| | | | #loverecordstores Reveal Top 100 Independent Albums of the Year
New, Vinyl Exclusives Available to Buy & Pre-Order instore & Online on Saturday December 5th
AIM is a proud supporter of #loverecordstores, the campaign launched earlier this year by the independent community to raise awareness of the challenges faced by record stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has today revealed its 100 Top Independent Albums for 2020.
The #loverecordstores 'Independent Albums of the Year' list is 2020's favourite releases from independent labels voted for by a cross section of notable independent record stores including Drift, Resident, Rough Trade, Normans, Piccadilly, Bear Tree, Assai, Banquet, Stranger Than Paradise, Bleep and Monorail among many others.
To celebrate this initiative 191 independent record stores across the UK will be making 95 new and exclusive vinyl pressings of albums included in the list available to buy and pre-order from 6pm on Saturday the 5th of December.
AIM is a proud supporter of this brilliant initiative, and we are delighted to see so many of our Members's releases making up this list.
We would like to encourage everyone to share the list of albums, and do the same with the exclusive releases on Saturday. This is a great moment to celebrate some of the amazing independent music of this year, and crucially, to show some love for the record stores who need our support at this time.
The Top Ten albums in this year's Independent Album of the Year list are as follows:
1: Four Tet - 'Sixteen Oceans [Text Records]
2: Phoebe Bridgers - 'Punisher' [Dead Oceans]
3: Moses Boyd – 'Dark Matter' [Exodus Records]
4: Kelly Lee Owens - 'Inner Song' [Smalltown Supersound]
5: Gil Scott- Heron – 'We're New Again - A Re-imagining by Makaya McCraven' [XL Recordings]
6: The Orielles – 'Disco Volador' [Heavenly Recordings / PIAS]
7: Rose City Band –' Summerlong' [Rose City Band / Thrill Jockey Records]
8: Khruangbin – 'Mordechai' [Dead Oceans in association with Night Time Stories]
9: Working Men's Club –' Working Men's Club' [Heavenly Recordings / PIAS]
10: Fontaines D.C. – 'A Hero's Death' [Partisan Records]
A full listing of the Top 100 hundred albums can be found here : https://embargo-lrs.webflow.io
This new campaign takes place at a crucial time in the run up to the all-important Christmas period and marks the first time that the UK's record retailers have implemented a collective, collaborative chart, which reflects the mutual support seen across the UK's wider independent music sector, including artists record labels, fans in what has been a difficult year for all involved.
Jason Rackham, UK Managing Director of AIM Member [PIAS] and co-founder of #loverecordstores said, "We would like to thank all of the record stores who contributed their votes to this amazing list of the year's best independent albums . We would also like to congratulate all the artists whose work has been recognized , it has been a fantastic year for independent music. It remains hugely important that we continue to work together to find ways to showcase the talent and creativity of these amazing musicians while continuing to the highlight the vital role that record stores play in the wider music eco-system. Hopefully this will provide a welcome sales boost to the sector during these difficult trading conditions." | | | | | | |
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