Today I will have a look back at my favourites in Music in 2020. If any element of the arts was hardest hit by the pandemic it was surely music. Live music ground to a halt and even though locally it's slowly getting back on its feet it will still be a while before international artists can tour again. Sadly with music today that's where many artists make their living so I implore anyone who loves music to please BUY music rather than just stream. It really supports these remarkable artists.

My favourite album of 2020 was one that divided critics. Car Seat Headrest's previous album was iconic and perfect and hard to follow. Making a Door Less Open had its flaws and could be messy at times but Will Toledo really went for it and the highs were very high. Anyway it was my favourite and I had to place it at number one. You could make a great case for Waxahatchee for number one though. I can not fault her album and there is not one song even remotely weak. Her partner Kevin Morby also gave us another beautiful album yet again. Some veteran artists showed that they are aging extremly well too. Destroyer and Wolf Parade did Canada proud and The Flaming Lips produced their best work in years. And Stephen Malkmus showed why he is an icon of music yet again. Younger artists that showed that music is in good hands were Dogleg, Lomelda, Tina, Told Slant and Bartees Strange. I loved all of their albums. And if I could just give one album to everyone it would be the one by Young Jesus. An album of breathtaking power of beauty I would love to reach a larger audience.

1. Making A Door Less Open-Car Seat Headrest
2. Saint Cloud-Waxahatchee
3. Have We Met-Destroyer
4. Thin Mind-Wolf Parade
5. Shore-Fleet Foxes
6. Sundowner-Kevin Morby
7. The Loves of Your Life-Hamilton Leithauser
8. Welcome to Conceptual Beach-Young Jesus
9. American Head-The Flaming Lips
10. Muzz-Muzz
11. Traditional Techniques-Stephen Malkmus
12. Melee-Dogleg
13. III-Fuzz
14. Hannah-Lomelda
15. RTJ4-Run the Jewels
16. The Microphones in 2020-The Microphones
17. Strange to Explain-Woods
18. Punisher-Phoebe Bridgers
19. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately-Perfume Genius
20. Mystic Familiar-Dan Deacon
21. We Will Always Love You-The Avalanches
22. Silver Ladders-Mary Lattimore
23. That's Why We're Running Away-Roadside Graves
24. Love is the King-Jeff Tweedy
25. Positive Mental Health Music-Tina
26. Protean Threat-Osees
27. The Ascension-Sufjan Stevens
28. Whole New Mess-Angel Olsen
29. Serpentine Prison-Matt Berninger
30. Likewise-Frances Quinlan
31. Songs-Adrianne Lenker
32. Point the Flashlight and Walk-Told Slant
33. Continuous Portrait-Inventions
34. Eight Gates-Jason Molina
35. Song For Our Daughter-Laura Marling
36. Island-Owen Pallett
37. Live Forever-Bartees Strange
38. 5 Dreams-Soft Plastics
39. Fetch the Bolt Cutters-Fiona Apple
40. Snapshot of a Beginner-Nap Eyes
41. Gold Record-Bill Callahan
42. Silver Tongue-Torres
43. Don't Waste Your Anger-The Smith Street Band
44. I Was Born Swimming-Squirrel Flower
45. What's New, Tomboy?-Damien Jurado
46. Candid-Whitney
47. Every Bad-Porride Radio
48. You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start-Floral Tattoo
49. Marigold-Pinegrove
50. Holy Smokes Future Jokes-Blitzen Trapper