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A Pancake’s Top 16 Albums of 2020 (Loosely Ordered):

Posted on January 18, 2021

  • 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)

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