2020 Spins

In an effort to make the end-of-year list season a little less soul-destroying, I’ve decided to outright plagiarise one of my favourite writers and dear friends, David James Young, and chronicle every new release I listen to in 2020 (complete with a handy rating from 1 to 10). I’ll update this page every other week or so. If you think there’s a release missing from the list that I should check out, give me a yell and I’ll smack it on the backburner!

Last update: Tuesday January 12th, 2021.

Albums

  1. 070 Shake – Modus Vivendi (6.5/10)
  2. The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form (7.5/10)
  3. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Calm (5/10)
  4. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Artist 2.0 (6.5/10)
  5. A. Swayze & The Ghosts – Paid Salvation (5/10)
  6. The Acacia Strain – Slow Decay (5/10)
  7. Ace Enders – Dustin’ Off The Ol’ Guitar (7/10)
  8. Adult Karate – My Friends Are Internet And I Want To Break You Open (8/10)
  9. Agnes Manners – Fantasia Famish (9.5/10)
  10. AJJ – Good Luck Everybody (6/10)
  11. Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road (8.5/10)
  12. Alex The Astronaut – The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing (9.5/10)
  13. Algiers – There Is No Year (5.5/10)
  14. Alice Ivy – Don’t Sleep (7/10)
  15. Alien Nosejob – Suddenly Everything Is Twice As Loud (2/10)
  16. Alpha Wolf – A Quiet Place To Die (7/10)
  17. Aluna – Renaissance (6.5/10)
  18. Amahiru – S/T (8/10)
  19. Amaranthe – Manifest (6/10)
  20. Aminé – Limbo (6/10)
  21. The Amity Affliction – Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them (7/10)
  22. Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment (6/10)
  23. Anti-Flag – 20/20 Vision (3.5/10)
  24. Apocalyptica – Cell-0 (7/10)
  25. Ariana Grande – Positions (6.5/10)
  26. Ashton Irwin – Superbloom (7.5/10)
  27. Asking Alexandria – Like A House On Fire (7.5/10)
  28. The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You (7/10)
  29. Awolnation – Angel Miners & The Lightning Riders (7.5/10)
  30. Azim Zain & His Lovely Bones – Be Good (9.5/10)
  31. B.o.B – Somnia (5/10)
  32. Bad Cop / Bad Cop – The Ride (5.5/10)
  33. Bad Nostalgia – Sex & Grieving (6.5/10)
  34. Ball Park Music – S/T (7/10)
  35. Banoffee – Look at Us Now Dad (7.5/10)
  36. Bartees Strange – Live Forever (7.5/10)
  37. Beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers (9/10)
  38. Beach Bunny – Honeymoon (8.5/10)
  39. Beach Slang – The Deadbeat Bang Of Heartbreak City (5/10)
  40. Ben Harper – Winter Is For Lovers (8/10)
  41. Benee – Hey U X (7.5/10)
  42. Benny Walker – Chosen Line (7.5/10)
  43. Best Coast – Always Tomorrow (7.5/10)
  44. The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers (10/10)
  45. Biffy Clyro – A Celebration Of Endings (6.5/10)
  46. Billie Joe Armstrong – No Fun Mondays (8/10) 
  47. Billy Nomates – S/T (8/10)
  48. Birds Of Tokyo – Human Design (6/10)
  49. The Black Dahlia Murder – Verminous (8/10)
  50. Black Eyed Peas – Translation (5/10)
  51. Black Foxxes – S/T (7/10)
  52. Blackpink – The Album (6/10)
  53. Blackstarkids – Whatever, Man (8/10)
  54. Blake Scott – Niscitam (8.5/10)
  55. Blessed – Music Is The Medicine (10/10)
  56. Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways (6/10)
  57. Body Count – Carnivore (8/10)
  58. Bon Jovi – 2020 (7.5/10)
  59. Boston Manor – Glue (7/10)
  60. Boys Of Fall – Distance (5/10)
  61. Brad Cox – My Mind’s Projection (8/10)
  62. Brett Eldredge – Sunday Drive (7/10)
  63. Brian Fallon – Local Honey (8/10)
  64. Bright Eyes – Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was (7.5/10)
  65. Broadside – Into The Raging Sea (8/10)
  66. Bruce Springsteen – Letter To You (8/10)
  67. Bully – Sugaregg (8.5/10)
  68. Bury Tomorrow – Cannibal (8.5/10)
  69. Cable Ties – Far Enough (6.5/10)
  70. Caiti Baker – Mary of the North (7/10)
  71. Caligula’s Horse – Rise Radiant (7/10)
  72. Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open (7/10)
  73. Caribou – Suddenly (7/10)
  74. Cavetown – Sleepyhead (8/10)
  75. Charli XCX – How I’m Feeling Now (8/10)
  76. The Chats – High Risk Behaviour (1/10)
  77. Cherry Pickles – The Juice That’s Worth The Squeeze (5/10)
  78. The Chicks – Gaslighter (7.5/10)
  79. Childish Gambino – 3.15.20 (7.5/10)
  80. Chubby And The Gang – Speed Kills (6/10)
  81. Circa Waves – Sad Happy (8/10)
  82. Cleo Sol – Rose in the Dark (7/10)
  83. Cloud Nothings – The Black Hole Understands (8/10)
  84. Code Orange – Underneath (7/10)
  85. Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 2 (6/10)
  86. Corey Taylor – CMFT (7.5/10)
  87. Cosmo’s Midnight – Yesteryear (6.5/10)
  88. Courtney Marie Andrews – Old Flowers (6.5/10)
  89. Covet – Technicolor (8.5/10) 
  90. Creeper – Sex, Death & The Infinite Void (8/10)
  91. Cry Club – God I’m Such A Mess (10/10)
  92. Cub Sport – Like Nirvana (6/10)
  93. Custard – Respect All Lifeforms (7.5/10)
  94. Cut Copy – Freeze, Melt (6/10)
  95. Dalai Lama – Inner World (5/10)
  96. Dance Gavin Dance – Afterburner (8.5/10)
  97. Danny Denial – Fuck Danny Denial (8/10)
  98. Dave The Band – Slob Stories (7.5/10)
  99. Death By Stereo – We’re All Dying Just In Time (5/10)
  100. Dear Youth – Heirloom (8.5/10)
  101. Deep Purple – Whoosh! (3/10)
  102. Deerhoof – Future Teenage Cave Artists (3/10)
  103. Deftones – Ohms (7.5/10)
  104. DevilDriver – Dealing With Demons, Vol. 1 (7/10)
  105. Diet Cig – Do You Wonder About Me? (8.5/10)
  106. Dikembe – Muck (9/10)
  107. Disclosure – Energy (7.5/10)
  108. Dizzee Rascal – E3 AF (7/10)
  109. DMA’s – The Glow (8.5/10)
  110. Dominic Fike – What Could Possibly Go Wrong (8/10)
  111. Donny Benet – Mr. Experience (7.5/10)
  112. Doves – The Universal Want (6/10)
  113. Drab City – Good Songs for Bad People (5/10)
  114. The Dream Syndicate – The Universe Inside (3/10)
  115. Dream On Dreamer – What If I Told You It Doesn’t Get Better (7/10)
  116. Dream Wife – So When You Gonna… (7/10)
  117. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia (7/10)
  118. Dune Rats – Hurry Up And Wait (3/10)
  119. DVSR – West Technique (9/10)
  120. e4444e – Coldstream Road (5/10)
  121. E^ST – I’m Doing It (7.5/10)
  122. Eastwood – It Never Gets Easy (8.5/10)
  123. Echosmith – Lonely Generation (6.5/10)
  124. El Tee – Everything Is Fine (8/10)
  125. Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface (3.5/10)
  126. Emery – White Line Fever (7/10)
  127. Enter Shikari – Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible (10/10)
  128. Envy – The Fallen Crimson (8/10)
  129. Everything Everything – Re-Animator (6/10)
  130. Fanny Lumsden – Fallow (8.5/10)
  131. Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? (7.5/10)
  132. Field Music – Making A New World (5/10)
  133. Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters (8.5/10)
  134. Five Finger Death Punch – F8 (6/10)
  135. The Flaming Lips – American Head (7/10)
  136. Fleet Foxes – Shore (6/10)
  137. Foley! – Moley! (7/10)
  138. Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death (4/10)
  139. Foxy Shazam – Burn (4.5/10)
  140. Frances Quinlan – Likewise (8/10)
  141. The Front Bottoms – In Sickness & In Flames (10/10)
  142. Future Islands – As Long As You Are (7.5/10)
  143. Georgia – Seeking Thrills (8/10)
  144. Georgia Marley – Yearning (7/10)
  145. The Ghost Inside – S/T (8/10)
  146. Gladie – Safe Sins (8/10)
  147. Glass Animals – Dreamland (6.5/10)
  148. Goldfinger – Never Look Back (7.5/10)
  149. Good Boy – It Takes A Lot Of Skill To Milk A Mare (8/10)
  150. Good Tiger – Raised In A Doomsday Cult (7/10)
  151. Gordi – Our Two Skins (7/10)
  152. Gorillaz – Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez (7.5/10)
  153. Grandson – Death Of An Optimist (8/10)
  154. Great Gable – Tracing Faces (6.5/10)
  155. Green Day – Father Of All Motherfuckers (5.5/10)
  156. Greg Puciato – Child Soldier: Creator Of God (8/10)
  157. Grey Daze – Amends (7.5/10)
  158. Grimes – Miss Anthropocene (6.5/10)
  159. Grouplove – Healer (7.5/10)
  160. Grouptherapy. – There Goes The Neighbourhood (7.5/10)
  161. Gulch – Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress (6/10)
  162. Hachiku – I’ll Probably Be Asleep (7.5/10)
  163. Haiku Hands – S/T (9/10)
  164. Haim – Women In Music Pt. III (9/10)
  165. Half Waif – The Caretaker (7.5/10)
  166. Halsey – Manic (7.5/10)
  167. Hatebreed – Weight Of The False Self (6/10)
  168. Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor (7.5/10)
  169. High Contrast – Notes From The Underground (5/10)
  170. Hockey Dad – Brain Candy (5/10)
  171. Holiday Party – S/T (7/10)
  172. Hot Mulligan – You’ll Be Fine (9/10)
  173. Huey Lewis And The News – Weather (3.5/10)
  174. Hundredth – Somewhere Nowhere (7/10)
  175. I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Razzmatazz (8/10)
  176. Idles – Ultra Mono (7/10)
  177. Igorrr – Spirituality And Distortion (6.5/10)
  178. Illuminati Hotties – FREE I.H: This Is Not The One You’ve Been Waiting For (7/10)
  179. Infinite Pizza – Escape from Pizza Monster Island (4/10)
  180. In Hearts Wake – Kaliyuga (8.5/10)
  181. In This Moment – Mother (4.5/10)
  182. Infant Island – Beneath (6.5/10)
  183. Into It. Over It. – Figure (7/10)
  184. Jack Colwell – Swandream (5/10)
  185. Jack R. Reilly – Middle Everything (7.5/10)
  186. Jarv Is – Beyond the Pale (5.5/10)
  187. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – Reunions (7/10)
  188. Jeff Rosenstock – No Dream (8.5/10)
  189. Jeremy Neale – We Were Trying to Make It Out (8.5/10)
  190. Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea (7/10)
  191. Joji – Nectar (8/10)
  192. Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald – Push The Blues Away (6.5/10)
  193. Joywave – Possession (7.5/10)
  194. Jordana – Classical Notions Of Happiness (7.5/10)
  195. Jordana – Something To Say To You (7.5/10)
  196. Juice Wrld – Legends Never Die (7/10)
  197. Justice For The Damned – Pain Is Power (9/10)
  198. Justin Bieber – Changes (4/10)
  199. Katie Dey – Mydata (7/10)
  200. Katy Perry – Smile (6/10)
  201. Kehlani – It Was Good Until It Wasn’t (6.5/10)
  202. Kesha – High Road (7.5/10)
  203. Khruangbin – Mordechai (5.5/10)
  204. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon III: The Chosen (10/10)
  205. Kid Dad – In A Box (9.5/10)
  206. The Kid Laroi – Fuck Love (6/10)
  207. Killer Be Killed – Reluctant Hero (6.5/10)
  208. The Killers – Imploding The Mirage (9/10)
  209. Kingswood – Juveniles (8.5/10)
  210. The Kite String Tangle – C()D3X (6/10)
  211. Knuckle Puck – 20/20 (7.5/10)
  212. Kvelertak – Splid (8.5/10)
  213. La Roux – Supervision (2.5/10)
  214. Lady Gaga – Chromatica (4/10)
  215. Lamb Of God – S/T (7/10)
  216. Lany – Mama’s Boy (7/10)
  217. Larkin Poe – Self Made Man (7/10)
  218. Lastlings – First Contact (5.5/10)
  219. Laura Jane Grace – Stay Alive (7.5/10)
  220. Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter (7/10)
  221. The Lemon Twigs – Songs For The General Public (5/10)
  222. Less Than Jake – Silver Linings (7/10)
  223. Lewis Del Mar – August (6.5/10)
  224. Lianne La Havas – S/T (7.5/10)
  225. Like Moths To Flames – No Eternity In Gold (7/10)
  226. Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (7.5/10)
  227. Lisa Caruso – In Feelings (7/10)
  228. Loathe – I Let It In And It Took Everything (8.5/10)
  229. Loser – Mindless Joy (8/10)
  230. Louis Tomlinson – Walls (6.5/10)
  231. Mac Miller – Circles (6.5/10)
  232. Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets To My Downfall (7/10)
  233. Maddy Jane – Not All Bad Or Good (7.5/10)
  234. Major Lazer – Music Is The Weapon (6.5/10)
  235. Make Them Suffer – How To Survive A Funeral (8/10)
  236. Mat Zo – Illusion Of Depth (7.5/10)
  237. Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison (7.5/10)
  238. Marcus King – El Dorado (6.5/10)
  239. Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos (6.5/10)
  240. Mark Seymour & The Undertow – Slow Dawn (7.5/10)
  241. Max – Colour Vision (7/10)
  242. Maxwell Stern – Impossible Sum (9/10)
  243. Megan Washington – Batflowers (8/10)
  244. Melanie C – S/T (6/10)
  245. The Midnight – Monsters (6.5/10)
  246. Midnight Oil – The Makarrata Project (8.5/10)
  247. Miel – Tourist Season (6.5/10)
  248. Miiesha – Nyaaringu (6.5/10)
  249. Mike Shinoda – Dropped Frames, Vol. 1 (5/10)
  250. Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts (7.5/10)
  251. Misery Signals – Ultraviolet (7/10)
  252. The Mountain Goats – Songs For Pierre Chuvin (7.5/10)
  253. The Mountain Goats – Getting Into Knives (7.5/10)
  254. Movements – No Good Left To Give (8/10)
  255. Mr. Bungle – The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo (6.5/10)
  256. Mt. Joy – Rearrange Us (6.5/10)
  257. Mura Masa – RYC (9/10)
  258. The Muslims – Gentrified Chicken (5/10)
  259. Muzz – The Promised Land (7/10)
  260. The Naked And Famous – Recover (7/10)
  261. Nada Surf – Never Not Together (7.5/10)
  262. Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province (7/10)
  263. Naif – I Am Plenty (6.5/10)
  264. Neck Deep – All Distortions Are Intentional (8/10)
  265. The Neighbourhood – Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tone (6.5/10)
  266. Neon Trees – I Can Feel You Forgetting Me (7/10)
  267. Netsky – Second Nature (5.5/10)
  268. The Network – Money Money 2020 Pt II: We Told Ya So! (4/10)
  269. New Found Glory – Forever + Ever x Infinity (5.5/10)
  270. Niall Horan – Heartbreak Weather (7/10)
  271. Nicole Atkins – Italian Ice (6.5/10)
  272. Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V: Together (6.5/10)
  273. Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts VI: Locusts (6/10)
  274. Ninja Sex Party – The Prophecy (7.5/10)
  275. Nothing But Thieves – Moral Panic (8/10)
  276. Nothing Rhymes With David – Sky Lonely (8.5/10)
  277. Nova Twins – Who Are The Girls? (10/10)
  278. The Nude Party – Midnight Manor (7/10)
  279. The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (6.5/10)
  280. Ocean Alley – Lonely Diamond (7/10)
  281. Ocean Grove – Flip Phone Fantasy (7.5/10)
  282. Oceanator – Things I Never Said (7/10)
  283. Oh Wonder – No One Else Can Wear Your Crown (5.5/10)
  284. Oliver Tree – Ugly Is Beautiful (9/10)
  285. Orianthi – O (7.5/10)
  286. OSees – Protean Threat (6/10)
  287. Owen – The Avalanche (8/10)
  288. Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man (7/10)
  289. Pallbearer – Forgotten Days (7/10)
  290. Paradise Club – S/T (8/10)
  291. Party Dozen – Pray For Party Dozen (3/10)
  292. Paul Kelly – Forty Days (7/10)
  293. Paul McCartney – McCartney III (6/10)
  294. Pearl Jam – Gigaton (6.5/10)
  295. Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot (6.5/10)
  296. Phantogram – Ceremony (7/10)
  297. Phantom Planet – Devastator (6.5/10)
  298. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher (7.5/10)
  299. Pillow Queens – In Waiting (8/10)
  300. Pinegrove – Marigold (10/10)
  301. Plini – Impulse Voices (6.5/10)
  302. Polaris – The Death Of Me (8/10)
  303. Poppy – I Disagree (7.5/10)
  304. Powderfinger – Unreleased (1998-2010) [7.5/10]
  305. The Pretenders – Hate For Sale (6.5/10)
  306. The Pretty Littles – Weekend Away (8/10)
  307. Private Function – Whose Line Is It Anyway? (7/10)
  308. Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today (6/10)
  309. Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down (4/10)
  310. Purity Ring – Womb (6/10)
  311. Puscifer – Existential Reckoning (6.5/10)
  312. PVRIS – Use Me (7/10)
  313. Radkey – Green Room (8/10)
  314. Radnor & Lee – Golden State (5/10)
  315. Ratboys – Printer’s Devil (7.5/10)
  316. Real Estate – The Main Thing (5/10)
  317. Remo Drive – A Portrait Of An Ugly Man (7.5/10)
  318. Rich People – Harmony (7.5/10)
  319. Rico Nasty – Nightmare Vacation (5/10)
  320. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways To New Italy (7.5/10)
  321. Run The Jewels – RTJ4 (8/10)
  322. RVG – Feral (7.5/10)
  323. Sad13 – Haunted Painting (8/10)
  324. Sam Smith – Love Goes (6.5/10)
  325. San Cisco – Between You And Me (7/10)
  326. Scabz – Pressure (6.5/10)
  327. Seahaven – Halo Of Hurt (7.5/10)
  328. Seaway – Big Vibe (7/10)
  329. Seether – Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (6.5/10)
  330. Selena Gomez – Rare (5/10)
  331. Sevendust – Blood & Stone (6.5/10)
  332. Silverstein – A Beautiful Place To Drown (8/10)
  333. Sister Sandy – Floruit (7.5/10)
  334. Slaughter Beach, Dog – At The Moonbase (8/10)
  335. Slaves – To Better Days (6/10)
  336. Sløtface – Sorry For The Late Reply (9/10)
  337. Slowly Slowly – Race Car Blues (7/10)
  338. The Smashing Pumpkins – Cyr (8.5/10)
  339. The Smith Street Band – Don’t Waste Your Anger (8.5/10)
  340. Soccer Mommy – Color Theory (8.5/10)
  341. Something For Kate – The Modern Medieval (9.5/10)
  342. Spacey Jane – Sunlight (8/10)
  343. Spanish Love Songs – Brave Faces Everyone (9/10)
  344. Sports Team – Deep Down Happy (8/10)
  345. Squarepusher – Be Up A Hello (6.5/10)
  346. Stand Atlantic – Pink Elephant (8/10)
  347. Static X – Project Regeneration, Vol. 1 (7.5/10)
  348. Steve Aoki – Neon Future IV (5.5/10)
  349. Stone Temple Pilots – Perdida (5/10)
  350. The Streets – None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive (7.5/10)
  351. The Strokes – The New Abnormal (9/10)
  352. The Struts – Strange Days (8/10)
  353. Stumps – All Our Friends (8.5/10)
  354. Sub Focus and Wilkinson – Portals (6.5/10)
  355. Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension (3.5/10)
  356. Suicide Silence – Become The Hunter (7/10)
  357. Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (6.5/10)
  358. Tayla Parx – Coping Mechanisms (7/10)
  359. Taylor Swift – Folklore (9.5/10)
  360. Taylor Swift – Evermore (9.5/10)
  361. Tech N9ne – Enterfear (7.5/10)
  362. Thundercat – It Is What It Is (6/10)
  363. Tim Heidecker – Fear Of Death (5/10)
  364. Tim Minchin – Apart Together (7.5/10)
  365. Tired Lion – Breakfast For Pathetics (8.5/10)
  366. Tommy Lee – Andro (2/10)
  367. Tops – I Feel Alive (5.5/10)
  368. Touché Amoré – Lament (8.5/10)
  369. Triple One – Panic Force (7.5/10)
  370. Trivium – What The Dead Men Say (7/10)
  371. U.S. Girls – Heavy Light (5/10)
  372. The Used – Heartwork (8/10)
  373. The Vamps – Cherry Blossom (4.5/10)
  374. Violent Soho – Everything Is A-OK (8.5/10)
  375. The War And Treaty – Hearts Town (8/10)
  376. War On Women – Wonderful Hell (8/10)
  377. Wax Chattels – Clot (6/10)
  378. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud (8.5/10)
  379. Ways Away – S/T (7.5/10)
  380. The Weeknd – After Hours (5.5/10)
  381. Whethan – Fantasy (8/10)
  382. Widowspeak – Plum (7.5/10)
  383. Wil Wagner – Spiralling (7/10)
  384. Wolf & Cub – Nil (7/10)
  385. Worriers – You Or Someone You Know (8/10)
  386. Yours Truly – Self Care (9/10)
  387. Yungblud – Weird! (9/10)

EPs

  1. !!! – Certified Heavy Katz (6/10)
  2. 6lack – 6pc Hot (4.5/10)
  3. ‘68 – Love Is Ain’t Dead (6.5/10)
  4. Alex Melton – Quality Content (8/10)
  5. Animal Collective – Bridge To Quiet (1.5/10)
  6. Antagonist A.D. – Through Fire (9/10)
  7. April – Luna (7/10)
  8. Bermuda Bay – Expectations (7.5/10)
  9. Black Tiger Sex Machine – Futuristic Thriller (9/10)
  10. Bloom – In Passing (9.5/10)
  11. Bring Me The Horizon – Post Human: Survival Horror (9.5/10)
  12. The Buoys – All This Talking Gets Us Nowhere (7.5/10)
  13. Can’t Swim – Someone Who Isn’t Me (9/10)
  14. Catholic Guilt – This Is What Honesty Sounds Like (7.5/10)
  15. Crossfaith – Species (7.5/10)
  16. Cxloe – Heavy, Part 1 (7/10)
  17. Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats – Unlocked (8.5/10)
  18. Descendents – Suffrage (7.5/10)
  19. Diamond Construct – DCX2 (9/10)
  20. Dress Code – Predict My Death (8/10)
  21. Egoism – On Our Minds (9/10)
  22. Eliza And The Delusionals – A State Of Living In An Objective Reality (8.5/10)
  23. Eskimo Callboy – MMXX (7.5/10)
  24. Falcifer – Pain (8/10)
  25. Fever 333 – Wrong Generation (10/10)
  26. F.O.O.L – Mercenary (8/10)
  27. Georgia June – Baby Blue (8.5/10) 
  28. Georgia Marley – Lately I Haven’t Been Sleeping (8.5/10)
  29. Glowing – No Fun (9/10)
  30. Hands Like Houses – S/T (7/10)
  31. Hayley Mary – The Piss, The Perfume (8.5/10)
  32. Infant Island – Sepulcher (4/10)
  33. Introvert – Mending Breaking (9/10)
  34. Isekai – TBC (8.5/10)
  35. Jack River – Stranger Heart (6/10)
  36. Johnny Hunter – Early Trauma (7.5/10)
  37. King Parrot – Holed Up In The Lair (4/10)
  38. Koan Sound – Silk Wave (8/10)
  39. Kwame – Please, Get Home Safe (7/10)
  40. Left At London – Transgender Street Legend, Vol. 2 (7.5/10)
  41. Little Quirks – Cover My Eyes (9/10)
  42. Lune – Ghost (9/10)
  43. Mayday Parade – Out Of Here (8/10)
  44. Merci, Mercy – No Thank You, No Thanks (8/10)
  45. Milky Thred – 100% Alive (9.5/10)
  46. Mxmtoon – Dawn (7.5/10)
  47. Mxmtoon – Dusk (7/10)
  48. Ninajirachi – Blumiere (8/10)
  49. Obscura Hail – Siren (8.5/10)
  50. OK Hotel – Stay Bright (8.5/10)
  51. OSees – Metamorphosed (6/10)
  52. Poppy – Music To Scream To (0/10)
  53. Pretty Sick – Deep Devine (6.5/10)
  54. PUP – This Place Sucks Ass (8/10)
  55. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – The Emergency EP (7.5/10)
  56. Refused – The Malignant Fire (7.5/10)
  57. Rich Brian – 1999 (8/10)
  58. Riley Pearce – Maybe I Can Sleep It Off (7.5/10)
  59. Ruel – Bright Lights, Red Eyes (7/10)
  60. San Mei – Cry (7.5/10)
  61. Shady Nasty – Bad Posture (6.5/10)
  62. Shannen James – Arrows (9.5/10)
  63. Skyway – Hope Floats, Love Sinks (8.5/10)
  64. Sleepmakeswaves – No Safe Place (8/10)
  65. Sleepmakeswaves – Not An Exit (7/10)
  66. Sleepmakeswaves – Out Of Hours (8.5/10)
  67. Spor – Anachronic (7.5/10)
  68. Stellie – S/T (6.5/10)
  69. Strange Fiction – Captivated By The Chaos (2/10)
  70. Stuck Out – Lie Through Your Teeth (7/10)
  71. Superego – Nautilus (8/10)
  72. Sweater Curse – Push//Pull (8/10)
  73. Tech N9ne – More Fear (7.5/10)
  74. Teddy Killerz – Panic Attack (7.5/10)
  75. Teddy Killerz – Negative Thoughts (7.5/10)
  76. Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 (8.5/10)
  77. Tom Morello – Comandante (8/10)
  78. Totty – Garden (8.5/10)
  79. Troye Sivan – In A Dream (7.5/10)
  80. Up Late – Stars (8/10)
  81. The Upbeats – No Sleep ’Til New Zealand (7/10)
  82. Wafia – Good Things (7/10)
  83. Wallows – Remote (7.5/10)
  84. Whatever, Forever – Where I Am & Where I Want To Be (8.5/10)
  85. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal & Darcy Baylis – This Moment I Miss (8/10)
  86. Wing Defence – Friends (8.5/10)
  87. The Wonder Years – Burst & Decay (Volume II) [9/10]
  88. Zeal & Ardour – Wake Of A Nation (5/10)

RATING KEY

1 – it’s a crime against music and its creator should be prosecuted.
1.5 – it’s excruciatingly bad and no good human deserves to suffer through it.
2 – it’s truly awful. nobody in their right mind would choose to listen to it.
2.5 – it’s so bad, anybody who likes it deserves to be publicly shamed.
3 – it’s really, really fucking bad.
3.5 – it’s bad.
4 – it’s bad, but it’s not terrible.
4.5 – i don’t hate it, but it’s still pretty bad.
5 – it’s not bad, but there’s no way i’d choose to listen to it again.
5.5 – it’s not good, but there’s some audible talent in it.
6 – it’s inoffensive.
6.5 – it’s decent. i wouldn’t seek it out, but i wouldn’t skip it if it was on the radio.
7 – it’s good, but i don’t see much of an incentive to revisit it after a few playthroughs.
7.5 – it’s good, and i would happily listen to it again.
8 – it’s really good.
8.5 – it’s really good, and i’ll probably play it to death over the span of a month or two.
9 – it’s fantastic. easily worth shelling out for the overpriced vinyl.
9.5 – it’s incredible. worth buying the extremely overpriced deluxe edtion vinyl.
10 – it’s an absolute fucking masterpiece.