#dua To Kill Your Enemy

[yaut-jaknowit]

How about high tension between a male yautja and human. Where one gets drunk and finally yells that they want to fuck them already.

Tensions Run High

Pairing: Icheall-Dua (male Yautja) x GN!Reader

Word Count: 2555

Summary: It was at a gathering for Yautjas and humans alike on a different planet than Yautja Prime. You had been constantly trying to hit up Icheall-Dua and he couldn’t get the idea! So, one night, during a feast of celebration that Icheall-Dua was going to become leader of the clan, you get drunk. A very bad thing. You have loose lips. When you tried again with Icheall-Dua and he doesn’t get it again, you straight up yell it in front of the clan.  

Author Note: I realized this has taken me two months to get to. Sorry that production has slowed down. I've been grinding away at my game. Also, I didn't know if you wanted spicy or not, so I decided to leave it out just encase. Enjoy!

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Ao3

Sonorous voices that boomed across the clearing filled the air. Joyous in nature. Prideful for the years to come. Every rise and fall of the suns to bring a life and challenges to the clan. You held up a cup of a drink that was considered alcohol. Between a Yautja and human mixture of potent alcohol, deluded for yourself.

It reminded you of whiskey with the slight burn with each sip you took. A drink not meant for shots. Rather just to take sips here and there. It’ll still knock you on your ass three drinks later. So, you took your time to consume the interesting taste of the smokey concoction.

Despite living among the predators of the universe and showing we are equals rather than enemies, the two species have come together. Some clans as you’ve heard are more reluctant, or rather downright say no, to allowing humans into their ranks.

Others, like the one you live in, are more accepting if you pull your own. You will not be babied. If you die, you die. A kill or be killed world on this planet. This isn’t even Yautja Prime. Yet, its dangers rival Yautja Prime.

You breathed in the marshes stagnant air. Though the division is still evident; Yautjas with Yautjas and humans with humans, you couldn’t help but find yourself drawn to Icheall-Dua. Marsh green and cream bellied. His scales are basic compared to those you’ve seen throughout your time through a few clans.

What Icheall-Dua lacks in different physical aspects, he makes up in his skills. From the words whispered amongst the clan, he’s a prodigy. He’s the next best thing. A male anyone would kill to be but could never get to his level. Yet, no matter how many times you try to send the right signals in Icheall-Dua’s direction, he doesn’t see it! The skulls, the meat, the Yautja way of courting!

Weeks of research were put into this before you attempted the first time. It should’ve been clear as a peacock spreading its tail feathers. No though. He accepted the gifts but never said anything after that.

At first, you drew back to ensure what you read was correct. Skulls of creatures are the first step. You did just that. Yeah, it wasn’t the dangerous creature on this planet but it nearly killed you! His obliviousness didn’t deter you though. You took a slow sip of your drink again, eyes sliding over to the beast that filled your thoughts.

A large cup filled with a similar concoction to your own was cupped in one of his large hands. Two of three fingers missing on that hand. You knew there was harrowing story to explain what happened. A story you would love to listen to with his deep, grating voice. The sound crunchy like stepping on a gravel road. Another sip downed the rest of the liquid.

With a sigh, you stepped around the larger species that filled the space to the bar tender. A night like this was to be celebrated with alcohol always being included.

After living around these guys for a quarter of your life time, you have learned it’s best to slip between them. Some will shift their weight allow you easier access around them. Yet, many have the mindset not to move for anything. You’ve learned to be slippery rather than it becoming a dick measuring contest. Not submission but avoiding unnecessary fighting. Why get wounded if it all could be avoided? Somethings in this culture you’ll never come to understand.

Once you reached the bar tender again, you set your empty glass on the counter and tapped twice. Ci’tha grunted and immediately got to work. Your drink was set in front of you with a tangy tasting fruit on the rim. You thanked the yellow based Yautja with a dip of your head then leaned against the count with your back to it. People watching.

Other humans were amongst the crowd, mingling with mainly other humans. Only a select few were chatting away with the friendlier Yautjas in the clan. None of them dared to go close to Icheall-Dua nor his father who had a permanent scowl etched into his worn features. A life lived through the ways of a Yautja of hunting and gaining scars along the way.

Icheall-Dua went to sip at his cup only to find it empty and shook his cup. You instantly noticed and spun around to face Ci’tha. “Do you remember what Icheall-Dua is having?” you rushed out and jerked your head over towards Icheall-Dua direction. The poor yellow Yautja jolted at the sudden move then glared at you. You sheepishly smiled an apology at him.

Ci’tha rolled his eyes and nodded. “Yeah, I do. Why?” he grunted and raised a brow at you.

“Can you make it? Yautja sized?” you sweetly asked the lanky Yautja who stood in your way of impressing Icheall-Dua some more. Though, the two of you didn’t talk on the regular, he could see what was happening. He rolled his blue eyes again before got to work.

The large mug was set before you. You threw a thanks towards Ci’tha before snatching it racing through the sea of bodies. At points, you nearly shoved your way through but reframed from starting a fight. All you had was a mug and a small knife not long enough to hit anything important on a Yautja.

After breeching the main crowd of people, you were able to make your way up to Icheall-Dua standing in all of his glory. His father only a couple of steps away from him, speaking to another Yautja. Icheall-Dua, himself, was crowd watching until you stopped before him.

“Hello… I saw your cup was empty and retrieved one for you,” you spoke up and presented the cup to him. His sky blue eyes looked down upon over the jut of his small snout. Icheall-Dua blinked slowly in boredom, gaze glancing to the cup in your hand.

He reached out and took it. A critical eye peered and inspected the contents. You gnawed on your bottom lip, in hopes he would accept the drink but nothing else was working. Maybe a drink would win him over.

The Yautja raised his shoulders in a shrug and gulped from the cup. You silently cheered to yourself, praying this was him finally noticing your advances towards him.

Next to him, Zutouh, his father, leaned over and scoffed at you. It didn’t deter you though. Through his one good eye, he analyzed you. Not all Yautjas still accept humans into their ranks. The older generations such as Zutouh are part of that. You’re used to it at this point, even dealing with clans who would kill you on sight.

“Great party,” you tried to start small talk in hopes to get Icheall-Dua to open up a little more. “What’s it for?” A closed mouth smile was directed towards Icheall-Dua.

Icheall-Dua kept his nonchalant expression plastered to his face. “I’m becoming the clan leader,” he stated as if it was an everyday thing. You tensed up mid sip of your drink, eyes darting over to his marsh green hide.

Well yeah. Zutouh is his father and the clan leader. Yet, each Yautja usually has a bunch of children. You didn’t know Icheall-Dua was next in line to ascend the throne. By Paya’s grace, you truly didn’t stand a chance against any of the females who would flock to him. Clan leader got you lots of perks. A title Icheall-Dua had to have earned out of all of his siblings.

“That’s amazing! Are you excited?” you kept up with the small talk, using questions to get answers from him. You gulped down a mouthful of your drink again as it started to affect your mind and rational thinking. “Of course, a male such as yourself with that physique definitely deserves that position.”

Drunk words were sober thoughts.

Alcohol gave you loose lips.

Zutouh snorted and shook his massive head in disbelief. You didn’t care though. What you said was true. Icheall-Dua was built well, the prodigy everyone saw him as.

One of his upper manibles quirked up for less than a second yet you caught it. “This is my destiny.” His answer short, barely even sweet. You nearly deflated at that but an idea came to him.

“Well, does your destiny have me included in it?” you flirted with him again like all the times before. You hoped he would finally get the big picture you were waving in front of him.

This caught Icheall-Dua off guard. The Yautja nearly choked on his drink you graciously provided for him and snapped his gaze to you. Hope flickered in your eyes as you noticed you had more of his attention on you. His hand tightened on his cup, claws slightly scraping across the glass wear.

Except, it all faded away when he pulled back that nonchalant expression and shrugged again. You could almost scream at him for that. Your nose flared with a snort, lips pressed tightly into a line. The alcohol in your system not helping one bit. A near glare was settled on the stupid marsh colored Yautja who you’ve pinned for the last few months.

Like a volcano, there’s only so much you could hold in.

“For the love of everything unholy, I want to fuck you!” you shouted at the top of your lungs, fire blazing in your veins while you stared this male down. “I’ve been trying for months the Yautja way to get your attention. And-and nothing! You hadn’t acknowledge my attempts or even told me to stop! I don’t know what I can do anymore.”

It all came out. Ranitng out your horrible experience trying to court a Yautja their way. All this research was false, wrong. It led you on for months and left you to feel this angry… in front of a crowd.

Your shoulders heaved with each lungful breath. The crowd around you had gone silence due to your shouting. The realization struck you, dosing you in freezing cold water. Your shoulders tensed up, eyes wide, glued to the spot. Nothing could make you move until Icheall-Dua took a step towards you.

Then, you spun on your tail and darted between humans and Yautja alike, a stumbling, drunk mess. They didn’t part for you, even when you ran into them but when a shadow gave chase, they instantly let him through. Your arm was snatched in a vice grip that would bruise tomorrow. Heat slammed into your chest, forcing you to pressed to his torso. Tears pooled the lips of your eyes as you looked everywhere but him. You couldn’t see the rage of you interrupting his celebration, of you ruining the night with this silly crush.

Your entire jaw was swallowed up by a hand and forcefully tilted your head back. Through blurry tears, you find his blue eyes on you.

“Say that again,” he demanded with a voice he used to lead. You tried to struggle against him, nearly turning your head enough to bite his fingers. Nothing worked to get him off of you. Icheall-Dua easily far stronger in close quarters… yet, you didn’t want to hurt him anyhow.

“Why? So you can embarrass me in front of everyone. Show everyone how much of a fool I was? To think I had a chance with you?” you snarled then paused for a pregnant moment. He squeezed his hand tighter on your jaw in a short warning. Icheall-Dua wasn’t one to be around humans often, he didn’t understand their fragileness. “Should’ve brushed me off the first time I gifted you a skull.”

None of this would be happening if he had.

“And why would I do that? I was following the advice given to me by your fellow humans for your courting rituals.” If he didn’t have such a tight grip, you would’ve jerked your head back. Instead, you raised your brows instead.

He was following dating advice… What had they told him? Also, dating?! Your heart started to thump loudly in your ears, like war drums. He had gone out of his way to ask for advice.

A lump in your throat made it hard to speak. “What, what was the advice?” you questioned and untensed your muscles. The Yautja responded by easing up his grasp on your jaw and wrist. Icheall-Dua didn’t let you go fully though. Not that you could outrun a Yautja in the first place.

His gaze deviated over to a group of humans who were staring the two of you down. Everyone part of the party was. “Samual said to ‘play hard to get’. It get’s people needy.” Oh, you were going to kill Samual when you had the chance. All these months of torture because that dumbass told him horrible advice.

You couldn’t help the breath of relief that escaped your lungs. Then, you began to laugh and shook in his hold. “That’s the worst advice anyone could give you. No, ‘playing hard to get’ is the worst way to show someone you’re into them.” Your laughter died down. “And I thought my research was a fraud when you didn’t react to any of the gifts I gave you.”

Icheall-Dua growled lowly in his chest and spread his mandibles in a display towards the humans. The group jolted and instantly scrambled away to be hidden away in the crowd. With them gone, he returned his attention back on you. “You did well and everything right. I apologize I wasn’t properly conveying my feelings towards you. Will you forgive me?”

All that tension in your shoulders you’ve been holding for months finally fell off. “Yes, yes. I forgive you and whatever stupid advice Samual gave you. I would say to do research but… that has also bad information as well.” His hand on your wrist released you to cup your waist. Goosebumps immediately rose on your arms. A tingle running down your spine.

“And what were you saying early? If my memory serves correct: you want to fuck me?” Oh god, he just had to bring that up! Heat instantly rushed your cheeks.

“That’s-that’s just the alcohol talking. I’m drunk. Had some drinks… I don’t know what you mean,” you did everything in your power to get him off of that.

“Daring little thing,” he mused and ran his thumb claw across your lips. Just a little more pressure and he could slice the feeble skin apart. “Taking more than they can chew.” You knew you had chosen right. He was still going to fuck with you though.

He leaned down so only the next words were spoken directly at you. “Once this party ends, would you like to start the night back in my tent?” he whispered. Your brain blanked. Not a single thought entered your mind for a long, unknown amount of time.

When some of the fog cleared, you rapidly nodded your head, eager. “My naughty little ooman.” He returned to his full towering height and offered his hand to you. “Come along, I know of seat you wouldn’t want to leave.”

Curses filled your head, the only thing to make sense in your fray of mental words to yourself. The things you could do to him.

[mashriqiyyah]

Among the events mentioned in the Quran, there's one incident Allah subhanahuwata'ala Tells us about. The fight between armies of Talut and Jalut. When Bani Israel fell into multiple errors, sins Allah subhanahuwata'ala tested them with Tasleet - a form of imposing upon them a tyrant ruler - Jalut. It's said that Jalut and his junood - armies killed, looted and oppressed Bani Israel in every possible way, major of them being snatching the Tawrah and Tabut from them. This lead to them turning back to Allah for aid and the prophethood resumed. The events take a turn and Bani Israel are ready to fight under the leadership of Talut - a wise, pious servant of Allah. Againt being tested for their obedience through a river. Eventually, Believers win the battle being 313 in number against 250k-400k of armed forces, when Dawood Alayhissalam (who wasn't given prophethood at that time) struck Jalut and killed him immediately. And army of Jalut retreats defeated.

This battle is where believers make the Dua "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feets and help us against the disbelievers"

The relevance of this event today is striking. We as an Ummah have failed in obedience to Allah subhanahuwata'ala at so many levels...then how can we expect that we will live in this world victorious and in peace? But for now, we should be grateful that Allah has already blessed us with what we need to overcome the enemy. The Quran and Sunnah. Tawrah (it's copy) was snatched by the tyrants, but we still have Quran in our hands, probably it's still in our shelf, untouched. We don't have to wait for a prophethood to resume because we still have the Sunnah of the Final Messenger Muhammad ﷺ alive within the books. And that's the irony for us, our biggest blessings, biggest source of knowledge, wisdom and guidance are still in the Books and not in our 'aamal.

There's a hadith that states,

“When you partake in usury, hold on to the tails of cattle, become satisfied with cultivation and abandon Jihād, Allah will send upon you humiliation and He will not remove it until you return back to your religion.”

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani)

Sunan Abi Dawud 3462

Look at us...what are we living our lives for?

When the Yahud are preparing themselves to eradicate Muslims because they know it's Haqq that has been sent down to us, we Muslims are ignoring that Haqq. They hold enmity and hatred for us because we are the Ummah of RasulAllah ﷺ, the Final Messenger sent to Mankind but we're ignorant of following the Sunnah of that very Prophet ﷺ

We're so consumed by our Worldly affairs we have forgotten to live feesabeeliAllah. We forgot our purpose. We abandoned the things the Yahud are killing us for. Our Deen. Ironic, isn't it?

But let this be a wake up call for us. To leave off things of temporary world and to work for the Aakhirah. For the Deen of Allah. Let us take the bravery of our brothers n sisters in Palestine as an example to rekindle the faith and courage to live n die for the sake of Allah. If the enemy is preparing for the arrival of False Masiah (Dajjal) so they could stand with him.. We should too, prepare ourselves for his arrival so we could be protected from his fitnah and stand against him in the army of believers.

Instead of wishing for return of Khalid Bin Waleed, Salahuddin Ayyubi (May Allah be pleased with them) why not learn from their life and Instill the same skills within us?

Remember, Allah subhanahuwata'ala says,

"....And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allāh - never will He waste their deeds." (Surah Muhammad Ayah 4)

It's a test for all of us. So gather upon Quran and Sunnah, because therein is our aid. And stand firmly to aid the Deen of Allah. Save your Eimaan and strive to the best of your abilities.

PS : The picture is just for your attention, because apparently we need romanticism in everything when it comes to Deen :)

PS 2: The Dua of believers I mentioned is in Surah Al Baqarah ayah 250. Do read it's Tafseer for full context, I've tried summarising it here.

- ام تيمية 🕊️

[taylortruther]

I know Taylor is the most popular one but why is Taylor hated more than other white pop stars? Where does this energy go for Harry,Billie,dua,ariana etc. I am in other fandoms too so I keep seeing posts from other people about her. One was who is your para social enemy and hands down it was Taylor lmao. As a poc it was like are they are no other white people who benefit from their color and privilege. The small bands and artists they like are also white lmao. The other was who is worse swifties or some annoying video game and my god the tags were something else. Peopel were calling her a nepo baby, killing the planet single handlely,bland,boring,worst lyricist, mishaps they remember but convinently didnt keep up with her apologising,sexism that she whines about men,celebs suck but she is treated as a petal etc. When will have a conversation that other white celebs,actors,models,directors too should be held to this standard and how much is this media's fault to make this very young woman in the name of activism. How did the left and us morally superior people became so comfortable to hammer in on a teenager and early 20s in public eye on the receiving end of so much mockery. People relentlessly mock her for dating and call her a whore on main. It's part of her image that she is a man eater. It's not like other celebs don't fuck up but we don't hold the same standard and don't care so no think pieces. Arent we to be blamed for our obsession with her and plain old sexism?

she holds a mirror up to a society that a lot of other musicians do not and also much of it isn't within her control - it's just the era. i kind of see it as taylor being a symbol of both purity culture and cancel culture in different ways. that's A LOT of cultural weight to put on her, you are right, and it's not fair.

[uma1ra]

Q. When and how is Qunoot-e-Naazilah recited and what is its ruling?

A. Qunoot-e-Naazilah is recited whenever the Muslim Ummah is faced with a major catastrophe or crisis.

Qunoot-e-Naazilah is recited in the second Rakaat of the Fajr Salaah after rising from Ruku’ into the standing (Qaumah) posture and before going into prostration (Sajdah) whilst keeping the hands one’s sides.

In a congregation, the Imaam will recite the Qunoot-e-Naazilah aloud and the followers (Muqtadi’s) should say ‘Ameen’ softly at the end of each Dua recited of the Qunoot-e-Naazilah.

Qunoot-e-Naazilah may also be recited softly by women performing Fajr Salaah at home or by any person performing Fajr Salaah individually.

It is preferable (Mustahab) to recite Qunoot-e-Naazilah as frequently as possible until such a catastrophe or crisis facing the Muslim Ummah settles or subsides.

Sayyiduna Ansa Bin Maalik Radhiyallahu Anhu reports that “Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam recited Qunut for a month in the Fajr Salaah after Ruku’ and invoked curse upon Bani Usayya.” (Muslim)

The Qunoot-e-Naazilah is as follows:

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ، وَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِن��اتِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ، وَأَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِهِمْ، وَانْصُرْهُمْ عَلَى عَدُوِّك وَعَدُوِّهِمْ. اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ كَفَرَةَ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ رُسُلَك وَيُقَاتِلُونَ أَوْلِيَاءَك. اللَّهُمَّ خَالِفْ بَيْنَ كَلِمَتِهِمْ، وَزَلْزِلْ أَقْدَامَهُمْ، وَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ بَأْسَك الَّذِي لَا يُرَدُّ عَنْ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

“O Allah guide me among those You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, befriend me among those You have befriended, bless me in what You have granted, and save me from the evil that You have decreed. Indeed! You decree, and none can pass decree upon You. Indeed! he is not humiliated whom You have befriended, blessed are You our Lord and Exalted.

O Allah, forgive us and the believing men and women and Muslim men and women, unite their hearts with mutual love, set right their mutual affairs and help them against theirs and Your enemy. O Allah, let Your curse be on those disbelievers who reject Your prophets and kill Your chosen ones. O Allah, make difficult their plans, shake their feet and give them such punishment which is not turned away from a sinning people.” (Tirmidhi Shaami 2/6)

It is also permissible to add appropriate Dua’s to the Qunoot-e-Naazilah in Salaah in Arabic that are applicable to a particular circumstance which gives more meaning, effect and relevance to one’s Dua, for e.g. making Dua for the help and assistance of the Muslims in Palestine, Syria, Bangladesh, Kashmir, India and for the Muslims suffering all over the world. (Badaaius-Sanaai’1/273 – Fataawa Mahmoodiyyah 7/171 – Fataawa Raheemiyyah 6/23 – Jawaahirul Fiqh 6/81 –)

Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

[alakh12356]

The honor of Martyrdom in Islam

Here in this article, I will discuss different types of and legal rulings relating to martyrdom. I will focus on current developments in the law of martyrdom. I will begin by outlining who is a martyr in Islam, types of martyr, main and subsidiary, a discussion of Qur’anic revelation on martyrdom, the reward of a martyr, and future developments.

Who is a martyr in Islam?

Traditionally Martyrdom is considered to apply to those who die in battle, holy jihad. This is known as Shahadah Haqeeqiyyah, real matrtyrdom.

Such would include someone who dies on the battlefield, such as the Prophet’s (Pbuh) uncle, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (RA), who was killed whilst in battle. Such martyrs are buried in their blood stained or injured clothing whereas other martyrs are given the ghusl bath and full funeral rites such as the wearing of the khimar (long headscarf), or clean white clothing. However, the funeral prayer is the same for both. Both require that the family exercise patience until reunited on the day of judgment and that the martyr be granted a high status in heaven in the meantime.

The second type of martyrdom is Shahadah Hukmiyyah, or legal martyrdom. This covers the additional 7 martyrdoms revealed in Hadith and another 25 martyrdoms revealed in the books of Fiqh and hadith. Such include for instance medical martyrdoms.

A Martyr is granted the status of shaheed or witness. Thus, the martyr will testify in the way in which Allah wishes him to, such as against himself or his community as revealed in the Qur’an. The purpose for this is justice, so that mankind does not have an argument against Allah on the day of judgement. The Prophet pbuh is a main witness but witnesses are taken by Allah to confirm the truth of the Qur’an for example.

Thus, the martyr is judged according to his deeds and time and place in which he existed. For example, the famous second caliph Umar Ibn Al-Khattab was martyred whilst reading prayer. Such martyrdom dying in an act of worship attracts a higher reward, but he will be a witness as the spread of Islam at the time and which nations had yet to accept Islam. This can be important if a Muslim is forced to recant his faith by the enemy and then dies at their hands. Such a martyr testifies to his own belief, and other witnesses are taken on an ongoing basis to testify to the condition of mankind. Various Qur’anic Ayat’s on witnesses testify to this truth, and for further discussion on this see verses [3:18, 3:53, 3:98, 4:135, 4:166, 4:41, 6:19, 10:29, 16:84, 17:78, 25:72, 33:45, and 48:8].

Perhaps Umar is renowned for his prayer for shaheed/martyrdom in the following dua;

“Oh Allah! I ask you for martyrdom in your cause and death in the land of your messenger Pbuh.”

Types of martyrdom and contemporary developments

Apart from real martyrdom there are numerous hadith and fiqh book relating to martyrdom.

There contemporary relevance is considered from the categories they fall into bearing in mind that Allah controls everything despite free will and that with martyrdom he teats mankind to see who is sincere in faith. Contemporary developments of these categories help us to understand the meaning and purpose of the hadith/fiqh books.

For instance, the hadith by Abu Dawood reveals 7 types of martyrs.

The first one is due to the plague.

In contemporary society this would include the disease of covid 19 which has been a very serious illness which has been discussed by the scholars as being within the definition of plague and therefore anyone who ides form it is classed as a martyr. An example is the people of Yemen whose circumstances are compounded by civil war and lack of medical provisions where hundreds of Muslims have died of the plague.

The second one is the one who passes away due to drowning.

This would include those martyrs numbering 1700 that have lost their lives in Pakistan due to the flooding that has taken place there. As such natural disasters and the effects of climate change have impacted on the events causing martyrdom. The fact is that drowning is only available for believers as in the Qur’an both Prophet Nuh’s son and Pharaoh were killed by drowning and neither died a believer.

The third instance is that of the one who passes away in pleurisy.

This Is considered to cover heart complications such as heart disease, angina or breast cancer in modern medical terminology. As such anyone dying from these diseases is granted the status of a martyr.

The fourth instance in the one who dies due to a abdominal disease. The abdomen is taken to cover a large part of the area of body such as kidneys , bladder pancreas and stomach. This death form diabetes, stomach poisoning, or failure of a vital organ such as kidney failure all lead to such martyrdom. It is also possible that starvation may be covered by this instance.

The fifth instance of martyrdom is being burnt. This covers religious hate crime where fires are started in people’s homes such as the recent case in the UK where 8 men were convicted of murdering a family of three children and their mother in an arson attack.

The sixth is one who passes away due to being crushed under something..

The famous female martyr Asiya bint Muzahim, the wife of pharaoh died under a rock by the evil of Pharoah. She made dua’ to Allah found in Surat Tahrim 66:11

“My Lord, build for me a house near thee in the garden and deliver me from Pharaoh and his evil deeds and deliver me form the unjust people.”

It is thought that she married a Prophet and had his children in the garden and was rewarded with happy family life and gifts from her family and form Allah, such as honourable mention in the Prophet Mohammad pbuh revelation the Qur’an, many years after her death.

The final one of the seven is the woman who dies in childbirth.

This is a tragic condition that results from pregnancy complications.

There are other subsidiary types of martyrdom that are relevant to the modern day. These include.

The one who passes away in a state of travelling.

The one who dies due to lung disease.

One who falls from a riding animal or epilepsy.

The one who dies in a state of fever.

The one who is killed whilst protecting his rights to wealth, life and family. Such martyrs include Tupac Shakur, who was killed due to envy and jealousy towards his success and wealth.

Many martyrs have died protecting their right to life, such as Malcolm X and Benazir Bhutto both important leaders of the Muslim community. Also, the first woman martyr after the advent of Islam was a black slave woman and her husband, both of which were martyred. Other important martyrs who died due to belief are though to include, the Prophets Zakariya and Yahya. The slave girl of Pharaoh’s daughter was also killed due to reciting bismillah, after dropping a comb.

The one who is mutilated by a beast.

The one who is imprisoned by a ruler unjustly and dies. Deaths in prison of Muslims are caught by this section in that they are denied sharia justice, which means that they are unable to repent for the sin committed by them through Prayer seeking forgiveness, holding a number of fasts or paying compensation to the victims of crime, all provided for in the Qur’an

The one who is beaten and dies due to it. Such cases would include police brutality, and domestic violence and honor killings.

The one who passes away due to the bite of a poisonous animal such as a snake.

Reward of a martyr

The reward of a martyr includes;

The martyr acts as a witness of various types, as discussed above.

Forgiveness of all sins except debt, which his family are to provide for.

Intercession for 70 of his relatives. This is a praised positions generally reserved for the Prophet Muhammad pbuh for all of the Muslim ummah. Thus, the martyr is raised in ranking and can intercede or act for or represent his relatives to receive divine mercy from their Lord on the day of judgment.

The martyr escapes thew trial for the day of judgment and enters heaven such as in (Surat Ya Seen) when the martyr exclaims that had people known how much my lord had favoured me they would not be in a state of unbelief. This is a major achievement as the scales of justice have been set up to test us to our deeds and rewards. However, martyrs are also ranked according to their deeds and the time and place and circumstances in which they died, such as genocide against them as in China.

The martyr receives the reward of 70 houri.

A female martyr receives the blessing of spouse and children and works on her family relations, which are made more blessed and harmonious for her.

The martyr is accorded provision of a very high calibre in heaven. The main achievement is to obtain a bounty such as a full Qur’an bounty or surahs which can be used to secure spiritual gifts from Allah, e.g., Islamic art classes, taught by angels.

Now I will discuss the Qur’anic revelation on martyrdom in more detail. There are 10 main Ayat’s that the Tafseer of the Qur’an goes on to explain in detail. Here I will discuss them in context of their meaning.

“And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allah” They are dead”. Rather they are alive, but you perceive it not.” Ayat 2:154

“And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather they are alive with their lord, receiving provision.” Ayat 3:169

These two Ayat’s reinforce the view that martyrs are alive, living in the garden. The evil which killed them has not succeeded in taking their life and denying them the right to live. Indeed, martyrdom grants people eternal life in heaven. Because they exist in another dimension, that of heaven, their new life cannot be perceived by the people of the earth. Here they receive provision form their Lord and can have what they wish for.

“And whoever obeys Allah and the messenger, those will be the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favour of the Prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs and the righteous . And excellent are those as companions. “Ayat 4:69

This Ayat demonstrates a preaching right in the garden for these specially reserved people. The Prophets include all those bound by the seal of Muhammad, and its finality, including 124,000 number of Prophets Allah sent to the world. The truthful ones include the likes of Abu Bakr Siddique, the truthful caliph after the Prophet died. To earn this rank the person has to be firmly on the path f the truth of the Qur’an and Sunnah and implement it in their daily lives in an honest manner, engaging in no deceit such as a truthful trader. The Martyrs come next and then the righteous. This category may include the major scholars over the course of Islamic history, such as Bukhari, who collected his famous compilation of hadith. The righteous also include those who follow the Qur’anic verses on righteousness and try to live life accordingly.

This collection of virtuous people work together on a lawful preaching right in the garden. For example, they work on high levels of Islamic knowledge and on the excellence of companionship with the last three raised in ranking to pray and preach alongside the Prophets, being good companions.

“And those who have believed in Allah and his messengers – those are in the ranks of the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward ands their light. But those who have disbelieved and denied our verses – those are the companions of hellfire.” Ayat 57:19

This Ayat builds on the previous Ayat. The condition here is that of belief in Allah and his messengers. An example would be the disciples of the Prophet Isa, who were his helpers and some of them were martyred. Also, some of the companions of the Prophet were also martyred. They testify to the truth of the holy spirit against false claims of divinity that the Christians propagate. Thus they support the truth, and their precious existence testifies to he truth of their martyrdom, such as a martyrdom that supports belief in Al Wahid, the one Allah. They thus support the truth against idol worship during their time and act as an important support to Allah’s truth.

They are amply rewarded for this and receive their light. Light in this context can mean a variety of the concept of An Nur. Firstly, it is one of Allah’s greatest names, he who created light. The next is a preaching right of the Qur’an, which takes people out of the darkness into the light of faith. The Qur’an is thus a light of illuminating knowledge. The Prophet Muhammad walks with a light, the light of faith and his preaching was a light also. There are signs of light that Allah has created, such as the moon, stars and the sun. All provide light during the day, and rest during the night. Finally, there is the spiritual light of wisdom, belief and patience as the martyr must wait until judgement day to be reunited with his family. For further discussion of the importance of light in Islam see Ayat’s 2:257, 4:174, 5:16, 71:16, 6:1, 9:32, 10:5, 14:1, 24:35, 33:43, and 39.22

“And if you are killed in the cause of Allah or die, then forgiveness form Allah and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate in this world.” Ayat 3.157

The tafsir on this Ayat refers to the saying of those that the wealth and worldly pleasures of the world would have not been lost if the martyrs had not died. Thus, Allah makes clear that the wealth of the world is in no way better than martyrdom and the level of mercy and forgiveness is supreme, such as forgiveness form all sins and escape of the day of judgement a day when no one will avail anyone else. Thus, the martyrs gifts and recompense are very high.

“And those who emigrated for the cause of Allah and then were killed or died, Allah will surely provide for them a good provision. And indeed, it is Allah who is the best of providers.” Ayat 22:58

This takes in those who migrated to Medina as the first set of emigrants, who went to establish and protect their faith, from idol worship, persecution and disbelief. In the modern context, for example the United Kingdom has been host to many Muslim emigrants, and they are sent here to establish faith such as the number of mosques in the country which have steadily increased over time, thereby establishing proper worship. Muslims have brought legal caselaw to escape form torturous regimes and faced persecution in their lives that Allah protects them from. Thus, Allah provides them with a good provision in the afterlife for their tenacious preaching of the Muslim faith in foreign lands, for which they are rewarded.

“They receive good tidings of favour from Allah and bounty and of the fact that Allah does not allow the reward of the believers to be lost.” Ayat 3.171

Allah can grant favour to whomsoever he pleases, and bounty in terms of spiritual gifts like, Islamic art tuition, Islamic knowledge, and the drinks of special water of faith from special rivers and milk and honey, as well as full care, being served upon by youths.

“Rejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of his bounty, and they receive good tidings about those to be martyred after them who have not joined them- that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.” Ayat 3.170

The martyr escapes the grief of death and the punishment of the grave and receive news of more martyrs to join them. Allah’s spiritual bounty includes those martyrs who souls are attached to green birds in lanterns and travel throughout Al Jalyban, heaven, eating and drinking what they wish for. They travel throughout heaven and visit gardens and beaches and take part in Islamic knowledge deeds. When Allah asks them about their condition, they reply they are content. When Allah asks them further, they desire their souls should return to the world in order to get martyred again due to the blessing and reward they receive.

“So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the hereafter, and he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory- we will bestow upon him a great reward.” Ayat 4:74

“If a wound should touch you-there has already touched the opposing people a wound similar to it. And these days of varying conditions we alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and may take to himself form amongst you martyrs- and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.” Ayat 3:140

The above two Ayat refer to real martyrdom, that is the one who dies in the battlefield. His reward is made good to him. The second Ayat refers specifically to days of battle. Sometimes wounds will touch people, but they have the great blessing of martyrdom for those who die in battle, whereas the enemy have none of that. Indeed, they are suffering in their graves for the evil deeds they did. Allah provides support and encouragement to those Muslims suffering from war against them such as in Palestine where Allah takes martyrs on a regular basis due to the friction between them and the Jewish people. In fact they are defending the Al Aqsa mosque and important sites of Islam, which grants them a high reward. Finally Allah establishes justice by not liking the wrongdoers, they will have their punishment in hell and the Muslim are to remain patient until such a time as they are reunited with their loved ones who unfortunately died.

By Nabela K M Ahmad

https://islamonline.net/en/the-honor-of-martyrdom-in-islam/

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"The Appeasement." Surah 30, Ar Rum, "Stripped!"

The Assad Regime which gassed its own people and made President Obama frown is now getting payback. The Problem with payback is it does not fulfill the path of the Islam. We need to study the Quran to learn how the Islam states payback or recompense or appeasement is performed especially when there are shall we say, a bundle of issues to resolve.

Recompense is in fact why Hadith is written. Hadith "recognition" ensures legally firm practices are used to settle disputes between partners, communities, nations, individuals and businesses, and to ensure the State increases in prominence rather than lowered.

Following are the major criteria which will be useful as the civil war in Syria winds down and a new King is crowned. This process, if it follows the Straightest Path, will as Muhammad stated "change the world in an hour."

30: 52-60:

"So you ˹O Prophet˺ certainly cannot make the dead hear ˹the truth˺. Nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and walk away.

Nor can you lead the blind out of their misguidance. You can make none hear ˹the truth˺ except those who believe in Our revelations, ˹fully˺ submitting ˹to Allah˺.

It is Allah Who created you in a state of weakness, then developed ˹your˺ weakness into strength, then developed ˹your˺ strength into weakness and old age.1 He creates whatever He wills. For He is the All-Knowing, Most Capable.

And on the Day the Hour will arrive, the wicked will swear that they did not stay ˹in this world˺ more than an hour. In this way they were always deluded ˹in the world˺.

But those gifted with knowledge and faith will say ˹to them˺, “You did actually stay—as destined by Allah��until the Day of Resurrection. So here is the Day of Resurrection ˹which you denied˺! But you did not know ˹it was true˺.”

So on that Day the wrongdoers’ excuses will not benefit them, nor will they be allowed to appease ˹their Lord˺.

We have certainly set forth every ˹kind of˺ lesson for people in this Quran. And no matter what sign you bring to them ˹O Prophet˺, the disbelievers will definitely say ˹to the believers˺, “You are only a people of falsehood.”

This is how Allah seals the hearts of those unwilling to know ˹the truth˺.

So be patient, for the promise of Allah certainly is true. And do not be disturbed by those who have no sure faith."

Commentary:

Hadith is written to reveal the truth between all parties gathered and create equity. Liars and cheaters are always outwitted by the Hadith, which defines how the Quran shall be employed to turn bitter persons into sweet melons, and put an end to all disturbances. The secret and the conclusion to the Surah "strength through knowledge into old age."

As the Prophet says in 8:60, we must prepare for peace and prosperity even when we are delivering the killing blow to the enemy. They go hand in hand. One must not exist without the other- a long-term strategy for the nation is as much a military strategy as how many men and bullets one will need in order to repel or conquer the enemy.

We have said those girls in Syria who are fighting for liberation do not know which end is up but certainly they do. They know they do not want to live like horses any longer, they want to be riders.

So to conclude the Surah and our Dua on how to write a Hadith we must say all wars, battles, arguments, times of civil unrest which resolve in resurrection must appease all the Pillars of Allah is to remember what it was once like, to remain aware in some places it has never changed at all.

The Quran was given to teach men how to engineer rather than weather change. Peace be upon the engineers.

Societies that value superior free public education and encourage the attainment of one's lifelong pedigree are the happiest and the freest. The thrust for public eduction and other public works alone can cure places like Syria, Russia, Iran, even ailing parts of Eurpope and the United Kingdom of the causes of war.

Enlisting and paying teachers in every discipline very well provides a peace loving society with all it needs to endure. The people of Syria should start recruiting for them right now.

I like the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates. It follows the precepts in the Quran we have discussed in recent times.

Thus ends the Surah.

عروماما

Ar , Ru, and Mum

"Remember the Vision of Ummah, of Mary the Mother of God."

I like the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates. It follows the precepts in the Quran we have discussed in recent times. It contains protections for property owners and guarantees free public education.

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2016 - 2024

2016

January

15th - Mystery Jets released Curve of the Earth

15th - Rihanna released Anti

22nd - Fat White Family released Songs for Our Mothers

29th - Bloc Party released Hymns

February

14th - Kanye West released The Life of Pablo

26th - The 1975 released I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

26th - Yuck released Stranger Things

March

4th - Kano released Made in the Manor

4th - The Coral released Distance Inbetween

April

1st - The Last Shadow Puppets released Everything You’ve Come to Expect

1st - Weezer released Weezer (White Album)

6th - Rowan Martin’s #indieamnesty tweet started to trend

22nd - Beyonce released Lemonade

22nd - We Are Scientists released Helter Seltzer

29th - Adam Green released Aladdin

29th - Drake released Views

29th - Milburn reformed

29th - Travis released Everything at Once

May

6th - Skepta released Konnichiwa

8th - Radiohead released A Moon Shaped Pool

13th - Chance the Rapper released Coloring Book

June

3rd - The Kills released Ash & Ice

10th - Tom Odell released Wrong Crowd

17th - Red Hot Chili Peppers released The Getaway

24th - Hot Hot Heat released self-titled

28th - Blood Orange released Freetown Sound

July

1st - Blink 182 released California

8th - Biffy Clyro released Ellipsis

15th - Good Charlotte released Youth Authority

August

5th - Giggs released Landlord

19th - Crystal Castles released Amnesty (I)

19th - Frank Ocean released Blonde

19th - Slow Club released One Day All of This Won’t Matter Anymore

26th - Britney Spears released Glory

September

TikTok launched

2nd - Jamie T released Trick

2nd - Travis Scott released Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

7th - BTS released Youth

30th - The Sunshine Underground released Luminescent

October

7th - Feeder released All Bright Electric

7th - Kaiser Chiefs released Stay Together

7th - NOFX released First Ditch Effort

7th - Sum 41 released 13 Voices

7th - White Lies released Friends

10th - BTS released Wings

14th - Conor Oberst released Ruminations

14th - Kings of Leon released Walls

14th - Two Door Cinema Club released Gameshow

21st - Lady GaGa released Joanne

28th - Nick Valensi’s side project CRX released debut album New Skin

28th - She & Him released Christmas Party

November

11th - Simian Mobile Disco released Welcome to Sideways

18th - Justice released Woman

18th - Metallica released Hardwired… to Self-Destruct

25th - The Weeknd released Starboy

December

1st - Beans On Toast released A Spanner in the Works

2nd - Childish Gambino released “Awaken, My Love!”

2nd - I Like Trains released A Divorce Before Marriage

9th - J. Cole released 4 Your Eyez Only

2017

January

13th - Wiley released Godfather

February

24th - Los Campesinos! released Sick Scenes

24th - Stormzy released debut album Gang Signs & Prayer

24th - The Pigeon Detectives released Broken Glances

March

3rd - Ed Sheeran released ÷

10th - Idles released debut album Brutalism

10th - Laura Marling released Semper Femina

17th - Conor Oberst released Salutations

17th - The Shins released Heartworms

April

14th - Kendrick Lamar released Damn

21st - Maximo Park released Risk to Exist

28th - Gorillaz released Humanz

May

5th - Kasabian released For Crying Out Loud

12th - Harry Styles released his debut solo self-titled album

12th - J Hus releases debut album Common Sense

12th - Paramore released After Laughter

19th - Linkin Park released One More Light

22nd - 22 people died at a Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena after an Islamic terrorist suicide bombing

June

2nd - Bleachers released Gone Now

2nd - Dua Lipa released her self titled debut album

9th - Katy Perry released Witness

9th - Rancid released Trouble Maker

16th - Lorde released Melodrama

16th - Nickelback released Feed the Machine

29th - Calvin Harris released Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1

29th - Jay Z released 4:44

29th - Public Enemy released Nothing is Quick in the Desert

July

7th - Haim release Something to Tell You

7th - Lucy Rose released Something’s Changing

21st - Dizzee Rascal released Raskit

21st - Lana Del Rey released Lust for Life

21st - Tyler, the Creator released Flower Boy

28th - Arcade Fire released Everything Now

August

11th - Billie Eilish released debut EP Don’t Smile at Me

11th - The Cribs released 24-7 Rock Star Shit

18th - Everything Everything released A Fever Dream

25th - Queens of the Stone Age released Villains

September

1st - LCD Soundsystem released American Dream

8th - Death from Above released Outrage! Is Now

15th - Foo Fighters released Concrete and Gold

22nd - Phoebe Bridgers released debut album Stranger in the Alps

22nd - Reverend and the Makers released The Death of a King

22nd - The Horrors released V

22nd - The Killers released Wonderful Wonderful

29th - Milburn released Time

29th - Wolf Alice released Visions of a Life

October 

6th - The Darkness released Pinewood Smile

15th - The #MeToo movement started on Twitter

27th - Stereophonics released Scream Above the Sounds

27th - Weezer released Pacific Daydream

November

Form 696 was scrapped

3rd - Sam Smith released The Thrill of It All

10th - Taylor Swift released Reputation

December

1st - Beans On Toast released Crushy

15th - Eminem released Revival

15th - N.E.R.D. released No One Ever Really Dies

2018

January

12th - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released Wrong Creatures

12th - Shame released debut album Songs of Praise

19th - First Aid Kit released Ruins

February

2nd - Justin Timberlake released Man of the Woods

9th - Franz Ferdinand released Always Ascending

March

9th - Albert Hammond Jnr released Francis Trouble 

16th - The Fratellis released In Your Own Sweet Time

18th - The NME stopped being published as a magazine

23rd - Jack White released Boarding House Reach

30th - Kate Nash released Yesterday Was Forever

30th - The Vaccines released Combat Sports

30th - The Voidz released Virtue

April

4th - BTS released Face Yourself

13th - Manic Street Preachers released Resistance Is Futile

20th - J. Cole released KOD

27th - Wiley released Godfather II

May

4th - Frank Turner released Be More Kind

4th - We Are Scientists released Megaplex

11th - Arctic Monkeys released Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

11th - Simian Mobile Disco released Murmurations

11th - The Magic Numbers released Outsiders

18th - BTS released Love Yourself: Tear

18th - James Bay released Electric Light

25th - ASAP Rocky released Testing

June

1st - Kanye West released Ye

6th - Lily Allen released No Shame

15th - Christina Aguilera released Liberation

21st - The Raconteurs released Help Us Stranger

29th - Drake released Scorpion

29th- Florence & the Machine released High as Hope

29th - Gorillaz released The Now Now

29th - The Vines released In Miracle Land

July

6th - YungBlud released debut album 21st Century Liability 

August

3rd - Travis Scott released Astroworld

10th - Miles Kane released Coup de Grace

17th - Example released Bangers & Ballads

17th - The Coral released Move Through the Dawn

24th - CRX released Peek

24th - Interpol released Marauder

24th - Blood Orange released Negro Swan

31st - Eminem released Kamikaze

31st - Idles released Joy as an Act of Resistance

31st - The Kooks released Let’s Go Sunshine

September

14th - Good Charlotte released Generation Rx

14th - Pale Waves released debut album My Mind Makes Noises

October

7th - Green Day released Revolution Radio

26th - Razorlight released Olympus Sleeping

26th - Tom Odell released Jubilee Road

November

9th - Muse released Simulation

18th - Mumford & Sons released Delta

23rd - Art Brut released Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

30th - The 1975 released A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

December

Beans On Toast released A Bird in the Hand

2019

January

25th - Backstreet Boys released DNA

25th - Better Oblivion Community Center released their self-titled debut album

25th - Bring Me The Horizon released Amo

25th - Weezer released Weezer (Teal Album)

February

1st - White Lies released Five

8th - AJ Tracey released his self-titled debut album

22nd - Giggs released Big Bad…

March

1st - Self Esteem released debut album Compliments Please

1st - Weezer released Weezer (Black Album)

8th - Dave released debut album Psychodrama

22nd - Lucy Rose released No Words Left

22nd - These New Puritans released Inside the Rise

29th - Billie Eilish released debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

April

19th - Fat White Family released Serfs Up!

26th - Marina (previously Marina & the Diamonds) released Love + Fear

May

3rd - Vampire Weekend released Father of the Bride

17th - Lewis Capaldi released debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent

17th - Tyler, the Creator released Igor

31st - Skepta released Ignorance Is Bliss

June

21st - Hot Chip released A Bath Full of Ecstasy

21st - Mark Ronson released Late Night Feelings

21st - Two Door Cinema Club released False Alarm

28th - The Black Keys released Let’s Rock

July

12th - Ed Sheeran released No.6 Collaborations Project

19th - Sum 41 released Order in Decline

26th - Chance the Rapper released debut album The Big Day

26th - Kaiser Chiefs released Duck

August

9th - Feeder released Tallulah

9th - Slipknot released We Are Not Your Kind

16th - Frank Turner released No Man’s Land

23rd - Taylor Swift released Lover

30th - Kano released Hoodies All Summer

30th - Lana Del Rey released Norman Fucking Rockwell

30th - The Futureheads released Powers

September

6th - Adam Green released Engine of Paradise

13th - Charli XCX released Charli

13th - Sam Fender released debut album Hypersonic Missiles

20th - Blink 182 released Nine

20th - Brittany Howard released debut solo album Jaime

20th - Keane released Cause and Effect

October

4th - The Darkness released Easter is Cancelled

25th - Kanye West released Jesus Is King

25th - Stereophonics released Kind

November

1st - Krept and Konan released Revenge is Sweet

8th - The Twang released If Confronted Just Go Mad

22nd - Coldplay released Everyday Life

29th - Jack Penate released After You

29th - JME released Grime MC

December

1st - Beans On Toast released The Inevitable Train Wreck

13th - Harry Styles released Fine Line

13th - Stormzy released Heavy is the Head

2020

January

17th - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead released X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

17th - Bombay Bicycle Club released Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

17th - Eminem released Music to Be Murdered By

24th - J Hus released Big Conspiracy

February

7th - Green Day released Father of All Motherfuckers

14th - Justin Bieber released Changes

21st - BTS released Map of the Soul:7

21st - Grimes released Miss Anthropocene

March

20th - The Weeknd released After Hours

22nd - Childish Gambino released 3.15.20

27th - Dua Lipa released Future Nostalgia

April

3rd - Mystery Jets released A Billion Heartbeats

10th - Laura Marling released Song for our Daughter

10th - The Strokes released The New Abnormal

17th - Rina Sawayama released debut album Sawayama

May

15th - Charli XCX released How I’m Feeling Now

22nd - The 1975 released Notes on a Conditional Form

29th - Lady GaGa released Chromatica

June

5th - Wiley released The Godfather III

12th - Example released Some Nights Last for Days

17th - Phoebe Bridgers released Punisher

26th - Haim released Women in Music Pt. III

July

15th - BTS released Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey

24th - Taylor Swift released Folklore

August

7th - Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion released WAP

14th - Biffy Clyro released A Celebration of Endings

21st - Bright Eyes released Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was

21st - I Like Trains released Kompromat

21st - The Killers released Imploding the Mirage

28th - Katy Perry released Smile

September

11th - Everything Everything released Re-Animator

25th - Idles released Ultra Mono

25th - Public Enemy released What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?

October

2nd - BlackPink released debut album The Album

9th - Travis released 10 Songs

23rd - Gorillaz released Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

30th - Bring Me The Horizon released Post Human: Survival Horror

30th - Dizzee Rascal released E3 AF

30th - Sam Smith released Love Goes

November

20th - BTS released Be

20th - The Cribs released Night Network

December

1st - Beans On Toast released Knee Deep in Nostalgia

1st - Beans On Toast released The Unforeseeable Future

4th - YungBlud released Weird!

11th - Taylor Swift released Evermore

2021

January

15th - Shame released Drunk Tank Pink

29th - Weezer released Ok Human

February

5th - Foo Fighters released Medicine at Midnight

12th - Pale Waves released Who Am I?

26th - Maximo Park released Nature Always Wins

26th - NOFX released Single Album

March

5th - Kings of Leon released When You See Yourself

19th - Justin Bieber released Justice

19th - Lana Del Rey released Chemtrail over the Country Club

26th - Death from Above released Is 4 Lovers

April

2nd - Glasvegas released Godspeed

2nd - The Fratellis released Half Drunk Under a Full Moon

16th - AJ Tracey released Flu Game

16th - The Offspring released Let the Bad Times Roll

16th - The Polyphonic Spree released Afflatus

30th - The Coral released Coral Island

May

7th - Weezer released Van Weezer

14th - J. Cole released The Off-Season

14th - The Black Keys released Delta Kream

21st - Olvia Rodrigo released debut album Sour

28th - The Datsuns released Eye to Eye

June

4th - Wolf Alice released Blue Weekend

11thh - Marina (previously Marina & the Diamonds) released Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land

25th - Tyler, the Creator released Call Me If You Get Lost

July

9th - Tom Odell released Monsters

21st - Dave released We’re All Alone in This Together

30th - Billie Eilish released Happier Than Ever

30th - Bleachers released Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

August

13th - The Killers released Pressure Machine

20th - Lorde released Solar Power

29th - Kanye West released Donda

September

3rd - Drake released Certified Lover Boy

10th - Manic Street Preachers released The Ultra Vivid Lament

10th - The Vaccines released Back in Love City

10th - Wiley released Anti-Systemic

October

8th - Sam Fender released Seventeen Going Under

8th - We Are Scientists released Huffy

15th - Coldplay released Music of the Spheres

22nd - Biffy Clyro released The Myth of the Happily Ever After

22nd - Lana Del Rey released Blue Banisters

22nd - Self Esteem released Prioritise Pleasure

29th - Ed Sheeran released =

31st - Limp Bizkit released Still Sucks

November

12th - Idles released Crawler

19th - Adele released 30

19th - The Darkness released Motorheart

December

1st - Beans On Toast released Survival of the Friendliest 

2022

January

7th - Spector released Now or Whenever

7th - The Weeknd released Dawn FM

21st - Miles Kane released Change the Show

February

11th - Frank Turner released FTHC

18th - White Lies released As I Try Not to Fall Apart

March

4th - Stereophonics released Oochya!

18th - Charli XCX released Crash

18th - Feeder released Torpedo

21st  - The Subways released Uncertain Joys

April

1st - Red Hot Chili Peppers released Unlimited Love

8th - Jack White released Fear of the Dawn

8th - Wet Leg released their self-titled debut album

14th - Adam Green released That Fucking Feeling

29th - Bloc Party released Alpha Games

May

6th - Arcade Fire released We

13th - Florence & the Machine released Dance Fever

13th - Kendrick Lamar released Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

13th - The Black Keys released Dropout Boogie

20th - Everything Everything released Raw Data Feel

20th - Harry Styles released Harry’s House

31st - Christina Aguilera released Aguilera

June

17th - Drake released Honestly, Nevermind

17th - Example released We May Grow Old But We Neve Grow Up

July

1st - Paolo Nutini released Last Night in the Bittersweet

8th- James Bay released Leap

15th - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead released XI: Bleed Here Now

15th - Interpol released The Other Side of Make-Believe

22nd - Jack White released Entering Heaven Alive

22nd - Jamie T released The Theory of Whatever

22nd - She & Him released Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson

22nd - The Kooks released 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark

29th - Beyonce released Renaissance

August

5th - Calvin Harris released Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2

12th - Kasabian released The Alchemist’s Euphoria

12th - Pale Waves released Unwanted

19th - Hot Chip released Freakout/Release

26th - Muse released Will of the People

September

2nd - Two Door Cinema Club released Keep On Smiling

2nd - YungBlud released his self titled album

16th - BlackPink released Born Pink

16th - Rina Sawayama released Hold the Girl

30th - Slipknot released The End, So Far

30th - Yeah Yeah Yeahs released Cool It Down

October

14th - Backstreet Boys released A Very Backstreet Christmas

14th - Red Hot Chili Peppers released Return of the Dream Canteen

14th - The 1975 released Being Funny in a Foreign Language

21st - Arctic Monkeys released The Car

21st - Taylor Swift released Midnights

28th - Elon Musk bought Twitter

28th  - Tom Odell released Best Day of my Life

November

4th - First Aid Kit released Palomino

17th - Little Man Tate released Welcome to the Rest of Your Life

17th - Nickelback released Get Rollin’

25th - Stormzy released This Is What I Mean

December

1st - Beans On Toast released The Fascinating Adventures of Little Bee

2nd - NOFX released Double Album

2023

January

23rd - We Are Scientists released Lobes

27th - Sam Smith released Gloria

February

10th - Paramore released This Is Why

24th - Gorillaz released Cracker Island

24th - Shame released Food for Worms

March

22nd - The Others released Look At You All Now

24th - Lana Del Rey released Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

31st - Boygenius released debut album The Record

April

14th - Metallica released 72 Seasons

28th - Reverend and the Makers released Heatwave in the Cold North

May

5th - Ed Sheeran released -

19th - Lewis Capaldi released Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent

June

2nd - Foo Fighters released But Here We Are

2nd - Rancid released Tomorrow Never Comes

16th - Queens of the Stone Age released In Times New Roman… 

23rd - Albert Hammond Jnr released Melodies on Hiatus

July

7th - The Pigeon Detectives released TV Shows

21st - Blur released The Ballad of Darren

23rd - Twitter was rebranded as X

24th - J Hus released Beautiful and Brutal Yard

28th - Travis Scott released Utopia

August

4th - Miles Kane released One Man Band

11th - The Hives released The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

18th - Giggs released Zero Tolerance

18th - The View released Exorcism of Youth

18th - Tribes released Rabbit Head

25th - Be Your Own Pet released Mommy

September

8th - Olivia Rodrigo released Guts

8th - The Coral released Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show

8th - The Coral released Sea of Mirrors

29th - Ed Sheeran released Autumn Variations

October

6th - Drake released For All the Dogs

13th - The Streets released The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light 

20th - Blink 182 released One More Time…

20th - Bombay Bicycle Club released My Big Day

27th - The Kills released God Games

November

17th - The Polyphonic Spree released Salvage Enterprise

24th - Spector released Here Come the Early Nights

December

1st - Beans On Toast released The Toothpaste and the Tube

2024

January

7th - Jack Penate released Wondrous Strange

12th - The Vaccines released Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations

19th - Green Day released Saviors

26th - Tom Odell released Black Friday

February

9th - Brittany Howard released What Now

9th - Dizzee Rascal released Don’t Take It Personal

16th - Idles released Tangk

March

1st - Everything Everything released Mountainhead

1st - Kaiser Chiefs released Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album

8th - Bleachers released their self titled album

15th - Justin Timberlake released Everything I Thought It Was

22nd - Gossip released Real Power

29th - Beyonce released Cowboy Carter

29th - Sum 41 released Heaven :x: Hell

April

5th - Feeder released Black/Red

5th - The Libertines released All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade

5th - Vampire Weekend released Only God Was Above Us

19th - Lucy Rose released This Ain’t the Way You Go Out

19th - Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department

26th - Fat White Family released Forgiveness Is Yours

26th - Justice released Hyperdrama

26th - The Zutons released The Big Decider

May

3rd - Dua Lipa released Radical Optimism

3rd - Frank Turner released Undefeated

10th - Kings of Leon released Can We Please Have Fun

13th - The Black Keys released Ohio Players

17th - Billie Eillish released Hit Me Hard and Soft

24th - Bring Me The Horizon released Post Human: Nex Gen

June

7th - Charli XCX released Brat

21st - Kate Nash released 9 Sad Symphonies

July

5th - Kasabian released Happenings

12th - Eminem released The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)

12th - Travis released L.A. Times

19th - Childish Gambino released Bando Stone & the New World

19th - Jack White released No Name 

19th - Los Campesinos! released All Hell

August

9th - Calvin Harris released 96 Months

27th - Oasis announced their 2025 reunion tour

September

20th - Bright Eyes released Five Dice, All Threes

20th - Katy Perry released 143

20th - The Voidz released Like All Before You

27th - Maximo Park released Stream of Life

27th - Pale Waves released Smitten

October

4th - Coldplay released Moon Music

4th - James Bay released Changes All the Time

11th - The Offspring released Supercharged

16th - Liam Payne died

25th - Laura Marling released Patterns in Repeat

25th - Razorlight released Planet Nowhere

28th - Tyler, the Creator released Chromakopia

November

15th - Linkin Park released From Zero

INTRODUCTION

[islamicspecialistforloveback]

Dua For Enemy To Go Away

Dua For Enemy To Go Away provide you Victory Over Enemy and Protection From Enemy, if you want to Destroying Your Enemy then use this dua. This dua work for Revenge From Enemy and Killing your Enemy, are you want your Enemy Become Friend or are you want to Punish Enemy then text us. our dua to Make Enemy Suffer provide you Get Rid of Enemy and make Enemy Heart Soften. This is a strong dua to…

[humanperryfic]

AHHH I HAVE ONE!!!

(ok it’s human perry/perryshmirtz, but still)

uhhh song list under cut because there's 120 songs in here

Ghengis Khan (Miike Snow)

Kiss with a Fist (Florence + The Machine)

You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart

Wrecking Ball (Mother Mother)

Toxic (Britney Spears)

Dazed and Confused (Ruel)

Good in Bed (Dua Lipa)

I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You (UB40)

Take Me to Church (I WANT THIS VERSION THOUGH SPOTIFY PLEASE)

Whatever it Takes (Imagine Dragons...I know)

How to Save a Life (The Fray)

Queer as in Fuck You (Dog Park Dissidents)

No Time to Die (Billie Eilish)

Boys Don’t Cry (The Cure)

Almost Human (Aurelio Voltaire)

I Got a Thing for You (Stan Bush)

I Still Adore You (The Oozes)

Nemeses (Jonathan Coulton)

Bleed Like Me (Garbage)

Break My Face (AJR)

Nobody Loves You Like Me (Jonathan Coulton)

Silent Shout (The Knife)

Arms Tonite (Mother Mother)

Feelings Are Fatal (mxmtoon)

I Don’t Hate My Body I’m Just Afraid of It (Mallrat)

Would You Be So Kind (dodie)

Something Just Like This (The Chainsmokers)

Silence (Marshmello)

Secrets (OneRepublic)

Happier (Marshmello)

I'd Rather Be Me (With You) (Steven Universe)

Angel With A Shotgun (The Cab...if this isn't on your enemies-to-lovers ship playlist then do you even have an enemies-to-lovers ship playlist?)

Nightmare (Set It Off)

Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) (Buzzcocks)

I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)

Everything's Magic (Angels & Airwaves)

Hate to Love You (Karmin)

broken (lovelytheband)

Broken Pieces (Andy Black)

Chemicals React - Remix (Aly & AJ)

If I Killed Someone For You (Alec Benjamin)

Battlefield (Jordin Sparks)

bad guy (Billie Eilish)

Stupid for You (Waterparks)

Must Have Done Something Right (Relient K...there's an AMV somewhere on tumblr of this)

Problems (Mother Mother)

good 4 u (Olivia Rodrigo)

Skin (Sabrina Carpenter)

May I Have This Dance (Francis and the Lights)

Doin' Time (Lana Del Rey)

Cigarettes & Feelings (The Haunt)

THATS WHAT I WANT (Lil Nas X)

Stereo Hearts (Gym Class Heroes)

9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)

Drive (Incubus)

Heat Waves (Glass Animals)

The Killing Kind (Marianas Trench)

Still into You (Paramore)

Surface Pressure (Encanto)

Burn (Ellie Goulding)

Daydream/Wetdream/Nightmare (Saint Motel)

Treat You Better (Shawn Mendes)

Cracked (Pentatonix)

Cheerleader (OMI)

Airplanes (B.o.Bo, Hayley Williams)

I Hate Myself for Loving You (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

The Jazz Police (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Resin (Dustin Tebbutt)

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (Lil Nas X)

Love & War (Yellow Claw)

spy? (WHOKILLEDXIX)

Bad Reputation (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

Hayloft II (Mother Mother)

Hey Baby (Auburn University Marching Band)

Helpless (Hamilton)

Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (Tom Lehrer)

The Masochism Tango (Tom Lehrer)

The Science Love Song (AsapSCIENCE)

Blood In The Cut (K.Flay)

Body Language (Carly Rae Jepsen)

Hope Less Romantic (Make Out Monday)

Summer Nights (Grease)

Revolver (Zach Villa)

Scars (Papa Roach)

I Deserve to Bleed (Sushi Soucy)

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Set It Off)

Lips Are Movin (Meghan Trainor)

Killer In The Mirror (Set It Off)

Who I'd Be (Shrek the Musical)

Nobody Like U (Turning Red)

Turn To Stone (Ingrid Michaelson)

Define Dancing (Wall-E)

B Team (Marianas Trench)

I Wanna Get Better (ATC, The Ready Set) (there's another version but this one is better)

History Maker (DEAN FUJIOKA)

Seasons of Love (Rent)

reckless driving (Lizzy McAlpine, Ben Kessler) (it's giving drusselstien driving test)

Between Two Worlds (HammerFall)

Monster (Beth Crowley)

ノンフィクション (Ken Hirai)

Fuck You (Lily Allen)

Shut Up and Dance (WALK THE MOON)

What Is This Feeling (Wicked)

What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction...shut up)

Control (Halsey)

Killer (The Ready Set)

Turning Tables (Adele)

Cbat (Hudson Mohawke...you know doof would play this)

I'm Not Ok (Weathers)

Icarus (Bastille)

You'd Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You) (Waterparks)

Summer of Love (Kids In America)

Sleepless (CAZZETTE, The High)

Me And My Broken Heart (Rixton)

More Than Words (Extreme)

Bills (LunchMoney Lewis)

Hero (Faouzia)

The Villain I Appear to Be (Connor Spiotto, Molly Pease)

Against the Kitchen Floor (Will Wood)

Graveyard (Halsey)

trying to make a Perryshmirtz playlist. Need ideas for songs.

Please Help. Already have

I Knew You Were Trouble.

American Beauty/American Psycho

Disgusting

Love Like You

My Blood

Super Psycho Love

I Hate You, I Love You

Hot N Cold

Flares

Docter

I'm Coming After You

I Do Adore

Must Have Done Something Right

Genghis Khan

A Musical

There! Right There!

JUST LOOK MY WAY

Nemeses

Can I Have This Dance

When We Didn't Get Along

Also unrelated but I originally the P in Perryshmirtz wasn't capitalized. Grammarly is so fucking used to hearing about Perryshmirtz it just fucking tells me "Oh yeah, you didnt capitalize the ship name to the gay secret agent and bisexual "evil" scientist. Might wanna change that. lmao."

what is my life

[cordiiceps]

TASK 04: PLAYLIST.

listen to the full playlist here. 

FAWN - CRYWOLF. in a flash the wicked won. oh the moment seemed so, moments seemed to clear  i'll rest your weary head beside my own. i will take these clothes and cover you my dear. god bless your soul, he has not blessed mine. / till you’re lonely and forlorn with all your oaths. you’re my heart, my rain, my poison, my fawn.

JOLT - UNLIKE PLUTO. and some will take the high road, i will go low. there's nothing left behind me, set fire to it all. the fury will fade and the images too. a world without you, that's what i need to do.

MOTH - DUA SALEH. i’m just getting settled in the den. making my amends with the devil in the ends. / i swear that i’m the man in the tower. i got a lawn chair to watch the bloom of the hours. you got a moncler. i wear the stink of the flowers. you got them big ben butterflies spring to devour.

I DO WHAT I WANT - MISSIO. i wish i could party like i used to when i was young. now i like to party by myself, i swear it's just as fun. / living the cocaine lifestyle is overrated. this isn't mexico, it's reality. and all of you party people don't get your feelings hurt. i'm incapable of being how you want me.

THE GUN - LORN. old wars, bad dreams. starlights must lead where they lay. new scars, dumb genes. my lady loves looking down at me. new name, no meaning. still looking for the same old feeling. 

THROUGH THE VALLEY - SHAWN JAMES. i walk through the valley of the shadow of death. and i'll fear no evil because i'm blind to it all. and my mind and my gun, they comfort me. because i know i'll kill my enemies when they come. / still, i walk beside the still waters, and they restore my soul. but i can't walk on the path of the right because i'm wrong.

INTRO (CREATURES OF HABIT) - GRETA ISAAC. however, if the spawn of a habit is mistreated.. guided by a trembling weak mind. the habit can inflame, and control of your very own desire can soon become out of control. the swelling of this dark defect can transform said habit into a disposition. an addiction. a sickness. a venomous enemy. / i'm caught in the same old ways. same old chain. don't want it.

BELLYACHE - BILLIE EILISH. my friends aren't far. in the back of my car lay their bodies. / my v is for vendetta. thought that i'd feel better. but now i got a bellyache. / the way i wear my noose like a necklace. i wanna make 'em scared. like i could be anywhere.

KEROSENE - CRYSTAL CASTLES. light of god dimming weak. nothing's wrong go back to sleep. lost the will at infancy. / i'll protect you from all the things i've seen. and i'll clean your wounds. rinse them with saline.

AFFECTION - CRYSTAL CASTLES. catch a moth, hold it in my hand. crush it casually. without past i can't disappoint. my ancestry.

LOVELY - BILLIE EILISH FT. KHALID. thought i found a way. thought i found a way out. but you never go away. so i guess i gotta stay now. / oh, i hope some day i'll make it out of here. even if it takes all night or a hundred years. need a place to hide, but i can't find one near. wanna feel alive, outside i can't fight my fear.

PATIENCE - LOW ROAR. sick of losing my patience. out of time, lacking rhythm. barely conscious, oversensitized. feeling weaker as i stumble around.

OUTLAWS - AU/RA. running out the door aiming for the waist down. pulling up the car, boy we're on the run now. had to wide the roads, light the fuse and stand back. all our hopes and dreams stuffed into this backpack. / see our faces on the posters by the roadside. we were the wanted ones long before the ink dried. we'll be fugitives, running from the mundane. you and i were just born to live in this way.

MINUS SIXTY ONE - WOODKID. minus sixty-one. have i every really loved someone? do i deserve what i've got? now the grid system's turned into traps. and the fear's switching sides. i own a million dollars worth of stock. but i still don't sleep at night. what is it that i've become?

19:00 - DANGER FT. TASHA THE AMAZON. wheels spinnin' on my way outta town, way outta town. they gon' look for me, look for me, i don't wanna be found. / they call me lost, maybe i'm lost, or maybe i'm finally found.

SILVER SCREEN - JONNY T FT. FOREIGN FIGURES. being me, i got to say is gourmet. maybe 'cause i just robbed the bank, ah. why do you still think that i'm charming? just here to crash another party. this tux is feelin' kinda starchy. but i like it. / i come on the silver screen. in a high-speed car chase scene. i could get away, but i love the chase, man. everyone's after me.

BLOODLINE - NORTHLANE FT. HEALTH. i can't escape you. no matter how far i run. i can't erase you. from who i've become. memories coursing through my veins. like the scars in yours, my roots remain. / i was raised in hell. i made it out by myself. i was raised to bleed.

WE ARE WHO WE ARE - MISSIO. it's not unusual to feel a little lonely. but sometimes loneliness can lead to better things. it's not unusual to feel a little guilty when sometimes guiltiness can show you a little more. why do we try to live a lie? it isn't worth it. who you tryna please? 'cause if it's me, it isn't working. we are who we are. that can be hard to accept. we are who we are. there's no reason to regret. we are who we are. life can be a punch to the chest. we are who we are. that can be hard to accept. you don't need to worry 'bout a thing. we are all fucked up human beings.

UGLY FRIENDS - POOLFIRE. i've made amends with my ugly friends. hard to pretend i like to be around them. and sometimes i want to take my fist and throw it through the wall. i know who my friends are and i don't like them at all. behind a beautiful smile all i'm thinking about is myself. when i'm with my friends i'd rather be somewhere else. / i can't feel anything anymore. not anything and i suck the blood from the dirt. wear it in my teeth. look me in my eyes. i-

OFF THE EDGE - HELLOVE FT. ZACK GRAY. i’m drowned in fears. i know i owe you one right into the sea of julia. i color my heart for you and set the walls on fire. now i've fallen into the same lies and i loath it. and i hope that i don't fold, i know. there's nothing here. and i’m holding on to what i lost. i know that. / working down my feelings just to say that i’m sorry. caught up in a maze of all the things that are not me. i buried my faults from you. i let the old grow tired. and i’ve already put my faith in how you saw fit.

[noemibalbii]

alina & the darkling playlist ☀︎︎

all saints - the ninetys

alone / with you - daughter

animals - maroon 5

arcade - duncan laurence

as the world caves in - matt maltese ( + sarah cothran version)

bad romance - lady gaga

beautiful crime - tamer

black sea - natasha blume

call out my name - the weeknd

clarity - zedd, foxes

cosmic love - florence + the machine

daylight - taylor swift

deep end - ruelle

don't you know - jaymes young

don't blame me - taylor swift

dynasty - miia

the enemy - andrew belle

feel something - jaymes young

friends - chase atlantic

god rest ye merry gentlemen - pentatonix

hate me - ellie goulding, juice WRLD

high for this - the weeknd

hurts like hell - fleurie

i don't wanna live forever - ZAYN, taylor swift

i found - amber run

ilomilo - billie eilish

i love you - billie eilish

it's ok - tom rosenthal (slowed)

killing me to love you - vancouver sleep clinic

king - years & years

leaving tonight - the neighbourhood

light - sleeping at last

look what you made me do - taylor swift

man or a monster - sam tinnesz, zayde wølf

meet me in the woods - lord huron

moondust - jaymes young

my tears ricochet - taylor swift

no time to die - billie eilish

panic room - au/ra

real life - the weeknd

rolling in the deep - adele

scared to be lonely - martin garrix, dua lipa

secrets and lies - ruelle

set fire to the rain - adele

sick thoughts - lewis blissett

silhouette - aquilo

six feet under - billie eilish

sky's still blue - andrew belle

smother - daughter

someone to stay - vancouver sleep clinic

somewhere only we know - keane

spectrum - florence + the machine

strange birds - birdy

sun - sleeping at last

the curse of the fold - shawn james

the dark - SYML

the side of paradise - coyote theory

total eclipse of the heart - bonnie tyler

turning page - sleeping at last (+ instrumental)

two evils - bastille

war of hearts - ruelle

W.D.Y.W.F.M? - the neighbourhood

where's my love - SYML (+ alternate version)

which witch - florence + the machine

white blood - oh wonder

writing's on the wall - sam smith

you and i - PVRIS

you are a memory - message to bears

young god - halsey

your soul - RHODES

��ез тебя я не я - JONY, hammali & navai

[callunavulgari]

“Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds.”

Heather’s Top 50 Songs of 2021

start a war — klergy // ily — surf mesa & emilee // in the blood — darren korb & ashley barrett // think about us — little mix // kings & queens — ava max // real boy — lola blanc // the search — nf // experience — ludovico ienaudi & starkey // moonlight densetsu — patrick moon bird // howl's the wolf — kila // inferno — hiroyuki sawano // demons — hayley kiyoko // voidfish — rachel rose mitchell // will you follow me into the dark — klergy & mindy jones // providence — eternal eclipse // unicorn wizard — ninja sex party // me too — meghan trainor // umbrella — rihanna // colors flying high — lollia // progress — dear hunter // montero — lil nas x // underworld — cypress // midas — skott // tell me — johnny jewel // story — nf // levitating — dua lipa // error — niki, kradness // runaway lvl 2 — aurora // follow you — imagine dragons // shum — go_a // farewell wanderlust — the amazing devil // from the edge — fictionjunction // fire — saint mesa // touch it clean — dj raulito // the devil you know — x ambassadors // grand escape — radwimps // good 4 u — olivia rodrigo //  the killing kind — marianas trench // transparent soul — willow // devil i know — allie x // thunderous — stray kids // your ex-lover is dead — stars // holly holy — neil diamond // the village bride — kevin penkin // money — lisa // enemy — imagine dragons // dirty little animals — bones uk // inkpot gods — the amazing devil // eleanor rigby — cody fry // louder than words — andrew garfield

short version | long version | spotify wrapped

short version is the link to what you see here, my helpfully abridged version. long version will lead you to the 381 song, 23 hour and 42 minute supercut playlist which i’ve been slowly cultivating since early january. spotify wrapped will lead you to a mixture of the long and the short version, which is honestly pretty accurate but does not helpfully represent my ear worms of the week.

under the cut is me ranting about music, like usual. enjoy!

i. start a war || klergy if history is dead and gone then how did we get here, my god?

So, back in January I was driving home from work one day and this song came on as I was hitting the roundabout on Hamilton Rd, and I was immediately seized by the notion to write a role reversal wangxian AU. This eventually became the echo, as wide as the equator, which I didn't get around to publishing until March, but I wrote the second scene in the fic where Lan Wangji is thrown into the Burial Mounds that night. ii. ily || surf mesa & emilee i love you, baby and if it's quite all right i need you, baby

If I'm remembering right, this is another song that came on as I was driving home from work one day and immediately sunk it's claws into me. Pretty sure I found it in one of the spotify discovery weekly playlists. It's a little more repetitive than I typically like my earworms, but I just could not get it out of my brain. iii. in the blood || darren korb & ashley barrett home is not where you live but who cares when you're gone

Hades! It is a thing that happened to me. Very grand, had a great time. Played it for like two months straight and still whip it out every once in a while. Great game, 100/10. Highly recommend! iv. think about us || little mix oh, you put your hand on my waist and then you pull me close It's a bop. I love Little Mix's music, and this is the first I've heard of theirs since I found Salute in my Allison Argent phase back in... 2015? Ish? v. kings & queens || ava max and you might think i'm weak without a sword but if i had one, it'd be bigger than yours I cannot for the life of me remember if I just heard this on the radio or if it came to me through some kind of fandom playlist, but either way, it's just peppy enough that it got me through the last leg of winter. vi. real boy || lola blanc i can give you life with just a single whisper show you what the meaning of a heartbeat is

I wrote gonna make you feel, boy on my phone near the end of January all in one sitting. I had literally just woken up and it is one of the horniest things I wrote all damn year. Anyway, I made a couple playlists for Hades and this was on both of them. vii. the search || nf "hey, nate, how's life?" i don't know, it's alright i've been dealin' with some things like every human being and really didn't sleep much last night

This is another one where I'm not 100% sure where I found it, but I am so glad I did. My gut reaction is that it was another of the Discover Weekly mixes, but either way, I listened to this song every day for two to three weeks before I finally ventured out and listened to the whole album. Some really fantastic lyrics. viii. experience -remix- || ludovico einaudi & starkey *instrumental* I have loved this song since I watched the Sense8 finale back in 2016/2017. Despite the fact that the ending scene of the finale was basically a giant orgy, the song gave it such a depth of feeling that I ended up crying. Ever since then, this has been my go-to for background music whenever I'm writing something emotional. One of the Discover Weekly mixes threw me this remix and I immediately fell in love. ix. moonlight densetsu -remix- || patrick moon bird *instrumental*

I experienced this tiktok sometime in early March, and it is actually the motivation that finally made me download the damn app. Something about the vibe to it was just so weird and perfect. It had this dreamy quality to it while also somehow giving me flashbacks to the Happy Mask Salesman in Majora's Mask. Anyway, found the remix and saved it to my 2021 playlist, then a couple months down the line I'd end up heavily associating the song with Taako from The Adventure Zone. x. howl's the wolf || kila the wolf will run 'til rising sun the wolf will guide you in your dreams, run free

I ended up doing a trial of Apple TV for the sole purpose of watching Wolfwalkers when it came out. I loved the movie so much, which wasn't too much of a surprise since I think I've loved every single thing that studio has come out with since I first watched Song of the Sea back in 2016. xi. inferno || hiroyuki sawano though you can't see the sun a new day has begun I technically watched Promare back in 2020, but I ended up rewatching it in spring of this year because it just makes me so incandescently happy. I don't know what it is about it, but every time I watch it I end up getting teary by the end and a lot of it is this song, which just crawled into my ribcage and set up shop there. I'm so glad they added it to spotify. xii. demons || hayley kiroko please, forgive me, i've got demons in my head tryna eat me, tryna feed me lies until I'm dead

I did end up discovering this song long before it tethered itself to me as a Loki song (thanks to the beginning of episode three), which is why it shows up so early on this list. Anyway, I don't care what the lyrics say because I have definitely heard "he's fucking me, i've got demons in my head" literally all year. xiii. voidfish || rachel rose mitchell *instrumental* First things first, spoilers for the end of TAZ Balance if you click on the link that I'm about to link to. ANYWAY, I finally experienced The Adventure Zone this year! I read the first two TAZ comics at the beginning of the year and ended up finding this amazing animatic for a scene near the end of the series, and long story short, the combination of those two things finally ended up getting me past the first arc of the podcast, which is apparently all it took to hook me. Anyway, I have basically listened to Voidfish on repeat since I watched this animatic. The SHIVERS that I got at the line "there's magic in a bard song." God. Fantastic. xiv. will you follow me into the dark || klergy no trying to pretend we know where the story ends

Since I listened to a lot of Klergy in January, spotify ended up suggesting this one to me at some point in late spring and I just love the dreamy, melancholy thing that her voice does. This one hit me straight in my wangxian feels, like most of her songs do. xv. providence || eternal eclipse *instrumental*

There is a 95% chance that I found this song through SOME kind of fanvid, but I really don't remember which one. All I know is that Eternal Eclipse pumps out some absolute bangers and they're on a good portion of my writing playlists. xvi. unicorn wizard || ninja sex party sometimes i wish i was even more awesome than i already am. what would my life be like if i turned this shit up to eleven (out of a possible five)? I made a Taako playlist shortly after I finished The Adventure Zone and then uh, didn't actually publish it anywhere? Apparently? ANYWAY. There are 89 songs on the mix, including that remix of Moonlight Densetsu I was talking about earlier. Incidentally, the next few songs on this list are ALSO on the playlist. xvii. me too || meghan trainor who's that sexy thing I see over there? oh, that's me, standin' in the mirror

The most Taako of songs. I sort of love it. xviii. umbrella || rihanna now that it's raining more than ever know that we'll still have each other you can stand under my umbrella

Also on the Taako playlist. You know. Because of the... umbrella. And everything. Look, I thought it was hilarious. xix. colors flying high || lollia so choose a color to live by your goal, your faith, your virtue give it all be the best cause nothing less will do

I have been attempting to finish Persona 5 Royal since September of 2020. We ended up losing our cat, Mal, on September 20th and since I was playing Persona when it happened it has been REALLY hard to get through it. I am still technically on the last dungeon (third semester) but I've made progress. And yes, I know that I can just not play it, but I do love the game and really would like to know how it ends. xx. progress || the dear hunter with every ounce of passion i speak till my lungs both billow out i'll give you something to hope for. The Magnus Archives ended in March this year and I made the mistake of listening to the final episode on the way to work that day and basically crying in the parking lot before I went in. I spent my morning meeting combing through the tag on tumblr and found this artwork (spoilers obvs) which made a mention of this song in their tags. So obviously I went and listened to the song, then KEPT listening to it until lunchtime, when I wrote til my lungs both billow out on my break. Anyway, this song makes me have emotions. xxi. montero || lil nas x i'm not fazed, only here to sin if eve ain't in your garden, you know that you can Montero dropped at some point in the spring and put Lil Nas X on the map for me in a way that Old Town Road never did. It was great, it was catchy, the music video was genius, and I just love that man. I hope he goes far. xxii. underworld || cypress i've been searching for a home but i'm lost inside my mind, i'm trapped in the underworld

I think this was part of a Hades playlist. Very catchy. xxiii. midas || skott midas, you've got me thinking 'bout the story you've everything you ever wanted but will you ever get to hold me?

A spotify discover weekly discovery! Loved her voice, loved the lyrics. xxiv. tell me || johnny jewel ft saoirse ronan be mine for always

Her voice is just so sweet. Possibly another discover weekly find. As you can tell, I listened to a lot of them this year. xxv. story || nf too early to tell, but at this rate i'm thinkin' this might be a bad day

when listening to his album after finding the search earlier in the year, this one really was the first one that resonated. xxvi. levitating || dua lipa i got you, moonlight, you're my starlight i need you all night, come on, dance with me I still REALLY like Dua Lipa's music. xxvii. -error || niki, kradness 壊れているの？ 壊れているよ

This is apparently a vocaloid song? I don't know. Somebody was talking about it on twitter and it just stuck with me. xxviii. runaway || aurora i was dancing in the rain i felt alive, and i can't complain This did catch on to tiktok for awhile, but I've been following Aurora's work for the last few years, so seeing her music really pop up there was an absolute delight. I adore her voice. xxix. follow you || imagine dragons i will follow you way down wherever you may go i'll follow you way down to your deepest low

I love Imagine Dragons. I don't care. Every song I've listened to of theirs has been amazing, and I think they have featured on these lists for the last five years. Pretty sure they sold their souls to consistently put out such bops. xxx. shum || go_a Весняночко, весняночко Де ти зимувала?

This was my first year actually paying attention to Eurovision, and holy hell, this song was AMAZING. I ended up looking through the rest of their work and finding other pieces I loved (which are in the longer version of this playlist) and anyway, I don't know, this song will forever make me think of 2021. xxxi. farewell wanderlust || the amazing devil i promise you i'm not broken i promise you there's more more to come, more to reach for, more to hurl at the door

I will forever be thankful for The Witcher because it led me to Joey Batey. I love him so much, and finding The Amazing Devil was a breakthrough for my whole year. Ruin coming out near the end of it was just as perfect! xxxii. from the edge || fictionjunction, lisa 今君はその刃を 何処へ振り下ろす? We watched Demon Hunter at some point in I think maybe late summer? It exceeded my expectations, which was great, even if it did fall into the same trap that I feel like a lot of animes do. The opening went hard. xxxiii. fire || saint mesa burn the broken road hear drums thunder shake in the smoke Not sure where I found it. 90% sure it was another discover weekly playlist. Love it, though. xxxiv. touch it clean -remix- || dj raulito touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it turn it, leave it, start - format it

I do entirely blame Tiktok for this one. xxxv. the devil you know || x ambassadors it's better to know the devil you know the devil you don't 'cause wherever you go, wherever you go with the devil you know your never alone

I think I discovered this one around the time I was mainlining every single season of Lucifer. I'd forgotten how much I loved X Ambassadors' music. xxxvi. grand escape || radwimps 夏風邪に焦る心が 夏をさらに早送るよ めまぐるしい景色の中 君だけが止まって見えた

Man, Weathering With You was amazing. Maybe not QUITE as amazing as Kimi No Na Wa, but it was really beautiful in its own right. This song actually made me cry in the car a few weeks ago. xxxvii. good 4 u — olivia rodrigo maybe i'm too emotional your apathy is like a wound in salt I really like her music. I don't care how similar it is to Paramore's. xxxviii. the killing kind || marianas trench if madness overtakes us both then nobody would be alone the ghost of us can linger here forever not to disappear

I actually found this song on a Magnus Archives fanvideo. The fanvideo was absolutely amazing! However, because I was watching Loki at the time, I then spent the next six to seven weeks in a feverish haze listening to it on repeat because it had solidified itself in my brain as the song that I thought of when I wrote Sylkius. According to my Spotify Wrapped, it is my most listened to song of 2021, which I listened to a very reasonable 137 times. And that isn't including the times I stopped it halfway through to play it again. xxxix. t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l || willow ft travis barker i knew a boy just like you he's a snake, just like you such a fake, just like you I actually ended up messaging one of my friend's asking if this was the same person who did the music for Ruby and he basically just texted me back with, lol Willow Smith??? And then I googled and realized that Willow was... Willow Smith. They do have very similar styles though, and I love her pipes! xl. devil i know || allie x i could pretend that i'm just praying now but i'm only on my knees

Also from the Lucifer phase. Unsurprisingly. They have a LOT of devil-themed songs in that show. xli. thunderous || stray kids bang bang bang boom man, i'm not sorry, i'm dirty I actually ended up finding out that season three of mo dao zu shi was out because @pingvi dropped this vid and I immediately lost my shit and went to go marathon the five episodes that I'd missed. This song is GREAT to listen to in the car and has bass that goes for days. Also, pingvi's videos are just as amazing as they've always been. xlii. your ex-lover is dead || stars there's one thing i want to say so i'll be brave you were what i wanted, i gave what i gave i'm not sorry i met you i'm not sorry it's over i'm not sorry there's nothing to save

This song has been on and off of my radar for years, largely because Life 2: The Unhappy Ending is still my favorite song in all of existence. This song ended up showing up on my discover weekly right as I was trying to write an Akira/Akechi fic for one of my Dark Month prompts - your ex-lover is dead, which I obviously named after the song, because that's how I roll with titles nowadays. Anyway. Good song. Sad feels. It was perfect. xliii. holly holy || neil diamond call the sun in the dead of the night and the sun's gonna rise in the sky

Watched Midnight Mass in October. May have fallen in love with the show itself and the few Neil Diamond songs that were featured. I loved it so much I ended up writing a Sylkius AU for the show. xliv. the village bride || kevin penkin & emi evans *instrumental*

I also watched Star Wars Visions during I day that I had off from food poisoning. I think this episode was my favorite, and this song followed me for weeks. xlv. money || lisa dun, da, la, la, dun-dun, dun, da-la-la, dun-dun dun, da, la, la, dun-dun, dropping on you Another song that I ended up discovering because @pingvi dropped an amazing fanvid. I cannot get over how they utilize sound and have ranted about it to more than one person. This is also a song that's fantastic to listen to in the car, particularly if you're on the highway and can really crank the bass. xlvi. enemy || imagine dragons i'm searching to behold the stories that are told when my back is to the world that was smiling when I turned Full disclosure: the long version of this playlist has basically the entirety of the Arcane soundtrack on it. Arcane was SO AMAZING. I loved it to pieces. This song is probably my favorite that Imagine Dragons has dropped in years and gives me incredibly intense Wei Wuxian feels. xlvii. dirty little animals || bones uk slide, shake your bones out if you wanna ride throw your head back, make you feel alive the kind of bad that make you feel good, good

Seriously, every song on the Arcane soundtrack is a gem, but this one is my favorite. If I remember right, it's the song that Jinx is listening to as she's tinkering. It just has so much energy. I LOVE it. xlviii. inkpot gods || the amazing devil and what you hear is not silence it's just the trees waiting to hear what next you'll hum and what you see is not the dark it's just the gods upturning ink pots 'cause they know what you'll become

Ruin coming out last month was amazing. I listened to the entire album twice through one Sunday morning after a friend tweeted about it and made me realize that it had finally dropped. Inkpot Gods was my favorite track and has made me cry at least two or three times since I started listening. I love it. I love this band. I love their music. It's so perfect. xlix. eleanor rigby || cody fry all the lonely people where do they all come from?

Tiktok lead me to this fantastic cover of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby - specifically - this Tiktok - which made me flash back to at least six different anime phases. Anyway, the song is great and I get to sing it to my cat, whose name is Rigby. l. louder than words || tick, tick... boom cast if we don't wake up and shake up the nation we'll eat the dust of the world

Tick, Tick... Boom! did such a resounding number on my heart. This one hit harder than most. What does it take to wake up a generation, indeed.

[fandomscombine]

Fandomscombine’s Writing Challenge

Hello there! For a while now, I really wanted to host a writing challenge. Cause to be honest, these challenges are fun, it helps and push me to write better, think outside the box and even out of writing slumps.

So, I thought Why Not? Plus, the holidays are around the corner and yes do I love reading holiday theme fics.

In honor of the holidays and the current 774 of you lovely people who follow me. Whether be it for all the bunch of fandoms posts or the fics and writing pieces that I have now become part of. Thank you so much, we might not talk, just reblog and like each other’s post. Still thank you. 

You might be the ones you follow me for the multiple fandoms post- Hi!. Or you could be a fellow fic writer and/or reader- Hello there! To the readers, thank you for the taking the time and supporting this little stories.To the writer, please do continue writing, your fics are wonderful and do bring joy to the reader like myself (or to tears, you know if you write angst)

And then if you want, I’d really appreciate it if you joined this Writing Challenge. (I really don’t want this to flop lol)

Links of the finished works would be added so it’d reach a wider audience!

Rules:

1.       Each person can choose up to 3 Prompts max.

2.       You can mix in 1 Song fic is you want. Or just do a Song Fic, that’s fine. 3.       Multiple Tropes can be in a fic. 4.       A max limit of 2 people can do each prompt, trope and song (I’ll strikethrough it off, when it’s full) 5.       When you post, Tag me (@fandomscombine) and the hashtag ‘#fandomscombinewritingchallenge 6.       Send me an ask to indicate when prompts/tropes/song you want to do AND don’t forget which character x reader you will be writing about. 7.       Since this is 1st Writing Challenge, I would stick to having the fics be from the Harry Potter & The Umbrella Academy fandom 8.       Also I’d really appreciate it if you reblogged this so that it would have a wider reach. A follow would be great too!  9.       Deadline: JAN 31 2021

Fluff Prompts:

1.       “Oh no you didn’t” “Oh yes I did”

-Sirius Black x Reader by @ weasleydream

2.       “How did I get so lucky to wake up next to you each day?”

3.       “You’ve been acting weird all day. What are you up to?”

4.       “Can’t I just show my girlfriend/boyfriend some love just because?”

5.       “What’s this?” “Just a little something…”

6.       “You’re staring again.”

7.       “If you allow me, I want to be your forever.”

8.       “You act different when you think no one is around.” “Is that so?”

 “Matchmaking”  Sirius Black x Reader by @iwritesiriusly

9.       “You give really great hugs.”

10.   “Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?”

11.   “I like it when your hair is styled like that. It suits you.”

12.   “I don’t think I would get tired of you. Ever.”

- Fred Weasley x Reader by @feetoffthetable 

13.   “Who knew that under all this, that you have a sweet and sensitive side.”

  “Matchmaking”  Sirius Black x Reader by @iwritesiriusly ​

14.   “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

  -Young!Sirius Black x Reader by @wonderful-writer​

15.   “Babe, I love you. But if you get caught, you’re on your own.”

16.   “You’re so hot! – I mean temperature-wise, you’re hot.” “Just temperature-wise?”

Klaus Hargreeves x Reader by @pennaesapone

Angst Prompts:

1.       “I can’t do this anymore. I’m sorry.”

2.       “Don’t you get it? We’re done. I’ve healed, I’ve moved on.”

3.       “You were my everything, but I was nothing to you.”

4.       “I just don’t feel that way. I’m sorry that I led you on.”

5.       “Why don’t you want us to go public?”

6.       “I have fallen for someone else.”

7.       “Don’t touch me!”

  -Young!Sirius Black x Reader by @wonderful-writer

8.       “Just leave me alone.”

9.       “Can you hold me? Please.”

10.   “I didn’t mean it like that!”

11.   “People grow. People change.”

12.   “I think we could use a break.”

- Fred Weasley x Reader by @feetoffthetable​

13.   “Don’t you ever do that again! I could have lost you!”

14.   “I’ve lost count on how many times you’ve broken my heart.”

  -Young!Sirius Black x Reader by @wonderful-writer​

15.   “What did I do wrong?”

Holiday Prompts:

1.       “Why does my Christmas sweater have Scrooge on it while yours has reindeers in Santa hats?”

-Sirius Black x Reader by @ weasleydream

2.       “This sure is a lot of food just for us.” “Oh, trust me, it isn’t enough. My whole extended family is coming over for Christmas Dinner.”

3.       “Ehhh love? I think the cookies are burning.”

4.       “I can’t wait to see what this new year will hold.”

5.       “Oh no, I don’t sing.” “Come on! Singing Christmas Carols is a tradition!”

6.       “Having our family around this holiday is making me think that maybe…I want to start our family.”

7.       “No peeking when I’m wrapping your present!”

Song Fic:

1.       Black and White - Niall Horan

-Cedric Diggory x OC by @stellastyless

2.       Lovebug - The Jonas Brothers

3.       Pretty Please – Dua Lipa

4.       One More Hour – Anthony Ramos

5.       Lie to Me - 5SOS

6.       Death of a Bachelor – Panic! At The Disco

7.       I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder

8.       You Belong with Me – Taylor Swift

9.       Take a Chance on Me – ABBA

10.   Catching Feelings – Justin Bieber

Tropes:

1.       Friends to Lovers  [FULL]

“two of us“ Diego Hargreeves x Reader by @belowva​

-Cedric Diggory x OC by @stellastyless​

2.       Enemies to Lovers

3.       Weddings

   -Young!Sirius Black x Reader by @wonderful-writer​

4.       Proposal

5.       Fake Dating

“two of us“ Diego Hargreeves x Reader by @belowva​

6.       Roommates

7.       Oblivious Mutual Pining

8.       Domestic Fluff

9.       Forbidden Love

10.   Height Difference

11.   Optimist and Pessimist

12.   Tough exterior but is actually a cinnamon roll

13.   Looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you.

14.   Extrovert and Introvert

15.   The One that Got Away

16.   Meet Cute

17.   Parents/Parents to be

Tagging those who showed interest to join! (Seriously hoping that this doesn’t flop)

@ weasleydream @ 04justanotherfangirl01

[sidnihoudini]

Fork & Knife: Playlists

For the anon who requested them! These are general playlists that I have updated over the years and probably will add more to in the future!

fork and knife everyday - ariana grande not about love - fiona apple ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - spiritualized real love baby - father john misty make it wit chu - queens of the stone age still into you - paramore i love how you love me - jeff mangum strange powers - the magnetic fields after life of the party - fall out boy go to town - doja cat in the meantime - spacehog good in bed - dua lipa devastated - joey bada$$ coffee - miguel some kind of nature - gorillaz ft. lou reed ball and chain - social distortion road head - japanese breakfast hot tub dream machine - tobi lou

sebi's iphone the only living boy in new york - simon & garfunkel pursuit of happiness - kid cudi i do coke - kill the noise fade - kanye west roses - the chainsmokers faith - george michael sophisticated bitch - public enemy sober - childish gambino when i grow up - the pussycat dolls gold digger - kanye west ft. jamie foxx bump n grind - r. kelly plus a bunch of 80s radio rock

chris's iphone sweatpants - childish gambino she hates me - puddle of mudd don’t need much - travis mills here comes your man - pixies belle - beauty and the beast i get around - 2pac canned heat - jamiroquai i’m coming out - diana ross momma’s boy - chromeo i touch myself - divinyls shoop - salt n pepa here comes the hotstepper - ini kamoze rack of his - fiona apple sweat - inner circle plus a bunch of 90s rap/r&b

drinking and smoking mix praise you - fatboy slim brimful of asha - cornershop i see you baby - groove armada rockafeller skank - fatboy slim

[herzlak]

a playlist for boerne & alberich:

Sky's Still Blue | Andrew Belle

“oh, if you're hearing this, I must have made it through — oh, if you're hearing this, I see the sky's still blue”

Somebody Else | The 1975

“I don't want your body, but I hate to think about you with somebody else”

If I Didn't Have You | BANNERS

“thought I had nothing to lose, but that's not the truth — I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you”

Fools | Lauren Aqualinia

“those hardest to love need it most”

Find My Way Back | Eric Arjes

“no matter where we're going, I'll be by your side”

Magic | Coldplay

“no, I don't want anybody else but you”

Scared to Be Lonely | Dua Lipa, Martin Garrix

“do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright? is the only reason you're holding me tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely?”

Such Great Heights | Iron & Wine

“I hope this song will guide you home”

Stand By You | Rachel Platten

“'cause I'm gonna stand by you, even if we're breaking down, we can find a way to break through”

That's So Us | Allie X

“what I like about you, baby, is how you annoy me daily, but you still fucking amaze me — that's so us”

The Enemy | Andrew Belle

“don't try to follow me — I would hold you down if I could make you the enemy”

Start A Riot | BANNERS

“if your world falls apart, I'd start a riot”

Medicine | Daughter

“you've got a warm heart, you've got a beautiful brain — but it's disintegrating from all the medicine”

Killing Me To Love You | Vancouver Sleep Clinic

“but it's killing me to love you — and I can't let go when you still need saving”

Poison & Wine | Black Match

“one of my greatest fears it is that I'll be poison in your bloodstream and you'll be wine in mine”

link to spotify playlist

[pemdasblog]

PEMDAS - Special Year-End Edition - Albums

I love end of year lists because I like consensus, rankings and numbers. But consensus is all based on who gets to rank, and the people who get the most access to major publication rankings are white men, so the numbers are tainted by white supremacy, misogyny, and many other forms of bigotry.

Which makes it even more interesting to see what gets ranked where.

Here’s a Google Sheet I made of all the lists and I created a formula that basically measures how many times an album placed on a list as well as how high it placed on that list. I’m going to keep updating this list as it’s not done, but it’s fun to play around with right now!

According to my formula and the critics, the top 10 albums of 2020 (in order) are: 

#1: Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

#2: RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

#3: folklore •• Taylor Swift

#4: Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

#5: Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

#6: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

#7: Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

#8: Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

#9: Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

#10: Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

I also have a fun, unranked albums list brewing. I’ll release that at the very end of the year.

Click below for all of the publication lists!

The 50 best albums of 2020 •• ABC | Double J

Dan Condon

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Crossover •• Emma Donovan & The Putbacks

The Slow Rush •• Tame Impala

UNTITLED (Rise) •• SAULT

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Song for Our Daughter •• Laura Marling

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

The Sharecropper’s Daughter •• Sa-Roc

Sideways to New Italy •• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Sixteen Oceans •• Four Tet

Chose Line •• Benny the Walker

South West •• L-FRESH the LION

Far Enough •• Cable Ties

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Nyaaringu •• Miiesha

You Be the Lightning •• Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife

Mordechai •• Khruangbin

Suddenly •• Caribou

Our Two Skins •• Gordi

Down In the Weeds, Where the World Once Was •• Bright Eyes

græ •• Moses Sumney

Distance •• Jess Cornelius

King’s Disease •• Nas

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Batflowers •• Washington

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

That’s How Rumors Get Started •• Margo Price

ENERGY •• Disclosure

The Ascension •• Sufjan Stevens

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Paid Salvation •• A Swayze & The Ghosts

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

Ohms •• Deftones

Unity •• Gordon Koang

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Child in Reverse •• Kate Miller-Heidke

K.G. •• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Aloha •• Son Little

The Modern Medieval •• Something for Kate

II: The Next Wave •• Quakers

Rome •• Josh Pyke

Fallow •• Fanny Lumsden

Optimisme •• Songhoy Blues

Original Cast Recording •• Braille Face

Colour by Number •• Leah Flanagan

Ultra Mono •• IDLES

What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? •• Public Enemy

Feral •• RVG

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

The best albums and songs of 2020 •• BBC Culture

Nick Levine

  Best albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Kitchen Sink •• Nadine Shah

folklore •• Taylor Swift

6 Music Recommends Albums of the Year 2020 •• BBC Radio - 6 Music

BBC Radio - 6 Music Staff

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Shortly After Takeoff •• BC Camplight

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Kitchen Sink •• Nadine Shah

England Is a Garden •• Cornershop

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

The Universal Want •• Doves

Deep Down Happy •• Sports Team

The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Staff Picks •• Billboard

Billboard Staff

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

After Hours •• The Weeknd

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

My Turn •• Lil Baby

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

Meet the Woo 2 •• Pop Smoke

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Positions •• Ariana Grande

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Starting Over •• Chris Stapleton

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Circles •• Mac Miller

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

Manic •• Halsey

Tickets to My Downfall •• Machine Gun Kelly

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Rare •• Selena Gomez

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Colores •• J Balvin

The Album •• BLACKPINK

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

The Slow Rush •• Tame Impala

Before Love Came To Kill Us •• Jessie Reyez

Notes on a Conditional Form •• The 1975

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Fake It Flowers •• beabadoobee

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t •• Kehlani

Map of the Soul: 7 •• BTS

Letter to You •• Bruce Springsteen

Atrapado en un Sueño •• Junior H

The Album •• Teyana Taylor

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Emmanuel •• Anuel AA

Love Goes •• Sam Smith

Suddenly •• Caribou

Petals for Armor •• Hayley Williams

B7 •• Brandy

Southside •• Sam Hunt

Mesa Para Dos •• Kany García

Savage Mode II •• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin

Good Souls Better Angels •• Lucinda Williams

Kid Krow •• Conan Gray

Hecho en Mexico •• Alejandro Fernández

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Blame It on Baby •• DaBaby

Top 10 Albums of the Year 2020 •• Bleep

KiCk i •• Arca

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never •• Oneohtrix Point Never

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin •• Eartheater

Cape Cira •• K-LONE

Fountain •• Lyra Pramuk

Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry •• Speaker Music

Help •• Duval Timothy

Karma & Desire •• Actress

Shadow of Fear •• Cabaret Voltaire

Tara Clerkin Trio •• Tara Clerkin Trio

The Best Albums of 2020 •• Complex

Jessica McKinney, Andre Gee, Eric Skelton, Edwin Ortiz, Khal, Angel Diaz, Will Schube, Shawn Setaro, Lucas Wisenthel

After Hours •• The Weeknd

My Turn •• Lil Baby

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Burden of Proof •• Benny the Butcher

Savage Mode II •• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin

The Slow Rush •• Tame Impala

Circles •• Mac Miller

Pray for Paris •• Westside Gunn

Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon •• Pop Smoke

The GOAT •• Polo G

From King to a GOD •• Conway the Machine

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Wunna •• Gunna

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

A Muse In Her Feelings •• dvsn

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Meet the Woo 2 •• Pop Smoke

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

So Help Me God! •• 2 Chainz

Angelic Hoodrat •• Kenny Mason

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t •• Kehlani

The Price of Tea in China •• Boldy James

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Fuck the World •• Brent Faiyaz

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Dark Lane Demo Tapes •• Drake

Young & Turnt 2 •• 42 Dugg

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Top •• YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Mt. Marci •• Roc Marciano

Notes on a Conditional Form •• The 1975

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

One and Only •• Sheff G

Positions •• Ariana Grande

Limbo •• Aminé

UNLOCKED •• Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats

Anyways •• Young Nudy

Legends Never Die •• Juice WRLD

Industry Games •• CHIKA

Reasonable Drought •• Stove God Cooks

Spilligion •• Spillage Village

King’s Disease •• Nas

While the World Was Burning •• SAINt JHN

Only for Dolphins •• Action Bronson

Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 •• Lil Durk

Featuring Ty Dolla Sign •• Ty Dolla Sign

Detroit 2 •• Big Sean

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

Top 50 Albums of 2020 •• Consequence of Sound

CoS Staff

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Ohms •• Deftones

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Gigaton •• Pearl Jam

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit

Map of the Soul: 7 •• BTS

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

After Hours •• The Weeknd

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

The Ascension •• Sufjan Stevens

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Petals for Armor •• Hayley Williams

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Fake It Flowers •• beabadoobee

Likewise •• Frances Quinlan

Ultra Mono •• IDLES

Forgotten Days •• Pallbearer

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Suddenly •• Caribou

Everything Is Beautiful •• Princess Nokia

As Long as You Are •• Future Islands

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never •• Oneohtrix Point Never

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Letter to You •• Bruce Springsteen

The Price of Tea in China •• Boldy James & The Alchemist

That’s How Rumors Get Started •• Margo Price

Giver Taker •• Anjimile

Twice as Tall •• Burna Boy

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

Shamir •• Shamir

Lamb of God •• Lamb of God

Pray for Paris •• Westside Gunn

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

The Greatest Part •• Becca Mancari

Power Up •• AC/DC

The Liz •• Armani Caesar

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

American Head •• The Flaming Lips

The Neon Skyline •• Andy Shauf

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Honeymoon •• Beach Bunny

The Top 50 Albums of 2020 •• Crack Magazine

Help •• Duval Timothy

Indigo Dream •• E.M.M.A.

Mas Amable •• DJ Python

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

Duma •• Duma

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Metal Preyers •• Metal Preyers

From Avoca Hills to the World •• Citizen Boy & Mafia Boyz

Miss Colombia •• Lido Pimienta

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

To Feel Embraced •• Sparkle Division

Workaround •• Beatrice Dillon

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Man Alive! •• King Krule

Healing Is a Miracle •• Julianna Barwick

Snoopy •• CS + Kreme

Dark Matter •• Moses Boyd

Pain Olympics •• Crack Cloud

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Cape Circa •• K-Lone

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Modern Bliss •• Roza Terenzi

Ten Billion Angels •• Zora Jones

Pray 4 Love •• Rod Wave

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Modus Vivendi •• 070 Shake

Cenizas •• Nicolás Jaar

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry •• Speaker Music

Pray for Paris •• Westside Gunn

Second Language •• Minor Science

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

Crabs in a Bucket •• Nines

Deep Technik •• MoMA Ready

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Send Them to Coventry •• Pa Salieu

Pillowland •• Jam City

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin •• Eartheater

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

The 15 best albums of 2020 •• Entertainment Weekly

Leah Greenblatt, Sarah Rodman & Alex Suskind

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

After Hours •• The Weeknd

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

American Love Story •• Butch Walker

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Your Life Is a Record •• Brandy Clark

Petals for Armor •• Hayley Williams

Exclaim!’s 50 Best Albums of 2020 •• Exclaim!

Exclaim! Staff

God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It •• Backxwash

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Suddenly •• Caribou

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Miss Colombia •• Lido Pimienta

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Pantayo •• Pantayo

Heavy Light •• U.S. Girls

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

The Neon Skyline •• Andy Shauf

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

græ •• Moses Sumney

Have We Met •• Destroyer

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Ohms •• Deftones

The Ascension •• Sufjan Stevens

Legacy •• Aquakultre

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Devouring Ruin •• Wake

How Ill Thy World Is Ordered •• Daniel Romano’s Outfit

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

After Hours •• The Weeknd

Burden of Proof •• Benny the Butcher

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

DNA Activation •• Witch Prophet

Peaceful as Hell •• Black Dresses

Where Only Gods May Tread •• Ingested

Circles •• Mac Miller

2017-2019 •• Against All Logic

Lianne La Havas •• Lianne La Havas

Stygian •• Atramentus

ELEMENTS Vol. 1 •• TOBi

Reliever •• William Prince

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

Someone New •• Helena Deland

Pray 4 Love •• Rod Wave

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Sundry Rock Song Stock •• Yves Jarvis

Finds You Well •• Khotin

Underneath •• Code Orange

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Visions of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

Total Freedom •• Kathleen Edwards

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Free I.H.: This Is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting For •• Illuminati Hotties

The Best Albums of 2020 •• FLOOD

FLOOD Staff

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

græ •• Moses Sumney

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never •• Oneohtrix Point Never

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

After Hours •• The Weeknd

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

Women in Music Pt. III •• Haim

Visions of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

My Agenda •• Dorian Electra

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin •• Eartheater

Shrines •• Armand Hammer

That’s How Rumors Get Started •• Margo Price

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

American Head •• The Flaming Lips

Si Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ •• Kali Uchis

Song Machine: Season 1 - Strange Timez •• Gorillaz

Moveys •• Slow Pulp

The Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2020 •• Gigwise

Gigwise Staff

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

folklore •• Taylor Swift

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Ohms •• Deftones

Circles •• Mac Miller

The Night Chancers •• Baxter Dury

Sex, Death & The Infinite Void •• Creeper

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

The Archer •• Alexandra Savior

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Mordechai •• Khruangbin

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Night Network •• The Cribs

I Disagree •• Poppy

Introduction, Presence •• Nation of Language

Modern Dread •• Denai Moore

K.G. •• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

To Love Is to Live •• Jehnny Beth

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Working Men’s Club •• Working Men’s Club

We Live Here •• Bob Vylan

Song for Our Daughter •• Laura Marling

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep •• Ghostpoet

925 •• Sorry

Got To Be Tough •• Toots & The Maytals

græ •• Moses Sumney

Viscerals •• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Three Mile Ditch •• The Wytches

England Is a Garden •• Cornershop

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

In This House •• Lewsberg

Optimisme •• Songhoy Blues

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

Letter to You •• Bruce Springsteen

Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

Monument •• Keaton Henson

Seeking Thrills •• Georgia

Hyper Romance •• Jadu Heart

Container •• The Wants

The Prettiest Curse •• Hinds

In Waiting •• Pillow Queens

The Reson for Hardcore Vibes •• Joe & The Shitboys

Gorilla vs. Bear’s Albums of 2020 •• Gorilla vs. Bear

Chris

Someone New •• Helena Deland

Untitled (Black Is) •• SAULT || Untitled (Rise) •• SAULT

Send Them to Coventry •• Pa Salieu

Weaving a Basket •• Sea Oleena

Modus Vivendi •• 070 Shake

Fires in Heaven •• Salem

Galore •• Oklou

What’s Tonight to Eternity •• Cindy Lee || Cat O’Nine Tails •• Cindy Lee

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Taken Away •• Moodymann

All the Time •• Jessy Lanza

Alletiders •• Alle

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 •• Yaeji

Because of a Flower •• Ana Roxanne

How Much Works •• Sweet Whirl

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

The Don of Diamond Dreams •• Shabazz Palaces

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never •• Oneohtrix Point Never

Hunger for a Way Out •• Sweeping Promises

Your Hero Is Not Dead •• Westerman

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Remote Control •• Discovery Zone

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

Help •• Duval Timothy

Yes •• Shinichi Atobe

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

I Was Born Swimming •• Squirrel Flower

Healing Is a Miracle •• Julianna Barwick

Mia Gargaret •• Gia Margaret

I Feel Alive •• Tops

Karma & Desire •• Actress

Crooner qui coule sous les clous •• Oï Les Ox

Bobby Joe Hope •• Jon McKiel

Motherhood •• No Joy

Land of No Junction •• Aoife Nessa Frances

acts of rebellion •• Ela Minus

Cave Vaults on the Moon •• Tan Cologne

Sundry Rock Song Stock •• Yves Jarvis

A Mythology of Circles •• Faten Kanaan

Man Alive! •• King Krule

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Good Songs for Bad People •• Drab City

Roped In •• North Americans

Sorceress •• Jess Williamson

Phoenix: Flames are Dew Upon My Skin •• Eartheater

Fantasy Chapel •• Riches

Ride Lonesome •• Young Ejecta

Shimmering Basset •• The Green Child

Silver Ladders •• Mary Lattimore

The 50 best albums of 2020 •• The Guardian

Ben Beaumont-Thomas & Laura Snapes

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Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

folklore •• Taylor Swift

græ •• Moses Sumney

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Workaround •• Beatrice Dillon

Suddenly •• Caribou

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

UNTITLED (Rise) •• SAULT

Gold Record •• Bill Callahan

Song for Our Daughter •• Laura Marling

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

Circles •• Mac Miller

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Heavy Light •• U.S. Girls

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Working Men’s Club •• Working Men’s Club

Notes on a Conditional Form •• The 1975

Savage Mode II •• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin

I Think I’m Good •• Kassa Overall

Suite for Max Brown •• Jeff Parker

Positions •• Ariana Grande

Karma & Desire •• Actress

DISCO •• Kylie Minogue

Made in Lagos •• Wizkid

All the Time •• Jessy Lanza

Rare •• Selena Gomez

Three •• The Necks

The Album •• Teyana Taylor

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Have We Met •• Destroyer

Visions of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked •• The Line of Best Fit

The Line of Best Fit Staff

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

The Baby •��� Samia

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

græ •• Moses Sumney

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

The Worst Generation •• Che Lingo

Healing Is a Miracle •• Julianna Barwick

Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

I’m Your Empress Of •• Empress Of

We’re New Again: A Reimagining •• Makaya McCraven

Visions of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

Anime, Trauma and Divorce •• Open Mike Eagle

Beginners •• Christian Lee Hutson

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Show Pony •• Orville Peck

The Angel You Don’t Know •• Amaarae

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

The Amanda Tape •• THEY.

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

JAGUAR •• Victoria Monét

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Someone New •• Helena Deland

Whatever, Man •• BLACKSTARKIDS

folklore •• Taylor Swift

SOURCE •• Nubya Garcia

Without People •• Donovan Woods

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Petals for Armor •• Hayley Williams

Debris •• Keeley Forsyth

Warnings •• I Break Horses

So When You Gonna... •• Dream Wife

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Twice as Tall •• Burna Boy

Now or Never •• Giggs

SISTER •• Mina Tindle

Circles •• Mac Miller

Mordechai •• Khruangbin

The Prettiest Curse •• Hinds

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

EDNA •• Headie One

Dark Hearts •• Annie

Best Albums of 2020 •• The New York Times

Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, and Lindsay Zoladz

  Simmering Emotions, Louder Explosions   Jon Pareles

The Ascension •• Sufjan Stevens

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

græ •• Moses Sumney

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Lianne La Havas •• Lianne La Havas

Twice as Tall •• Burna Boy

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Mama, You Can Bet! •• Jyoti

SIGN •• Autechre

  The Art of Taking One’s Time   Jon Caramanica

Southside •• Sam Hunt

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Pray 4 Love •• Rod Wave

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon •• Pop Smoke

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Poems of the Past •• Powfu

Changes •• Justin Bieber

Starting Over •• Chris Stapleton

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Honeymoon •• Beach Bunny

    and 27 more for a chaotic year...

Savage Mode II •• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin

Burden of Proof •• Benny the Butcher

Trap Tumbado •• Natanael Cano

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

City on Lock •• City Girls

Underneath •• Code Orange

From King to a GOD •• Conway the Machine

Dark Lane Demo Tapes •• Drake

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Positions •• Ariana Grande

A Rock •• Hardy

Violence in a Quiet Mind •• Haux

AUNTIE •• Ian Isiah

Atrapado en un Sueño •• Junior H

Levon James •• King Von

Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 •• Lil Durk

God Made a Woman •• Lauren Mascitti

LP5 •• John Moreland

Before Love Came to Kill Us •• Jessie Reyez

Rosetta •• Dua Saleh

Jesus Is Born •• Sunday Service Choir

Easy Money Baby •• Myke Towers

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

After Hours •• The Weeknd

The Dream •• Hailey Whitters

Top •• YoungBoy Never Broke Again

  Rebel Yells, of Passion and Fury   Lindsay Zoladz

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

No Dream •• Jeff Rosenstock

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

folklore •• Taylor Swift

The Best Music of 2020 •• The New Yorker

Amanda Petrusich

No. 1 •• Etran de l’Aïr

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

Silver Ladders •• Mary Lattimore

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Mama, You Can Bet! •• Jyoti

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & the Alchemist

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

    Honorable Mentions:

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Un Canto por México Vol. 1 •• Natalia Lafourcade

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t •• Kehlani

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

The New Abnormal •• The Strokes

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Sheldon Pearce

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

græ •• Moses Sumney

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) •• Jay Electronica

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Mama, You Can Bet! •• Jyoti

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Thank You For Using GTL •• Drakeo the Ruler

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Anime, Trauma and Divorce •• Open Mike Eagle

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 •• Yaeji

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Mutable Set •• Blake Mills

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

APOLLO •• Fireboy DML

Couldn’t Wait to Tell You... •• Liv.e

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

Descendants of Cain •• Ka

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Healing Is a Miracle •• Julianna Barwick

The 100 Best Albums of 2020 •• Noisey (Vice)

Noisey Staff

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT || UNTITLED (Rise) •• SAULT

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

EDNA •• Headie One

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Bartees Strange •• Live Forever

My Turn (Deluxe) •• Lil Baby

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

JAGUAR •• Victoria Monét

Meet the Woo 2 •• Pop Smoke

BRAT •• NNAMDÏ

Shame •• Uniform

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Send Them to Coventry •• Pa Salieu

Full Wack No Brakes •• Bad Boy Chiller Crew

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

Fuck the World •• Brent Faiyaz

Cruisin’ with Junior H •• Junior H

Twice as Tall •• Burna Boy

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Inlet •• Hum

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

Eternal Atake (Deluxe) •• Lil Uzi Vert

Lament •• Touché Amoré

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Rich Slave •• Young Dolph

Fires in Heaven •• SALEM

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

City On Lock •• City Girls

Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

The Great Dismal •• Nothing

Welcome to O’Block •• King Von

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

Thank You for Using GTL •• Drakeo the Ruler

Àdá Irin •• Navy Blue

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Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin •• Eartheater

The Goat •• Polo G

Speed Kills •• Chubby and the Gang

Common Prayers •• Walter Martin

Petals for Armor •• Hayley Williams

Burden of Proof •• Benny the Butcher

Eternity of Shaog •• Esoctrilihum

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never •• Oneohtrix Point Never

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The Prince of Tea in China •• Boldy James & The Alchemist

A Muse in Her Feelings •• dvsn

KiCk i •• Arca

Circles •• Mac Miller

Rise Above Hate •�� Unknown T

I Love You 2 •• Hook

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 •• Yaeji

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

From a King to a GOD •• Conway the Machine

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Healing Is a Miracle •• Julianna Barwick

12th House Rock •• Narrow Head

Watch This Liquid Pour Itself •• Okay Kaya

Growth & Development •• 22Gz

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Weight of the World •• MIKE

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Bino Rideaux •• Outside

Tearless •• Amnesia Scanner

Made in Lagos •• Wizkid

U-Void Synthesizer •• Machine Girl

Take Time •• Giveon

Pure X •• Pure X

Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 •• Tkay Maidza

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Starmaker •• Honey Harper

So Help Me God! •• 2 Chainz

Crabs in a Bucket •• Nines

Descendants of Cain •• Ka

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me •• Waylon Payne

Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? •• Fantastic Negrito

Just Look at That Sky •• Ganser

7G •• A. G. Cook

Vibras de Noche •• Eslabon Armado

Immersion •• Primitive Man

Supergood •• Duckwrth

The Weather Up There •• Jeremy Cunningham

Underneath •• Code Orange

El Androide •• El Alfa

Lianne La Havas •• Lianne La Havas

SIGN •• Autechre

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Occupational Hazard •• Mozzy

The Freelancer’s Blues •• Dougie Poole

4 Da 304′s •• KentheMan

Best Music of 2020 •• NPR

NPR Music Staff

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Miss Colombia •• Lido Pimienta

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Spilligion •• Spillage Village

Adès Conducts Adès •• Thomas Adès

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Source •• Nubya Garcia

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me •• Waylon Payne

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Lianne La Havas •• Lianne La Havas

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Expectations •• Katie Pruitt

Data Lords •• Maria Schneider Orchestra

Underneath •• Code Orange

on the tender spot of every calloused moment •• Ambrose Akinmusire

JAGUAR •• Victoria Monét

Regresa •• Buscabulla

Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony •• ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

The Slow Rush •• Tame Impala

A Small Death •• Samantha Crain

Pauline •• Ashley Ray

Mama, You Can Bet! •• Jyoti

Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution on Zanzibar) •• Siti Muharam

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

My Turn •• Lil Baby

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Spider Tales •• Jake Blount

Silver Ladders •• Mary Lattimore

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Fuck the World •• Brent Faiyaz

Debussy • Rameau •• Víkingur Ólafsson

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SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

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Thank You For Using GTL •• Drakeo the Ruler

The experience of repetition as death •• Clarice Jensen

Inside •• X Alfonso

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Savage Mode II •• 21 Savage / Metro Boomin

some kind of peace •• Ólafur Arnalds

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Giver Taker •• Anjimile

Don’t Feed the Monster •• Homeboy Sandman

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 •• Paste

Paste Staff

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Untitled (Rise) •• SAULT

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

songs •• Adrianne Lenker

græ •• Moses Sumney

Suddenly •• Caribou

Reunions •• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It •• Backxwash

Untitled (Black Is) •• SAULT

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Heavy Light •• U.S. Girls

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

The Great Dismal •• Nothing

Welcome to Conceptual Beach •• Young Jesus

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Healing Is A Miracle •• Julianna Barwick

Youth Pastoral •• Ben Seretan

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Inlet •• Hum

KIND •• Thanya Iyer

Miss Colombia •• Lido Pimienta

acts of rebellion •• Ela Minus

Ultimate Success Today •• Protomartyr

Anime, Trauma and Divorce •• Open Mike Eagle

Bonny Light Horseman •• Bonny Light Horseman

Speed Kills •• Chubby and the Gang

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Shadow Talk •• Cafe Racer

Source •• Nubya Garcia

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Introduction, Presence •• Nation of Language

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

The Baby •• Samia

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

Free I.H.: This Is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting For •• Illuminati Hotties

Celebrated By Strangers •• Catholic Action

Lianne La Havas •• Lianne La Havas

Flower of Devotion •• Dehd

Just Look at That Sky •• Ganser

Somewhere •• Gum Country

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 •• Pitchfork

Pitchfork Staff

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

græ •• Moses Sumney

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) •• Jay Electronica

Heavy Light •• U.S. Girls

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

Have We Met •• Destroyer

The Angel You Don’t Know •• Amaarae

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

SOURCE •• Nubya Garcia

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? •• The Soft Pink Truth

Thank You for Using GTL •• Drakeo the Ruler

Workaround •• Beatrice Dillon

Melee •• Dogleg

Descendants of Cain •• Ka

The Passion Of •• Special Interest

Hannah •• Lomelda

Help •• Duval Timohy

Flower of Devotion •• Dehd

KiCk i •• Arca

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Room for the Moon •• Kate NV

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Fountain •• Lyra Pramuk

Twice as Tall •• Burna Boy

My Turn (Deluxe) •• Lil Baby

how i’m feeilng now •• Charli XCX

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 •• Yaeji

Silver Ladders •• Mary Lattimore

The 60 Best Albums of 2020 •• Pop Matters

Pop Matters Staff

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Outland •• Ital Tek

UNTITLED (Black Is) •• SAULT

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

3.15.20 •• Childish Gambino

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

Ohms •• Deftones

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

Workaround •• Beatrice Dillon

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Good Souls Better Angels •• Lucinda Williams

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Private Lives •• Low Cut Connie

Suddenly •• Caribou

Song Machine: Season 1 - Strange Timez •• Gorillaz

Keleketla! •• Keleketla!

Seeking Thrills •• Georgia

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

I’m Your Empress Of •• Empress Of

Before Love Come To Kill Us •• Jessie Reyez

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

The Cycle •• Mourning [A] BLKstar

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

Notes on a Conditional Form •• The 1975

The Universal Want •• Doves

We’ve Landed •• Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela

Mama, You Can Bet! •• Jyoti

Eno Axis •• HC McEntire

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Visions of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

Ultrasonic •• Field Works

Sixteen Oceans •• Four Tet

VOICES •• Max Richter

on the tender spot of every calloused moment •• Ambrose Akinmusire

Neon Cross •• Jaime Wyatt

Cenizas •• Nicolás Jaar

To Love Is to Live •• Jehnny Beth

Amazones Power •• Les Amazones d’Afrique

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? •• The Soft Pink Truth

The Piano Equation •• Matthew Shipp

Making a Door Less Open •• Car Seat Headrest

Silver Tongue •• TORRES

BRAT •• NNAMDÏ

The Night Chancers •• Baxter Dury

Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me •• Waylon Payne

Wooden Cave •• Thin Lear

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2020 •• The Quietus

The Quietus Staff

Dances/Curses •• Hey Colossus

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? •• The Soft Pink Truth

The Passion Of •• Special Interest

Fountain •• Lyra Pramuk

Energy Is Forever •• UKAEA

Help •• Duval Timothy

Be Up A Hello •• Squarepusher

Kitchen Sink •• Nadine Shah

Send Them to Coventry •• Pa Salieu

Guerilla •• Nazar

Only Darkness Now •• Alison Cotton

Alles in Allem •• Einstürzende Neubauten

SIGN •• Autechre

First Seance •• Land Trance

Duma •• Duma

These Charms May Be Sung Over a Wound •• Richard Skelton

Untitled (Rise) •• SAULT

Debris •• Keeley Forsyth

Type II •• Sex Swing

Dark Hearts •• Annie

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

The Common Task •• Horse Lords

Workaround •• Beatrice Dillon

7 Weapons Series •• Howie Lee

Zoom •• Upsammy

Free Humans •• Hen Ogledd

Suite for Max Brown •• Jeff Parker & The New Breed

Cumbia Siglo XXI •• Meridian Brothers

Serpent •• MXLX

Because Of A Flower •• Ana Roxanne

Forever Underground •• Phantom Posse

There Is No Year •• Algiers

Heart’s Ease •• Shirley Collins

Mestarin Kynsi •• Oranssi Pazuzu

Silver Ladders •• Mary Lattimore

DISCO •• Kylie Minogue

Edna •• Headie One

Mas Amable •• DJ Python

Have We Met •• Destroyer

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Glory Days •• Heather Leigh

Blues •• Lamin Fofana

Gold Record •• Bill Callahan

To Kiss Earth Goodbye •• Teleplasmiste

The Night Chancers •• Baxter Dury

Barbarians •• Young Knives

Fast Edit •• Still House Plants

Jp4 •• Junglepussy

Loom •• Katie Gately

Flower Violence •• Blóm

A Late Anthology Of Early Music Vol. 1: Ancient To Renaissance •• Jennifer Walshe

Cantus, Descant •• Sarah Davachi

Big Conspiracy •• J Hus

Endless Wound •• Black Curse

if i don't let myself be happy now then when? •• More Eaze & Claire Rousay

Seven Storey Mountain VI •• Nate Wooley

L’Inattingible •• Delphine Dora

Rock Sutra •• Sun Araw

Róisín Machine •• Róisín Murphy

Heaven To A Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

The Ascension •• Sufjan Stevens

Visions Of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

Returner •• Closed Circuits

Scacco Matto •• Lorenzo Senni

Lamunan •• Antonina Nowacka

Future Teenage Cave Artists •• Deerhoof

Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes •• Nídia

SKEEN •• Mariam Rezaei

Winterreise •• Jerskin Fendrix

May Our Chambers Be Full •• Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

how i'm feeling now •• Charli XCX

Superstar •• Harry Pussy

The End Of Their World Is Coming •• Dead Meat

Viscerals •• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

KiCK i •• Arca

World Serpent •• Memnon Sa

Pedernal •• Susan Alcorn

Cwm Gwagle •• Datblygu

Beyond The Floor •• Geld

Trinity •• Laylow

The Big Exercise •• The Homesick

Malibu Liquor Store •• Shit And Shine

Couldn't Wait To Tell You... •• Liv.e

No Era Sólida •• Lucrecia Dalt

Abscess Time •• Pyrrhon

Thug Ambient •• Dale Cornish

Pillowland •• Jam City

Crabs In A Bucket •• Nines

Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss •• Regis

Prole Art Threat •• East Man

Evil Spirits Who Prowl About The World Seeking The Ruin Of Souls •• Haq123

Toutes Ces Horreurs •• Satan

Figures •• Aksak Maboul

Mind Hive •• Wire

2020 •• Magik Markers

Training Day 3 •• Potter Payper

Swirling •• Sun Ra Arkestra

Nah Nah Nah Yeh Yeh Yeh •• Luminous Bodies

Aux Pieds De La Nuit •• Nyx Nótt

6 •• Pharaoh Overlord

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 •• Rolling Stone

Jonathan Bernstein, Emily Blake, Jon Blistein, Jon Dolan, Patrick Doyle, Brenna Ehrlich, Jon Freeman, Kory Grow, Christian Hoard, Joseph Hudak, Elias Leight, Angie Martoccio, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Simon Vozick-Levinson

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Letter to You •• Bruce Springsteen

City on Lock •• City Girls

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Map of the Soul: 7 •• BTS

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

græ •• Moses Sumney

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

Never Will •• Ashley McBryde

Honeymoon •• Beach Bunny

Positions •• Ariana Grande

Plastic Hearts •• Miley Cyrus

Rare •• Selena Gomez

Manic •• Halsey

To Love Is to Live •• Jehnny Beth

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Shamir •• Shamir

Sixteen Oceans •• Four Tet

Petals for Armor •• Hayley Williams

After Hours •• The Weeknd

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Private Lives •• Low Cut Connie

Got to Be Tough •• Toots and the Maytals

Traditional Techniques •• Stephen Malkmus

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Fake It Flowers •• beabadoobee

McCartney III •• Paul McCartney

Haunted Painting •• Sad13

Alphabetland •• X

Aftermath •• Elizabeth Cook

Starting Over •• Chris Stapleton

Power Up •• AC/DC

The Price of Tea in China •• Boldy James & The Alchemist

Good Souls Better Angels •• Lucinda Williams

Growth •• Kareem Ali

Love Is The King •• Jeff Tweedy

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Albums of the Year 2020 •• Rough Trade

Rough Trade Staff

Untitled (Black Is) •• SAULT

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Song For Our Daughter •• Laura Marling

Beyond the Pale •• Jarv Is

So When You Gonna •• Dream Wife

Viscerals •• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Bedroom •• bdrmm

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

Sideways to New Italy •• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

England Is A Garden •• Cornershop

Galore •• Oklou

Protean Threat •• Osees

Ultra Mono •• Idles

Suddenly •• Caribou

What Kinda Music •• Tom Misch + Yussef Dayes

By The Fire •• Thurston Moore

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Wu Hen •• Kamaal Williams

Wake Up! •• Hazel English

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Jump Rope Gazers •• Beths

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

Seeking Thrills •• Georgia

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

There Is No Other •• Isobel Campbell

Head Above Water •• Brigid Mae Power

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Old Flowers •• Courtney Marie Andrews

Sixteen Oceans •• Four Tet

Loco •• A Certain Ratio

Ummon •• Slift

Coriky •• Coriky

Keleketla! •• Keleketla!

That’s How Rumours Get Started •• Margo Price

Introduction, Presence •• Nation Of Language

some kind of peace •• Olafur Arnalds

Walking Like We Do •• Big Moon

Bug On Yonkers •• Damaged Bug

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 •• Yaeji

Home •• Romare

Infinity of Now •• Heliocentrics

3D Routine •• Mush

All or Nothing •• Shopping

Fading •• Pole

Flower of Devotion •• Dehd

Heritage of the Invisible II •• Aqulies Navarro + Tcheser Holmes

Blue Hearts •• Bob Mould

All the Time •• Jessy Lanza

WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD •• Nick Hakim

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Myopia •• Agnes Obel

Anywhere But Here •• Habibi

Man Alive! •• King Krule

Invisible People •• Chicano Batman

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep •• Ghostpoet

Cenizás •• Nicolas Jaar

Straight Songs of Sorrow •• Mark Lanegan

Friday Forever •• Everything Is Recorded

Pleasure Line •• Video Age

Happy Birthday •• Sneaks

Shortly After Takeoff •• BC Camplight

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Voices •• Max Richter

Even in Exile •• James Dean Bradfield

The True Story Of •• Bananagun

Making a New World •• Field Music

Only for Dolphins •• Action Bronson

Midnight Manor •• The Nude Party

The Juice That’s Worth the Squeeze •• Cherry Pickles

The Long Goodbye •• Riz Ahmed

Colourfield •• Dan Michaelson

Stray •• Bambara

Collector •• Disq

Gentle Grip •• Public Practice

Miss Anthropocene •• Grimes

Reunions •• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Tender Epoch •• Rudy De Anda

Bonny Light Horseman •• Bonny Light Horseman

Moveys •• Slow Pulp

Alphabetland •• X

The Land that Time Forgot •• Chuck Prophet

Up in the Air •• Bent

Mind Hive •• Wire

UNLOCKED •• Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

High Risk Behaviour •• Chats

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

Have We Met •• Destroyer

The Ascension •• Sufjan Stevens

Visions of Bodies Being Burned •• clipping.

Articulation •• Rival Consoles

Mordechai •• Khruangbin

Marigold •• Pinegrove

It’s Only Us •• Monophonics

Debris •• Keeley Forsyth

Superstar •• Caroline Rose

Truth or Consequences •• Yumi Zouma

Mother Stone •• Caleb Landry Jones

The Best Albums of 2020 •• Slate

Carl Wilson

  ALBUMS

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Likewise •• Frances Quinlan

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Diet Cig, Bully, The Beths, beabadoobee, Beach Bunny, Mitski, Torres, Down Time, and Emily Brown

Beginners •• Christian Lee Huston

Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was •• Bright Eyes

Artlessly Falling •• Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl

Pedernal •• Susan Alcorn

Zurich Concert •• Jaimie Branch & The Dave Gisler Trio

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Here It Comes Again [EP] •• Cate Le Bon & Group Listening

L’inattingible •• Delphine Dora

Solar Wind •• Joëlle Leandre, Robert Dick, and Miya Masaoka

Memory Game •• Meredith Monk & The Bang On a Can All-Stars

Fra Det Onde •• Fra Det Onde & Emil Nikolaisen

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

DISCO •• Kylie Minogue

Chromatica •• Lady Gaga

Positions •• Ariana Grande

The Album •• Teyana Taylor

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t •• Kehlani

After Hours •• The Weeknd

Modus Vivendi •• 070 Shake

Songs for Pierre Chuvin •• The Mountain Goats

Getting Into Knives •• The Mountain Goats

Day of the Tiles [EP] •• Human Hearts

Island •• Owen Pallett

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

Gold Record •• Bill Callahan

Home Time •• Darren Hayman

Alphabetland •• X

Untitled (Rise) •• SAULT || Untitled (Black Is) •• SAULT

We Are Sent Here by History •• Shabaka and the Ancestors

Dark Matter •• Moses Boyd

Source •• Nubya Garcia

Universal Beings E & F Sides •• Makaya McCraven

Swirling •• Sun Ra Arkestra

To Know Without Knowing •• Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience

Dutch from the 5th •• Dutchavelli

Send Them to Coventry •• Pa Salieu

Stormzy & Skepta

Crabs in a Bucket •• Nines

J Hus, Headie One, Tion Wayne, D Double E, Blanco, Young T & Bugsey, Kojey Radical, AJ Tracey, and Ghetts

on the tender spot of every calloused moment •• Ambrose Akinmusire

Suite for Max Brown •• Jeff Parker

America the Beautiful •• Kahil El’Zabar

Omega •• Immanuel Wilkins

Good Days •• Chicago Underground Quartet

8: Kindred Spirits •• Charles Lloyd

Your Life Is a Record •• Brandy Clark

Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me •• Waylon Payne

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

Southside •• Sam Hunt

Never Will •• Ashley McBryde

Starting Over •• Chris Stapleton

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

The Way It Feels •• Maddie & Tae

But I’d Rather Be With You •• Molly Tuttle

Bridges [EP] •• Mickey Guyton

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

My Turn (Deluxe) •• Lil Baby

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Mt. Marci •• Roc Marciano

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

High Off Life •• Future

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Meet the Woo 2 •• Pop Smoke || Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon •• Pop Smoke

Savage Mode II •• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin

Descendants of Cain •• KA

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Heart’s Ease •• Shirley Collins

Fretted & Indebted •• Alasdair Roberts || The Songs of My Boyhood •• Alasdair Roberts

Mama, You Can Bet! •• Jyoti

Rejoice •• Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela

Forever, Ya Girl •• KeiyaA

I Think I’m Good •• Kassa Overall

Love-Lore •• Deerhoof

Future Teenage Cave Artists •• Deerhoof || To Be Surrounded by Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough •• Deerhoof & Wadada Leo Smith || Surprise Symphonies •• Deerhoof

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 •• Stereogum

Stereogum Staff

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Manger on McNichols •• Boldy James & Sterling Toles

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never •• Oneohtrix Point Never

Lament •• Touché Amoré

Untitled (Rise) •• SAULT

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Inlet •• Hum

Hannah •• Lomelda

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Notes on a Conditional Form •• The 1975

Alfredo •• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

925 •• Sorry

Inner Song •• Kelly Lee Owens

Rough and Rowdy Ways •• Bob Dylan

World House •• Mil-Spec

No Dream •• Jeff Rosenstock

Song for Our Daughter •• Laura Marling

What’s Your Pleasure? •• Jessie Ware

It Is What It Is •• Thundercat

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Viewing •• Stay Inside

Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress •• Gulch

Microphones in 2020 •• The Microphones

KiCk i •• Arca

2017-2019 •• Against All Logic

The Neon Skyline •• Andy Shauf

The Price of Tea in China •• Boldy James & The Alchemist

Suddenly •• Caribou

Reunions •• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

SIGN •• Autechre

Every Bad •• Porridge Radio

græ •• Moses Sumney

Southside •• Sam Hunt

Descendants of Cain •• Ka

Introduction, Presence •• Nation of Language

A Hero’s Death •• Fontaines D.C.

FREE I.H.: This Is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting For •• Illuminati Hotties

Take a Chance on Rock ‘n’ Roll •• Couch Slut

May Our Chambers Be Full •• Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t •• Kehlani

As We Suffer from Memory and Imagination •• Nuvolascura

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Best Albums of 2020 •• TIME

Raisa Bruner & Andrew R. Chow

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Gaslighter •• The Chicks

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Agüita •• Gabriel Garzón-Montano

We’re New Again - A Reimagining •• Makaya McCraven

Miss Anthropecene •• Grimes

Celia •• Tiwa Savage

The Best Albums of 2020 •• Uproxx

Uproxx Staff

folklore •• Taylor Swift

Fetch the Bolt Cutters •• Fiona Apple

Spilligion •• Spillage Village

Eternal Atake •• Lil Uzi Vert

Future Nostalgia •• Dua Lipa

Circles •• Mac Miller

Saint Cloud •• Waxahatchee

Women in Music Pt. III •• HAIM

Ungodly Hour •• Chloe x Halle

After Hours •• The Weeknd

Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial •• Roddy Ricch

Shore •• Fleet Foxes

RTJ4 •• Run the Jewels

My Turn •• Lil Baby

Punisher •• Phoebe Bridgers

Ho, why is you here? •• Flo Milli

Heaven to a Tortured Mind •• Yves Tumor

Cuttin’ Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) •• Sturgill Simpson

Fine Line •• Harry Styles

Positions •• Ariana Grande

Black Habits •• D Smoke

What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던 •• Yaeji

how i’m feeling now •• Charli XCX

color theory •• Soccer Mommy

Live Forever •• Bartees Strange

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately •• Perfume Genius

Limbo •• Aminé

YHLQMDLG •• Bad Bunny

The GOAT •• Polo G

Rare •• Selena Gomez

Talk About It •• Blimes and Gab

Everything •• Kota the Friend

Good News •• Megan Thee Stallion

Wunna •• Gunna

SAWAYAMA •• Rina Sawayama

Mordechai •• Khruangbin

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t •• Kehlani

Imploding the Mirage •• The Killers

songs •• Adrianne Lenker || instrumentals •• Adrianne Lenker

Pray for Paris •• Westside Gunn

The Album •• BLACKPINK

Better •• Deanté Hitchcock

Queen of Da Souf •• Mulatto

Twice as Tall •• Burna Boy

The Slow Rush •• Tame Impala

A Written Testimony •• Jay Electronica

Fake It Flowers •• beabadoobee

My Agenda •• Dorian Electra

Heaven or Hell •• Don Toliver

The New Abnormal •• The Strokes

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