paid For (GBV inc)

The High Water Marks  Ecstasy Rhymes (Minty Fresh)

Hinds  The Prettiest Curse (Lucky Number)

Hum  Inlet (Polyvinyl/Earth Analog)

Idles  Ultra Mono (Partisan)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit  Reunions (Southeastern)

The Jayhawks  XOXO (SHAM)

Jeff Tweedy  Love Is The King (dBpm)

Jenny O.  New Truth (Mama Bird)

Katie Malco  Failures (6131)

Kurt Vile  Speed, Sound, Lonely KV - EP (Matador)

The Lees of Memory  Moon Shot (John Davis Brand)

Lo Tom  LP2 (Lo Tom)

Low Cut Connie  Private Lives (Contender)

Lydia Loveless  Daughter (Honey, You're Gonna Be Late)

Margaret Glaspy  Devotion (ATO)

Marlin's Dreaming  Quotidian (Marlin's Dreaming)

Mike Polizze  Long Lost Solace Find (Paradise of Bachelors)

The Mountain Goats  Getting Into Knives (Merge)

Narrow Head  12th House Rock (Run For Cover)

Painted Shield  Painted Shield (Loosegroove)

Partner  Never Give Up (You've Changed)

Phoebe Bridgers  Punisher (Dead Oceans)

Pillow Queens  In Waiting (Pillow Queens)

Protomartyr  Ultimate Success Today (Domino)

Ratboys  Printer's Devil (Topshelf)

The Reflectors  First Impression (Burger)

Rookie  Rookie (Bloodshot)

Sadler Vaden  Anybody Out There? (Dirty Mag)

Snarls  Burst (Take This to Heart)

Soccer Mommy  Color Theory (Loma Vista)

Spanish Love Songs  Brave Faces Everyone (Pure Noise)

Stephen Malkmus  Traditional Techniques (Matador)

Sweeping Promises  Hunger For a Way Out (Feel It)

Travis  10 Songs (BMG)

Vistas  Everything Changes in the End (Retrospect)

Waxahatchee  Saint Cloud (Merge)

Whitney  Candid (Secretly Canadian)

Willie J. Healey  Twin Heavy (Yala)

Worriers  You or Someone You Know (6131)

X  Alphabetland (Fat Possum)

2nd Grade  Hit to Hit (Double Double Whammy)