Below are the songs I got most excited about in 2020. Between the pandemic and having our first kid…I didn’t get much music discovery in! As per usual, most of these were not released in 2020 — I just found ’em then.
You can listen to them all via a YouTube Music playlist here.
2019 post here; 2019 playlist here.
Loosely sorted into genres, and in no particular order. Title — Artist
Rock
- Never Fight A Man With A Perm — IDLES
- Rings (On A Tree) — Frankie Cosmos
- Locket — Crumb
- No Fun — Vampire Hands
Hip Hop / Rap
- Wavy — Princess Nokia
- Stubborn Ass — Young M.A.
- The Palisades (feat. Christian Rich) — Childish Gambino
- Caroline — Aminé
Electronic
- Origami — Rone
- Prepare — Stimming
Miscellaneous
- Change of Tone — R+R=NOW
- The List — Moonchild
- Vila Rica — Corciolli
- QUE NO SALGA LA LUNA — ROSALÍA
John Benning 