1. IDLES  – ‘Crawler‘, Partisan Records
  2. Wolf Alice – ‘Blue Weekend‘, Dirty Hit
  3. Full of Hell – ‘Garden Of Burning Apparitions‘, Relapse Records
  4. Lingua Ignota – ‘Sinner Get Ready‘, Sargent House
  5. Moor Mother – ‘Black Encyclopedia Of The Air‘, ANTI-
  6. The Body – ‘I’ve Seen All I Need To See‘, Thrill Jockey
  7. shame – ‘Drunk Tank Pink‘, Dead Oceans
  8. Turnstile – ‘Glow On‘, Roadrunner Records
  9. Dry Cleaning – ‘New Long Leg‘, 4AD
  10. black midi – ‘Cavalcade‘, Rough Trade
  11. Billie Marten – ‘Flora Fauna‘, Fiction Records
  12. The Bug – ‘Fire‘, Ninja Tune
  13. Snail Mail  – ‘Valentine‘, Matador
  14. Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever‘, Darkroom / Interscope Records
  15. Pink Turns Blue – ‘Tainted‘, ORDEN Records
  16. Squid – ‘Bright Green Field‘, Warp Records
  17. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – ‘Carnage‘, Goliath Records
  18. Wiki – ‘Half God‘, Wikset Enterprise
  19. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – ‘Sticky‘, International Death Cult
  20. Viagra Boys – ‘Welfare Jazz‘, YEAR0001

Previous picks by Sarah Medeiros:

2020 Top 20 Albums

2019 Top 20 Albums

2018 Top 20 Albums

Compiled by: Sarah Medeiros