Self Help Radio 12/15/20: Favorite Releases 2020

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Tue, 12/15/2020 - 12:00am to 3:00am
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Gary's Favorite Releases 2020

It is a time-honored tradition for radio folk to spend some time at the end of the year to present music or other releases they deem their "favorites."  Often, more insecure programmers call this "the best of" the year, although opinion is subjective & therefore no one can say what is "best."  Here's an example:
 

PERSON ONE: This is the best album ever!
PERSON TWO: I don't like it.
PERSON ONE: Oh.  Then it can't be the best, can it?
PERSON TWO: No, but it can be your favorite album in the world.
PERSON ONE: Why do I feel the need to talk that way?
PERSON TWO: Because of insecurity.  It's all right to like what you want to like.  It's not important for other people to like it, too.
PERSON ONE: It's nice, though.
PERSON TWO: Sure, but you pretending your opinion is the objective truth doesn't change anyone's mind.
PERSON ONE: This is a weird thing to have on a web page for a radio show, isn't it?
PERSON TWO: Yeah, who knows what's happening here.

In any event, this week Self Help Radio host Gary plays a lot of songs from his favorite releases of the year.  That's all.  No frill, just tunes.  Perhaps there's something here you'll like, too.

For more information about the show, you can visit its website at selfhelpradio.net.  Thanks for listening.

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    12:04
    Artist
    Close Lobsters
    Song
    Bird Free
    Album
    Post Neo Anti: Arte Povera In The Forest Of Symbols
    Label
    Shelflife Records
  • Time
    12:07
    Artist
    Helen Love
    Song
    Debbie Take Control Of The Stereo
    Album
    Power On
    Label
    Jigsaw Records
  • Time
    12:10
    Artist
    The Cleaners From Venus
    Song
    Milltown Girls
    Album
    Dolly Birds & Spies
    Label
    Mr Mule
  • Time
    12:17
    Artist
    Tanya Donelly & The Parkington Sisters
    Song
    Let Me Roll It
    Album
    Tanya Donelly & The Parkington Sisters
    Label
    American Laundromat
  • Time
    12:22
    Artist
    The Bats
    Song
    As You Were
    Album
    Foothills
    Label
    Flying Nun
  • Time
    12:25
    Artist
    Even As We Speak
    Song
    Stronger
    Album
    Adelphi
    Label
    Shelflife
  • Time
    12:29
    Artist
    Sleuth
    Song
    Couldn't Have Been Anybody But You
    Album
    Gold
    Label
    Jigsaw Records
  • Time
    12:31
    Artist
    Hinds
    Song
    Burn
    Album
    The Prettiest Curse
    Label
    Mom + Pop
  • Time
    12:36
    Artist
    Durand Jones & The Indications
    Song
    Young Americans
    Album
    Young Americans - Single
    Label
    Dead Oceans
  • Time
    12:42
    Artist
    The Exbats
    Song
    Immediate Girl
    Album
    Kicks, Hits, & Fits
    Label
    Burger Records
  • Time
    12:44
    Artist
    Nah...
    Song
    Summer's Failing
    Album
    Nah...
    Label
    Shelflife Records
  • Time
    12:48
    Artist
    Tapeworms
    Song
    Safety Crash
    Album
    Funtastic
    Label
    Howlin' Banana
  • Time
    12:51
    Artist
    Boat
    Song
    Tread Lightly/Rock Gently
    Album
    Tread Lightly
    Label
    Magic Marker Records
  • Time
    12:57
    Artist
    Negativland
    Song
    Before I Ask
    Album
    The World Will Decide
    Label
    Seeland
  • Time
    1:02
    Artist
    Galore
    Song
    Henry
    Album
    Galore
    Label
    Rocks In Your Head
  • Time
    1:06
    Artist
    Elvis Costello
    Song
    No Flag
    Album
    Hey Clockface
    Label
    Concord Records
  • Time
    1:09
    Artist
    Shopping
    Song
    Follow Me
    Album
    All Or Nothing
    Label
    FatCat Records
  • Time
    1:12
    Artist
    Protomartyr
    Song
    I Am You Now
    Album
    Ultimate Success Today
    Label
    Domino
  • Time
    1:19
    Artist
    Riff Doctors
    Song
    Say Goodbye
    Album
    Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
    Label
    Captured Tracks
  • Time
    1:22
    Artist
    Steve Piccolo
    Song
    I Don't Want To Join A Cult
    Album
    Domestic Exile
    Label
    Mental Experience
  • Time
    1:26
    Artist
    The Magnetic Fields
    Song
    My Stupid Boyfriend
    Album
    Quickies
    Label
    Nonesuch
  • Time
    1:28
    Artist
    Andy Shauf
    Song
    Try Again
    Album
    The Neon Skyline
    Label
    Anti-
  • Time
    1:32
    Artist
    Phoebe Bridgers
    Song
    Kyoto
    Album
    Punisher
    Label
    Dead Oceans
  • Time
    1:37
    Artist
    The Mountain Goats
    Song
    Harbor Me
    Album
    Getting Into Knives
    Label
    Merge Records
  • Time
    1:41
    Artist
    The Just Joans
    Song
    The One I Loathe The Least
    Album
    The Private Memoirs & Confessions Of The Just Joans
    Label
    Fika Recordings
  • Time
    1:44
    Artist
    The Psychedelic Furs
    Song
    Don't Believe
    Album
    Made Of Rain
    Label
    Cooking Vinyl UK
  • Time
    1:48
    Artist
    Jetstream Pony
    Song
    Worthless
    Album
    Jetstream Pony
    Label
    Shelflife Records
  • Time
    1:52
    Artist
    Seth Bogart
    Song
    Boys Who Don't Want To Be Boys
    Album
    Men On The Verge Of Nothing
    Label
    Wacky Wacko
  • Time
    1:57
    Artist
    Dead Famous People
    Song
    Goddess Of Chill
    Album
    Harry
    Label
    Fire Records
  • Time
    2:00
    Artist
    X
    Song
    Cyrano deBerger's Back
    Album
    Alphabetland
    Label
    Fat Possum
  • Time
    2:03
    Artist
    The Beths
    Song
    Mars, The God Of War
    Album
    Jump Rope Gazers
    Label
    Carpark Records
  • Time
    2:06
    Artist
    Cloud Nothings
    Song
    Right On The Edge
    Album
    The Black Hole Understands
    Label
    Self-Released
  • Time
    2:09
    Artist
    Mourn
    Song
    Men
    Album
    Self Worth
    Label
    Captured Tracks
  • Time
    2:15
    Artist
    Lady Di
    Song
    Told You
    Album
    Move Motherfucker / I Know You Know I'm Perfect
    Label
    Fake Feelings
  • Time
    2:18
    Artist
    Mega Emotion
    Song
    Prime
    Album
    Move Motherfucker / I Know You Know I'm Perfect
    Label
    Fake Feelings
  • Time
    2:21
    Artist
    Working Men's Club
    Song
    Be My Guest
    Album
    Working Men's Club
    Label
    Heavenly Recordings
  • Time
    2:25
    Artist
    Porridge Radio
    Song
    Give/Take
    Album
    Every Bad
    Label
    Secretly Canadian
  • Time
    2:29
    Artist
    A Certain Ratio
    Song
    What's Wrong
    Album
    ACR Loco
    Label
    Mute
  • Time
    2:35
    Artist
    Thick
    Song
    Sleeping Through The Weekend
    Album
    5 Years Behind
    Label
    Epitaph
  • Time
    2:38
    Artist
    The Gonks
    Song
    I'm A Lonely Night Driver
    Album
    Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks
    Label
    Rocks In Your Head
  • Time
    2:41
    Artist
    Worthitpurchase
    Song
    Prospect Heights
    Album
    Dizzy Age
    Label
    Wiggle World
  • Time
    2:44
    Artist
    Lunchbox
    Song
    Gary Of The Academy
    Album
    After School Special
    Label
    Slumberland Records
  • Time
    2:47
    Artist
    The Luxembourg Signal
    Song
    Take It Back
    Album
    The Long Now
    Label
    Shelflife Records
  • Time
    2:52
    Artist
    Gorillaz
    Song
    Aries (feat. Peter Hook & Georgia)
    Album
    Song Machine Season One
    Label
    Parlophone UK
  • Time
    2:56
    Artist
    The Avalanches
    Song
    Wherever You Go
    Album
    We Will Always Love You
    Label
    Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

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