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Records of the Year

At long last my list of records of 2020 is here. This year, I included formats other than albums, compilations, reissues, etc. Of the hundreds, if not thousands of records, I listened to in 2020, I selected 35. My choices range from pop to jazz, through rock to experimental. There are lots of songs, fully instrumental  records, a good deal of guitars in different shades, tones and ways. There is sadness,  joy, anger, sunshine, tears, blips and blops.  

If I were to pick two out of the alphabetical order they would be Mick Harvey’s Waves of Anzac/The Journey – a record has hardly thrown me for a loop in a very long time – and Radio Bukoswki’s one because, aside from loving it very much, I was part of the team that helped Guilherme Lucas’ dream of seeing it out. Quite a gratifying effort it was. 

Raquel’s records of 2020:

Ambrose Akinmusire – On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note Records)

André Henriques – Cajarana ( Sony Music Entertainment)

Australian Art Orchestra | Peter Knight | Tilman Robinson | Andrea Keller – Sometimes Home Can Grow Stranger Than Space  (Australian Music Centre) 

Bernardo Devlin – Proxima B (Peekaboo Records)

Bloodshot Bill – Get Loose Or Get Lost (Goner Records)

Built to Spill – Plays The Songs of Daniel Johnston (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler –  In Memory of My Feelings (Needle Mythology) 

David Bruno – Raiashopping (Brandit music)

Einstürzende Neubauten – Alles in Allem (Potomak)

Gabríel Ólafs – Piano Works (One Little Independent Records)

James C. – Sodden (KCK Records)

JG Thrilwell & Simon Steensland – Oscilospira (Ipecac Recordings)

Jeff Parker – Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem)

John Bence – Love (Thrill Jockey Records)

Jorge Coelho – Lay Claim to the World as a Sphere of Your Own Agency (Lovers & Lollypops)

Jorge Queijo – Abstract Thoughts II (Self Release)

Jozef van Wissem – Ex Mortis (Consouling Sounds)

King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn – Sacrifice ( Ipecac Recordings)

Krypto – Eye 8 (Lovers & Lollypops) 

Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists (Cherry Red)

Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye & Jim White – 2 (Caldo Verde Records)

Mick Harvey – Waves of Anzak/The Journey (Mute Records)

Mondo Generator – Shooters Bible (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Pop Dell’Arte – Transgressio Global (Sony Music)

Radio Bukoswki – Radio Bukowski (Tradisom)

Roger Eno & Brian Eno – Mixing Colours (Deutsche Grammophon)

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy (Sub Pop Records)

Rowland S Howard – Pop Crimes (Bloodlines Music/Mute Records/Southern Records)

Six Organs of Addmitance – Companion Rises (Drag City Records)

SQÜRL – Some Music For Robby Muller (Sacred Bones)

Stephen Malkmus – Traditional Techniques (Matador Records)

The Friends of David McComb – Truckloads of Sky – The Lost Songs of David McCombs Vol 1 (Lost Records and Tapes)

The Sorcerers – In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey (ATA Records)

The William Loveday Intention – Will There Ever Be A Day That You’re Hung Like A Thief  (Damaged Goods Records)

V/A – Color de Trópico – Venezuelan grooves from the 60s and 70s (El Palmas Music)

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