Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
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Pitchfork just opened there “Best Music of the 2020s so Far Readers Poll”, asking for 20 albums and 20 songs. I was planning on hosting this poll for AM come year end (probably after the 2024 EOY poll), but figured we could share our answers to this poll! What are your 20 favorite albums and songs of the 2020s so far?
Pitchfork just opened there “Best Music of the 2020s so Far Readers Poll”, asking for 20 albums and 20 songs. I was planning on hosting this poll for AM come year end (probably after the 2024 EOY poll), but figured we could share our answers to this poll! What are your 20 favorite albums and songs of the 2020s so far?
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Here's what I've got for albums and songs thus far:
Albums:
1. Black Country, New Road- Ants From Up There
2. Jessie Ware- What’s Your Pleasure?
3. Alvvays- Blue Rev
4. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
5. Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia
6. Charli XCX- Brat
7. Beyoncé- Renaissance
8. Yves Tumor- Heaven to a Tortured Mind
9. Vampire Weekend- Only God Was Above Us
10. Spellling- The Turning Wheel
11. Ichiko Aoba- Windswept Adan
12. Big Thief- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
13. Magdalena Bay- Mercurial World
14. Wednesday- Rat Saw God
15. Jessie Ware- That! Feels Good!
16. Parannoul- After the Magic
17. Caroline Polachek- Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
18. Black Country, New Road- For the First Time
19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
20. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 4
Songs:
1. The 1975- If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)
2. NewJeans- Super Shy
3. Dua Lipa- Levitating
4. Phoebe Bridgers- Kyoto
5. Carly Rae Jepsen- Psychedelic Switch
6. Braxe + Falcon- Step by Step (featuring Panda Bear)
7. Alvvays- Belinda Says
8. The 1975- Happiness
9. Jessie Ware- Remember Where You Are
10. Big Thief- Simulation Swarm
11. Olivia Rodrigo- Deja Vu
12. Charli XCX- Von Dutch
13. Kero Kero Bonito- The Princess and the Clock
14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Iron Lung
15. Jessie Ware- Spotlight
16. Black Country, New Road- The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
17. Parannoul- We Shine at Night
18. PinkPantheress and Ice Spice- Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2
19. George Clanton- I Been Young
20. Tommy Richman- Million Dollar Baby
Albums:
1. Black Country, New Road- Ants From Up There
2. Jessie Ware- What’s Your Pleasure?
3. Alvvays- Blue Rev
4. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
5. Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia
6. Charli XCX- Brat
7. Beyoncé- Renaissance
8. Yves Tumor- Heaven to a Tortured Mind
9. Vampire Weekend- Only God Was Above Us
10. Spellling- The Turning Wheel
11. Ichiko Aoba- Windswept Adan
12. Big Thief- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
13. Magdalena Bay- Mercurial World
14. Wednesday- Rat Saw God
15. Jessie Ware- That! Feels Good!
16. Parannoul- After the Magic
17. Caroline Polachek- Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
18. Black Country, New Road- For the First Time
19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
20. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 4
Songs:
1. The 1975- If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)
2. NewJeans- Super Shy
3. Dua Lipa- Levitating
4. Phoebe Bridgers- Kyoto
5. Carly Rae Jepsen- Psychedelic Switch
6. Braxe + Falcon- Step by Step (featuring Panda Bear)
7. Alvvays- Belinda Says
8. The 1975- Happiness
9. Jessie Ware- Remember Where You Are
10. Big Thief- Simulation Swarm
11. Olivia Rodrigo- Deja Vu
12. Charli XCX- Von Dutch
13. Kero Kero Bonito- The Princess and the Clock
14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Iron Lung
15. Jessie Ware- Spotlight
16. Black Country, New Road- The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
17. Parannoul- We Shine at Night
18. PinkPantheress and Ice Spice- Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2
19. George Clanton- I Been Young
20. Tommy Richman- Million Dollar Baby
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Albums : I'll put between brackets albums I didn't vote for on Pitchfork, they are not in the available list and I don't think they would get much traction. Pretty surprised that Sprints, PUP and to a lesser extent The Notwist are not on the available list either.
1| Parannoul - To See the Next Part of a Dream
2| Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
3| Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
4| PUP - THE UNRAVELING OF PUP THE BAND
5| Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
6| Alex G - God Save the Animals
(7| Loscil - Clara)
8| Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 4
9| The Notwist - Vertigo Days
10| Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up Here
11| Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
(12| William Basinski / Janek Schafer - … on reflection)
13| Florist - Florist
(14| Astéréotypie - Aucun mec ne ressemble à Brad Pitt dans la Drôme)
(15| Clarice Jensen - The experience of repetition as death)
16| Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
17| Caribou - Suddenly
18| Floating Points - Pharaoah Sanders - The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
19| Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
20| Joanna Sternberg - I've Got Me
21| Home is Where - I Became Birds
(22| This is the Kit - Off Off On)
23| Sprints - Letter to Self
24| Special Interest - Endure
25| Two Shell - Icons EP
Sooo... looks like I don't like 2020s hiphop ! And that 2023 wasn't a very great year.
Songs :
1| Paraglow (Parannoul + Asian Glow) - Wheel
2| Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
3| Sprints - Delia Smith
4| Pharrell Williams (feat 21 Savage & Tyler, the Creator) - Cash in Cash Out
5| Sprints - Literary Mind
6| Car Seat Headrest - Can't Cool Me Down
7| Bicep - Saku
8| Kelly Lee Owens - Night
9| Run the Jewels - JU$T
10| Aesop Rock - Long Legged Larry
11| Crack Cloud - The Next Fix
12| The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
13| Special Interest - Street Pulse Beat
14| Lomelda - Wonder
15| Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla
16| Caribou - You and I
(17| Astéréotypie - Du vélo à Saint-Malo, du kayak à Saint-Briac)
18| Porridge Radio - Sweet
19| illuminati hotties - MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA
(20| Tamada - Piramde)
21| PUP - Totally Fine
22| Two Shell - Pods
All from 2020 to 2022. Considered Los Campesinos - Feast of Tongues and Charli XCX - I think about it all the time from this year and nothing from 2023.
1| Parannoul - To See the Next Part of a Dream
2| Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
3| Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
4| PUP - THE UNRAVELING OF PUP THE BAND
5| Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
6| Alex G - God Save the Animals
(7| Loscil - Clara)
8| Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 4
9| The Notwist - Vertigo Days
10| Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up Here
11| Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
(12| William Basinski / Janek Schafer - … on reflection)
13| Florist - Florist
(14| Astéréotypie - Aucun mec ne ressemble à Brad Pitt dans la Drôme)
(15| Clarice Jensen - The experience of repetition as death)
16| Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
17| Caribou - Suddenly
18| Floating Points - Pharaoah Sanders - The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
19| Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
20| Joanna Sternberg - I've Got Me
21| Home is Where - I Became Birds
(22| This is the Kit - Off Off On)
23| Sprints - Letter to Self
24| Special Interest - Endure
25| Two Shell - Icons EP
Sooo... looks like I don't like 2020s hiphop ! And that 2023 wasn't a very great year.
Songs :
1| Paraglow (Parannoul + Asian Glow) - Wheel
2| Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
3| Sprints - Delia Smith
4| Pharrell Williams (feat 21 Savage & Tyler, the Creator) - Cash in Cash Out
5| Sprints - Literary Mind
6| Car Seat Headrest - Can't Cool Me Down
7| Bicep - Saku
8| Kelly Lee Owens - Night
9| Run the Jewels - JU$T
10| Aesop Rock - Long Legged Larry
11| Crack Cloud - The Next Fix
12| The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
13| Special Interest - Street Pulse Beat
14| Lomelda - Wonder
15| Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla
16| Caribou - You and I
(17| Astéréotypie - Du vélo à Saint-Malo, du kayak à Saint-Briac)
18| Porridge Radio - Sweet
19| illuminati hotties - MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA
(20| Tamada - Piramde)
21| PUP - Totally Fine
22| Two Shell - Pods
All from 2020 to 2022. Considered Los Campesinos - Feast of Tongues and Charli XCX - I think about it all the time from this year and nothing from 2023.
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Considering Anna Wintour decapitated most of the critics who voted on P4k's annual lists, it'll be interesting to see the mid-decade list based on the opinions of the critics whose heads were spared.
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
The list of the half of the decade of the 2010s was when Pk4 gave a nod to poptimism and especially to female artists and it influenced all music criticism over the last 10 years.
I'm curious to see if they can still move the whole game with just one list.
I'm curious to see if they can still move the whole game with just one list.
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I still need to spend more time listening to 2024 songs to see which ones deserve to crack my top 20 there.
Albums
1 | Black Country, New Road | Ants from Up There | 2022
2 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 2020
3 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | 2020
4 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020
5 | Magdalena Bay | Imaginal Disk | 2024
6 | Jessie Ware | That! Feels Good! | 2023
7 | Sufjan Stevens | Javelin | 2023
8 | Vampire Weekend | Only God Was Above Us | 2024
9 | Tyler, the Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost | 2021
10 | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 2022
11 | The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy | 2024
12 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Cheat Codes | 2022
13 | Spellling | The Turning Wheel | 2021
14 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | 2022
15 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Live in Chicago '23 | 2023
16 | Black Country, New Road | Live at Bush Hall | 2023
17 | Arlo Parks | Collapsed in Sunbeams | 2021
18 | Weyes Blood | And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow | 2022
19 | Natalia Lafourcade | De todas las flores | 2022
20 | English Teacher | This Could Be Texas | 2024
Songs
1 | Black Country, New Road | The Place Where He Inserted the Blade | 2022
2 | Taylor Swift | All Too Well (10 Minute Version) | 2021
3 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto | 2020
4 | Black Country, New Road | Concorde | 2021
5 | Big Thief | Simulation Swarm | 2022
6 | Lana Del Rey | A&W | 2023
7 | Sharon Van Etten | Like I Used To (with Angel Olsen) | 2021
8 | Dua Lipa | Levitating | 2020
9 | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever | 2021
10 | Boygenius | Not Strong Enough | 2023
11 | Jessie Ware | Spotlight | 2020
12 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know the End | 2020
13 | Big Thief | Vampire Empire | 2023
14 | Sufjan Stevens | Shit Talk | 2023
15 | Dua Lipa | Don't Start Now (Live in LA Remix) | 2020
16 | Alex G | Runner | 2022
17 | Black Country, New Road | Basketball Shoes | 2022
18 | Wolf Alice | The Last Man on Earth | 2021
19 | Japanese Breakfast | Be Sweet | 2021
20 | Black Country, New Road | Turbines / Pigs | 2023
Albums
1 | Black Country, New Road | Ants from Up There | 2022
2 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 2020
3 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | 2020
4 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020
5 | Magdalena Bay | Imaginal Disk | 2024
6 | Jessie Ware | That! Feels Good! | 2023
7 | Sufjan Stevens | Javelin | 2023
8 | Vampire Weekend | Only God Was Above Us | 2024
9 | Tyler, the Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost | 2021
10 | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 2022
11 | The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy | 2024
12 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Cheat Codes | 2022
13 | Spellling | The Turning Wheel | 2021
14 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | 2022
15 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Live in Chicago '23 | 2023
16 | Black Country, New Road | Live at Bush Hall | 2023
17 | Arlo Parks | Collapsed in Sunbeams | 2021
18 | Weyes Blood | And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow | 2022
19 | Natalia Lafourcade | De todas las flores | 2022
20 | English Teacher | This Could Be Texas | 2024
Songs
1 | Black Country, New Road | The Place Where He Inserted the Blade | 2022
2 | Taylor Swift | All Too Well (10 Minute Version) | 2021
3 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto | 2020
4 | Black Country, New Road | Concorde | 2021
5 | Big Thief | Simulation Swarm | 2022
6 | Lana Del Rey | A&W | 2023
7 | Sharon Van Etten | Like I Used To (with Angel Olsen) | 2021
8 | Dua Lipa | Levitating | 2020
9 | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever | 2021
10 | Boygenius | Not Strong Enough | 2023
11 | Jessie Ware | Spotlight | 2020
12 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know the End | 2020
13 | Big Thief | Vampire Empire | 2023
14 | Sufjan Stevens | Shit Talk | 2023
15 | Dua Lipa | Don't Start Now (Live in LA Remix) | 2020
16 | Alex G | Runner | 2022
17 | Black Country, New Road | Basketball Shoes | 2022
18 | Wolf Alice | The Last Man on Earth | 2021
19 | Japanese Breakfast | Be Sweet | 2021
20 | Black Country, New Road | Turbines / Pigs | 2023
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Just really quickly threw this together:
1 | Kaja Draksler Octet | Out for Stars | 2020
2 | Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra | If You Listen Carefully the Music Is Yours | 2020
3 | San Salvador | La grande folie | 2021
4 | Ahmed | Nights on Saturn (Communication) | 2021
5 | Dan Weiss & Starebaby | Natural Selection | 2020
6 | Richard Dawson | The Ruby Cord | 2022
7 | Ahmed | Wood Blues | 2024
8 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | 2020
9 | Été Large | When the Birds Upraise Their Choir | 2020
10 | Neptunian Maximalism | Éons | 2020
11 | Magdalena Ganter | Neo Noir | 2021
12 | Mary Halvorson's Code Girl | Artlessly Falling | 2020
13 | Alex Paxton | Music for Bosch Peopel | 2021
14 | Rob Luft | Life Is the Dancer | 2020
15 | Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & Whatsnext? | The Rise Up: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration | 2020
16 | Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden... | 2023
17 | Zoh Amba | Bhakti | 2023
18 | Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey | Compassion | 2024
19 | Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth | Stillpoint | 2023
20 | Akira Sakata & Entasis | Live in Europe 2022 | 2023
1 | Kaja Draksler Octet | Away! | 2020
2 | San Salvador | La grande folie | 2021
3 | Deutschmann / Moheit / Stadlober | Ich aber ging über die Grenze | 2021
4 | Derek Bermel | Ritornello | 2022
5 | Hen Ogledd | Trouble | 2020
6 | Kardashev | Silvered Shadows | 2022
7 | Katie Gately | Waltz | 2020
8 | Du Yun & Raven Chacon | Sweet Land, Scene 1: Introduction | 2021
9 | Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra | Botteknott / Elastic Circle | 2020
10 | foxtails | paper tiger | 2022
11 | Dan Weiss & Starebaby | Accina | 2020
12 | Richard Dawson | The Fool | 2022
13 | Nduduzo Makhathini | Unonkanyamba | 2022
14 | Kaja Draksler Octet | The Last Mowing | 2020
15 | James Brandon Lewis Quartet | Élan vital | 2024
16 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know the End | 2020
17 | Katie Gately | Cleave | 2023
18 | Été Large | You're Getting Older Now | 2020
19 | Magdalena Ganter | Kleines Lied | 2021
20 | Binker Golding | (Take Me to the) Wide Open Lows | 2022
1 | Kaja Draksler Octet | Out for Stars | 2020
2 | Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra | If You Listen Carefully the Music Is Yours | 2020
3 | San Salvador | La grande folie | 2021
4 | Ahmed | Nights on Saturn (Communication) | 2021
5 | Dan Weiss & Starebaby | Natural Selection | 2020
6 | Richard Dawson | The Ruby Cord | 2022
7 | Ahmed | Wood Blues | 2024
8 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | 2020
9 | Été Large | When the Birds Upraise Their Choir | 2020
10 | Neptunian Maximalism | Éons | 2020
11 | Magdalena Ganter | Neo Noir | 2021
12 | Mary Halvorson's Code Girl | Artlessly Falling | 2020
13 | Alex Paxton | Music for Bosch Peopel | 2021
14 | Rob Luft | Life Is the Dancer | 2020
15 | Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & Whatsnext? | The Rise Up: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration | 2020
16 | Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden... | 2023
17 | Zoh Amba | Bhakti | 2023
18 | Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey | Compassion | 2024
19 | Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth | Stillpoint | 2023
20 | Akira Sakata & Entasis | Live in Europe 2022 | 2023
1 | Kaja Draksler Octet | Away! | 2020
2 | San Salvador | La grande folie | 2021
3 | Deutschmann / Moheit / Stadlober | Ich aber ging über die Grenze | 2021
4 | Derek Bermel | Ritornello | 2022
5 | Hen Ogledd | Trouble | 2020
6 | Kardashev | Silvered Shadows | 2022
7 | Katie Gately | Waltz | 2020
8 | Du Yun & Raven Chacon | Sweet Land, Scene 1: Introduction | 2021
9 | Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra | Botteknott / Elastic Circle | 2020
10 | foxtails | paper tiger | 2022
11 | Dan Weiss & Starebaby | Accina | 2020
12 | Richard Dawson | The Fool | 2022
13 | Nduduzo Makhathini | Unonkanyamba | 2022
14 | Kaja Draksler Octet | The Last Mowing | 2020
15 | James Brandon Lewis Quartet | Élan vital | 2024
16 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know the End | 2020
17 | Katie Gately | Cleave | 2023
18 | Été Large | You're Getting Older Now | 2020
19 | Magdalena Ganter | Kleines Lied | 2021
20 | Binker Golding | (Take Me to the) Wide Open Lows | 2022
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
off the top of my head, but:
#1
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
#2
Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
#3
Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There
#4
Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
#5
Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee
#6
Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
#7
Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee
#8
Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch
#9
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
#10
Jeff Rosenstock: No Dream
#11
Jeff Rosenstock: Hellmode
#12
Dogleg: Melee
#13
Home Is Where: I Became Birds EP
#14
Billy Woods / Kenny Segal: Maps
#15
Deafheaven: Infinite Granite
#16
Julie Byrne: The Greater Wings
#17
The Microphones: Microphones in 2020
#18
Haim: Women in Music Pt. III
#19
Laura Marling: Song for Our Daughter
#20
100 gecs: 10,000 gecs
#1
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
#2
Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
#3
Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There
#4
Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
#5
Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee
#6
Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
#7
Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee
#8
Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch
#9
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
#10
Jeff Rosenstock: No Dream
#11
Jeff Rosenstock: Hellmode
#12
Dogleg: Melee
#13
Home Is Where: I Became Birds EP
#14
Billy Woods / Kenny Segal: Maps
#15
Deafheaven: Infinite Granite
#16
Julie Byrne: The Greater Wings
#17
The Microphones: Microphones in 2020
#18
Haim: Women in Music Pt. III
#19
Laura Marling: Song for Our Daughter
#20
100 gecs: 10,000 gecs
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Songs:
1. Weyes Blood | Grapevine (2022)
2. Lost Girls | Love, Lovers (2021)
3. Jenny Hval | American Coffee (2022)
4. Mitski | Working For The Knife (2021)
5. Marissa Nadler | The Path Of The Clouds (2021)
6. Kvelertak | Rogaland (2020)
7. Arbouretum | Let It All In (2020)
8. Weyes Blood | The Worst Is Done (2022)
9. Sun's Signature | Underwater (2022)
10. Lana Del Rey | Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2022)
11. The Smile | Friend Of A Friend (2024)
12. Angel Olsen | Chasing The Sun (2022)
13. Marissa Nadler | Lemon Queen (2021)
14. Jenny Hval | Year Of Love (2022)
15. Slift | Lions, Tigers and Bears (2020)
16. Myriam Gendron | Au coeur de ma délire (2021)
17. Richard Dawson & Circle | Lily (2021)
18. Fontaines D.C. | Televised Mind (2020)
19. Alvvays | Belinda Says (2022)
20. Slift | Ummon (2020)
Thanks!
1. Weyes Blood | Grapevine (2022)
2. Lost Girls | Love, Lovers (2021)
3. Jenny Hval | American Coffee (2022)
4. Mitski | Working For The Knife (2021)
5. Marissa Nadler | The Path Of The Clouds (2021)
6. Kvelertak | Rogaland (2020)
7. Arbouretum | Let It All In (2020)
8. Weyes Blood | The Worst Is Done (2022)
9. Sun's Signature | Underwater (2022)
10. Lana Del Rey | Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2022)
11. The Smile | Friend Of A Friend (2024)
12. Angel Olsen | Chasing The Sun (2022)
13. Marissa Nadler | Lemon Queen (2021)
14. Jenny Hval | Year Of Love (2022)
15. Slift | Lions, Tigers and Bears (2020)
16. Myriam Gendron | Au coeur de ma délire (2021)
17. Richard Dawson & Circle | Lily (2021)
18. Fontaines D.C. | Televised Mind (2020)
19. Alvvays | Belinda Says (2022)
20. Slift | Ummon (2020)
Thanks!
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List could change. And whenever KKB finally release could completely upend the list.
Albums:
1 | Natalia Lafourcade | De Todas las Flores
2 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure?
3 | Lingua Ignota | Sinner Get Ready
4 | Jeff Rosenstock | Ska Dream
5 | Black Country, New Road | Ants from Up There
6 | Spellling | The Turning Wheel
7 | Laura Marling | Song for Our Daughter
8 | Gorillaz | Song Machine, Season One
9 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher
10 | SZA | SOS
11 | Blu & Exile | Miles
12 | Quadeca | scrapyard
13 | Charli XCX | brat
14 | Black midi | Hellfire
15 | Yola | Stand For Myself
16 | Britten, Reznor, Ross | Challengers OST
17 | Lana Del Rey | did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd?
18 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour
19 | Kashiwa Daisuke | Ice
20 | J.I.D. | The Forever Story
Songs:
1 | Jessie Ware | Remember Where You Are
2 | Natalia Lafourcade | El lugar correcto
3 | Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen | Like I Used To
4 | Spellling | Boys at School
5 | Yola | Barely Alive
6 | Kendrick Lamar | The Heart Pt. 5
7 | Black Country, New Road | Concorde
8 | Natalia Lafourcade | Canta la arena
9 | ABBA | Just a Notion
10 | Natalia Lafourcade | Maria la curandera
11 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto
12 | Weyes Blood | Grapevine
13 | Dua Lipa | Love Again
14 | Natalia Lafourcade | El Balaju / Serenata Huasteca
15 | Laura Marling | Fortune
16 | Spellling | Little Deer
17 | Taylor Swift | All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
18 | Dua Lipa | Break My Heart
19 | Natalia Lafourcade | Vine solita
20 | Acidman | Rebirth
Albums:
1 | Natalia Lafourcade | De Todas las Flores
2 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure?
3 | Lingua Ignota | Sinner Get Ready
4 | Jeff Rosenstock | Ska Dream
5 | Black Country, New Road | Ants from Up There
6 | Spellling | The Turning Wheel
7 | Laura Marling | Song for Our Daughter
8 | Gorillaz | Song Machine, Season One
9 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher
10 | SZA | SOS
11 | Blu & Exile | Miles
12 | Quadeca | scrapyard
13 | Charli XCX | brat
14 | Black midi | Hellfire
15 | Yola | Stand For Myself
16 | Britten, Reznor, Ross | Challengers OST
17 | Lana Del Rey | did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd?
18 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour
19 | Kashiwa Daisuke | Ice
20 | J.I.D. | The Forever Story
Songs:
1 | Jessie Ware | Remember Where You Are
2 | Natalia Lafourcade | El lugar correcto
3 | Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen | Like I Used To
4 | Spellling | Boys at School
5 | Yola | Barely Alive
6 | Kendrick Lamar | The Heart Pt. 5
7 | Black Country, New Road | Concorde
8 | Natalia Lafourcade | Canta la arena
9 | ABBA | Just a Notion
10 | Natalia Lafourcade | Maria la curandera
11 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto
12 | Weyes Blood | Grapevine
13 | Dua Lipa | Love Again
14 | Natalia Lafourcade | El Balaju / Serenata Huasteca
15 | Laura Marling | Fortune
16 | Spellling | Little Deer
17 | Taylor Swift | All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
18 | Dua Lipa | Break My Heart
19 | Natalia Lafourcade | Vine solita
20 | Acidman | Rebirth
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
I kinda given up on Pitchfork years ago, back when they changed ownership and turned from music magazine to fashion magazine writing about music. I ocasionally check their Best New Album / Song pages but that's about it. However finding out here about this poll I did take it, not because I have any hopes or expectations but, as Elder hinted, I still have a bit of curiosity regarding where their readership still is, how will public picks still impact theirs and how influential they still appear to be over the rest of the music press.
ALBUMS
1 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 2024
2 Black Midi - Cavalcade 2021
3 Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death 2020
4 Black Country, New Road - For the First Time 2021
5 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 2020
6 Wet Leg - Wet Leg 2022
7 Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World 2023
8 Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive 2024
9 Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 2021
10 The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention 2022
11 Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 2024
12 Lucy Dacus - Home Video 2021
13 Arcade Fire - We 2022
14 boygenius - the record 2023
15 Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream 2021
16 The Strokes - The New Abnormal 2020
17 Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There 2022
18 Shame - Drunk Tank Pink 2021
19 Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 2022
20 Jack White - No Name 2024
SONGS
1 Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To 2021
2 Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman) 2024
3 Black Country, New Road - Opus 2021
4 Vampire Weekend - Hope 2024
5 Arcade Fire - The Lightning I, II 2022
6 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto 2020
7 boygenius - True Blue 2023
8 Interpol - Fables 2022
9 The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking 2020
10 Black Midi - John L 2021
11 Fontaines D.C. - Roman Holiday 2022
12 Big Thief - Change 2021
13 Yo La Tengo - Sinatra Drive Breakdown 2023
14 Hurray for the Riff Raff - Ogallala 2024
15 Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 2021
16 Jessica Pratt - Life Is 2024
17 The Smile - Bending Hectic 2023
18 Vampire Weekend - Capricorn 2024
19 Idles - Grounds 2020
20 Wednesday - Chosen to Deserve 2023
ALBUMS
1 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 2024
2 Black Midi - Cavalcade 2021
3 Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death 2020
4 Black Country, New Road - For the First Time 2021
5 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 2020
6 Wet Leg - Wet Leg 2022
7 Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World 2023
8 Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive 2024
9 Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 2021
10 The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention 2022
11 Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 2024
12 Lucy Dacus - Home Video 2021
13 Arcade Fire - We 2022
14 boygenius - the record 2023
15 Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream 2021
16 The Strokes - The New Abnormal 2020
17 Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There 2022
18 Shame - Drunk Tank Pink 2021
19 Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 2022
20 Jack White - No Name 2024
SONGS
1 Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To 2021
2 Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman) 2024
3 Black Country, New Road - Opus 2021
4 Vampire Weekend - Hope 2024
5 Arcade Fire - The Lightning I, II 2022
6 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto 2020
7 boygenius - True Blue 2023
8 Interpol - Fables 2022
9 The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking 2020
10 Black Midi - John L 2021
11 Fontaines D.C. - Roman Holiday 2022
12 Big Thief - Change 2021
13 Yo La Tengo - Sinatra Drive Breakdown 2023
14 Hurray for the Riff Raff - Ogallala 2024
15 Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 2021
16 Jessica Pratt - Life Is 2024
17 The Smile - Bending Hectic 2023
18 Vampire Weekend - Capricorn 2024
19 Idles - Grounds 2020
20 Wednesday - Chosen to Deserve 2023
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Albums:
1. Weyes Blood | And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022)
2. The Smile | Wall Of Eyes (2024)
3. Angel Olsen | Big Time (2022)
4. Julia Holter | Something in the Room She Moves (2024)
5. Lana Del Rey | Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023)
6. Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
7. Arbouretum | Let It All In (2020)
8. PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying (2023)
9. Sun's Signature | Sun's Signature [EP] (2022)
10. Lost Girls | Menneskekollektivet (2021)
11. Lana Del Rey | Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021)
12. Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022)
13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! (2021)
14. Aldous Harding | Warm Chris (2022)
15. Beach House | Once Twice Melody (2022)
16. Jenny Hval | Classic Objects (2022)
17. Father John Misty | Off-Key in Hamburg (2020)
18. The Electric Soft Parade | Stages (2020)
19. Bill Ryder-Jones | Iechyd da (2024)
20. Marissa Nadler | The Path Of The Clouds (2021)
Thanks!
1. Weyes Blood | And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022)
2. The Smile | Wall Of Eyes (2024)
3. Angel Olsen | Big Time (2022)
4. Julia Holter | Something in the Room She Moves (2024)
5. Lana Del Rey | Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023)
6. Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
7. Arbouretum | Let It All In (2020)
8. PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying (2023)
9. Sun's Signature | Sun's Signature [EP] (2022)
10. Lost Girls | Menneskekollektivet (2021)
11. Lana Del Rey | Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021)
12. Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022)
13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! (2021)
14. Aldous Harding | Warm Chris (2022)
15. Beach House | Once Twice Melody (2022)
16. Jenny Hval | Classic Objects (2022)
17. Father John Misty | Off-Key in Hamburg (2020)
18. The Electric Soft Parade | Stages (2020)
19. Bill Ryder-Jones | Iechyd da (2024)
20. Marissa Nadler | The Path Of The Clouds (2021)
Thanks!
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Songs
1. Joe Satriani: Nineteen Eighty / 2020
2. Jessie Ware: Begin Again 2023
3. Joe Satriani: Hear the Blue River / 2020
4. The War on Drugs: I Don't Live Here Anymore / 2021
5. Joe Satriani: Big Distortion / 2020
6. Silk Sonic: Leave the Door Open / 2021
7. John Petrucci: The Way Things Fall / 2020
8. The Weeknd: Sacrifice / 2022
9. Jessie Ware: Remember Where You Are / 2020
10. Harry Styles: As It Was / 2022
11. Dua Lipa: Physical 2020
12. Phoebe Bridgers: Sidelines / 2022
13. Miley Cyrus: Flowers / 2023
14. Todd Rundgren: Head In the Ocean / 2022
15. Ed Cherry: Lawns / 2023
16. Todd Rundgren: Eco Warrior Goddess / 2022
17. Joe Satriani: The Elephants of Mars / 2022
18. The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers: Your Mind is Not Your Friend 2023
19. Jessie Ware: Pearls 2023
20. Everything But the Girl: Nothing Left to Lose / 2023
21. Harry Styles Adore You 2020
22. Todd Rundgren and Rick Wakeman / I Saw the Light / 2020
23. Joe Satriani / Faceless / 2022
24. Ethel Cain / American Teenager / 2022
25. Foxes and Fossils / Love Is The Answer / 2020
26. Foo Fighters / Under You / 2023
27. Joe Satriani / Shapeshifting / 2020
28. Todd Rundgren and Rivers Cuomo / Down with the Ship / 2020
29. Joe Satriani / Spirits, Ghosts and Outlaws / 2020
30. Adele / Easy On Me / 2021
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Albums
1. The War On Drugs: I Don't Live Here Anymore / 2021
2. Silk Sonic: An Evening With Silk Sonic / 2021
3. Joe Satriani: Shapeshifting / 2020
4. The Weeknd: After Hours / 2020
5. Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia / 2020
6. The Weeknd: Dawn FM / 2022
7. Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure / 2020
8. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher / 2020
9. Harry Styles: Harry's House / 2022
10. Beach House: Once Twice Melody / 2022
11. Jessie Ware: That! Feels! Good! 2023
12. Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight / 2021
13. Todd Rundgren: Space Force / 2022
14. The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form / 2020
15. Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation 2023
16. Lady Gaga: Chromatica / 2020
17. The Flaming Lips: American Head / 2020
18. Soccer Mommy: Color Theory / 2020
19. Foo Fighters: But Here We Are 2023
20. Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement 2024
21. Beach House / Become 2023
22. Wolf Alice Blue Weekend 2021
23. Adele 30 2021
24. Halsey Manic 2020
25. Jon Batiste We Are 2021
26. Sufjan Stevens / Javelin 2023
27. Tears for Fears The Tipping Point 2022
28. Janelle Monae / The Age of Pleasure 2023
29. The Rolling Stones / Hackney Diamonds 2023
30. The National / First Two Pages of Frankenstein 2023
31. Arlo Parks / My Soft Machine 2023
32. Depeche Mode / Memento Mori 2023
33. Peter Gabriel / i/o 2023
1. Joe Satriani: Nineteen Eighty / 2020
2. Jessie Ware: Begin Again 2023
3. Joe Satriani: Hear the Blue River / 2020
4. The War on Drugs: I Don't Live Here Anymore / 2021
5. Joe Satriani: Big Distortion / 2020
6. Silk Sonic: Leave the Door Open / 2021
7. John Petrucci: The Way Things Fall / 2020
8. The Weeknd: Sacrifice / 2022
9. Jessie Ware: Remember Where You Are / 2020
10. Harry Styles: As It Was / 2022
11. Dua Lipa: Physical 2020
12. Phoebe Bridgers: Sidelines / 2022
13. Miley Cyrus: Flowers / 2023
14. Todd Rundgren: Head In the Ocean / 2022
15. Ed Cherry: Lawns / 2023
16. Todd Rundgren: Eco Warrior Goddess / 2022
17. Joe Satriani: The Elephants of Mars / 2022
18. The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers: Your Mind is Not Your Friend 2023
19. Jessie Ware: Pearls 2023
20. Everything But the Girl: Nothing Left to Lose / 2023
21. Harry Styles Adore You 2020
22. Todd Rundgren and Rick Wakeman / I Saw the Light / 2020
23. Joe Satriani / Faceless / 2022
24. Ethel Cain / American Teenager / 2022
25. Foxes and Fossils / Love Is The Answer / 2020
26. Foo Fighters / Under You / 2023
27. Joe Satriani / Shapeshifting / 2020
28. Todd Rundgren and Rivers Cuomo / Down with the Ship / 2020
29. Joe Satriani / Spirits, Ghosts and Outlaws / 2020
30. Adele / Easy On Me / 2021
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Albums
1. The War On Drugs: I Don't Live Here Anymore / 2021
2. Silk Sonic: An Evening With Silk Sonic / 2021
3. Joe Satriani: Shapeshifting / 2020
4. The Weeknd: After Hours / 2020
5. Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia / 2020
6. The Weeknd: Dawn FM / 2022
7. Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure / 2020
8. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher / 2020
9. Harry Styles: Harry's House / 2022
10. Beach House: Once Twice Melody / 2022
11. Jessie Ware: That! Feels! Good! 2023
12. Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight / 2021
13. Todd Rundgren: Space Force / 2022
14. The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form / 2020
15. Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation 2023
16. Lady Gaga: Chromatica / 2020
17. The Flaming Lips: American Head / 2020
18. Soccer Mommy: Color Theory / 2020
19. Foo Fighters: But Here We Are 2023
20. Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement 2024
21. Beach House / Become 2023
22. Wolf Alice Blue Weekend 2021
23. Adele 30 2021
24. Halsey Manic 2020
25. Jon Batiste We Are 2021
26. Sufjan Stevens / Javelin 2023
27. Tears for Fears The Tipping Point 2022
28. Janelle Monae / The Age of Pleasure 2023
29. The Rolling Stones / Hackney Diamonds 2023
30. The National / First Two Pages of Frankenstein 2023
31. Arlo Parks / My Soft Machine 2023
32. Depeche Mode / Memento Mori 2023
33. Peter Gabriel / i/o 2023
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Albums:
1. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
2. Arthur H - La Vie
3. The Hives - The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons
4. The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part One
5. The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two
6. Allah-Las - Zuma 85
7. Slift - Ilion
8. MGMT - Loss Of Life
9. Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa
10. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
11. Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
12. Porridge Radio - Every Bad
13. Justice - Hyperdrama
14. Portugal. The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life
15. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
16. Ty Segall - Hello, Hi
17. Calibro 35 - Momentum
18. Cabane - Brûlée
19. Puppetmastaz - Welcome to the Zoo
20. Benjamin Biolay - Grand Prix
21. Eels - Earth To Dora
22. Tago Mago - Traversée sauvage
23. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
24. Eels - Extreme Witchcraft
25. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
26. Just Mustard - Heart Under
27. Gesaffelstein - Gamma
28. Beak> - >>>>
29. The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors
30. Ty Segall - Three Bells
31. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club
32. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
33. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
34. Rone - Room With A View
35. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
36. Django Django - Glowing In The Dark
37. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Les Grandes Vacances
38. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One Strange Timez
39. The Coral - Coral Island
40. Animal Collective - Isnt It Now
41. Deluxe - Moustache Gracias
42. Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn
43. Drugdealer - Hiding in Plain Sight
44. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By
45. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There_s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
46. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
47. Royal Blood - Typhoons
48. Jack White - Entering Heaven Alive
49. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
50. Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes
1. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
2. Arthur H - La Vie
3. The Hives - The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons
4. The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part One
5. The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two
6. Allah-Las - Zuma 85
7. Slift - Ilion
8. MGMT - Loss Of Life
9. Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa
10. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
11. Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
12. Porridge Radio - Every Bad
13. Justice - Hyperdrama
14. Portugal. The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life
15. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
16. Ty Segall - Hello, Hi
17. Calibro 35 - Momentum
18. Cabane - Brûlée
19. Puppetmastaz - Welcome to the Zoo
20. Benjamin Biolay - Grand Prix
21. Eels - Earth To Dora
22. Tago Mago - Traversée sauvage
23. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
24. Eels - Extreme Witchcraft
25. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
26. Just Mustard - Heart Under
27. Gesaffelstein - Gamma
28. Beak> - >>>>
29. The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors
30. Ty Segall - Three Bells
31. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club
32. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
33. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
34. Rone - Room With A View
35. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
36. Django Django - Glowing In The Dark
37. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Les Grandes Vacances
38. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One Strange Timez
39. The Coral - Coral Island
40. Animal Collective - Isnt It Now
41. Deluxe - Moustache Gracias
42. Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn
43. Drugdealer - Hiding in Plain Sight
44. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By
45. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There_s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
46. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
47. Royal Blood - Typhoons
48. Jack White - Entering Heaven Alive
49. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
50. Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes
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Albums:
1. Low - Hey What (2021)
2. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview of Phenomenal Nature (2021)
3. King Hannah - I'm Sorry, I Was Just Being Me (2022)
4. Matt Elliott - The End of Days (2023)
5. Lankum - False Lankum (2023)
6. Beth Orton - Weather Alive (2022)
7. Amaro Freitas - Y'Y (2024)
8. Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter (2022)
9. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi (2020)
10. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (2023)
11. Sault - Untitled (Black Is) (2020)
12. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
13. Slift - Ummon (2020)
14. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention (2022)
15. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season (2022)
16. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark (2021)
17. Black Country, New Road - Ants from up Here (2022)
18. Bendik Giske - Cracks (2021)
19. Black Though & Dangers Mouse - Cheat Codes (2022)
20. Silvana Estrada - Marchita (2022)
Songs:
1. Sharon van Etten & Angels Olsen - Like I Used to (2021)
2. Adrianne Lenker - Ruined (2023)
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Conversion (2024)
4. Nilüfer Yanya - Midnight Sun (2022)
5. The Smile - Skrting on the Surface (2022)
6. Adrianne Lenker - Sadness as a Gift (2024)
7. Deliluh - Amulet (2022)
8. Perfume Genius - Nothing at All (2020)
9. Midwife - Rock N Roll Never Forgets (2024)
10. Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté - Joyful Sun (2023)
11. Fiona Apple - Cosmonauts (2020)
12. Duster - Feel No Joy (2022)
13. The Weather Station - Trust (2021)
14. Maruja - Kakistocracy (2023)
15. Amaro Freitas - Uiara (Encantada da água) - Vida e cura (2024)
16. Sangre de Merduago - Heavy Mental (2021)
17. Arab Strap - Just Enough (2021)
18. Songs: Ohia - VU Anxiety (2022)
19. Angel Olsen - All the Good Times (2022)
20. Sault - Stop Dem (2020)
1. Low - Hey What (2021)
2. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview of Phenomenal Nature (2021)
3. King Hannah - I'm Sorry, I Was Just Being Me (2022)
4. Matt Elliott - The End of Days (2023)
5. Lankum - False Lankum (2023)
6. Beth Orton - Weather Alive (2022)
7. Amaro Freitas - Y'Y (2024)
8. Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter (2022)
9. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi (2020)
10. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (2023)
11. Sault - Untitled (Black Is) (2020)
12. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
13. Slift - Ummon (2020)
14. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention (2022)
15. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season (2022)
16. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark (2021)
17. Black Country, New Road - Ants from up Here (2022)
18. Bendik Giske - Cracks (2021)
19. Black Though & Dangers Mouse - Cheat Codes (2022)
20. Silvana Estrada - Marchita (2022)
Songs:
1. Sharon van Etten & Angels Olsen - Like I Used to (2021)
2. Adrianne Lenker - Ruined (2023)
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Conversion (2024)
4. Nilüfer Yanya - Midnight Sun (2022)
5. The Smile - Skrting on the Surface (2022)
6. Adrianne Lenker - Sadness as a Gift (2024)
7. Deliluh - Amulet (2022)
8. Perfume Genius - Nothing at All (2020)
9. Midwife - Rock N Roll Never Forgets (2024)
10. Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté - Joyful Sun (2023)
11. Fiona Apple - Cosmonauts (2020)
12. Duster - Feel No Joy (2022)
13. The Weather Station - Trust (2021)
14. Maruja - Kakistocracy (2023)
15. Amaro Freitas - Uiara (Encantada da água) - Vida e cura (2024)
16. Sangre de Merduago - Heavy Mental (2021)
17. Arab Strap - Just Enough (2021)
18. Songs: Ohia - VU Anxiety (2022)
19. Angel Olsen - All the Good Times (2022)
20. Sault - Stop Dem (2020)
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Songs:
1 | Pet Shop Boys | Cricket Wife | 2021
2 | Hamish Hawk | The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973 | 2021
3 | Thea Gilmore | The Bright Service | 2023
4 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know The End | 2020
5 | Gabriels | Blame | 2021
6 | Self Esteem | Prioritise Pleasure | 2021
7 | Fiona Apple | Shameika | 2020
8 | The Mary Wallopers | The Holy Ground | 2023
9 | Jim Bob | The Summer Of No Touching | 2021
10 | St. Vincent | Broken Man | 2024
11 | Pearl Charles | Only For Tonight | 2021
12 | The Waterboys | The Soul Singer | 2020
13 | Frank Turner | Girl From The Record Shop | 2024
14 | Cast of Encanto | We Don't Talk About Bruno | 2021
15 | Kid Kapichi feat. Suggs | Zombie Nation | 2024
16 | Gabriels | Glory | 2023
17 | Self Esteem | I Do This All The Time | 2021
18 | English Teacher | This Could Be Texas | 2024
19 | St. Vincent | The Nowhere Inn | 2021
20 | Poppy | Don't Go Outside | 2020
21 | The Last Dinner Party | Caesar On A TV Screen | 2024
22 | Sleigh Bells | Locust Laced | 2021
23 | The Last Dinner Party | Sinner | 2023
24 | George Ezra | Green Green Grass | 2022
25 | The Killers | Bright Lights | 2024
26 | Du Blonde feat. Ezra Furman | I'm Glad That We Broke Up | 2021
27 | Declan McKenna | Be An Astronaut | 2020
28 | Suede | The Sadness In You, The Sadness In Me | 2023
29 | Jessie Ware | Free Yourself | 2022
30 | The Last Dinner Party | Burn Alive | 2024
1 | Pet Shop Boys | Cricket Wife | 2021
2 | Hamish Hawk | The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973 | 2021
3 | Thea Gilmore | The Bright Service | 2023
4 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know The End | 2020
5 | Gabriels | Blame | 2021
6 | Self Esteem | Prioritise Pleasure | 2021
7 | Fiona Apple | Shameika | 2020
8 | The Mary Wallopers | The Holy Ground | 2023
9 | Jim Bob | The Summer Of No Touching | 2021
10 | St. Vincent | Broken Man | 2024
11 | Pearl Charles | Only For Tonight | 2021
12 | The Waterboys | The Soul Singer | 2020
13 | Frank Turner | Girl From The Record Shop | 2024
14 | Cast of Encanto | We Don't Talk About Bruno | 2021
15 | Kid Kapichi feat. Suggs | Zombie Nation | 2024
16 | Gabriels | Glory | 2023
17 | Self Esteem | I Do This All The Time | 2021
18 | English Teacher | This Could Be Texas | 2024
19 | St. Vincent | The Nowhere Inn | 2021
20 | Poppy | Don't Go Outside | 2020
21 | The Last Dinner Party | Caesar On A TV Screen | 2024
22 | Sleigh Bells | Locust Laced | 2021
23 | The Last Dinner Party | Sinner | 2023
24 | George Ezra | Green Green Grass | 2022
25 | The Killers | Bright Lights | 2024
26 | Du Blonde feat. Ezra Furman | I'm Glad That We Broke Up | 2021
27 | Declan McKenna | Be An Astronaut | 2020
28 | Suede | The Sadness In You, The Sadness In Me | 2023
29 | Jessie Ware | Free Yourself | 2022
30 | The Last Dinner Party | Burn Alive | 2024
Where are my shoes, my coat, my hat?
Just get me out, I smell a rat
Just get me out, I smell a rat
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
They published the readers poll results:
https://pitchfork.com/features/best-of- ... l-results/
They're way better than the staff lists. And I've come to this conclusion using a very scientific method Out of my submitted lists of 20 albums/songs, the staff lists have 4 albums & 4 songs, the readers lists have 10 albums & 7 songs (and many more others that would have been in my Top 100).
https://pitchfork.com/features/best-of- ... l-results/
They're way better than the staff lists. And I've come to this conclusion using a very scientific method Out of my submitted lists of 20 albums/songs, the staff lists have 4 albums & 4 songs, the readers lists have 10 albums & 7 songs (and many more others that would have been in my Top 100).
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
i really liked the results, their songs top 5 is accurate.
But i felt there was a lot of charli, and, as much as i love brat, i think it got a bit overrated (maybe recency bias?)
But i felt there was a lot of charli, and, as much as i love brat, i think it got a bit overrated (maybe recency bias?)
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Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Nice, I'm happy to see Brat top the list.
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Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Top 20 Albums:
1 | Ava Max | Diamonds & Dancefloors | 2023
2 | Xandria | The Wonders Still Awaiting | 2023
3 | Laufey | Bewitched | 2023
4 | Cory Wong | Wong's Cafe | 2022
5 | Ava Max | Heaven & Hell | 2020
6 | Charli XCX | how i'm feeling now | 2020
7 | Karfagen | Birds | 2023
8 | Arlo Parks | Collapsed in Sunbeams | 2021
9 | Rosalía | Motomami | 2022
10 | Gösta Berlings Saga | Konkret Musik | 2020
11 | Waxahatchee | Tigers Blood | 2024
12 | Big Big Train | Ingenious Devices | 2023
13 | Hiromi | Silver Lining Suite | 2021
14 | Tyla | Tyla | 2024
15 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 2020
16 | Kelela | Raven | 2023
17 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | 2021
18 | Samara Joy | Linger Awhile | 2022
19 | Grimes | Miss Anthropocene | 2020
20 | Miss Grit | Follow the Cyborg | 2023
Top 20 Songs:
1 | Ava Max | Sleepwalker | 2023
2 | Xandria | The Wonders Still Awaiting | 2022
3 | Charli XCX | Detonate | 2020
4 | Cory Wong | Let’s Go! | 2022
5 | Laufey | Letter to My 13 Year Old Self | 2023
6 | Waxahatchee | Evil Spawn | 2024
7 | Gösta Berlings Saga | The Pugilist | 2020
8 | Grimes | Delete Forever | 2020
9 | Big Big Train | Brooklands | 2023
10 | Tyla | Water | 2023
11 | Arlo Parks | Hope | 2021
12 | Rosalía | Hentai | 2022
13 | Samara Joy | Can't Get Out of This Mood | 2022
14 | Karfagen | Birds, Pt. 1 | 2023
15 | Ava Max | Maybe You're the Problem | 2022
16 | Xandria | Two Worlds | 2023
17 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | 2021
18 | Caroline Polachek | Bunny Is a Rider | 2021
19 | Myrkur | Leaves of Yggdrasil | 2020
20 | Wolf Alice | Lipstick on the Glass | 2021
1 | Ava Max | Diamonds & Dancefloors | 2023
2 | Xandria | The Wonders Still Awaiting | 2023
3 | Laufey | Bewitched | 2023
4 | Cory Wong | Wong's Cafe | 2022
5 | Ava Max | Heaven & Hell | 2020
6 | Charli XCX | how i'm feeling now | 2020
7 | Karfagen | Birds | 2023
8 | Arlo Parks | Collapsed in Sunbeams | 2021
9 | Rosalía | Motomami | 2022
10 | Gösta Berlings Saga | Konkret Musik | 2020
11 | Waxahatchee | Tigers Blood | 2024
12 | Big Big Train | Ingenious Devices | 2023
13 | Hiromi | Silver Lining Suite | 2021
14 | Tyla | Tyla | 2024
15 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 2020
16 | Kelela | Raven | 2023
17 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | 2021
18 | Samara Joy | Linger Awhile | 2022
19 | Grimes | Miss Anthropocene | 2020
20 | Miss Grit | Follow the Cyborg | 2023
Top 20 Songs:
1 | Ava Max | Sleepwalker | 2023
2 | Xandria | The Wonders Still Awaiting | 2022
3 | Charli XCX | Detonate | 2020
4 | Cory Wong | Let’s Go! | 2022
5 | Laufey | Letter to My 13 Year Old Self | 2023
6 | Waxahatchee | Evil Spawn | 2024
7 | Gösta Berlings Saga | The Pugilist | 2020
8 | Grimes | Delete Forever | 2020
9 | Big Big Train | Brooklands | 2023
10 | Tyla | Water | 2023
11 | Arlo Parks | Hope | 2021
12 | Rosalía | Hentai | 2022
13 | Samara Joy | Can't Get Out of This Mood | 2022
14 | Karfagen | Birds, Pt. 1 | 2023
15 | Ava Max | Maybe You're the Problem | 2022
16 | Xandria | Two Worlds | 2023
17 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | 2021
18 | Caroline Polachek | Bunny Is a Rider | 2021
19 | Myrkur | Leaves of Yggdrasil | 2020
20 | Wolf Alice | Lipstick on the Glass | 2021
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Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
While we wait for the year to end and for them to probably do another survey for 2020-2024, this is my provisional top:
ALBUMS:
1 (2022) Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
2 (2023) Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
3 (2022) Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
4 (2021) Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
5 (2023) Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
6 (2022) Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
7 (2022) Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
8 (2023) Squid - O Monolith
9 (2020) Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
10 (2020) Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
11 (2024) St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
12 (2021) Black Country, New Road - for the first time
13 (2023) Neil Young - Chrome Dreams
14 (2020) Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
15 (2020) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
16 (2023) Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
17 (2023) Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time
18 (2024) Allie X - Girl With No Face
19 (2024) Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement
20 (2022) Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
SONGS
1 (2020) Yves Tumor - Kerosene!
2 (2021) SPELLLING - Boys At School
3 (2022) Big Thief - Simulation Swarm
4 (2022) Black Country, New Road - The Place Where He Inserted The Blade
5 (2021) Sufjan Stevens & Angelo D'Augustine - Back To Oz
6 (2022) Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Feat. Perfume Genius) - Spitting Off The Edge Of The World
7 (2020) Perfume Genius - On The Floor
8 (2021) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
9 (2022) Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
10 (2021) Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
11 (2020) Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
12 (2023) Jessie Ware - Pearls
13 (2024) Quadeca (Feat. Kevin Abstract) - TEXAS BLUE
14 (2023) Lil Yachty - the ride-
15 (2020) Dua Lipa - Physical
16 (2021) Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet
17 (2020) Arlo Parks - Caroline
18 (2023) ANOHNI And The Johnsons - Can't
19 (2021) Beach House - Superstar
20 (2020) U.S. Girls - 4 American Dollars
ALBUMS:
1 (2022) Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
2 (2023) Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
3 (2022) Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
4 (2021) Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
5 (2023) Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
6 (2022) Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
7 (2022) Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
8 (2023) Squid - O Monolith
9 (2020) Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
10 (2020) Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
11 (2024) St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
12 (2021) Black Country, New Road - for the first time
13 (2023) Neil Young - Chrome Dreams
14 (2020) Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
15 (2020) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
16 (2023) Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
17 (2023) Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time
18 (2024) Allie X - Girl With No Face
19 (2024) Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement
20 (2022) Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
SONGS
1 (2020) Yves Tumor - Kerosene!
2 (2021) SPELLLING - Boys At School
3 (2022) Big Thief - Simulation Swarm
4 (2022) Black Country, New Road - The Place Where He Inserted The Blade
5 (2021) Sufjan Stevens & Angelo D'Augustine - Back To Oz
6 (2022) Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Feat. Perfume Genius) - Spitting Off The Edge Of The World
7 (2020) Perfume Genius - On The Floor
8 (2021) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
9 (2022) Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
10 (2021) Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
11 (2020) Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
12 (2023) Jessie Ware - Pearls
13 (2024) Quadeca (Feat. Kevin Abstract) - TEXAS BLUE
14 (2023) Lil Yachty - the ride-
15 (2020) Dua Lipa - Physical
16 (2021) Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet
17 (2020) Arlo Parks - Caroline
18 (2023) ANOHNI And The Johnsons - Can't
19 (2021) Beach House - Superstar
20 (2020) U.S. Girls - 4 American Dollars
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
I agree with Chambord that this is much better than the staff list, although it is noticeable how much both lists have shifted toward pop in the last 10-15 years. I had a lot of fantastic indie discoveries going through the past readers' lists, but for this one, I already knew all the songs. The list does still embrace the big indie releases, though, and most of the songs are great.
By comparison, it's baffling to me how Pitchfork's staff list completely ignores many of the most beloved indie releases of the decade. Most glaring is that neither of their lists have anything by Black Country, New Road, particularly Ants from Up There, which continues to be one of the most beloved albums of the decade in music communities like ours while being strangely ignored by most critics. For a publication that arguably used to have its finger on the pulse more than any other when it came to indie music, Pitchfork seems to have completely lost touch with its roots. No Fontaines DC, no Magdalena Bay. All of them have releases this decade that are universally revered in communities like this one, RYM, indieheads, and by their own readers, and I would have thought they'd be right up Pitchfork's alley. But not anymore.
By comparison, it's baffling to me how Pitchfork's staff list completely ignores many of the most beloved indie releases of the decade. Most glaring is that neither of their lists have anything by Black Country, New Road, particularly Ants from Up There, which continues to be one of the most beloved albums of the decade in music communities like ours while being strangely ignored by most critics. For a publication that arguably used to have its finger on the pulse more than any other when it came to indie music, Pitchfork seems to have completely lost touch with its roots. No Fontaines DC, no Magdalena Bay. All of them have releases this decade that are universally revered in communities like this one, RYM, indieheads, and by their own readers, and I would have thought they'd be right up Pitchfork's alley. But not anymore.
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Lots of favourites from 2020s and here they are..
Songs
1. FKA Twigs - Eusexual
Albums
Having the music video 5 times on repeat.
Songs
1. FKA Twigs - Eusexual
Albums
Having the music video 5 times on repeat.
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Songs:
1. Lost Girls – Love, Lovers
2. Geordie Greep – Holy, Holy
3. SPELLLING – Awaken
4. Mitski – Working For The Knife
5. April March – Lay Down Snow White
6. Yves Tumor – Kerosene!
7. Kaja Draksler Octet – Away!
8. SPELLLING – Boys at School
9. Lana Del Rey – A&W
10. Neptunian Maximalism – To The Earth: Ptah Sokar Osiris – Rituel…
11. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
12. Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra – Botteknott / Elastic Circle
13. Black Midi – Ascending Forth
14. KNOWER - Ride That Dolphin
15. Father John Misty – The Next 20th Century
16. Big Thief – Simulation Swarm
17. BADBADNOTGOOD – City Of Mirrors
18. Kae Tempest – Salt Coast
19. Arab Strap – The Turning Of The Bones
20. Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime
21. Richard Dawson – The Fool
22. Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
23. Jessie Ware – Spotlight
24. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
25. Caroline Polachek – Billions
26. Dry Cleaning – Scratchard Lanyard
27. Arlo Parks – Eugene
28. Remi Wolf – Quiet On Set
29. Illuminati Hotties – MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA
30. Beach House – Once Twice Melody
31. Matt Elliott – Song Of Consolation
32. Lorde – Solar Power
33. Daniel Rossen – Unpeopled Space
34. Noname – Rainforest
35. Weyes Blood – Twin Flame
36. Mandy, Indiana – Alien 3 (Daniel Avery remix)
1. Lost Girls – Love, Lovers
2. Geordie Greep – Holy, Holy
3. SPELLLING – Awaken
4. Mitski – Working For The Knife
5. April March – Lay Down Snow White
6. Yves Tumor – Kerosene!
7. Kaja Draksler Octet – Away!
8. SPELLLING – Boys at School
9. Lana Del Rey – A&W
10. Neptunian Maximalism – To The Earth: Ptah Sokar Osiris – Rituel…
11. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
12. Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra – Botteknott / Elastic Circle
13. Black Midi – Ascending Forth
14. KNOWER - Ride That Dolphin
15. Father John Misty – The Next 20th Century
16. Big Thief – Simulation Swarm
17. BADBADNOTGOOD – City Of Mirrors
18. Kae Tempest – Salt Coast
19. Arab Strap – The Turning Of The Bones
20. Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime
21. Richard Dawson – The Fool
22. Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
23. Jessie Ware – Spotlight
24. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
25. Caroline Polachek – Billions
26. Dry Cleaning – Scratchard Lanyard
27. Arlo Parks – Eugene
28. Remi Wolf – Quiet On Set
29. Illuminati Hotties – MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA
30. Beach House – Once Twice Melody
31. Matt Elliott – Song Of Consolation
32. Lorde – Solar Power
33. Daniel Rossen – Unpeopled Space
34. Noname – Rainforest
35. Weyes Blood – Twin Flame
36. Mandy, Indiana – Alien 3 (Daniel Avery remix)
Last edited by Fred on Fri Nov 15, 2024 10:51 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
My song list below. I took the 2020s favorites from my top 2,000 and then added a few 2024 songs I love, though I always have a tough time evaluating the year until it actually ends.
Is anyone going to compile our lists?
1 | Nilüfer Yanya | midnight sun | 2022
2 | Magdalena Bay | Chaeri | 2021
3 | Jessie Ware | Spotlight | 2020
4 | Lana Del Rey | A&W | 2023
5 | Charli XCX | forever | 2020
6 | Big Thief | Simulation Swarm | 2022
7 | Hikaru Utada | Somewhere Near Marseilles | 2022
8 | Caroline Polachek | Billions | 2022
9 | Magdalena Bay | Tunnel Vision | 2024
10 | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra | Movement 6 | 2021
11 | Dua Lipa | Levitating | 2020
12 | Alvvays | Belinda Says | 2022
13 | JPEGMAFIA | Hazard Duty Pay! | 2021
14 | Magdalena Bay | Secrets (Your Fire) | 2021
15 | Sault | Fearless | 2020
16 | Charli XCX | Girl, so confusing featuring lorde | 2024
17 | Avalon Emerson | Sandrail Silhouette | 2023
18 | Owen Pallett | A Bloody Morning | 2020
19 | Black Country, New Road | The Place Where He Inserted the Blade | 2022
20 | Stromae | L'enfer | 2022
21 | Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen | Like I Used To | 2021
22 | Helena Deland | Someone New | 2020
23 | Jessie Ware | Remember Where You Are | 2020
24 | Adrianne Lenker | anything | 2020
25 | Kelela | Contact | 2023
26 | JID | Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage and Baby Tate) | 2022
27 | Fontaines D.C. | Favourite | 2024
28 | black midi | John L | 2021
29 | Overmono | Good Lies | 2023
30 | NewJeans | OMG | 2023
31 | Kelly Lee Owens | On | 2020
32 | Let's Eat Grandma | Levitation | 2022
33 | Magdalena Bay | You Lose! | 2021
34 | Cherry Glazerr | Big Bang | 2021
35 | Little Simz | Point and Kill | 2021
36 | Turnstile | HOLIDAY | 2021
37 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Psychedelic Switch | 2023
38 | Ichiko Aoba | Dawn in the Adan | 2020
39 | Sault | Wildfires | 2020
40 | The Clientele | Claire's Not Real | 2023
41 | Noname | Rainforest | 2021
42 | Billy Woods & Kenny Segal | FaceTime | 2023
43 | Anz | You Could Be (feat. George Riley) | 2021
44 | Waxahatchee | Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman) | 2024
45 | Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh | 2020
46 | CHVRCHES | How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith) | 2021
47 | L'Rain | Two Face | 2021
48 | Katie Gately | Waltz | 2020
49 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka) | 2022
50 | Hudson Mohawke | Set the Roof | 2023
51 | Freak Heat Waves | In a Moment Divine (feat. Cindy Lee) | 2023
52 | Fiona Apple | Heavy Balloon | 2020
53 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know the End | 2020
54 | The Avalanches | The Divine Chord | 2020
55 | Charli XCX | 360 | 2024
56 | Four Tet | Looking at Your Pager | 2022
57 | Japanese Breakfast | Paprika | 2021
58 | Wet Leg | Chaise Longue | 2021
59 | The Strokes | The Adults Are Talking | 2020
60 | A$AP Rocky | HIGHJACK (feat. Jessica Pratt) | 2024
61 | Nilüfer Yanya | stabilise | 2021
62 | beabadoobee | Last Day on Earth | 2021
63 | NewJeans | Super Shy | 2023
64 | Magdalena Bay | Cry for Me | 2024
65 | Run the Jewels | a few words for the firing squad (radiation) | 2020
66 | Rina Sawayama | XS | 2020
67 | Sofia Kourtesis | Madres | 2023
68 | Frou Frou | A New Kind of Love | 2022
69 | Chappell Roan | Good Luck, Babe! | 2024
70 | Magdalena Bay | EXO | 2023
71 | James Blake | Loading | 2023
72 | Nilüfer Yanya | Like I say (I runaway) | 2024
73 | 070 Shake | Guilty Conscience | 2020
74 | Little Simz | Introvert | 2021
75 | Ratboys | Black Earth, WI | 2023
76 | Kwengface, Joy Orbison, Overmono | Freedom 2 | 2023
77 | Georgie & Joe | Student | 2024
78 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Strangers (feat. A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels) | 2022
79 | Caribou | Never Come Back | 2020
80 | DJ Python | ADMSDP (feat. LA Warman) | 2020
81 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights | 2020
82 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers | 2020
83 | Grace Ives | Lullaby | 2022
84 | Jockstrap | Greatest Hits | 2022
85 | Fontaines D.C. | Jackie Down the Line | 2022
86 | Helena Deland | Truth Nugget | 2020
87 | Jessica Pratt | Life Is | 2024
88 | Momma | Speeding 72 | 2022
89 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure? | 2020
90 | yeule | Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty | 2021
91 | Spellling | Boys at School | 2021
92 | Dua Lipa | French Exit (Extended Version) | 2024
93 | Yves Tumor | Gospel for a New Century | 2020
94 | Fiona Apple | Shameika | 2020
95 | Dua Lipa | Houdini | 2023
96 | Jane Weaver | Solarised | 2021
97 | Angèle | Libre | 2021
98 | Magdalena Bay | Death & Romance | 2024
99 | Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings | 2023
100 | Spiritualized | Always Together With You | 2021
101 | Jessie Ware | Begin Again | 2023
102 | George Clanton | I Been Young | 2023
103 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Burning | 2022
104 | Dean Blunt | the rot | 2021
105 | Kali Uchis | telepatía | 2021
106 | Mitski | Love Me More | 2022
107 | Oscar Anton & Clementine | nuits d'été | 2020
108 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto | 2020
109 | Caroline Loveglow | Patience Etc. | 2021
110 | Caroline Polachek | Bunny is a Rider | 2021
111 | CMAT | Nashville | 2022
112 | Simmy | Ngihamba Nawe (feat. Sino Msolo) | 2020
113 | Christine & The Queens | La Vita Nuova (feat. Caroline Polachek) | 2020
114 | Jessie Ware | Free Yourself | 2022
115 | Hen Ogledd | Trouble | 2020
116 | Arab Strap | The Turning of Our Bones | 2021
117 | Sprints | Delia Smith | 2022
118 | Everything Everything | Cold Reactor | 2023
119 | Sufjan Stevens | Will Anybody Ever Love Me? | 2023
120 | Dua Lipa | Physical | 2020
121 | Sleaford Mods | Mork N Mindy | 2020
122 | India Jordan | For You | 2020
123 | black midi | Welcome to Hell | 2022
124 | Róisín Murphy | Jealousy | 2020
125 | Dogleg | Ender | 2020
Is anyone going to compile our lists?
1 | Nilüfer Yanya | midnight sun | 2022
2 | Magdalena Bay | Chaeri | 2021
3 | Jessie Ware | Spotlight | 2020
4 | Lana Del Rey | A&W | 2023
5 | Charli XCX | forever | 2020
6 | Big Thief | Simulation Swarm | 2022
7 | Hikaru Utada | Somewhere Near Marseilles | 2022
8 | Caroline Polachek | Billions | 2022
9 | Magdalena Bay | Tunnel Vision | 2024
10 | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra | Movement 6 | 2021
11 | Dua Lipa | Levitating | 2020
12 | Alvvays | Belinda Says | 2022
13 | JPEGMAFIA | Hazard Duty Pay! | 2021
14 | Magdalena Bay | Secrets (Your Fire) | 2021
15 | Sault | Fearless | 2020
16 | Charli XCX | Girl, so confusing featuring lorde | 2024
17 | Avalon Emerson | Sandrail Silhouette | 2023
18 | Owen Pallett | A Bloody Morning | 2020
19 | Black Country, New Road | The Place Where He Inserted the Blade | 2022
20 | Stromae | L'enfer | 2022
21 | Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen | Like I Used To | 2021
22 | Helena Deland | Someone New | 2020
23 | Jessie Ware | Remember Where You Are | 2020
24 | Adrianne Lenker | anything | 2020
25 | Kelela | Contact | 2023
26 | JID | Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage and Baby Tate) | 2022
27 | Fontaines D.C. | Favourite | 2024
28 | black midi | John L | 2021
29 | Overmono | Good Lies | 2023
30 | NewJeans | OMG | 2023
31 | Kelly Lee Owens | On | 2020
32 | Let's Eat Grandma | Levitation | 2022
33 | Magdalena Bay | You Lose! | 2021
34 | Cherry Glazerr | Big Bang | 2021
35 | Little Simz | Point and Kill | 2021
36 | Turnstile | HOLIDAY | 2021
37 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Psychedelic Switch | 2023
38 | Ichiko Aoba | Dawn in the Adan | 2020
39 | Sault | Wildfires | 2020
40 | The Clientele | Claire's Not Real | 2023
41 | Noname | Rainforest | 2021
42 | Billy Woods & Kenny Segal | FaceTime | 2023
43 | Anz | You Could Be (feat. George Riley) | 2021
44 | Waxahatchee | Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman) | 2024
45 | Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh | 2020
46 | CHVRCHES | How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith) | 2021
47 | L'Rain | Two Face | 2021
48 | Katie Gately | Waltz | 2020
49 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka) | 2022
50 | Hudson Mohawke | Set the Roof | 2023
51 | Freak Heat Waves | In a Moment Divine (feat. Cindy Lee) | 2023
52 | Fiona Apple | Heavy Balloon | 2020
53 | Phoebe Bridgers | I Know the End | 2020
54 | The Avalanches | The Divine Chord | 2020
55 | Charli XCX | 360 | 2024
56 | Four Tet | Looking at Your Pager | 2022
57 | Japanese Breakfast | Paprika | 2021
58 | Wet Leg | Chaise Longue | 2021
59 | The Strokes | The Adults Are Talking | 2020
60 | A$AP Rocky | HIGHJACK (feat. Jessica Pratt) | 2024
61 | Nilüfer Yanya | stabilise | 2021
62 | beabadoobee | Last Day on Earth | 2021
63 | NewJeans | Super Shy | 2023
64 | Magdalena Bay | Cry for Me | 2024
65 | Run the Jewels | a few words for the firing squad (radiation) | 2020
66 | Rina Sawayama | XS | 2020
67 | Sofia Kourtesis | Madres | 2023
68 | Frou Frou | A New Kind of Love | 2022
69 | Chappell Roan | Good Luck, Babe! | 2024
70 | Magdalena Bay | EXO | 2023
71 | James Blake | Loading | 2023
72 | Nilüfer Yanya | Like I say (I runaway) | 2024
73 | 070 Shake | Guilty Conscience | 2020
74 | Little Simz | Introvert | 2021
75 | Ratboys | Black Earth, WI | 2023
76 | Kwengface, Joy Orbison, Overmono | Freedom 2 | 2023
77 | Georgie & Joe | Student | 2024
78 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Strangers (feat. A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels) | 2022
79 | Caribou | Never Come Back | 2020
80 | DJ Python | ADMSDP (feat. LA Warman) | 2020
81 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights | 2020
82 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers | 2020
83 | Grace Ives | Lullaby | 2022
84 | Jockstrap | Greatest Hits | 2022
85 | Fontaines D.C. | Jackie Down the Line | 2022
86 | Helena Deland | Truth Nugget | 2020
87 | Jessica Pratt | Life Is | 2024
88 | Momma | Speeding 72 | 2022
89 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure? | 2020
90 | yeule | Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty | 2021
91 | Spellling | Boys at School | 2021
92 | Dua Lipa | French Exit (Extended Version) | 2024
93 | Yves Tumor | Gospel for a New Century | 2020
94 | Fiona Apple | Shameika | 2020
95 | Dua Lipa | Houdini | 2023
96 | Jane Weaver | Solarised | 2021
97 | Angèle | Libre | 2021
98 | Magdalena Bay | Death & Romance | 2024
99 | Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings | 2023
100 | Spiritualized | Always Together With You | 2021
101 | Jessie Ware | Begin Again | 2023
102 | George Clanton | I Been Young | 2023
103 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Burning | 2022
104 | Dean Blunt | the rot | 2021
105 | Kali Uchis | telepatía | 2021
106 | Mitski | Love Me More | 2022
107 | Oscar Anton & Clementine | nuits d'été | 2020
108 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto | 2020
109 | Caroline Loveglow | Patience Etc. | 2021
110 | Caroline Polachek | Bunny is a Rider | 2021
111 | CMAT | Nashville | 2022
112 | Simmy | Ngihamba Nawe (feat. Sino Msolo) | 2020
113 | Christine & The Queens | La Vita Nuova (feat. Caroline Polachek) | 2020
114 | Jessie Ware | Free Yourself | 2022
115 | Hen Ogledd | Trouble | 2020
116 | Arab Strap | The Turning of Our Bones | 2021
117 | Sprints | Delia Smith | 2022
118 | Everything Everything | Cold Reactor | 2023
119 | Sufjan Stevens | Will Anybody Ever Love Me? | 2023
120 | Dua Lipa | Physical | 2020
121 | Sleaford Mods | Mork N Mindy | 2020
122 | India Jordan | For You | 2020
123 | black midi | Welcome to Hell | 2022
124 | Róisín Murphy | Jealousy | 2020
125 | Dogleg | Ender | 2020
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
I enjoyed listening to this list a lot. Some of my favorite song discoveries were:
Fontaines D.C. | Jackie Down the Line
Japanese Breakfast | Be Sweet
Low | Days Like These
Alex G | Runner
The War On Drugs | I Don't Live Here Anymore
Waxahatchee | Fire
One song I didn't understand the appeal of was Hard Drive by Cassandra Jenkins. It sounds more like an interlude than a song to me. It reminds me of Lil Yachty's :(failure(: which I also didn't like.
Fontaines D.C. | Jackie Down the Line
Japanese Breakfast | Be Sweet
Low | Days Like These
Alex G | Runner
The War On Drugs | I Don't Live Here Anymore
Waxahatchee | Fire
One song I didn't understand the appeal of was Hard Drive by Cassandra Jenkins. It sounds more like an interlude than a song to me. It reminds me of Lil Yachty's :(failure(: which I also didn't like.
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
After the EOY lists this year I was planning on doing a real 2020-2024 poll.
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Possibly the one with the lest alignment with the critics ever
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
Kind of "midterm, STATE elections".
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
It's been already 2 months since this list has been published, and I'm realizing that very few Half-Decade lists have been published since, does anyone know why it's the case?
Re: Pitchfork Best Music of the 2020s So Far Readers Poll
I had a quick look but it seems that most "best of 2010 - 2014" lists were published in early 2015, so I'd expect more of those early next year.