Albums of 2020

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Tue January 05, 2021 1:08 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:Man that Stu Larsen record must really suck

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue January 05, 2021 2:03 pm

This was a good but kinda strange feeling year for new music. Here's what I guess would be my top 20 releases of 2020. The list is not in any well thought out order, but the ten at the top I feel are the ten best.

Pearl Jam - Gigaton
Vennart - In the Dead Dead Wood
Animal Collective - Bridge to Quiet
Jónsi - Shiver
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
Patten - GLOW
Markus Floats - Third Album
Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
McLaren - Hard Times
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - The Green Dogs of Dahshur
Inventions - Continuous Portrait
Nick Storring - My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell
Dun-Dun Man - P-->a-->n-->d-->e-->m-->o-->s 1-->10
Dun-Dun Man - S-->o-->m-->e-->N-->a-->p (P-->a-->n-->d-->e-->m-->o-->s 11-->20)
Ryan Driver - New Twigs
Karkhana - Bitter Balls
Automatisme - Terrain Reduction
Rebecca Foon - Waxing Moon
See Through 4 - False Ghosts, Minor Fears
See Through 4 - Bog Standards

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Tue January 05, 2021 2:59 pm

Restepc for typing out those complete Dun-Dun Man album names.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue January 05, 2021 3:21 pm

I guess this would be a bad time to admit that I use copy and paste any time I want to write out those titles.

Post by **Jorge** » Tue January 05, 2021 3:24 pm

I would refuse out of spite, and just call them A and B. Those are terrible titles

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue January 05, 2021 4:08 pm

The titles are references to the way he titles tracks for this project. "10-->11-->13-->15-->17-->19-->19-->10-->10-->10-->10-->10-->10-->10-->17-->17-->17-->17-->9" is an example from the first demo set. I think each one is supposed to be some kind of arcane reference to the rhythmic structure of the piece. He has started subtitling them with actual legible names on the second set (as well as a few on the first).

Post by **Jorge** » Tue January 05, 2021 4:18 pm

I hate it!

surfndestroy · Post by **surfndestroy** » Tue January 05, 2021 4:19 pm

Brett wrote:This was a good but kinda strange feeling year for new music. Here's what I guess would be my top 20 releases of 2020. The list is not in any well thought out order, but the ten at the top I feel are the ten best.

Jónsi - Shiver
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
Patten - GLOW
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - The Green Dogs of Dahshur
Karkhana - Bitter Balls
Automatisme - Terrain Reduction

Gave some a listen. Will keep working my way through it. Couldn't find Dun-Dun Man on Spotify, will take a peek at Bandcamp.
Jónsi is pretty interesting. A touch too fragmented for me. It makes me wonder how Fiona Apple didn't make your list.
Jeff Parker was pretty great. Last track Max Brown is sweet.
patten seems like soundtrack music for dark, suspenseful movies. Do you like the Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross soundtrack work?
The Dwarfs of East Agouza, way too fragmented for me.
Karkhana has some interesting bits. I like parts of it and then it will get a little too unstructured and then back to my comfort zone. A minute into Rock Farock and I am just grooving.
Automatisme, I can see the appeal. Music to let your brain float to, not in a drug way but pondering shit way.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Wed January 06, 2021 3:34 am

surfndestroy wrote:
Brett wrote:This was a good but kinda strange feeling year for new music. Here's what I guess would be my top 20 releases of 2020. The list is not in any well thought out order, but the ten at the top I feel are the ten best.

Jónsi - Shiver
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
Patten - GLOW
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - The Green Dogs of Dahshur
Karkhana - Bitter Balls
Automatisme - Terrain Reduction
Gave some a listen. Will keep working my way through it. Couldn't find Dun-Dun Man on Spotify, will take a peek at Bandcamp.
Jónsi is pretty interesting. A touch too fragmented for me. It makes me wonder how Fiona Apple didn't make your list.
Jeff Parker was pretty great. Last track Max Brown is sweet.
patten seems like soundtrack music for dark, suspenseful movies. Do you like the Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross soundtrack work?
The Dwarfs of East Agouza, way too fragmented for me.
Karkhana has some interesting bits. I like parts of it and then it will get a little too unstructured and then back to my comfort zone. A minute into Rock Farock and I am just grooving.
Automatisme, I can see the appeal. Music to let your brain float to, not in a drug way but pondering shit way.

Thanks for jotting down some of your thoughts. Dun-Dun stuff would be on Bandcamp, yes. I can get some links your way if for some reason they don't come up for you.

I've not actually gotten a chance to check the Fiona Apple album out. I'm not familiar with her outside of a few songs, and I've heard a couple from the new album, but nothing that's pulled my attention in yet. Ditto Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. I'm aware they've made soundtracks together, but I don't think I've heard a thing from any of that material.

gardenparty · Post by **gardenparty** » Wed January 06, 2021 1:29 pm

2020 Standouts:
Muzz - Muzz
Lomelda - Hannah
MMJ - Waterfall II
Skinshape - Arogance is the Death of Man
Hum - Inlet
Mapache - From Liberty Street
Caspian - On Circles

Post by **epilogue** » Thu January 07, 2021 9:34 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:One more jazz album (sorry) sliding onto my 2020 list -- Oded Tzur's Here Be Dragons, a beautiful, late-night album that in places feels so frail it might blow away, dating all the way back to the beginning of the year when we were all standing less than six feet apart from each other and cavalierly going to the grocery store not dressed like Ninja Gaiden. What glorious days.

Jazz on the ECM label has probably been my most prominent soundtrack this year, for 2020 releases and otherwise. Lots of stuff on this label just scratches me right where I itch.

This is fantastic. Thanks for drawing attention to it.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Thu January 07, 2021 9:35 pm

Forgot about mapache. Thanks gp.

Post by **Mickey** » Thu January 07, 2021 10:34 pm

Listening to the new Future Islands and it's really underwhelming. Feels like an autopilot version of their good albums.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue January 26, 2021 3:12 am

A few hip-hop albums from last year have been occupying my headspace lately.

Marlowe, Marlowe 2

Oddisee, Odd Cure

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed February 24, 2021 5:36 pm

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue April 27, 2021 5:45 pm

psychobain · Post by **psychobain** » Sat December 04, 2021 3:46 am

why no one was talking about Glass Animals
holy shit that album

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Sat December 04, 2021 4:00 am

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:Grimes' Miss Anthropocene is my album of the year, with Glass Animals' Dreamland a close second.
Jesus. It is like we are the same person. I can't stop listening to the Glass Animal's album right now.

psychobain · Post by **psychobain** » Sat December 04, 2021 4:03 am

Is it too late to ride the lovetrain?

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Sat December 04, 2021 4:05 am

Tokyo drift with us, 'bain.

Red Mosquito

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