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2020 Non-Metal EPs of the Year

December 29, 2020

In previous years I was very strict in my belief that any ‘best of’ list should be reserved for full-length albums. While, I maintained that rule for the three lists we already posted in 2020 – Connecticut albums, Metal albums, and Americana albums – the amount of stellar EPs I found myself gravitating to this … More 2020 Non-Metal EPs of the Year

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2020 Americana Albums of the Year

December 14, 2020

In past years we’ve done a companion year-end list to our annual heavy metal one where we dump everything else “non-metal” into one bucket. It always wound up being a smorgasbord of genres – country, folk, blues, indie rock, neo-classical – you name it, it was probably represented. This year I decided to switch things … More 2020 Americana Albums of the Year

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2020 Metal Albums of the Year

December 10, 2020

While the Covid Times hung over everything like the darkest pall, the metal world thankfully kept churning out noteworthy albums. What follows below is my personal list of my favorite full-length release from this past calendar year. While I’m loathe to call this a “best of” list simply because I’m one person and can’t possibly … More 2020 Metal Albums of the Year

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2020 Connecticut Albums of the Year

December 4, 2020

For the last couple years I was tasked with putting together a list similar to this one for the Hartford Courant. Knowing in advance that I would be assigned this monumental task I made a special effort to scour the web and listen to literally every Connecticut-based album I could find across every genre imaginable. … More 2020 Connecticut Albums of the Year

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