ALBUMS // 2020

 


If you're reading this right now I'm very curious as to what led you here. I mean, PHW has been mostly on permanent snooze-control for about 6 years except for the annual year-old reflections, so there are not many avenues leading to this site anymore. But thanks for finding it somehow! And I genuinely hope you find some new shit to check out here. As awful as 2020's overall rep will deservedly be, it wasn't all bad. There were some silver linings; some flashes of normalcy peaking thru the buttstorm. One of those was the relentless stream of fantastic new music that never let up all year even as the world shut down. The other was plenty of time at home to soak it all in. (side note: I would bet somebody else's money that this is the first time my year end list has ever had 3 albums made by Jeffs). Anyway, here are my favorites of this decade of a year we've all suffered thru:


50.  BACKXWASH | God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It

49.  KEIYAA | Forever, Ya Girl

48.  JEFF PARKER | Suite for Max Brown

47.  RON MILES | Rainbow Signs

46.  NANA GRIZOL | South Somewhere Else

45.  KAATAYRA | Toda Historia pela Frente

44.  BARTEES STRANGE | Live Forever

43.  HELENA DELAND | Someone New

42.  NO AGE | Goons Be Gone

41.  JEFF TWEEDY | Love Is The King

40.  ADULKT LIFE | Book of Curses

39.  CHARLI XCX | how i'm feeling now

38.  KELLY LEE OWENS | Inner Song

37.  DEHD | Flower of Deception

36.  NATION OF LANGUAGE | Introduction, Presence

35.  DESTROYER | Have We Met

34.  THE FLAMING LIPS | American Head

33.  SAULT | untitled (Rise) 

32.  EMPTY COUNTRY | Empty Country

31.  LOMELDA | Hannah  

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30. ARMAND HAMMER | Shrines

29. PORRIDGE RADIO | Every Bad

28. TAYLOR SWIFT | Folklore

27. BOLDY JAMES & STERLING TOLES | Manger On McNichols

26. EMMA RUTH RUNDLE & THOU | May Our Chambers Be Full

25. CHUBBY & THE GANG | Speed Kills

24. PERFUME GENIUS | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

23. YVES TUMOR | Heaven To A Tortured Mind

22. RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4

21. THE MICROPHONES | Microphones in 2020

20. DEERHOOF | Future Teenage Cave Artists

19. JAY ELECTRONICA | Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)

18. BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Bonny Light Horseman

17. BOLDY JAMES & THE ALCHEMIST | The Price of Tea In China

16. TURIA | Degen van Licht

15. SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS | We Are Sent Here By History

14. KA | Descendants of Cain

13. SAULT | untitled (Black Is)

12. THE STROKES | The New Abnormal

11. ADRIANNE LENKER | songs/instrumentals

10. AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE | on the tender spot of every calloused moment

9. FREDDIE GIBBS & THE ALCHEMIST | Alfredo

8. PROTOMARTYR | Ultimate Success Today


7. SUMAC | May You Be Held

6. PHOEBE BRIDGERS | Punisher

5. DOGLEG | Melee 

4. JAY ELECTRONICA | A Written Testimony

3. WAXAHATCHEE | SAINT CLOUD

2. JEFF ROSENSTOCK | N O D R E A M

1. FIONA APPLE | Fetch the Bolt Cutters

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2 comments:

judgejules1 said...

Have had you site bookmarked for years and like your taste in music. Always check your annual lists for albums I might have missed. Hope that one day when things calm down you'll get back to what the site used to be in the earlier years of last decade. Cheers!

GG said...

Hey man! Hope you're doing well, and that this message is cool to send. I'm super sorry if this is the type of comment you're tired of getting. I found your (super cool) blog while I was trying to find Replacements bootlegs. Any chance that you still have all the old ones? It looks like all the links broke at one time or another. No worries if it's too much of a hassle. Have a good one!

-GG