With 2020 almost in hindsight, we review the year with songs that represent this difficult time along with a profile on Ludwig Göransson's score to the Christopher Nolan film Tenet, which is indicative of the struggles faced by many over the past twelve months.

  1. The Avalanches: Ghost Story [w.Orono] (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular
  2. Gorillaz: Strange Timez [w.Robert Smith] (The Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, 2020) Parlophone/Warner
  3. Sarah Davachi: Praha (Qualities of Bodies Permanent, 2020) Constellation Tatsu
  4. Magik Markers: Hymn for 2020 (2020, 2020) Drag City
  5. Avenue Beat: F2020 [remix, w.Jessie Reyez] (2020) Big Machine/Island
  6. Klaus Dead: 2020 (2020, 2020) FUSELab
  7. Backxwash: God has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (God has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, 2020) self-released
  8. Anderson.Paak: Lockdown [radio edit] (Lockdown Remix Bundle EP, 2020) Aftermath
  9. Zombi: First Flower (2020, 2020) Relapse
  10. Thundercat: Dragonball Durag (It Is What It Is, 2020) Brainfeeder
  11. Run the Jewels: Ju$t [w.Pharrell Williams & Zach de la Rocha] (RTJ4, 2020) BMG
  12. The Future Sound of London: Amid the Overwhelm (Cascade 2020, 2020) fsoldigital.com
  13. Megan Thee Stallion: Savage Remix [w.Beyoncé] (Savage 12", 2020) 300 Entertainment
  14. Sault: Stop Dem (untitled [Black Is], 2020) Forever Living Originals
  15. Tenderlonious: Covid Blues (Quaratena, 2020) 22a
  16. Orville Peck: Legends Never Die [w.Shania Twain] (Show Pony EP, 2020) Columbia
  17. Tough Age: Anti-Anxiety Exercises (Which Way Am I?, 2020) Mint
  18. William Basinski: Please, This Shit Has Got to Stop (Lamentations, 2020) Temporary Residence
  19. The Weather Station: Robber (Robber/Better Now single, 2020) Fat Possum/Next Door
    TWENTY! Sleepy Gonzales: Slow Apocalpse (Slow Apocalpse, 2020) Light Organ
    TWENTY-one. Jacaszek: The Zone (Music for Film, 2020) Ghostly International
    TWENTY-two. Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Fetch the Bolt Cutters, 2020) Epic/Clean Slate
    TWENTY-three. Jessy Lanza: Over and Over (All the Time, 2020) Hyperdub
    TWENTY-four. Ólafur Arnalds: Woven Song (Some Kind of Peace, 2020) Mercury KX
    TWENTY-five. Bon Iver: PDLIF (2020) Jagjaguwar
    TWENTY-six. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: River Dreams (Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, 2020) Transgressive
    TWENTY-seven. Paradise Cinema: Possible Futures (Paradise Cinema, 2020) Gondwana
    TWENTY-eight. Colin Stetson: The War Show (The War Show OST, 2020) Milan
    TWENTY-nine. Ludwig Göransson: A Mandalorian and a Jedi (The Mandalorian: Season 2, Volume 2 [Chapters 13-16] OST, 2020) Walt Disney
  20. Ludwig Göransson: Open the Door (The Mandalorian: Season 2, Volume 2 [Chapters 13-16] OST, 2020) Walt Disney
  21. Ludwig Göransson: Foils (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
  22. Ludwig Göransson: Trucks in Place (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
  23. Ludwig Göransson: Inversion (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
  24. Ludwig Göransson: Fast Cars (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
  25. Maria Schneider Orchestra: Braided Together (Data Lords, 2020) ArtistShare
  26. The Avalanches: Weightless (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular
  27. The Go! Team: Look Outside [A New Year's Coming] (Lost Christmas: A Festive Memphis Industries Selection Box, 2020) Memphis Industries

Time travellers: focus on visiting January and February for this year, unless you masks and cask-strength booze.

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