The Landwerk albums were certainly a novel approach — mixing guitar and 78 shellac record samples. Landwerk, by Nathan Salsburg
Ironclaw’s Top 21 of 20 1. Fleet Foxes - Shore 6. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) 5. Lowrider - Refractions 4. Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists 2. Chouk Bwa and The Angstromers - Vodou Ale 8. Waxahatchee - St. Cloud 17. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song 9. Wytch Hazel - Pentecost 21. Klo Pelgag - Notre Dame des Sept Doleurs 7. Brother Theotis Taylor - Brother Theotis Taylor 12. William Tyler - New Vanitas 18. Sigur Ros - Odin’s Raven Magic 11. Mapache- From Liberty Street 19. Bismarck - Oneironmancer 20. Auscultation - III 16. Preservation - Eastern Medicine, Western Illness 15. Paysage d’Hiver - Im Wald 3. King Gizzard - Live in Adelaide ‘19 13. Thundercat - It Is What It Is 14. Johanna Warren - Chaotic Good 10. Khruangbin - Mordechai
Been spending some time with "Night Network" by The Cribs and, wow... this is one hell of a grower. What at first may sound unremarkable develops an astonishing pull when played for the fourth time and reveals that this band certainly has some very unique qualities. Lee Ranaldo is back as well.
The best albums I heard this year: AC/DC – Pwr Up Stone Temple Pilots - Perdida Also good: Bob Mould – Blue Hearts Wire – Mind Hive The Flaming Lips – American Head Smashing Pumpkins – Cyr Thurston Moore – By The Fire Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – K.G. Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man The Strokes – The New Abnormal X – Alphabetland Psychedelic Furs – Made Of Rain Disappointing: Pearl Jam – Gigaton Sparks – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip Morrissey – I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
My favorite archival release and favorite compilation. Immaculate psych folk. My second favorite album of the year - whether it counts as new is up to you. Trees (50th Anniversary Edition), by Trees
Just got the latest Avalanches album...probably the best new music I've heard from 2020. My updated list of fave new (not archival) albums released in 2020: The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You Paul McCartney - McCartney III The Flaming Lips - American Head Nick Corbin - Sweet Escape Young Gun Silver Fox - Canyons Kylie Auldist - This is What Happiness Looks Like Paul Weller - On Sunset Monks Road Social - Humanism The Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain Jarvis Cocker (Jarv Is) - Beyond The Pale
Best of 2020 (Alphabetical) A Girl Called Eddy | Been Around Bob Dylan | Rough & Rowdy Ways Califone | Echo Mine Chuck Prophet | The Land That Time Forgot Drive-by Truckers | The Unraveling El Goodo | Zombie Futurebirds | Teamwork Gillian Welch | Boots No.2 Vol 1-3 The Hanging Stars | A New Kind of Sky The Jayhawks | XOXO Jim White | Misfit’s Jubilee Joe Pernice | Richard John Moreland | LP5 Liam Hayes | Mirage Garage Lucinda Williams | Good Souls Better Angels Mapache | From Liberty Street Music Band | Celebration Nicole Atkins | Italian Ice Pokey LaFarge | Rock Bottom Rhapsody Ron Sexsmith | Hermitage Rookie | Rookie Rose City Band | Summerlong Rufus Wainwright | Unfollow The Rule Tami Neilson | Chickaboom! Tennis | Swimmer
