Top 10 Debut Albums
- Bartees Strange – Live Forever (Memory Music)
- Cubby and the Gang – Speed Kills (Partisan)
- Gum Country – Somewhere (S/R)
- Park Hye Jin – How Can I (Ninja Tune)
- Ela Minus – Acts of Rebellion (Domino)
- Mamalarky – Mamalarky (Fire Talk)
- Pillow Queens – In Waiting (S/R)
- Alaska Reid – Big Bunny (Terrible Records)
- Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA (Dirty Hit)
- Samia – The Baby (Grand Jury)
Top 10 Local Releases
- Cocktails – Catastrophic Entertainment (Wizards & Potions)
- Quinn DeVeaux – Book of Soul (S/R)
- Elder Brother – I Won’t Fade on You (Pure Noise)
- Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? (S/R)
- Ismay – Songs of Sonoma Mountain (S/R)
- Madeline Kenney – Suckers Lunch (Carpark)
- Monophonics – It’s Only Us (Colemine)
- Low Praise – Tanning Beds (S/R)
- The Seshen – CYAN (Tru Thoughts)
- Unconditional Arms – Formation (Sell The Heart)
2020’s Top 10 Local Shows has been converted into the last live show I’m glad I witnessed
before the world paused: Unconditional Arms, Commissure, Reptoid at Elbo Room on 2/27/20
