UTR s 2020 Favourite Music Moments UTR Team and Contributors / Thursday 17th December, 2020 11:04AM
We ve nearly made it to the end of a year that even Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described as horrendous , but before we bounce from the office for some long-awaited summer fun, it s time to unveil our
2020 Music Moments. We invited contributors who ve generously leant their talents to the site over the past twelve months to share their reflections on an incomparable year.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed to our proudly independent music news and ticketing site in 2020 to
NZ On Air,
NZ Music Commission and
MusicHelps for their support in helping us bring you the best local music news during the wildest of times, to all the artists for producing such inspiring work, to the events organisers who gave us awesome live shows to look forward to, and thanks to you dear reader for making it all worthwhile! Dive in, explore and enjoy the selections
Another year has come and gone. You know what that means, don t you? Time for a bunch of strangers to tell you what was good! And why should you care what the LitReactor staff thinks are the best books of the year? Trick question! You shouldn t. But what they have to say might interest you nonetheless, because they are good-looking and knowledgeable and they read like the wind. So for those who care, we submit for your approval/derision some of LitReactor s favorite reads of 2020 (part 3). Not all of these books were published this year. We figured if someone read a book for the first time in 2020, they deserved the opportunity to crow about it.
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Among The Hollywood Reporter chief TV critic’s faves are a Southern strip-club noir, a pair of politically urgent docuseries and auteur knockouts from Lil Dicky and Michaela Coel.
Television, that reassuring presence in your family room or now on your phone, often became an antagonist in 2020 at least if you found yourself sucked into the 24-hour news cycle. The pervasiveness of a never-ending election, a worsening pandemic and a summer of nationwide unrest meant that people also turned to TV for escape, from the gawking freak show in animal-rights clothing that was
Tiger King to the comic sentimentality of
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Music fuels our soul and keeps us sane. It is the air we breathe and the sounds that help us cope. What better way to spend the weekend than by watching some of the best music documentaries of 2020. From rock to K-Pop to new school to old school, these documentaries will bring you closer to the music icons of today, yesterday and the future of sound.
69: THE SAGA OF DANNY HERNANDEZ
(Hulu)
Part investigative documentary, part real-life gangster movie,
69: THE SAGA OF DANNY HERNANDEZ unpacks the life of polarizing rap sensation and internet troll Tekashi69. One of the most controversial figures in contemporary pop culture, 69 repeatedly broke the internet with his sensationalist music videos and social media beefs before infamously testifying against Brooklyn gang the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a landmark trial. Director Vikram Gandhi (KUMARÉ, BARRY) gets up close and personal with the neighborhood locals who knew 69 when he was still just DannyHernandez befo
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Hailing from Austin, Texas, exciting new artist ImYoungin BeYou is quickly spreading throughout the Dirty South with his hardcore trap meets emo sound, signature look, an army of Texans and a new album, titled,
Area 51’Deuce. As a boxer and rapper, it is incredible to hear him taking a stab at being a recording artist looking to break into the mainstream music industry.
A follow-up to BeYou’s breakout project,
Brew Inda Stu, the new album is a star-studded compilation effort that features 20 of the hottest new Texas rappers, all providing fresh, authentic and amplified lyricism to BeYou’s newfound star power.