Wild Pink - Wild Pink: Feeling familiar.

Vitreous Humor - Vitreous Humor: I can see myself listening to this again.

Touche Amore - Lament: Their best, most complete album yet.

Suicide Commandos - Make a Record: Great early punk album.

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension: Too long, but not obscenely so.

Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You: Comfort in 2020.

Seaway - Big Vibe: Big swing that makes good contact.

Pup - This Place Sucks Ass: This EP does not suck ass.

Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down: i wish I had skipped this one.

Policy of 3 - An Anthology: Emocore indeed.

Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma, and Divorce: Failed to engage me.

Niiice. - Internet Friends: Heavy Midwest emo for the modern age.

Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives: I do not know how, but they have done it again.

Mountain Goats - The Coroner's Gambit: Not sure how I missed this one, but I am disappointed that I did.

Mil-Spec - World House: Hardcore done right in so many ways.

Wynton Marsalis - The Ever Fonky Lowdown: Not at all what I was expecting from him.

Knope - An Exercise in Patience: Emo worship.

Karate - In Place of Real Insight: Post-rock vibes meet mid-90s emo.

How to Dress Well - Love Remains: Emotionally perfect for the soundtrack to the 2020 election.

Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive: Took a bit for Heart Burns to worm its way. Expecting the same here.

Fleet Foxes - Shore: Mature.

Field Medic - Floral Prince: Deliberate.

Field Medic - Fade Into the Dawn: Upbeat is not quite the right word.

Field Medic - Songs from the Sunroom: Melancholy, lo-fi, and wonderful

Everyone Everywhere - Everyone Everywhere (2012): Slightly more polished.

Everyone Everywhere - Everyone Everywhere (2010): Emo revival done well.

Deftones - Ohms: Never thought a Deftones album would be an AOTY contender, but 2020.

clipping - Visions of Bodies Being Burned: Unsettling.

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - Tea Party Revenge Porn: You should already know what you are going to get. I did and was not disappointed.

Bartees Strange - Live Forever: Shape shifting string of singles.

Gary Wilson - You Think You Really Know Me: So much oddball music out there, but this was very good.

Teenage Halloween - Teenage Halloweed: Pop-punk, emo-adjacent ripper.

Teenage Halloween - It Was Weird, But It Worked: Good first outing.

State Lines - For The Boats: I like Oso Oso more, but this is worth a listen.

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up: Left field hip hop that is more atmosphere than normal.

Jeff Rosenstock - 2020 Dump: Cool to have.

Quasimoto - The Unseen: Much better than I remember.

Marilyn Manson - We Are Chaos: Subdued, but compelling.

Lootpack - Soundpieces- Da Antidote!: Stones Throw was magical.

Into It. Over It. - Figure: Feels like forever since their last album so this is very welcome in 2020.

John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp: Dated production, but good songs here.

Doves - The Universal Want: Another Doves album that sucks you in at the end.

Cubbiebear - Force Back to Sleep: Has a slight Eminem vibe going on.

Code Orange - Under The Skin: Might be the best thing they have done.

clipping - Double Live: Fascinating release, if only for a single listen.

Busdriver - Perfect Hair: Perfect? Close.

Bartees Strange - Say Goodbye, Pretty Boy: Enjoyable covers EP of National songs.

100 gecs - 1000 gecs: Assault on the senses in most of the right ways.

Young Jesus - Welcome to Conceptual Beach: Trying hard and trying too hard is a fine line. Right now, this sits on it.

Sonic's Rendezvous Band - Sonic's Rendezvous Band: Shame we never got a proper release.

Sepultura - Roots: Nu-metal touchstones on another pretty solid album.

Sepultura - Chaos A.D.: Pretty complete album experience.

Sepultura - Arise: Pretty good follow-up to a really great album.

Secret Machines - Awake in the Brain Chamber: Scratching a major itch I did not know I had.

Ho99o9 - Blurr: There is a subtlety here that I do not remember, but I like it.

High Dials - War of the Wakening Phantoms: Worth the high praise for this Beatles-indebted band.

Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress: Pretty eclectic barrage of hardcore influences.

Guitar Fight From Cooly Fooly - Soak: I would not be disappointed if these songs came on at random.

Front Bottoms - In Sickness & In Flames: Some worthwhile songs.

Classics of Love - World of Burning Hate: Angry and I like it.

Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was: The longer it played, the more I settled into it.

Be Well - The Weight and the Cost: Melodic hardcore excellence.

Void - Potions for Bad Dreams: Much maligned, but unfairly.

Trash Talk - Squalor: Hard, fast, wonderful.

Stuck - Change is Bad: Post-punk ear worms.

Strike Anywhere - Nightmares of the West: Contender for best punk album of the year.

Streets - None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive: First one since Original Pirate Material to grab me.

Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster: No idea they were around for so long.

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains: Unreal how good this is.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - The Clouds Hill Tapes: Another subversion of expectations.

RKL - Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare: Pretty forgettable.

Pool Kids - Music to Practice Safe Sex To: A little too safe.

Pink Siifu - Negro: An experience.

Papa M - A Broke Moon Rises: Relaxing.

New Found Glory - Forever + Ever x Infinity: This is a New Found Glory album.

Nana Grizol - South Somewhere Else: Very low key and enjoyable.

Naked Raygun - Jettison: Would love to hear a remaster because there are some songs here.

Roger Miller - The Return of Roger Miller: Another country gem from the '60s.

Microphones - Microphones in 2020: Satisfying.

Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast: Comforting.

Illuminati Hotties - FREE I.H.: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For: Yes it is.

Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey: Such a solid album.

Hunting Accident - Trees and Parks: Better than the last one.

Hunting Accident - Hunting Accident: For Piebald-related completionists.

Hum - Inlet: Surprise release and the hype is justified.

Haim - Women in Music, Pt. III: Admittedly, I never did revisit their earlier work. Clearly that was a mistake.

Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death: The debut never really grabbed me and neither did this.

Fire Deuce - Lords of Diesel: EP-worthy side project.

Every Scar Has a Story - Every Scar Has a Story: Looking forward to more of the story.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways: A modern classic.

Doughboys - Whatever: Street punk meets pop punk gem.

Deftones - White Pony: Need a few more listens, but crazy that this type of band got as big as they did.

Constant Elevation - Constant Elevation: Good, but glad it is not a full length.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher: Listening is not punishment.

Bad Moves - Untenable: Huge step up for these guys.

Bacchae - Pleasure Vision: Certainly some catchy songs, but meant for a live setting.

ALL - Allroy Sez..?: Hard to take seriously after Alfredo.

Neil Young - Homegrown: A classic.

Virginity - With Time: Some really good songs here for the emo crowd.

Truth Cult - Off Fire: I need more of this melodic hardcore in my life.