- The Microphones – Microphones in 2020 (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
- Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now (Warner)
- Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately (Matador)
- Dorian Electra – My Agenda (S/R)
- Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (Warp)
- Monolake – Archaeopteryx (imbalance computer music)
- Poppy – Music to Scream To (Sumerian)
- Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
- Grimes – Miss Anthropocene (4AD)
- Jeff Rosenstock – No Dream (Polyvinyl)
- Moses Sumney – grae (Jagjaguwar)
- Autechre – Sign (Warp)
- 100 gecs – 1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues (Dog Show)
- Frances Quinlan – Likewise (Saddle Creek)
- Blu & Exile – Miles
- Arovane – Gestalt (Puremagnetik)
Honourable Mentions:
- Against All Logic – 2017 – 2019 (Other People)
- Poppy – I Disagree (Sumerian)
- Rian Treanor – File Under UK Metaplasm (Planet Mu)
- Rina Sawayama – Sawayama (Dirty Hit)
- Dan Deacon – Mystic Familiar (Domino)
- Food House – Food House (Dog Show)
- HMLTD – West of Eden (Lucky Number)
- Thundercat – It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder)
- Deerhoof – Future Teenage Cave Artists (Joyful Noise)
- Conway the Machine – From King to a GOD (Griselda/Drumwork/Empire)
- Ash Koosha – Bluud (Realms)
- Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo (ESGN/ALC/Empire)
- Boldy James – The Price of Tea in China (Deluxe Edition) (ALC / Boldy James)
- Deerhoof – Love-Lore (Joyful Noise & Deerhoof)
- Carl Stone – Stolen Car (Electro-Acoustic Music (ASCAP))
- The Soft Pink truth – Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (Thrill Jockey)
- R.A.P. Ferreira – Purple Moonlight Pages (Ruby Yacht)
- Machine Girl – U-Void Synthesizer (S/R)
Favorite EPs:
- Jockstrap – Wicked City (Warp)
- Burial – Chemz (Hyperdub)
- Slauson Malone – Vergangenheitsbewaltigung (Crater Speak) (Grand Closing)
- JPEGMAFIA – EP! (EQT / Republic)
- Shygirl – Alias (Because Music)
- Fraxiom – Feeling Cool and Normal (SONG)
- Papaya & Friends – Szn 1 (AAAHH)
- Penelope Scott – Public Void (S/R)
- Machine Girl – Reporpoised Phantasies (S/R)
- OCD – Alignment (Aurawire)
- Folie – cortisol (Dog Show)
Favorite Albums of 2020, Listed Alphabetically
- Andrea – Ritorno (Ilian Tape)
- Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini – Illusion Of Time (Mute)
- Julianna Barwick – Healing Is A Miracle (Ninja Tune)
- Chouk Bwa & The Ångstromers – Vodou Alé (Bongo Joe)
- Cindy Lee – What’s Tonight To Eternity (W.25th)
- Coldbeat – Mother (DFA)
- Cyril Cyril – Yallah Mickey Mouse (Born Bad)
- Das Das – S/T (Detriti)
- DNGDNGDNG – Continentes Perdidos (On The Corner)
- En Attendant Ana – Juillet (Trouble In Mind)
- Freak Heat Waves – Zap The Planet (Telephone Explosion)
- Lucy Gooch – Rushing (Past Inside The Present)
- The Green Child – Shimmering Basset (Upset The Rhythm)
- Group Rhoda – Passing Shades (Dark Entries)
- HHY & The Kampala Unit – Lithium Blast (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
- Kate Nv – Room For The Moon (Rvng Intl.)
- Loving – If I Am Only My Thoughts (Last Gang)
- Minae Minae – Flossensäume (Marionette)
- Mr. Elevator – Goodbye, Blue Sky (Castle Face)
- Naked Roomate – Do the Duvet (Trouble In Mind)
- Omni Gardens – Moss King (Moon Glyph)
- Peel Dream Magazine – Agitprop Alterna (Slumberland)
- Rejoicer – Spiritual Sleaze (Stones Throw)
- Repeated Measures – S/T (grn+gld)
- Sepehr – Shaytoon (Dark Entries)
- The Serfs – Sounds Of Serfdom (Detriti)
- Tornische – Interiorismo (Cititrax)
- Ulla – Tumbling Towards A Wall (Experiences Ltd.)
- Vague Imaginaires – L’île D’or (Not Not Fun)
- Katya Yonder – Multiply Intentions (Métron)
- Various Artists – Cherrystones Presents Critical Mass Vol. 2 ‘Hearts Of Champions'(Touch Sensitive)
- Various Artists – La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980 (Analog Africa)
- Various Artists – Tchic Tchic – French Bossa Nova – 1963/1974 (Born Bad)