The best albums of 2020 include Washed Out, the Mountain Goats, Ethan Gruska, Tom Petty, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, Logic, The Strokes, Moses Sumney, Fleet Foxes, Willie Nelson, Yves Tumor, Nicolas Jaar, Ed O’Brien, Charli XCX and Blackpink. After nearly a decade of living through 2020, we’re finally…

Jackson Pollock comes to mind when listening to Telas, the newest release from experimental ambient and house artist Nicolas Jaar. The surreal and scattershot composition of conflicting synthetic and organic sounds is reminiscent of the chaotic and abstract nature of Pollock’s work. Jaar has orchestrated a masterful and complex ambient album.…