Sault - Untitled (Rise): Wish I had let the other one marinate before diving back in.

Sault - Untitled (Black Is): Out of left field and knocked me over.

Jeff Rosenstock - 2020 Dump: Treasure.

Respire - Black Line: Something to sink your teeth into.

Record Setter - I Owe You Nothing: This would have impacted my end of year list for 2020.

Pylon - Pylon Box: What a fascinating, and large collection of great songs.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never: Good background music.

One Hundred Words for Snow - Discography: Would fit on a bill with Texas is the Reason.

No Note - If this is the future then I'm in the dark: Desperation.

No Man - Erase: Vocals do not seem to match the music.

Niice - Try to Stay Positive: Glad I checked out the newest one first. Not that this is bad, but it is a step down.

New Order - Movement: Would love another album like this.

The Network - Money Money 2020- Pt II We Told Ya So!: Better than the last Green Day album.

Mogwai - ZEROZEROZERO: Beautiful, but looking forward to a proper album.

Mesa Verde - Discography: Too dynamic to waste on a terrible stereo in a rental car.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - K.G.: They did it again.

Kill Lincoln - Can't Complain: Good for what it is.

Jazz Hands - Party EP: Emo guitars with screamed vocals.

Infant Island - Beneath: A lot of potential.

Household Gods - Palace Intrigue: Slint if they had written pop songs.

Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater: Major Jane's Addiction vibes.

Hatebreed - Weight of the False Self: Not a lot of nuance, but not sure I would want it any other way.

Faucet - Bitter Insane Melting: Perfect title.

Eminem - Music to be Murdered To, Side B: Good enough.

Bob Dylan - 1970: Another treasure trove.

Dirty Projectors - 5EPs: Very enjoyable.

Crazy Eddie - Eddie Goes To Night School: Nine minutes of punk rock bliss.

Carpool - Erotic Nightmare Summer: Good foundation, but lacks an indentity.

Call Me Malcolm - Me, Myself, and Something Else: Bad Religion with horns.

Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun: Soundtrack to an insurrection.

Boneflower - Armour: A kitchen sink of heavy music that mostly succeeds.

R.W. Beaver - Case of the Blues: By the book blues.

Bauhaus - In The Flat Field: So much post-punkiness, but feels directionless.

awakebutstillinbed - stay who you are: stay awake.

Avalanches - We Will Always Love You: It is very long.

Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays: Pretty fun in its breeziness.

100 gecs - 1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues: I do not think I lived with the original album enough to appreciate the differences.

Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur: The strings give it a cool Coldplay vibe.

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.