Even a year as stressful as this one couldn’t stop the swell music.
Normally, we recap all of our favorite things we did this year. But like everyone else, we did mostly nothing. We watched a lot of Instagram live streams, bought a lot of music on Bandcamp Fridays, and loved and shared a lot of our new favorite music videos on our new Visual Playlist feature.
While hunkering down inside, we spent a lot of time this year digging for musical gold through thousands of submissions and through our favorite discovery points across the internet. Unsurprisingly, we found some real gems that helped to turn anxiety into jams to dance to and slow-burners to ruminate along with.
Thank you for supporting us again this year by listening, sharing, and leaving kind notes. As always, we’ve compiled 50 nifty tracks that we really enjoyed in this wild year. These songs run the gamut in terms of emotion and tenacity but they are all lovable sonic treats. We strive to feature songs and artists that are releasing music independently or on small labels. Find a new favorite and swim in the musical magic of 2020 below.
