This is an unranked list of my 21 favorite songs of 2020. There’s a playlist below of those and every other song that moved the emotional needle in this ridiculously inexplicable year. Much love.

Madlib & Four Tet – “Road of the Lonely Ones”
U.S. Girls – “Overtime”
Kali Uchis – “Vaya Con Dios”
Stephen Malkmus – “Xian Man”
Arlo Parks – “Black Dog”
Reyna Tropical – “Dolor”
Boy Scouts – “Wish”
Jaime Wyatt – “Neon Cross”
Teyana Taylor – “Friends”
Seu Jorge & Rogê – Meu Brasil
The Weather Station – “Robber”
The Avalanches ft. Blood Orange- “We Will Always Love You”
French Cassettes – “Utah”
Buscabulla – “Manda Fuego”
Yves Tumor – “Strawberry Privilige”
SAULT – “Wildfires” or another one?
Dirty Projectors – “Overlord”
Nilüfer Yanya – “Crash”
Monte – “Mirla”
Open Mike Eagle – “Everything Ends Last Year”
San Fermin – “The Hunger”