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31 songs from 2020: we will not be stopped

Posted on by stuart

Fuck Covid. Music isn’t going anywhere. Live shows may have ground to a halt. Musicians are learning entirely new skills, mastering the live streaming broadcast. And we’re seeing a whole new side of our favorite artists, often set in their living rooms.

NEWCOMERS

New artists include Angel Olsen, Black Pumas, Marissa Nadler, Shopping, Sturgill Simpson, the Coathangers, The Lovely Eggs,

And we’re late to the party on a few artists who, despite prior releases, somehow missed our prior lists: Broken Social Scene, Fiona Apple, the Psychedelic Furs, Sparks (!), That Dog, X.

FAMILIAR FACES, FRESH TAKES

Jenny Lin performs Philip Glass, Karen O teams up with Danger Mouse, and the Chicks (formerly of Dixie).

RETURNING FAVORITES

Second-timers include Agnes Obel, Liela Moss (of Duke Spirit fame), Paul McCartney, Perfume Genius, Rufus Wainright, and the Flaming Lips.

Long running 31 favorites: Laura Marling, Leonard Cohen, Of Montreal, Elvis Costello, Nicole Atkins, Richard Thompson, The New Pornographers, and Everything Everything.

Jens Lekman takes us home, beautifully encapsulating the complicated nature of helping a friend in need. And the unwelcome ghost that is cancer.

Enjoy!

2020 Playlist

Track by track, with artist
  1. Colossus of Rhodes
    THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
  2. Colors
    BLACK PUMAS
  3. Redeemer
    KAREN O & DANGER MOUSE
  4. Seize The Day
    PAUL MCCARTNEY
  5. Violent Sun
    EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
  6. Don’t Let Me Die In America
    OF MONTREAL
  7. How Can a Head (feat. Mick Jones)
    THE FLAMING LIPS
  8. Moving On
    LEONARD COHEN
  9. Metamorphosis No. 3
    JENNY LIN
  10. I Want You To Love Me
    FIONA APPLE
  11. No Flag
    ELVIS COSTELLO
  12. Angel on the Road
    X
  13. Memories
    THE COATHANGERS
  14. Can’t Find My Heart
    BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
  15. Without You
    PERFUME GENIUS
  16. Strange Girl
    LAURA MARLING
  1. Unfollow the Rules
    RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
  2. All Mirrors
    ANGEL OLSEN
  3. Wrong Train
    THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
  4. Hope It’s Something Good
    THE CHICKS
  5. Broken Sleep
    AGNES OBEL
  6. Space Ghost II
    MARISSA NADLER & STEPHEN BRODSKY
  7. Domino
    NICOLE ATKINS
  8. White Feather
    LIELA MOSS
  9. Old LP
    THAT DOG.
  10. Life Ain’t Fair and the World Is Mean
    STURGILL SIMPSON
  11. If I Could Live My Life Again
    RICHARD THOMPSON
  12. New Dawn
    THE LOVELY EGGS
  13. Initiative
    SHOPPING
  14. The Existential Threat
    SPARKS
  15. Evening Prayer
    JENS LEKMAN & LOULOU LAMOTTE

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