best of 2020 Archives

20 highlights from the year’s embarrassment of hip-hop riches.

Music that affected us on a more personal level in 2020.

The best in ambient, techno, house and more.

Our favorite records from a year that we’re ready to put behind us.

Our favorite songs from a year we’d like to forget.

Jazz continues to thrive after 100 years, so we expanded our list to 20 this year.

The best of what was heavy in a truly trying year.

Some of the best overlooked albums of the past year.

15 music-related gift ideas to make the holiday season a little less crummy.