Friday, June 26, 2020

2020 Half Time List

I guess it's just about time for a 2020 half time recap, strange and unsettling year that this has been...
I've almost certainly forgotten some things.

ARTISTALBUM TITLELABEL
75 Dollar BillLive At Tubby’sBandcamp exclusive
75 Dollar BillLive At Cafe OtoBandcamp exclusive
Against All Logic2017-19Other People
Aiofe Nessa FrancesLand Of No JunctionBasin Rock 
Aksak Maboul FiguresCrammed Discs
Alabaster De PlumeTo Cy & Lee: Instrumentals vol 1International Anthem 
Alasdair RobertsThe Songs Of My BoyhoodDrag City
Alex RexAndromedaTin Angel
Alice Boman Dream OnPIAS
Ambrose AkinmusireOn The Tender Spot of Every Calloused MomentBlue Note
Andre CanniereGhost DaysWhirlwind
Andrew McCormackSoloUbuntu
Andrew TuttleAlexandraRoom40
Ann Margaret HoganHoneysuckle BurialsDownwards
Arbouretum Let It All InThrill Jockey
ArcaNonbinaryXL
Armand HammerThe ShrinesBackwoodz Studios
Badly Drawn BoyBanana Skin ShoesAWAL Recordings
Basia BulatAre You In Love?Secret City
Beatrice DillonWorkaroundPan
Becca StevensWonderland GroundUP Music
Bill FayCountless BranchesDead Oceans 
Bill LaswellAgainst EmpireM.O.D. Reloaded
Bill NaceBothDrag City
Blake MillsMutable SetVerve
Bob DylanRough & Rowdy WaysColumbia
Bohren & Der Club Of GorePatchouli BluePIAS
Bonny Light HorsemanBonny Light Horseman37D03D
Boof Rebirth of Gerberdaisy BubbleTease Communications
Brad MehldauSuite: April 2020Nonesuch
Brigid Dawson & The Mothers NetworkBallet Of ApesCastle Face
Brigid Mae PowerHead Above The WaterFire
BrydeThe Volume Of ThingsEasy Life
CalifoneEcho MineJealous Butcher
CaribouSuddenlyCity Slang
Carla BleyLife Goes OnECM
CassowaryCassowaryFat Possum
Cclng Niagara FallsQuantum Natives
Chicago Underground QuartetGood DaysMonofonus Press/Astral Spirits
Childish Gambino3.15.20Sony
Chris Forsyth with Garcia Peoples Peoples Motel BandBandcamp exclusive
Chris MontagueWarmer Than BloodWhirlwind 
Christian Lee HutsonBeginnersModern Eclectic
Circles Around The SunCircles Around The SunRoyal Potato Family
CocoRosiePut The Shine OnMarathon Artists 
CorikyCorikyDischord
CornershopEngland Is A GardenAmple Play
Cory SmytheAccelerate Every VoicePyroclastic 
Dan DeaconMystic FamiliarDomino
Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini Illusion Of TimePhantasy Sound
David TornFur/TornScrewgun
DecoyAC/DCOtoruku
Deerhoof Future Teenage Cave ArtistsJoyful Noise Recordings
Desire MareaDesire Izimakade 
DestroyerHave We MetDead Oceans
DinosaurTo The EarthEdition
Dire WolvesI Just Wasn’t Made For These Set TimesCentripetal Force
Dougie PooleThe Freelancer’s BluesWharf Cat
Drive-By TruckersThe Unravelling ATO 
Elkhorn The Storm SessionsBeyond Beyond Is. Beyond
Ellen AllienAuraaBpitch
Elliott GalvinLive in Paris, at Fondation Louis VuittonEdition 
Elysia CramptonOrcorara 2010PAN
Field MusicMaking A New WorldMemphis Industries
Fiona AppleFetch The Bolt CuttersEpic/Sony
Fire! Orchestra ActionsRune Gramofon 
Four TetSixteen OceansText
Fra Fra Funeral Songs Glitterbeat
Frances QuinlanLikewiseSaddle Creek
Frazey Ford U Kin B The SunArts & Crafts
Freddie Gibbs & The AlchemistAlfredoESGN/ALC/Empire
Greg DulliRandom DesireRoyal Cream/BMG
Gregoire Maret, Romain Collin, Bill FrisellAmericanaACT
Guided By VoicesSurrender Your Poppy FieldGuided By Voices
Hailu MergiaYene MirchaAwesome Tapes From Africa
Hayley WilliamsPetals For ArmourAtlantic
Hazel English wake UP!Marathon Artists 
Helen MoneyAtomicThrill Jockey
Helm SaturnaliaAfter 
Hilary WoodsBirthmarksSacred Bones
Hiss Golden MessengerForward, ChildrenMerge
Horse LordsThe Common TaskNorthern Spy
Ian William Craig Red Sun Through SmokeFatCat
India JordanFor YouLocal Action
Irreversible EntanglementsWho Sent You?International Anthem
Ivo Neame and Jim HartMultiverseEdition
Jackie LynnJacqueline Drag City
James ElkingtonEver-Roving EyeParadise Of Bachelors
Jason Isbell & The 400 UnitReunionsSoutheastern/Thirty Tigers
Jason McMahonOdd WestShinkoyo
Jasper HoibyPlanet BEdition
Jeff ParkerSuite For Max BrownInternational Anthem
Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn SoreyInvisible RitualTundra
Jeremy Cunningham The Weather Up ThereNorthern Spy
Jess Williamson SorceressMexican Summer
Jessie WareWhat’s Your Pleasure?Universal
Jim White & Marisa AndersonThe QuickeningThrill Jockey
Joan ShelleyLive At The BomhardBandcamp exclusive
John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Bill StewartSwallow TalesECM
Josh KimbroughSlither, Soar and DisappearTompkins Square
Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock Four ImprovisationsScissor Tail
KaDescendants of CainIron Works
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Mosaic of TransformationGhostly International
Kassa OverallI Think I’m GoodBrownswood 
Katie GatelyLoomHoundstooth 
Keeley ForsythDebrisThe Leaf Label
KhruangbinMordechaiDead Oceans
KleinFrozenBandcamp exclusive
Lara JonesEnso Lara Jones Music
Laura CannellThe Earth With Her CrownsBrawl
Laura Marling Song For Our DaughterChrysalis 
Laurel Halo PossessedThe Vinyl Factory
Les Amazones d’AfriqueAmazones PowerReal World
Lyra Pramuk FountainBedroom Community
M WardMigration StoriesANTI- 
Makaya McCraven & Gil Scott HeronWe’re New Again - A Reimagining XL
Maria McKeeLa Vita NuovaAFAR
Mary Lattimore & MAC McCaighanAVLSelf released? 
Matt KivelThat Day, On The BeachPedro Y El Lobo
Max De WardenerMusic For Detuned PianosVillage Green
Maxwell SterlingLaced With Rumour: Loud-Speaker of TruthEcstatic
Medhane Cold WaterTBHG
Melt Yourself Down100% YesDecca/Universal
Methods BodyMethods BodyNew Amsterdam
Michael ValleraWindow In Denovali
Misha Mullov-AbbadoDream CircusEdition
Modern NatureAnnualBella Union
MoonMotDown In The WellLuminous
Moor JewelryTrue OperaDon Giovanni
Moor MotherClepsydraBandcamp exclusive
Moses BoydDark MatterExodus
Moses Sumney Grae Jagjaguwar
Nadia ReidOut Of My Province Spacebomb
Nadine ShahKitchen SinkBMG
NahashFlowers Of The RevolutionSVBKVLT
Nap EyesSnapshot Of A BeginnerJagjaguwar
Nicolas JaarCentriza Other People
Nicole AtkinsItalian Ice Single Lock
Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother OfferingDon Giovanni
No AgeGoons Be GoneDrag City
Noemi NutiVenus EyeUbuntu
ObongjayarWhich Way Is Forward?September Recordings
Okkyung LeeYeo-Neun Shelter Press
OoiooNijimusiThrill Jockey
OvalScis Thrill Jockey
PantayoPantayo Telephone Explosion
Pantha Du PrinceConference Of TreesBMG
Pat Metheny From This PlaceNonesuch
Pearl JamGigatonMonkeywrench/Universal
Pet Shop BoysHotspotx2
Phoebe BridgersPunisherDead Oceans
Pink SiifuNegroField-Left
Porridge Radio Every BadSecretly Canadian
Pulled By Magnets Rose Golden Doorwaystak:til
RegisHidden In This Is The Light That You MissDownwards
RG LoweLife Of The BodyWestern Vinyl
Richard SkeltonLastglacialmaximum Corbel Stone Press
Riz AhmedThe Long GoodbyeMongrel
Rob LuftLife Is The DancerEdition
Robert Haigh Black Sarabande Unseen Worlds
Rolling Blackouts Coastal FeverSideways to New ItalySub Pop 
Roly PorterKistvaen Subtext/Multiverse
Rose City Band SummerlongThrill Jockey
Ross McHenryNothing Remains UnchangedFirst Word
Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero TrioWhirlwind
Run The JewelsRun The Jewels 4Jewel Runners/BMG
Rustin ManClockdustDomino
Sam GendelSatin DollNonesuch
Sam LeeOld WowCooking Vinyl
Sam SparroBoombox EternalSparro, Inc. 
SantrofiAlewa OutHere
Shabaka & The AncestorsWe Are Sent Here By HistoryImpulse!
Shabazz PalacesThe Don of Diamond DreamsSub Pop 
Sink Ya TeethTwoHey Buffalo
Siti MuharamSiti Of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar)On The Corner
Six Organs Of AdmittanceCompanion Rises Drag City
Sonar with David TornTransportation Vol. 2RareNoise
SparksA Steady Drip, Drip, DripBMG
Speaker MusicBlack Nationalist Sonic WeaponryPlanet Mu
SquarepusherBe Up A HelloWarp
Steve Spacek HousesBlack Focus
Sufjan Stevens and Lowell BramsAporiaAsthmatic Kitty
Swamp DoggSorry You Couldn’t Make ItJoyful Noise Recordings
TamikrestTamotaitGlitterbeat
Terry Allen and The Panhandle Mystery BandJust Like Moby DickParadise Of Bachelors
The Magnetic FieldsQuickiesNonesuch
The NecksThreeReR
The OrbAbolition Of The Royal FamiiiaCooking Vinyl
The Soft Pink TruthShall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?Thrill Jockey
Threadbare Silver BulletNo Business
ThundercatIt Is What It IsBrainfeeder
Tim Berne’s SnakeoilThe Fantastic Mrs. 10Intakt
Tomas TelloCimora Discrepant
Tyshawn SoreyUnfilteredBandcamp exclusive
Vladislav Delay Rakka Cosmo Rhythmatic
Vula VielWhat’s Not Enough About That?Vula Viel
Waxahatchee Saint CloudMerge
Webber/Morris Big BandBoth Are TrueGreen leaf
WestermanYour Hero Is Not DeadPlay It Again Sam
White DenimWorld As A Waiting RoomRadio Milk
William TylerFirst CowMerge
Witch ProphetDNA Activation Heart Lake
WoodsStrange To ExplainWoodsist
yMusic Ecstatic ScienceNew Amsterdam
Yves TumorHeaven To A Tortured MindWarp
Zachary CaleFalse SpringAll Hands Electric