Rachel Goodman’s top alt-rock and alt-pop songs of 2020. L to R; Row 1: Tame Impala, Caribou, Washed Out, Trace Mountains, The Big Moon, Future Islands. Row 2: Strfkr, Surfer Blood, Surf Rock Is Dead, Of Montreal, Hazel English, Suburban Living. Row 3: Jack River, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever,…

Phoebe Bridgers performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Nov. 27, 2018. Photo: Chloe Catajan. The end has finally arrived—the end of 2018 that is. That means it’s year-end list time. With great albums comes great songs, and in a year that brought us plenty of great singles,…

Much has been said about Of Montreal‘s gradual transformation from a sunny tongue-in-cheek pop band to a darker, funky and angst-ridden glam-pop group. While the transformation has been drastic when compared to Of Montreal’s debut, the Kevin Barnes-led psych-pop act has been consistently resilient in stretching its explorative efforts.…