Eligibility: Shows were considered if part of their first (or only) season aired for the first time in 2020. Other great shows that aired later seasons in 2020 were not included (Bojack Horseman, Better Call Saul, Ramy, What We Do In The Shadows, Rick and Morty)
Favourite songs of 2020
Only fifteen songs this year. A lot of good but often depressing music was made given that it was 2020, and I’ve limited this to songs that excite me whenever I hear them.
- Inara George, Dave Grohl – Sex in Cars: Road Angel Project
- Perfume Genius – On the Floor
- Julia Stone – Break
- Bombay Bicycle Club – Is It Real?
- Cardioid – Old Records
- Sharon Van Etten – Let Go
- Liza Anne – Bad Vacation
- Tim Heidecker – Fear of Death
- Hayley Williams – Simmer
- Katy J Pearson – Take Back the Radio
- The Paper Kites, Julia Stone – Without Your Love
- Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion – WAP
- Boy & Bear – Wicked Game (Acoustic)
- The Beths – I’m Not Getting Excited
- Phoebe Bridgers – ICU
Spotify playlist
YouTube playlist
Favourite music of the 2010s
Top tracks from the Twenty Tens. A bit inconsistent with my annual lists, some songs didn’t age well. Or I didn’t.
- Perfume Genius – Slip Away
- Death Cab for Cutie – Gold Rush
- Mitski – Your Best American Girl
- Gang of Youths – Let Me Down Easy
- Grimes – Oblivion
- Childish Gambino – This Is America
- Lorde – Green Light
- Death Cab for Cutie – To The Ground
- Angel Olsen – Lark
- Perfume Genius – Queen
- Janelle MonĂ¡e – Make Me Feel
- Jack Ladder – Come On Back This Way
- TORRES – Three Futures
- Boy & Bear – Southern Sun
- Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
- Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness
- Parquet Courts – Stoned And Starving
- St. Vincent – Cruel
- Todd Terje (feat. Bryan Ferry) – Johnny and Mary
- Big Black Delta – Huggin’ & Kissin’
- Jessica Lea Mayfield – Do I Have The Time
- Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know
- Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July
- St. Vincent – Masseduction
- M83 – Midnight City
- Sparkadia – China
- Cut Copy – Need You Now
- Twin Shadow – Saturdays (feat. HAIM)
- Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best
- The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?
- CHVRCHES – We Sink
- Chairlift – I Belong in Your Arms
- Emma Louise – Jungle
- La Roux – Kiss And Not Tell
- Pluto Jonze – Eject
- The Beths – Little Death
- Portugal. The Man – So American
- Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
- Wilco – Art Of Almost
- David Bowie – Blackstar