2020 Rewind: the year in sound and music

One Thing That Got Me Through: Contributors share their 2020 survival aids; plus Mats Gustafsson on selling records; RA Washington on weathering the storm; PTP’s Geng on sharing skills; and Kyle Devine on rebuilding the future

Plague Time Television: Colour Out Of Space curators take their anarchic fun on air. By Edwin Pouncey

Label Solidarity: Moshpit manners define music business etiquette in crisis times. By Ivan Zoloto

Columnists’ Charts: Our specialist critics select music that shook their corner of the subculture, from avant rock to noise

Online Platforms: Can virtual music communities flourish during lockdown? By Billy Gomberg

Teaching & Workshops: Musicians live and learn as they turn to teaching to get by. By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Archive Releases Of The Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up.

Invisible Jukebox: Faith Coloccia × Aaron Turner: The US avant rock/drone duo come under SIGE from The Wire’s mystery record selection.

Patricia Brennan: The classically trained percussionist makes a textured debut. By Daniel Spicer

Fly Anakin & Pink Siifu: Two mighty forces converge for an eagerly anticipated rap collaboration. By Francis Gooding

Neil Charles: The London based bassist goes low and beyond. By Clive Bell

Divide And Dissolve: The Melbourne-San Francisco duo decolonise doom. By Emily Pothast

Unlimited Editions: Angelica

Unofficial Channels: Feedback

Global Ear: Brisbane: Covid-19 offers an unlikely antidote to complacency in live music programming. By Lawrence English

The Inner Sleeve: Orphy Robinson on Rebel MC’s Black Meaning Good

Epiphanies: Alexander Hawkins on the polyphonic spree of the football crowd

Print Run: SBRANG GABBA GANG by Riccardo Balli, Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings
And Interviews edited by Amy Cimini & Bill Dietz, Monolithic Undertow: In Search Of Sonic Oblivion by Harry Sword, Annihilating Noise by Paul Hegarty, Keith Jarrett: A Biography by Wolfgang Sandner, Riff: The Shake Keane Story by Philip Nanton, Nothing But The Music by Thulani Davis

On Screen: Lisa Rovner Sisters With Transistors, Renato Terra & Ricardo Calil Narcissus Off Duty

2020 Rewind: the year in sound and music

One Thing That Got Me Through: Contributors share their 2020 survival aids; plus Mats Gustafsson on selling records; RA Washington on weathering the storm; PTP’s Geng on sharing skills; and Kyle Devine on rebuilding the future