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Tag: Best of 2020

Best of 2020: Oceanator Talks Jeff Rosenstock’s NO DREAM

Music
By Oceanator | December 29, 2020
By Oceanator | December 29, 2020

Best of 2020: Oceanator Talks Jeff Rosenstock’s NO DREAM

Elise Okusami on how the surprise album was her anchor through this stressful year.

Best of 2020: Man Man’s Honus Honus Makes a Controversial Choice

Music
By Man Man | December 29, 2020
By Man Man | December 29, 2020

Best of 2020: Man Man’s Honus Honus Makes a Controversial Choice

He picks his own record as his favorite of 2020.

Best of 2020: Alex Edkins (METZ) Loves Cindy Lee

Music
By Alex Edkins | December 28, 2020
By Alex Edkins | December 28, 2020

Best of 2020: Alex Edkins (METZ) Loves Cindy Lee

Patrick Flegel’s latest noise record really grew on the METZ frontman.

Best of 2020: Into It. Over It Biked All Over Chicago This Year

Music
By Evan Weiss | December 28, 2020
By Evan Weiss | December 28, 2020

Best of 2020: Into It. Over It Biked All Over Chicago This Year

Evan Weiss talks the midnight biking collective he started during lockdown.

Best of 2020: Loma Got Really Into This Is England This Year

Music
By Loma | December 23, 2020
By Loma | December 23, 2020

Best of 2020: Loma Got Really Into This Is England This Year

Emily Cross has been watching a lot of Netflix lately.

Best of 2020: Eric Burton (Black Pumas) Loves Moses Sumney’s Grae

Music
By Black Pumas | December 23, 2020
By Black Pumas | December 23, 2020

Best of 2020: Eric Burton (Black Pumas) Loves Moses Sumney’s Grae

Particularly the song “Bystanders.”

Best of 2020: John Patrick Shanley on The Queen’s Gambit and Portrait of a Woman on Fire

Film
By John Patrick Shanley | December 22, 2020
By John Patrick Shanley | December 22, 2020

Best of 2020: John Patrick Shanley on The Queen’s Gambit and Portrait of a Woman on Fire

The writer-director of Wild Mountain Thyme, out now starring Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan, discusses his top TV show and film of the past year.

Best of 2020: Knot Was Super Into Guitar Records This Year

Music
By Knot | December 22, 2020
By Knot | December 22, 2020

Best of 2020: Knot Was Super Into Guitar Records This Year

The band talks Adrianne Lenker, Jeff Parker, Miles Okazaki, and more.

Best of 2020: Deeper Talks the New Yves Tumor Record

Music
By Deeper | December 22, 2020
By Deeper | December 22, 2020

Best of 2020: Deeper Talks the New Yves Tumor Record

The Chicago post-punk band loved Heaven To A Tortured Mind.

Best of 2020: Rahill Jamalifard Talks Jasper Marsalis and Jack Name

Music
By Rahill Jamalifard | December 21, 2020
By Rahill Jamalifard | December 21, 2020

Best of 2020: Rahill Jamalifard Talks Jasper Marsalis and Jack Name

The Habibi frontwoman’s favorite albums of the year were made by her friends.

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