Albums of the year 2020: The Great: 1. Spanish Love Songs- Brave Faces Everyone* 2. Boston Manor- Glue* 3. Chelsea Cutler- How To Be Human [Debating between Chelsea Cutler and Boston Manor for #2 spot, put BM #2 for now until I have more time to compare the two] 4. Halsey- Manic 5. Polaris- The Death of Me* 6. Tame Impala- The Slow Rush 7. Brian Fallon- Local Honey* The Good: 8. 5 Seconds of Summer- CALM* 9. Handguns- When The Lights Burn Out 10. Hot Mulligan- You’ll Be Fine* 11. Four Year Strong- Brain Pain* 12. Slotface- Sorry For The Late Reply* 13. Kenny Chesney- Here and Now* 14. Oral Gartland- Freckle Season 15. Maddie and Tae- The Way It Feels* 16. Kelsea Ballerini- kelsea* 17. The Amity Affliction- Everyone Loves You.... Once You Leave Them 18. Niall Horan- Heartbreak Weather* 19. Trivium- What the Dead Men Say* 20. Silverstein- A Beautiful Place to Drown* 21. BTS- Map of the Soul: 7 22. Dance Gavin Dance- Afterburner* 23. Code Orange- Underneath* 24. Jessie Reyez- Before Love Came to Kill Us* 25. Loathe- I Let It In and It Took Everything* 26. Childish Gambino- 3.15.20* 27. Suicide Silence- Become the Hunter 28. Dead Lakes- New Language* The Okay: 29. Soccer Mommy- Color Theory* 30. The Weekend- After Hours* 31. The Word Alive- Monomania 32. Selena Gomez- Rare 33. All Time Low- Wake Up, Sunshine* 34. The Used- Heartwork* 35. Dogleg- Melee* 36. Beach Bunny- Homeymoon* 37. Lauv- How I’m Feeling 38. Higher Power- 27 Miles Underwater* 39. Hollywood Undead- New Empire, Volume 1 40. Drake- Dark Lane Demi Tapes* 41. Five Finger Death Punch- F8* 42. Bring Me The Horizon- Music to listen to~dance to~blaze to~pray to~feed to~sleep to~talk to~grind to~trip to~breathe to~help to~hurt to~scroll to~roll to~love to~hate to~learn Too~plot to~play to~be to~feel to~breed to~sweat to~dream to~hide to~live to~die to~GO TO 43. Fearing- Shadow* 44. Mick Jenkins- The Circus 45. Nightwish- Human II Nature* The Bad: 46. Little Big Town- Nightfall 47. Lil Darkie- This Does Not Exist 48. Mac Miller- Circles Please Retire: 49. Eminem- Music To Be Murdered To 50. Enter Shikari- Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible* In Rotation: Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia Bold and *= New Additions Songs of the year (No order): 1. Losers by Spanish Love Songs (The Rest is undergoing construction) Songs of the year playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/123591090/playlist/5ccAqtQVVEawi2YKpaQJMQ?si=xpmi99bgRKa-EdwL8XjJbA Anticipating/Still Need to Listen To: * Angels and Airwaves- TBA * Anne-Marie- TBA * Asking Alexandria- TBA * Broadside- TBA * Don Broco- TBA * Ellie Goulding- TBA * Everytime I Die-TBA * McCafferty- TBA * Metro Station- TBA * Neck Deep- TBA * Niall Horan- TBA * One Republic * Pierce the Veil * Rihanna * Super Whatever * The 1975 * The Ghost Inside * The XX * Trivium * Zara Larson * Jay Electronica * Emery * State Champs * Simple Plan * Less Than Jake * (Whatever rappers I like that may be coming out with new music) Cautiously In: * A Day To Remember * Breaking Benjamin This year has been the best year for rock music in a long while and It's only May. Incredible!
Best albums: Purity Ring - WOMB: 9.0* Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: 8.6* Vukovi - Fall Better: 8.2 The Weeknd - After Hours: 7.9* Mahalia - Isolation Tapes (EP): 7.8* Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner: 7.7* Phantogram - Ceremony 7.5 Novena - Eleventh Hour: 6.8* Hayley Kiyoko - I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit (EP): 6.3 Echosmith - Lonely Generation: 6.0 Grimes - Miss Anthropocene: 5.7 Halsey - Manic: 5.5 Green Day - Father of All... 2.7 Best songs: Purity Ring - pink lightning Dua Lipa - Physical Dua Lipa - Pretty Please Purity Ring - almanac Purity Ring - silkspun Purity Ring - stardew Nothing But Thieves - Is Everybody Going Crazy? Dua Lipa - Levitating Luna Shadows - millennia The Weeknd - In Your Eyes Anticipating: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant (22/05) Haken - Virus (05/06) Braids - Shadow Offering (19/06) Grey Daze - Amends (26/06) PVRIS – Use Me (10/07) Luna Shadows - Digital Pacific (TBD) Unconfirmed: Nothing But Thieves - LP3 Mike Shinoda - LP2 (Linkin Park??) Fickle Friends - LP2 Elohim - LP2 MisterWives - LP3 Marmozets - LP3 Hundred Waters - LP4 Natalie Prass - LP3 Zara Larsson - LP3 Tove Styrke - LP4 Hands Like Houses - LP5 Lights - LP5 Foxes - LP3 Beartooth - LP4 Normandie - LP3 Architects - LP9 Spiritbox - LP1 Kučka - LP1 Nicole Millar - LP2 Too Close to Touch - LP3 Vera Blue - LP2 Don Broco - LP4 Closure in Moscow - LP3 Agent Fresco - LP3 VOLA - LP3 Flume - LP3
I forgot Haley Kiyoko had an EP coming out and this post reminded me. I am currently listening to it and so far I agree with your rating if not slightly worse. This is such a step backwards from her album, it's insane how drastic the quality dipped between the two projects.
THE GREAT Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision Tim Vantol - Better Days The Good The Okay Tame Impala - The Slow Rush The Disappointing Anticipating BIlly Talent Pearl Jam Massendefekt Die Ärzte (!!!) Not Listened Yet Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers Itchy - Ja als Ob Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch Turbostaat - Uthlande
TIER 1 Deb Never: "INTERMISSION" * Grimes: "Miss Anthropocene" i_o & Lights: "AM 444" EP * Phantogram: "Ceremony" Purity Ring: "WOMB" Run The Jewels: "RTJ4" * The Weeknd: "After Hours" TIER 2 Banks: "Live And Stripped" EP * Cavern Of Anti-Matter: "In Fabric" OST * Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats: "UNLOCKED" NAV: "Good Intentions" * The Weeknd: "After Hours" (Remixes) TIER 3 Ekali: "A World Away" PENDING Kacy Hill: "Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again" - June 19 BRONSON: "BRONSON" - July 17 Kllo: "Maybe We Could" - July 17 * new additions
THE GREAT Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision Tim Vantol - Better Days Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live? The Good The Okay Tame Impala - The Slow Rush The Disappointing Anticipating BIlly Talent Pearl Jam Massendefekt Die Ärzte (!!!) Not Listened Yet Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers Itchy - Ja als Ob Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch Turbostaat - Uthlande
TIER 1 bad snacks: "Neat Tape 2" * Deb Never: "INTERMISSION" Grimes: "Miss Anthropocene" i_o & Lights: "AM 444" EP Kllo: "Maybe We Could" * Lights: "How To Sleep When You're On Fire" * Purity Ring: "WOMB" Run The Jewels: "RTJ4" The Weeknd: "After Hours" TIER 2 Banks: "Live And Stripped" EP Cavern Of Anti-Matter: "In Fabric" OST Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats: "UNLOCKED" Kacy Hill: "Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again" * Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 1" * NAV: "Good Intentions" Phantogram: "Ceremony" The Weeknd: "After Hours" (Remixes) TIER 3 Ekali: "A World Away" PENDING Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 2" - July 31 BRONSON: "BRONSON" - August 7 Wafia: "Good Things" EP - August 21 Shlohmo: "Heaven Inc." EP - September 4 * new additions
2020 Picks: Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life Jay Electronica (and Jay-Z) - The Written Testimony Special Request - Spectral Frequency EP Apparat - Soundtracks: Stay Still Hum - Inlet Boris - NO
THE GREAT Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision Tim Vantol - Better Days Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live? The Good The Okay Tame Impala - The Slow Rush The Disappointing Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers Anticipating BIlly Talent Pearl Jam Massendefekt Die Ärzte (!!!) Not Listened Yet Itchy - Ja als Ob Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch Turbostaat - Uthlande
Best albums: Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: 9.1 Haken - Virus: 9.0* Purity Ring - WOMB: 8.8 Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B: 8.6* Vukovi - Fall Better: 8.1 The Weeknd - After Hours: 7.9 Mahalia - Isolation Tapes (EP): 7.8 Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant: 7.8* Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner: 7.7 Phantogram - Ceremony 7.5 Niia - II: La Bella Vita: 7.5* Braids - Shadow Offering: 7.3* Vulkan - Technatura 7.1* Dagny - Strangers / Lovers (EP): 7.0* Mike Shinoda - Dropped Frames, Vol. 1: 6.9* MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM: 6.9* Novena - Eleventh Hour: 6.8 Protest the Hero - Palimpsest: 6.4* Hayley Kiyoko - I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit (EP): 6.3 Echosmith - Lonely Generation: 6.0 Grimes - Miss Anthropocene: 5.7 i_o & Lights - AM 444 (EP): 5.6* Lady Gaga - Chromatica: 5.5* Halsey - Manic: 5.5 Durante & HANA - 13 Voices (EP): 5.1* Code Orange - Underneath: 4.4* Green Day - Father of All... 2.7 Best songs: Haken - Messiah Complex Purity Ring - pink lightning Dua Lipa - Physical Dua Lipa - Cool Dua Lipa - Levitating Dua Lipa - Pretty Please Carly Rae Jepsen - Stay Away The Ocean - Jurassic / Cretaceous Haken - Invasion Haken - Carousel Anticipating: PVRIS – Use Me (28/8) Pain of Salvation - Panther (28/08) LAFWANDAH - The Fifth Season (08/09) The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (25/09) Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic (23/10) Luna Shadows - Digital Pacific (TBD) Unconfirmed: Karnivool - LP4??? Fickle Friends - LP2 Elohim - LP2 Marmozets - LP3 Hundred Waters - LP4 Natalie Prass - LP3 Zara Larsson - LP3 Tove Styrke - LP4 Hands Like Houses - LP5 Foxes - LP3 Beartooth - LP4 Normandie - LP3 Architects - LP9 Spiritbox - LP1 Kučka - LP1 Too Close to Touch - LP3 Don Broco - LP4 The Contortionist - LP5 Closure in Moscow - LP3 Agent Fresco - LP3 VOLA - LP3 Flume - LP3 *New
TIER 1 bad snacks: "Neat Tape 2" BRONSON: "BRONSON" * Deb Never: "INTERMISSION" Grimes: "Miss Anthropocene" i_o & Lights: "AM 444" EP Kllo: "Maybe We Could" Lights: "How To Sleep When You're On Fire" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 2" * Purity Ring: "WOMB" Run The Jewels: "RTJ4" The Weeknd: "After Hours" TIER 2 Banks: "Live And Stripped" EP Cavern Of Anti-Matter: "In Fabric" OST Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats: "UNLOCKED" Kacy Hill: "Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 1" NAV: "Good Intentions" Phantogram: "Ceremony" The Weeknd: "After Hours" (Remixes) TIER 3 Ekali: "A World Away" Tkay Maidza: "Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2" * PENDING Wafia: "Good Things" EP - August 21 Shlohmo: "Heaven Inc." EP - September 4 * new additions
T O P A L B U M S U N R A N K E D CARLY RAE JEPSEN | DEDICATED SIDE B CARPENTER BRUT | BLOOD MACHINES FREDDIE GIBBS & THE ALCHEMIST | ALFREDO HAYLEY WILLIAMS | PETALS FOR ARMOR LIGHTS | HOW TO SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE ON FIRE NINE INCH NAILS | GHOSTS V-VI RUN THE JEWELS | RUN THE JEWELS 4 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE THUNDERCAT | IT IS WHAT IT IS THE WEEKND | AFTER HOURS
TIER 1 BRONSON: "BRONSON" Deb Never: "INTERMISSION" Grimes: "Miss Anthropocene" i_o & Lights: "AM 444" EP Kllo: "Maybe We Could" Lights: "How To Sleep When You're On Fire" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 2" Purity Ring: "WOMB" Run The Jewels: "RTJ4" Shlohmo: "Heaven Inc." EP * The Weeknd: "After Hours" TIER 2 bad snacks: "Neat Tape 2" Banks: "Live And Stripped" EP Cavern Of Anti-Matter: "In Fabric" OST Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats: "UNLOCKED" Kacy Hill: "Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 1" NAV: "Good Intentions" Phantogram: "Ceremony" The Weeknd: "After Hours" (Remixes) TIER 3 Ekali: "A World Away" Tkay Maidza: "Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2" Wafia: "Good Things" EP * PENDING Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 3" - September 18 Deftones: "Ohms" - September 25 * new additions
Best: Autechre - Sign Jay Electronica (and Jay-Z) - A Written Testimony Deftones - Ohms Mike Shinoda - Dropped Frames Series Hum - Inlet Boris - NO Looking Forward To 2020/2021: Deftones - Black Stallion Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Soul (Original Film Score) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Mank (Original Film Score)† Paramore
THE GREAT Die Ärzte - Hell Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision Tim Vantol - Better Days Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live? Madsen - Na Gut Dann Nicht The Good The Okay Tame Impala - The Slow Rush The Disappointing Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers Anticipating BIlly Talent Massendefekt Not Listened Yet Pearl Jam Itchy - Ja als Ob Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch Turbostaat - Uthlande
i've put off doing this for too long. probably gonna forget some of the releases from earlier this year TIER 1 - DIAMOND RANK EDEN - no future MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM TIER 2 - PLATINUM RANK PVRIS - Use Me The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool- Stonefox - As You Fall In- Various - NEW WORLD TAPES The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form Jeremy Zucker - love is not dying TIER 3 - GOLD RANK TRACES - 0000-0600- Fleet Foxes - Shore Deftones - Ohms Grey Daze - Amends Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Francesca Michielin - FEAT (Stato di Natura) TIER 4 - SILVER RANK Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 TIER 5 - BRONZE RANK ANTICIPATING//QUEUE Dizzy - The Sun and Her Scorch Troye Sivan - In A Dream Local Natives - Sour Lemon EP Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic KEY: * = new addition } = adjustment - = ep
TIER 1 BRONSON: "BRONSON" BRONSON: "BRONSON Remixes N°.1" EP * Deb Never: "INTERMISSION" Grimes: "Miss Anthropocene" i_o & Lights: "AM 444" EP Kllo: "Maybe We Could" Lights: "How To Sleep When You're On Fire" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 2" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 3" * Purity Ring: "WOMB" Run The Jewels: "RTJ4" Shlohmo: "Heaven Inc." EP The Weeknd: "After Hours" TIER 2 bad snacks: "Neat Tape 2" Banks: "Live And Stripped" EP Cavern Of Anti-Matter: "In Fabric" OST Deftones: "Ohms" * Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats: "UNLOCKED" Kacy Hill: "Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again" Mike Shinoda: "Dropped Frames, Vol. 1" NAV: "Good Intentions" Phantogram: "Ceremony" The Weeknd: "After Hours" (Remixes) TIER 3 Elise Trouw: "2017-2019 Collection" * Tkay Maidza: "Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2" Wafia: "Good Things" EP PENDING Lastlings: "First Contact" - November 20 [ordered] SAINt JHN: "While The World Was Burning" - November 20 * new additions
TIER 1 - DIAMOND RANK EDEN - no future MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM TIER 2 - PLATINUM RANK PVRIS - Use Me The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool- Stonefox - As You Fall In- Various - NEW WORLD TAPES The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form Jeremy Zucker - love is not dying Dizzy - The Sun and Her Scorch Troye Sivan - In A Dream- TIER 3 - GOLD RANK TRACES - 0000-0600- Fleet Foxes - Shore Deftones - Ohms Grey Daze - Amends Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Francesca Michielin - FEAT (Stato di Natura) clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned TIER 4 - SILVER RANK Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 TIER 5 - BRONZE RANK ANTICIPATING//QUEUE SIAMES - Home Local Natives - Sour Lemon EP Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic KEY: * = new addition } = adjustment - = ep
THE GREAT Die Ärzte - Hell Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision Tim Vantol - Better Days Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live? Madsen - Na Gut Dann Nicht The Good Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez Pearl Jam - Gigaton The Okay Tame Impala - The Slow Rush The Disappointing Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers Anticipating BIlly Talent Massendefekt Not Listened Yet Itchy - Ja als Ob Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch Turbostaat - Uthlande
TIER 1 - DIAMOND RANK EDEN - no future MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM TIER 2 - PLATINUM RANK PVRIS - Use Me The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool- Stonefox - As You Fall In- Various - NEW WORLD TAPES The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form Jeremy Zucker - love is not dying Dizzy - The Sun and Her Scorch Troye Sivan - In A Dream- Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher* TIER 3 - GOLD RANK TRACES - 0000-0600- Fleet Foxes - Shore Deftones - Ohms Grey Daze - Amends Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Francesca Michielin - FEAT (Stato di Natura) clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned Joywave - Possession* TIER 4 - SILVER RANK Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 TIER 5 - BRONZE RANK Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR-* ANTICIPATING//QUEUE SIAMES - Home Local Natives - Sour Lemon EP Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic KEY: * = new addition } = adjustment - = ep