Indies Only Playlist, The Best of 2020

This year may have been difficult and heartbreaking but the amount of new music has been both surprising and welcome!

On Saturday, December 26th, we took a look back at some of the most played tracks of the year as well as some of my favorites. The list below is that result...

Hour 1

• Waxahatchee - Can’t Do Much
• Blitzen Trapper - Masonic Temple Microdose #1
• Lucy Dacus - Dancing in the Dark
• Laura Jane Grace - Supernatural Possession 
• This Is The Kit - This Is What You Did
• A. Swayze & The Ghost - Mess of Me 
• Foreign Air - The Apartment
• Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
• Okay Kaya - Psych Ward 
• The Teskey Brothers - So Caught Up
• Songhoy Blues - Worry 
• Sammy Brue - Teenage Mayhem
• Alex the Astronaut - Lost
• Husky Loops - You Bore Me 
• Plague Vendor - Night Sweats
• Diet Cig - Night Terrors 

Hour 2

• George Clanton & Nick Hexum - Aurora Summer
• Archers of Loaf - Raleigh Days
• Drive-By Truckers - Armageddon’s Back in Town
• Bully - Where to Start
• LP - The One That You Love
• The Rockyts - All of the Time 
• Taylor Hollingsworth - Head in the Oven 
• Kiwi Jr. - Undecided Voters
• Tina - Golden Rope
• Hey, King! With Eric Burdon - We Gotta Get Outta This Place
• Peter, Bjorn, & John - Rusty Nail 
• Sunflower Bean - Moment in the Sun
• Arlo Parks - Eugene
• The Snuts - Coffee & Cigarettes 
• IDLES - Model Village 
• El West - Heavy Hitter

Hour 3

• Skofee - Polished
• Fuller - Crush Me 
• Baby Bulldog - I Rly Rly Like You 
• Fontaines D.C. - A Hero’s Death
• Jaguar Jonze - Rising Sun 
• Stephen Malkmus - Xian Man 
• Vangelism - Christian DJ
• Genesis Owusu - Don’t Need You 
• The Blips - Inside Out 
• Sports Team - Here’s the Thing 
• Jordana - Big 
• Guided By Voices - Cul-de-sac Kids
• Middle Kids - R U 4 Me? 
• Mint Dolphin - Social Distance Dance 
• Michigander - Let Down
• Lime Cordiale - Robbery

The initial airing of the "Best of 2020" episode aired on December 26th. We'll re-run an encore performance this Saturday night, January 2, 2021!

PLUS... Coming January 9th, we'll showcase the best female-fronted songs of 2020!

I hope you were able to listen to the show and found a few artists you were into. If not, you'll have another chance every Saturday night from 9 pm-12 am. Follow Indies Only on Instagram for a peek at some of the music coming each week.