This week we're discussing Umbilical, the latest album by sludge/doom metal band Thou. We sure you hope you like punishing, brutal, and unrelenting metal, because Umbilical is one of the gnarliest records released this year. Not counting collab albums, this is the band's first full-length since 2018's Magnus. Crank it and brace yourselves.
Read More2020 Wrap-Up Episode
This week we’re running down our best albums of 2020. Regardless of the dystopian nightmare that the world has become, these artists managed to bring us some honest to god joy in this train wreck of a year. We’re eternally grateful to everyone who’s put out music this year, not just to those on this list. Although the ones on this list kick slightly more ass than everyone else. Happy New Year, everyone.
Closing track: “See You Next Fall” by All Them Witches
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Mike’s Album of the Year:
All Them Witches — Nothing as the Ideal
Alex’s Album of the Year:
Run the Jewels — RTJ4
Mike’s Picks:
Igorrr — Spirituality and Distortion
Sadness — Alluring the Distant Eye
Mrs. Piss — Self-Surgery
Deerhoof — Future Teenage Cave Artists
Run the Jewels — RTJ4
Alain Johannes — Hum
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou — May Our Chambers Be Full
Aesop Rock — Spirit World Field Guide
Lingua Ignota — The Caligula Demos
Alex’s Picks:
Poppy — I Disagree
The Weeknd — After Hours
Thundercat — It is What It Is
Sex Swing — Type II
Bob Vylan — We Live Here
Sault — Untitled (Black Is), Untitled (Rise)
All Them Witches — Nothing as the Ideal
IDLES — Ultra Mono
Zeal & Ardor — Wake of a Nation
Killer Be Killed — Reluctant Hero
Gone is Gone — If Everything Happens for a Reason…Then Nothing Really Matters at All