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This week in the Indie Basement: the best records of 2020, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

From weirdo country to neo post-punk, dance music, orch pop and more, here are Indie Basement’s favorite albums of the weirdest year ever…so far.

Here’s weekly column Indie Basement’s favorite records from the first three months of 2020.

If you’re looking for something new to listen to, or old to revisit, maybe one or more of these playlists will do the trick.

Today (Friday, 3/20), Bandcamp is waiving their cut of sales from purchases and giving all revenue directly to artists, who are relying on sales more than ever amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Tons of great artists sell digital downloads, vinyl, CDs, cassettes and even merch on Bandcamp, and if you’re buying music today, we’ve got some recommendations…

Our February 2020 playlist includes songs by Pop Smoke, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Van Etten, Grimes, Vampire Weekend, The Strokes, Bad Bunny, The Radio Dept, Perfume Genius, Waxahatchee, Jason Isbell, Pictish Trail, Gouge Away, Caribou, and more.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Caribou, Real Estate, The Orielles, Juniore, Cold Beat and Pictish Trail, plus a look at one of the more obscures album in the discography of David Roback (Mazzy Star, Opal, Rain Parade).

“Magnifique” will be on the cassette reissue of the Parisian group’s 2017 debut which comes out this month on Burger.

Today is Bastille Day, which is known as La Fête Nationale in France, commemorating when troops stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789 — one of the pivotal events at the beginning of the French Revolution…

and Bill Pearis We love year-end lists — reading them, making them, arguing about them. BrooklynVegan editors Andrew Sacher and Bill Pearis have once again figured out their favorite albums of the year which you can check out, with commentary, below…