It’s that time of the year again.
I used to write for a monthly music magazine until it went bankrupt. I used to be a resident dj for a couple of local clubs until I myself went bankrupt and needed to get a real job. I used to work in a record shop for 10 years.
All of those professions demanded that come november/december I’d have to list my favourite 10 albums and songs of the past year. Nowadays I’m not required to do it anymore but I still love doing it. I start making notes in january and collecting an iTunes playlist of my AOTY shortlist.
I filled the Pitchfork reader poll on monday and on top of both my Album and Song lists was the same artist, Phoebe Bridgers. For me Punisher can’t be topped in 2020. It’s in a class of it’s own. Probably the album I’ve listened to most in 2020. I’ll never get tired of it.
What’s your choice for Album Of The Year 2020? What about Song Of The Year? You can also list your top tens if you feel like it. It can be techno, folk, classical, anything. Whatever rocked your boat in 2020.