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| 2020 // 25 UNDER 25
Here are 25 albums for 2020 that have under 25 sputnik ratings - meaning they are being overlooked and you should check them out! Ranked according to preference. | | 25 |  | Keaton Henson
Monument
So soft-spoken that it almost becomes background noise at a few junctures - but that's not necessarily a bad thing. | | 24 |  | Sa-Roc
The Sharecropper’s Daughter
A little long and drawn out but still really, really solid hip hop. Great to hear more females coming to light in the genre, too. | | 23 |  | Klo Pelgag
Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
Eclectic pop records always hit harder in foreign languages, don't they? | | 22 |  | Biesy
Transsatanizm
Aggressive pseudo-black metal with some avant-electronic thrown in the mix and a scathing vocal performance. Unique, if nothing else. | | 21 |  | Airbag
A Day At The Beach
Not a prog rock guy at all, but this isn't so reliant on the machinations and over-production that plagues the genre's weightiest releases. This is, like, lowkey prog at best. But it's good. | | 20 |  | $ilkmoney
Attack of the Future Shocked, Flesh Covered, Meatb
Stupid name and album cover aside, this is surprisingly competent and well-delivered hip hop with an often unconventional delivery. | | 19 |  | Boldy James and Sterling Toles
Manger On Mcnichols
Detroit represent. Great flow on most tracks and some really tight beats. Overlooked hip hop album. | | 18 |  | Material Girl
Tangram
Like a scrapbook of lots of little things I love. Messy at times, but that's at least *partially* the point. | | 17 |  | DJ Python
Mas amable
Elicits a great ambiance; calm, warm, trancelike. | | 16 |  | Osees
Metamorphosed
Like a modern-day Can, but more spaced out and psychedelic. | | 15 |  | Guitar Fight from Fooly Cooly
Soak
An emulation of early Midwest emo (think Cap'n Jazz or The Brave Little Abacus) with more harmony and less disharmonious vocals (which, for me, is a good thing). | | 14 |  | Haunted Disco
Commodore
Hypnotic and laid back quasi-pop; at a succinct twenty-four minutes, this is a super easy listen and massages the brain quite nicely. | | 13 |  | Endling (UK)
Proper Nouns
Sputcore - literally! Subdued dream pop, cloudy and sexy and tranquil in all the right ways. | | 12 |  | MSW
Obliviosus
Surprised this album has so few ratings given Sput's tendency toward metal releases. In fact, I think MSW and Hell are totally under-represented for a site so heavily entrenched in the genre(s). Anyway, good | | 11 |  | Lik
Misanthropic Breed
If any album this year were to rip your head off and shit down your neck, it'd be this one. I mean that in a good way, of course. | | 10 |  | Black Market Brass
Undying Thirst
Super chill aftobeat; blast this guy on max volume, zone out, and just let the funk flow through you. | | 9 |  | Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty
Visions
Unctuous avant-jazz-fusion, what more do you need to know? | | 8 |  | exhalants
Atonement
Very raw, pulsating with an urgency that a lot of modern post-hardcore and noise rock bands are lacking. I should theoretically be more annoyed by the vocals here (if history means anything), but for some reason, they work. | | 7 |  | Gezan
ç‹‚(KLUE)
One of the most energetic records of the year, full stop. | | 6 |  | Panda Rosa
The Kinspiral
An endurance test, for sure, but an incredibly sprawling and rewarding journey filled with so many different genres, influences, and random shit that trying to explain it with words would be futile. | | 5 |  | Black Marble
I Must Be Living Twice
Lovely little EP of minimal synthpop; could almost be categorized as coldwave. Repetitive and chilly but also strangely uplifting in a weird, inexplicable way. | | 4 |  | John Zorn
Calculus
One of Zorn's less spastic records, showing that the man still has incredible jazz chops when he wants to. (Did anybody ever question that, though?) | | 3 |  | Died
Less Life
No frills post-hardcore, bordering on noise rock but less chaotic. Really, really well done. | | 2 |  | Lonker See
Hamza
Been championing this bitch since Q1 and y'all still ain't on board? Spacey jazz-influenced rock with a side of neo-psychedelia. More structured than their previous release, but also much tighter and more focused as a result. | | 1 |  | Soft Kill
Dead Kids R.I.P. City
Wonderfully atmospheric gothic post-punk with a dash of pop - for fans of The Cure and Motorama. This album is going to be woefully overlooked, I already know it. | |
tectactoe
11.23.20 | Guys and gals - hop on these great and currently overlooked / under-appreciated albums! | unclereich
11.23.20 | sweet | JohnnyoftheWell
11.23.20 | 7 rips, will try to check 4 at some point - haven't nu-Zorn'd in ages | dedex
11.23.20 | yay for 9 and 13 | hel9000
11.23.20 | 17 and 13 are a couple of my favs this year, will check some others for sure | Sabrutin
11.23.20 | YES for 23, will peep 1 | Pheromone
11.23.20 | 25 is aoty | someone
11.23.20 | 9 and 22 are aces
Will sample something immediately | hal1ax
11.23.20 | nice list, i love 18.
gonna check a few others on here for sure | tectactoe
11.23.20 | God bless. And by coincidence, "Dead Kids R.I.P. City" gets a fresh review minutes after I post this list. Awesome (it absolutely deserved one). | tectactoe
11.24.20 | New Cabaret Voltaire is really nice, too, but it doesn’t have so many rates because it hasn’t been out for long. (Consider it, though!!) | someone
11.24.20 | i guess it's fate then, i'll check Soft Kill | Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.24.20 | nice | SlothcoreSam
11.24.20 | $ilkmoney was top 3 hip hop albums of 2020 for me. Surprisingly good, with great lyrics and flow. | Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.24.20 | the dollar sign makes me skeptical about that | Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.24.20 | checking 23, 22, 20, 10, 7, 6, | tectactoe
11.24.20 | god bless 🙏🏼 | tectactoe
11.24.20 | and yes - awful name, good album
btw good luck with #6 - i love it but it is definitely an exhausting experience. | anat
11.24.20 | 18 is really good, keen to revisit that one
2 didn't match up to One Eye Sees Red but as you're so steadfast in your championing I'll have another stab | tectactoe
11.24.20 | Both ONE EYE SEES RED and HAMZE are 4/5 for me; love them both immensely, though if your preference tends toward a more sprawling and wide-open aesthetic, OESR will definitely scratch that itch more readily. I've heard a few detractors say that they don't like the neo-psych tracks on HAMZA because it disrupts the heavier space/jazz rock flow, and I can see that, too. I think there's a delicate balance to it, though. |
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