Best Music of 2021

Hollywood said:
Hey @wokeupnew have you noticed Men I Trust has added two new songs to The Untourable Album on Bandcamp? These two new tracks don't appear on Spotify for some reason. I wonder if they are going to be on the physical copies of the album. 🤔
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weird, I'm not seeing them on the Bandcamp right now, but I definitely have them because when I bought the album when it first came out it came with the bonus tracks as mp3s. I mostly listen to it via Spotify on my computer and only listen to the mp3s on the go on my phone, so I've heard them a few times. They feel like b-sides which makes sense they left them out.

My guess is that they won't be on the album because the LP listing on the bandcamp doesn't show them

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wokeupnew said:
weird, I'm not seeing them on the Bandcamp right now, but I definitely have them because when I bought the album when it first came out it came with the bonus tracks as mp3s. I mostly listen to it via Spotify on my computer and only listen to the mp3s on the go on my phone, so I've heard them a few times. They feel like b-sides which makes sense they left them out.

My guess is that they won't be on the album because the LP listing on the bandcamp doesn't show them

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Looks like it's only on the BC app 🤷‍♂️
 
This Angel Olsen covers EP is better than it has any right to be. "Eyes Without A Face" is incredible.

Which has me thinking that there's been a few very good EPs this year. A few where if the quality was stretched out to a full album's length they'd be in contention for AOTY. What have been some of your favorite EPs?

 
wokeupnew said:
This Angel Olsen covers EP is better than it has any right to be. "Eyes Without A Face" is incredible.

Which has me thinking that there's been a few very good EPs this year. A few where if the quality was stretched out to a full album's length they'd be in contention for AOTY. What have been some of your favorite EPs?

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I unfortunately did NOT enjoy this covers EP as much as you did. Although I agree that Angel Olsen pulls off "Eyes Without A Face" flawlessly, I don't feel the other cover songs on Aisles measures up as well. Case in point "We Can Dance" Even though, she made the song her own, it is barely unrecognizable. 🤷‍♂️

My favorite EPs of the year so far are Kero Kero Bonito's Civilisation II and Yves Tumor's The Asymptotical World.
 
Hollywood said:
I unfortunately did NOT enjoy this covers EP as much as you did. Although I agree that Angel Olsen pulls off "Eyes Without A Face" flawlessly, I don't feel the other cover songs on Aisles measures up as well. Case in point "We Can Dance" Even though, she made the song her own, it is barely unrecognizable. 🤷‍♂️

My favorite EPs of the year so far are Kero Kero Bonito's Civilisation II and Yves Tumor's The Asymptotical World.
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I was only familiar with "Forever Young" since I'm kind of a youngin' and don't know those songs well. I liked this one a lot more compared to her Three Covers EP from 2 years ago which was really disappointing.

I made a playlist of all my favorite EPs, which is what prompted me to make that post.




My personal favorites are:

beabadoobee




dad sports (I believe these guys are from Ottawa!)




and JayWood

 
wokeupnew said:
What have been some of your favorite EPs?
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My top 5 EPs of 2021 (so far):

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1) Kero Kero Bonito - Civilisation II [synthpop, deep house]
2) Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World [neo-psychedelia, post-industrial]
3) Jorja Smith - Be Right Back [contemporary R&B]
4) Beach Bunny - Blame Game [power pop]
5) A Place to Bury Strangers - Hologram [post-punk, gothic rock]
 
wokeupnew said:
Update

  1. Men I Trust - Untourable Album
  2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
  3. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
  4. Yung - Ongoing Dispute
  5. Molly Burch - Romantic Images
  6. Wednesday - Twin Plagues
  7. Crumb - Ice Melt
  8. Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson
  9. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
  10. Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me
  11. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
  12. Pledge - Haunted Visions
  13. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
  14. The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
  15. Cold Cave - Fate in Seven Lessons
  16. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
  17. Nils Frahm - Graz
  18. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
  19. Squid - Bright Green Field
  20. The Weather Station - Ignorance
Good, I've enjoyed it, but I can't really rank it accurately
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
  • Iceage - Seek Shelter
  • black midi - Cavalcade
  • CIVIC - Future Forecast
  • Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
  • Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights
  • Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
  • Black Country, New Road - For the Frist Time
  • The Antlers - Green to Gold
  • Steady Holiday - Take The Corners Gently
Decent, but not really my thing/just not enjoying it that much:
  • Faye Webster
  • Fiddlehead
  • Lightning Bug
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Lightning Bug
  • Mogwai
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • Middle Kids
  • Viagra Boys
  • Goat Girl
  • Death From Above 1979
  • Hurry

Still need to listen to more/excited for:
  • Steady Holiday
  • Sufjan
  • Remember Sports
  • Adult Mom
  • Grouper
  • Bedouine
  • Ovlov
  • Ducks Etc.
  • Eluvium
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Update
  1. Men I Trust - Untourable Album
  2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
  3. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
  4. Ducks Ltd. - Modern Fiction
  5. Yung - Ongoing Dispute
  6. Molly Burch - Romantic Images
  7. Wednesday - Twin Plagues
  8. Crumb - Ice Melt
  9. Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson
  10. Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me
  11. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
  12. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
  13. Bedouine - Waysides
  14. Pledge - Haunted Visions
  15. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
  16. Eluvium - Virga II
  17. The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
  18. Cold Cave - Fate in Seven Lessons
  19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
  20. Nils Frahm - Graz
  21. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind
  22. CIVIC - Future Forecast
  23. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
  24. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
  25. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
  26. Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights
  27. Squid - Bright Green Field
  28. Black Country, New Road - For the Frist Time
  29. black midi - Cavalcade
  30. The Weather Station - Ignorance
  31. The Antlers - Green to Gold
  32. Iceage - Seek Shelter
  33. Steady Holiday - Take The Corners Gently
  34. Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space

Decent, but not really my thing/just not enjoying it that much compared to other albums from the artist:
  • Faye Webster
  • Fiddlehead
  • Lightning Bug
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Lightning Bug
  • Mogwai
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • Middle Kids
  • Viagra Boys
  • Goat Girl
  • Death From Above 1979
  • Hurry

Still need to listen to more/excited for:
  • Nation of Language
  • Remember Sports
  • Adult Mom
  • Grouper
  • Ovlov
 
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wokeupnew said:
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
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Obviously this is your list and you can include whatever albums you want but I am just curious, this album was released in 2016. Why include t in your 2021 list? Did ya mean Sweep It Into Space? or was it something where ya just gave Give a Glimpse… a listen and decided “release year be damned” it needs inclusion?
 
ok...heading into the home-stretch...this is kinda where I'm at, though certain to be some movement as we wind down toward the season of @Woob_woob Lists:

1. shame - Drunk Tank Pink
2. Goat Girl - On All Fours
3. Atmosphere - WORD?
4. Black Country, New Road - For the First Time
5. F.S. Blumm+Nils Frahm - 2X1=4
6. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
7. Czarface+MF Doom - Super What?
8. The Polish Ambassador - Secrets of a Psychedelic Homestead
9. Floating Points+Pharaoh Sanders - Promises
10. DARKSIDE - Spiral
11. Bowerbirds - becalmyounglovers
12. Nick Cave+Warren Ellis - Carnage
13. Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket
14. James Blake - Friends that Break Your Heart
15. Dave - We're All Alone in this Together
16. The Weather Station - Ignorance
17. Madlib - Sound Ancestors
18. Sunburned Hand of the Man - Pick a Day to Die
19. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
20. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
21. Durand Jones and the Indications - Private Space
 
wokeupnew said:
Update
  1. Men I Trust - Untourable Album
  2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
  3. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
  4. Ducks Ltd. - Modern Fiction
  5. Yung - Ongoing Dispute
  6. Molly Burch - Romantic Images
  7. Wednesday - Twin Plagues
  8. Crumb - Ice Melt
  9. Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson
  10. Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me
  11. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
  12. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
  13. Bedouine - Waysides
  14. Pledge - Haunted Visions
  15. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
  16. Eluvium - Virga II
  17. The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
  18. Cold Cave - Fate in Seven Lessons
  19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
  20. Nils Frahm - Graz
  21. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind
  22. CIVIC - Future Forecast
  23. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
  24. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
  25. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
  26. Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights
  27. Squid - Bright Green Field
  28. Black Country, New Road - For the Frist Time
  29. black midi - Cavalcade
  30. The Weather Station - Ignorance
  31. The Antlers - Green to Gold
  32. Iceage - Seek Shelter
  33. Steady Holiday - Take The Corners Gently
  34. Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space

Decent, but not really my thing/just not enjoying it that much compared to other albums from the artist:
  • Faye Webster
  • Fiddlehead
  • Lightning Bug
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Lightning Bug
  • Mogwai
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • Middle Kids
  • Viagra Boys
  • Goat Girl
  • Death From Above 1979
  • Hurry

Still need to listen to more/excited for:
  • Nation of Language
  • Remember Sports
  • Adult Mom
  • Grouper
  • Ovlov
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I always take a photo of my top 10 large CDs for the 'gram every year so I had to order Yung and Laura Stevenson on wax since those I believe will be solidly in my top 10. I have a feeling Ovlov and Nation of Language may kick out Crumb and Amyl and the Sniffers otherwise I may have to order those two too.
 
wokeupnew said:
I always take a photo of my top 10 large CDs for the 'gram every year so I had to order Yung and Laura Stevenson on wax since those I believe will be solidly in my top 10. I have a feeling Ovlov and Nation of Language may kick out Crumb and Amyl and the Sniffers otherwise I may have to order those two too.
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I have high hopes for Nation of Language's sophomore album!
 
Found a new chart maker to replace topsters2... testing it here with my "Best Of 2021 So Far List". Albums presented in a loose order (could change depending on my mood).

App has some bugs (like it won't show the downloaded cover for Sault in the png file but it shows up in the browser). If you're interested in trying it out: Chartr.

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Turbo said:
Found a new chart maker to replace topsters2... testing it here with my "Best Of 2021 So Far List". Albums presented in a loose order (could change depending on my mood).

App has some bugs (like it won't show the downloaded cover for Sault in the png file but it shows up in the browser). If you're interested in trying it out: Chartr.

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Thanks for sharing! I'm gonna try it rn 🍻
 
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