Best of 2020

The Michigan emo band's favorite releases of the year include albums from Dogleg, Oranssi Pazuzu, The Black Dahlia Murder, Undeath, and more.

The indie-punk songwriter dug albums from Hot Mulligan, Laura Jane Grace, Polo G, Protomartyr, Phoebe Bridgers, The Lawrence Arms, and more this year.

Talk Show Host, American Television, Mercy Music, LOVEBREAKERS, Catholic Guilt, Answering Machine, and In Parallel told us about their favorite music of the year.

UK duo Young Knives returned in 2020 after a seven-year absence with Barbarians, an album unlike any they've made before. Maybe unlike one anyone's made before.

Billy Nomates made one of our favorite album of the year, and here are her picks for 2020...

From the long-lost Rolling Stones/Jimmy Page collab to an entirely shelved Neil Young album, here are some newly-released, decades-old recordings that every classic rock fan needs to hear.

The drummer and producer recently released an instrumental jazz album with Madlib, and his 2020 favorites include albums from Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist, Busta Rhymes, Black Thought, Big Sean, Jyoti, and more.

Activity, the Brooklyn group featuring members of Grooms, Russian Baths and Field Mouse, released their excellent debut album back in March.

“I liked the idea of a representation of me that wouldn’t be a picture of me, wouldn’t be literal, so a statue was a very good idea.“ - Jehnny Beth.

NYC record store Other Music may be gone but we've got year-end lists from 20 of their staff members.