25. "Overall a great year for London music" In response to In response to 0 Sat Dec-05-20 05:48 PM by cal.25
>01. FAVORITE 2020 ALBUMS
Off the top of my head:
Sault - Both albums (the Rise album slightly more for me) Lianne La Havas - Self Titled Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham - Sankofa Season EP Shabaka & The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History Cleo Sol - Rose in the Dark Ego Ella May - Honey For Wounds Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo We're New Again - Makaya McCraven & Gil Scott-Heron Moses Sumney - Grae
>02. SONGS YOU RAN INTO THE GROUND
Alex Isley - Gone Nick Hakim - Qadir SAULT - Son Shine (and most of the Rise album) NSG - All their singles this year Zoe Modiga - TATA Lianne La Havas - Weird Finishes (but really most of the album) keiyaA - Every Nigga Is A Star Pa Salieu - My Family (my hype tune of the year) Rema - Woman Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham - Low Ceilings
>03. WHAT ALBUM SURPRISED YOU?
Lianne La Havas - Self Titled Was really surprised had how great the Lianne La Havas album was - now my favourite of hers. She had a very quiet period since her 2nd album, and really didn't know what direction she would go in.
>04. WHAT ARTIST WERE YOU LOOKING FOR, BUT DIDN'T SHOW UP?
Kendrick Lamar The Roots
>05. WHAT ARTIST DID YOU DISCOVER THIS YEAR (new or old)?
Radiohead
Hearing Lianne La Havas's cover of "Weird Fishes" I went back to hear the Radiohead original for the first time, and the In Rainbows album which blew me away. Then there was a post on The Lesson about how 'Kid A' is the greatest album white people made (lol). Played that album for the first time... and WOW.
I think being surrounded in the UK by people who play more of their earlier (rock sound) work, I didn't realise that Radiohead adapted their later period sound to something more my taste - slept on them for years.
>06. WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN 2021?
Anderson Paak The Roots James Blake
>07. WHAT ALBUM DID PEOPLE OVERLOOK?
In my peer group, definitely the SAULT albums
and overall, Buju Banton's comeback album Upside Down
>08. WHAT NEW GENRE DID YOU EXPLORE THIS YEAR?
Is post 2000 Radiohead a genre? also got really into South African soul & jazz artists - The Ancestors, Sepa Kapstaad and Zoe Modiga
>09. WHAT'S THE 1ST LIVE SHOW YOU WANT TO GO TO ONCE THIS IS >ALL OVER?
All the jazz gigs in London; Ashley Henry, Nubya Garcia, Steam Down, Ezra Collective, Shabaka Hutchings, etc... Any night at the Church of Sound nights, or something interesting at Cafe Oto
>10. WHAT RELEASE DISAPPOINTED YOU?
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music Burna Boy - Twice As Tall Various Artists: Blue Note Reimagined