Episode 197: 2020 In Hindsight I: The Year In (Dance) Rock

Throughout the year I listen to lots of great rock and roll music, and don’t really get too many chances to play it on my show. 2020 was an exception only in that there seemed to be even MORE great tunes. After putting this episode together, I even remembered several more songs that could easily have made the cut. Here we have almost 90 minutes of post-punk, neo-goth, straight-ahead rock’n’roll, post-alternative indie, even a Costello-reminiscent ska tune. Put it on, take yr shoes off, and bounce around yr home in yr socks

• Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death [A Hero’s Death]
• lié – Good Boy [You Want It Real]
• Aborted Tortoise – Making A Mint [Scale Model Subsistence Vendor]
• Mean Motor Scooter – Aristrobrat [Mr. Sophistication]
• Damaged Bug – The Thunder Speaks [Bug On Yonkers]
• New Primals – A Beast With Two Backs [Horse Girl Energy]
• The Exbats – Florida [Kicks, Hits, and Fits]
• The Chats – The Clap [High Risk Behavior]
• The Cravats – March of the Business Acumen [Hoorahland]
• X – Water & Wine [ALPHABETLAND]
• Wasted Shirt – Fist Is My Ward [Fungus II]
• Continuals – Back When I Was In Rehab [Three Songs From Exile]
• OUT – Unreal Cities [Billie]
• The Homesick – Male Bonding [The Big Exercise]
• Stuck – Bells [Change Is Bad]
• BAD//DREEMS – Piss*Christ [Doomsday Ballet]
• The Beths – I’m Not Getting Excited [Jump Rope Gazers]
• CLIFFFS – undone [Panic Attack]
• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Cars In Space [Sideways To New Italy]
• The Bedrooms – Edge of Consent [Passive Viewing]
• Pottery – Bobby’s Forecast [Welcome to Bobby’s Motel]
• The Slackers – Nobody’s Listening [Nobody’s Listening]
• The 65s – Never Say Never [Never Say Never]
• Shopping – All Or Nothing [All Or Nothing]
• Then Comes Silence – Glass [Machine]
• I LIKE TRAINS – Desire Is A Mess [KOMPROMAT]
• Deeper – This Heat [Auto-Pain]
• Moaning – Ego [Uneasy Laughter]
• Dry Cleaning – Scratchcard Lanyard
• Why Bonnie – No Caves [Voice Box]

BPM Range: 93-190