Staff Picks / Best of 2020
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Dec 19, 2020
Other Music Staff Picks for 2020
Continue reading... →Hello and happy holidays friends of Other Music! Can you believe next summer will mark FIVE years since we said goodbye? The wide release of the documentary about the store this year brought back a lot of great memories along with a lot of sad ones (click here for links to watch the movie if you haven't yet). And we were all thrilled that the initial "virtual cinema" release of the film back in April helped raise some much-needed funding to help other independent record stores make it through this incredibly challenging year. At the end of 2016, just six months after we closed, we shared what we thought would be our final batch of end-of-year staff favorites with you. Reflecting on the year about to pass, we wrote, "in hard times even more than joyful ones, music will sustain us, and there was so much incredible music this year to nurture us all."
That sentiment has proven more true than ever in 2020. With that in mind, we've virtually reunited the former staff of Other Music once more to share some of our favorite new releases, singles, compilations and reissues from 2020 -- a year that changed us all in ways we're still just beginning to understand. If you discover something you love from one of these lists, we hope you'll support the artists and labels by purchasing their music on Bandcamp or from your local independent record store. We wish all of you a safe end to 2020, and a much happier New Year to come. Enjoy the music!
Geoff Albores - Staff Picks 2020
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Dave Martin - Staff Picks 2020
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