Whilst the live musical experience is sadly fading into merely a vague memory, this year has already been a bonanza for quality new music both in the form of physical releases and online downloads.
Kicker and Chorizo talked about some of their favourites so far on Podcast 98, and just in case you were that listener who wants to follow up their suggestions, here are those recommended albums in alphabetical order with links to where you can get them.
Nearly all these albums are available through Bandcamp who during this pandemic have started hosting regular “Bandcamp Fridays.” This is when they guarantee that every penny spent on their site goes directly to the artist. We have always been strong advocates for supporting musicians by buying their music and we urge you to do the same. This handy website will let you know when the next Bandcamp Friday is coming.
Kicker’s current favourite albums of 2020:
Babybird – Plastic Ape
Andrew Bunting – Dancers / For All The Loves Lost
Canshaker Pi – Okay Decay
The Cool Greenhouse – The Cool Greenhouse
Cornershop – England Is A Garden
Derrero – Time Lapse
Ex Pilots – Ex Pilots
The Flatmates – The Flatmates
Guided By Voices – Surrender Your Poppy Field
Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists
The Humdrum Express – Ultracrepidarian Soup
The Just Joans – The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of The Just Joans
The Lovely Eggs – I Am Moron
Mekons – Exquisite
The Nightingales – Four Against Fate
The Orb – Abolition of The Royal Familia
Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus – Songs of Yearning / Nocturnes
RVG – Feral
Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never Work
Veryan – Ebb & Flow
Chorizo’s current favourite albums of 2020:
Andrew Jackson Jihad – Good Luck Everybody
The Buttertones – Jazzhound
Doleful Lions – The Light of the Infinite
Irma Vep – Embarrassed Landscape
The Just Joans – The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of The Just Joans
Stephen Malkmus – Traditional Techniques
Maria McKee – La Vita Nuova
John Mouse – The Goat
The Orielles – Disco Volador
Percy – Seaside Donkeys
Savage Mansion – Weird Country
Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never Work
Seazoo – Joy
Shopping – All or Nothing
Slum Of Legs – Slum Of Legs
Snowgoose – The Making of You
Sports Team – Deep Down Happy
Synthetic Villains – Synthetic Villains
Thousand Yard Stare – The Panglossian Momentum
Vlimmer – Pulmo
The Wind-Up Birds – Summer Haunts
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