Taking a look back at the world of music releases in the first half of 2020. Many of the artists/labels have put their support behind a number of organizations, so that theme is also running through much of the show. Artists help us smell a different world when the old one has gone stale.

# Artist Song Album Label Comments
1 SAULT Stop Dem UNTITLED (Black Is) Forever Living Originals The mysterious SAULT! Following the Legal ID at 8:00 PM, of course.
2 Angel Olsen New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix) New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix) single Jagjaguwar The effervescent Angel Olsen!
3 Ultraista Tin King Sister Partisan Records Beaty, British and Brilliant!
4 Rejoicer Aura Sight (Live) Spiritual Sleaze Live Stones Throw Sounds just as good recorded live, if not better. LAland.
5 Mildlife Rare Air Automatic Heavenly Recordings Sensuous, sensuous Mildlife.
6 Ricardo Richaid O Velho Cai Travesseiro Feliz Far Out Recordings New Brazilian Tropicalia at its best.
7 Vanishing Twin Gunky In Piscina NA Bass and flute getting gross and funky...Gunky
8 Sven Wunder Black Iris Eastern Flowers Light in the Attic Records 2020 US release of Sven Wunder's 2019 album - Turkey by way of Sweden, and o boy, more will be played!
9 Kit Sebastian Rain Mantra Moderne - Deluxe Edition MR BOINGO Never accuse me of not playing Turkish or Turkish inspired music.
10 The Heliocentrics Light in the Dark Infinity of Now Madlib Invazion Still a candidate for my album of the year in 2020.
11 Kutiman Copasavana Wachaga NA The sound artist extraordinaire from Tze'Elim
12 PAINT Ta Fardah Spiritual Vegas Mexican Summer Helping me fill my weekly quota of LA bands, and this is a good'un.
13 Graham Mushnik & Group Martini Swordfish Bossa Peeping Through the Porthole Catapulte Records This will also make the year-end list. Dang, dudes.
14 Vehicle Donation Promo - Taylor Cousins - 8:55 PM
15 Vinyl Hour Promo - Sir Nedly - 8:56 PM
16 Dragonflies Promo - the Dragonflies crew - 8:56 PM
17 Legal ID - Recorded DJ - 8:57 PM
18 Gloria Global Warning Global Warning (single) NA Hot DArn! I shoehorned this in. It's my pick of the week.
19 The Shivas White Rabbit White Rabbit (single) NA Perfect pairing w/ Gloria's Global Warning. It's my pair of the week!
20 Moon Duo Planet Caravan What Is This That Stands Before Me? Sacred Bones The 5th cover of Planet Caravan I've played over the years.
21 Tara Clerkin Trio In the Room Tara Clerkin Trio NA For all of you in quarantine.
22 Hollow Ship We Were Kings Future Remains PNKSLM Records Sweden is a hot spot for psych jazz funk groove.
23 Dungen Ain't So Hard To Do Dungen Live Mexican Summer See last comment.
24 Throwing Muses Dark Blue Sun Racket Fire Records Great timing, Throwing Muses.
25 Weak Signal Rolex Jerome / Rolex Wharf Cat Records From NY, NY. Will the Yankees win all 6 of their games this year?
26 Rustin Man Jackie's Room Clockdust Domino Recording Co Sounds like if Bowie fronted The Doors as the house band in a nameless midcity den.
27 Perfume Genius Describe Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Matador Records Mike is from Seattle! Yay Seattle!
28 El Ten Eleven Nocturne Tautology II Joyful Noise Recordings Yeah, LA, of course.
29 Stadio Podcast Stadio Theme (Extended Version) Stadio Theme Music NA Theme from the football (soccer) podcast. It sounds sehr Deutsch.
30 Zlata Girl Get Resurrected Vol. 8 - 2020 Sampler Resurrection Records Off the new RR comp, Zlatas from BC? Get Resurrected Vol. 8 - 2020 Sampler is my comp. of the week!