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What will you remember the most about 2020? Better question: Do you want to remember 2020? We can’t blame you if you don’t. It’s been a very bad year for many reasons. In the world of music, this year saw the widespread cancelation of concerts due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deaths of many beloved musicians (including but not limited to Neil Peart, Andy Gill, Pop Smoke, Kenny Rogers, Joe Diffie, Bill Withers, Adam Schlesinger, John Prine, Florian Schneider, Tony Allen, Little Richard, Betty Wright, Vera Lynn, Ennio Morricone, Peter Green, Johnny Nash, Eddie Van Halen, Spencer Davi...

Adam I’ll spare the spiel because we all know this year sucks. We don’t need to be told how much this year sucks. But throughout the shittiness of the god forsaken year, there were some things to enjoy. Like Chase Elliott winning his first championship. Oh, and speaking of, LSU did win a championship in football this year. That happened! Despite the pandemic and the death and fear it brought, massive unemployment (hello), and societal unrest, there were some things to enjoy this year, and today we’ll share the musical highlights of this deeply cursed year. Album Of The Year

The Best Albums Of 2020 Dec. 29, 2020 8:49 a.m. Before we get to the best albums of 2020, I want to highlight the most unexpectedly delightful song of the year, “I Wonder What’s Inside Your Butthole.” Lisa Rieffel dropped her daughter Jolee's inspired, inquisitive song about the mysteries of the human digestive system in May 2020, at a time when many people had just started to process the fact that the pandemic was going to disrupt life for much more than a few months. It was a welcome bit of surreal levity, and a spark of connection for many, spawning a seriesofcovers (I'...

2020: The year virtual concerts took off Five of the best international live streams that kept us safely entertained at home during the pandemic published : 22 Dec 2020 at 06:22 1 International concerts were absent for much of 2020 as every tour and festival was postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic. While there was not much to look forward to, one ray of hope we had amid the absence of live music was to see the number of artists around the globe covering all genres turning to the virtual world as a new medium to engage with their music fans. They took to social media live-streaming to g...

Last modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 07.55 EST Little about 2020 has been straightforward. So there is something perversely logical in the prospect of Gorillaz – a half-real, half-virtual band who released their best music in ages this year – playing a triumphal pre-Christmas gig with various layers of reality cavorting around them. As this live stream begins, up pops not Damon Albarn, the musical half of the core Gorillaz partnership, but Robert Smith from the Cure. Backlit, he sings straight to camera, intoning about “strange times” next to a customised Gorillaz golf buggy. ...