The Best 2020 Indie Rock Songs playlist series continues with 10 more of our favorite tracks of 2020.*
If you haven’t year heard the popular first 2020 best indie rock songs or the amazing second volume, you definitely want to start with those playlists first.
Highlights of this third volume of Best 2020 Indie Rock Songs include selected songs from popular indie rock veteran bands and newer DIY artists and bands you may have never heard of before. Local Natives scored an unprecedented second No. 1 for the year on IRC Top 10 Songs playlists, this time around for “Statues in the Garden (Arras)”.
Additional standout 2020 indie songs include releases by Sasha Raven; Dan Rose; Wire Crow; Hush! Noise; The Blue News; Bekim!; and Argonaut & WASP. Below the playlist, we added some general short notes about each track.
* Of the songs the staff has actually heard in 2020, including submissions from DIY artists and bands. This playlist also makes up the Top 10 Songs playlist for November 2020. See more Top 10 playlists here – but only after streaming this bomb mix.
Best 2020 Indie Rock Songs, Vol. III
1. Local Natives topped another one of our Top 10 playlists for 2020 with the second single, “Statues in the Garden (Arras)” from their spectacular new LP.
2. DIY discovery via IRC exclusively – the dreamy love pop of musician Sasha Raven
3. Lovingly stripped-down DIY single from (hints of green day; but not in an exploitative way) Dan Rose
4. A ‘new discovery’ for us in 2020; reminds us a lot of the NYC band The Rassle. Good stuff.
5. Stripped-down melodic acoustic strings with whispery, innocent-esque vocal iterations and sweet lyrics
6. We really came to dig this soft, spooky, mysterious track fit for a creeper soundtrack
7. Yet another spooky single; quasi-dark-psych that packs more grit and power; hints of Bowie
8. This track is a nice picker-upper leaning towards trop-pop with a memorable riff and rhythm
9. Folksy acoustic blues riff that puts the listener right in the thick of it; about as organic as it gets
10. Upbeat soul and R&B-inspired beats; sweet indie-pop with sugar and range-shifting vocals
