Best Music of 2021

[Hollywood]

This is very interesting. Can you connect it to a Spotify playlist?

I haven't gone that far yet

 

[Woob_woob]

Realized I hadn't been keeping track of my favorites from this year, so I quickly threw a tiered list together. Probably missing something

Tier 1
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
Boldy James and Alchemist- Bo Jackson
Armand Hammer and Alchemist- Haram
Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points- Promises
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- Butterfly 3000
Westside Gunn HWH 8 A+B
Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern

Tier 2
Skee Mask - Pool
Ka - A Martyrs Reward
Mach Hommy- Pray For Haiti
Wiki - Half God
Pink Siifu - GUMBO'!
Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise
Rap Ferreira- Bobs Son
Darkside- Spiral
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
Lucy Dacus - Home Video
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future

Tier 3
Sault -9
파란노을 [Parannoul] - To See the Next Part of the Dream
Skyway Man - The World Only Ends When You Die
Benny the Butcher - Plugs i Met 2
Dj Muggs and Flee Lord - Rammellzee
Dj Muggs and Rome Streetz- Death and the Magician
Tyler the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- LW
Kanye - Donda
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
The Staves - Good Woman

 

[Bluecloud777]

I'm just listening to Alexis Taylor's album "Silence" and enjoying it. The singer is Hot Chip's vocalist and the songs are quite beautiful and tranquil, with sparse piano arrangements and focus on lyrics.

 

[Rip_City]

Realized I hadn't been keeping track of my favorites from this year, so I quickly threw a tiered list together. Probably missing something

Tier 1
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
Boldy James and Alchemist- Bo Jackson
Armand Hammer and Alchemist- Haram
Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points- Promises
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- Butterfly 3000
Westside Gunn HWH 8 A+B
Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern

Tier 2
Skee Mask - Pool
Ka - A Martyrs Reward
Mach Hommy- Pray For Haiti
Wiki - Half God
Pink Siifu - GUMBO'!
Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise
Rap Ferreira- Bobs Son
Darkside- Spiral
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
Lucy Dacus - Home Video
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future

Tier 3
Sault -9
파란노을 [Parannoul] - To See the Next Part of the Dream
Skyway Man - The World Only Ends When You Die
Benny the Butcher - Plugs i Met 2
Dj Muggs and Flee Lord - Rammellzee
Dj Muggs and Rome Streetz- Death and the Magician
Tyler the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- LW
Kanye - Donda
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
The Staves - Good Woman

Have you listened to Spirit of the Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH from earlier this year? Philadelphia psych rock/noise pop band that you'd probably like.

 

[Woob_woob]

Have you listened to Spirit of the Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH from earlier this year? Philadelphia psych rock/noise pop band that you'd probably like.

YES! I knew there was something I forgot. It would probably land high 3rd tier or low 2nd tier

 

[gaporter]

I'm just listening to Alexis Taylor's album "Silence" and enjoying it. The singer is Hot Chip's vocalist and the songs are quite beautiful and tranquil, with sparse piano arrangements and focus on lyrics.

Wow, I like Hot Chip quite a bit but didn't see anything about this coming out will have to give it a listen at some point

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

This came out a few weeks ago. Just discovered on BC tonight. Loving it!

 

[Hollywood]

This came out a few weeks ago. Just discovered on BC tonight. Loving it!

Not bad but I can't help but hear Teardrop by Massive Attack

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

Not bad but I can't help but hear Teardrop by Massive Attack

I mean, yeah, I hear it on Valley Song, too. But the whole album isn't Teardrop-like

 

[Hollywood]

I mean, yeah, I hear it on Valley Song, too. But the whole album isn't Teardrop-like

I realize that I just haven't gotten that far yet

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

Anticipated Albums for November 2021 (stacked to the max!):

ABBA - Voyage (5th)
Admiral Fallow - The Idea Of You (5th)
Aimee Mann - Queens Of The Summer Hotel (5th)
Bent Knee - Frosting (5th)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine Of Hell (5th)
Eomac - Bedouin Trax II (5th)
Glassing - Twin Dream (5th)
Gnod - La Mort Du Sens (5th)
Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin (EP) (5th)
Nation Of Language - A Way Forward (5th)
Radiohead - KID A MNESIA (5th)
serpentwithfeet - Deacon's Grove (EP) (5th)
Snail Mail - Valentine (5th)
Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time (12th)
Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows (12th)
Devin Hoff - Voices From The Empty Moor (12th)
Idles - CRAWLER (12th)
Jon Hopkins - Music For Psychedelic Therapy (12th)
Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic (12th)
They Might Be Giants - BOOK (12th)
Adele - 30 (19th)
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon I (19th)
Elbow - Flying Dream 1 (19th)
Jessica Moss - Phosphenes (19th)
Khemmis - Deceiver (19th)
Obscura - A Valediction (19th)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof (19th)
Thank You Scientist - Plague Accommodations (19th)
Richard Dawson & Cirlce - Henki (26th)
William Doyle - Alternative Lands (EP) (26th)

 

[avecigrec]

November anticipations...

Serpentwithfeet - Deacon’s Grove
Irreversible Entanglements - Open The Gates
Haviah Mighty - Stock Exchange
Daedelus & Joshua Idehen - Holy Water Over Sons
Aesop Rock & Blockhead - Garbology
Hasaan Ibn Ali - Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay: The Solo Recordings
Marconi Union - Signals
Makaya McCraven - Deciphering the Message
Bent Knee - Frosting
Joni Mitchell - Live at Carnegie Hall, 1969

 

[avecigrec]

October favourites

Shad - TAO
Chelsea Carmichael - The River Doesn’t Like Strangers
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Life After
Theon Cross - Intra I
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Georgia Blue
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean
Jameal Dean - Primordial Waters
Nubya Garcia - SOURCE ⧺ WE MOVE
The Courettes - Back In Mono

 

[Hollywood]

My 13 favourite albums of October 2021:

The War on the Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim
Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds
Jónsi - Obsidian
Magdelena Bay - Mercurial World
Helado Negro - Far In
Hand Habits - Fun House l
Ducks Ltd. - Modern Fiction
Richard Ashcroft - Acoustic Hyms Vol. 1
Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean
Remi Wolf - Juno
Wet - Letter Blue
Jerry Cantrell - Brighten

 

[Hollywood]

Most anticipated album releases for November 2021:

Nation Of Language - A Way Forward
Snail Mail - Valentine
Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
Damon Albarn - The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Strean Flows
Elbow - Flying Dream 1
The Darkness - Motorheart
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats - The Future
Jon Hopkins - Music Fir Psychedelic Therapy
Converge - Bloodmoon: 1
Hanna Vu - Public Storage
Adele - 30
ABBA - Voyage

 

[Bluecloud777]

This album reminds me a bit of Björk. Very experimental and beautiful

 

[wokeupnew]

If I really like a band, I'd rather they churn out more music that sounds like what they've done well. However, with this War on Drugs album, I think I'd rather they change up the formula a little bit. It sounds like if you had a computer making this album going down the list and ticking the boxes of what always is in a TWOD album. It's very on the nose for what a TWOD album is.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

If I really like a band, I'd rather they churn out more music that sounds like what they've done well. However, with this War on Drugs album, I think I'd rather they change up the formula a little bit. It sounds like if you had a computer making this album going down the list and ticking the boxes of what always is in a TWOD album. It's very on the nose for what a TWOD album is.

We call this “pulling a National”

 

[wokeupnew]

We call this “pulling a National”

oof. I love, love, love, love The National, one of my all-time, probably top 5 favorite bands of all time, but I agree. To be fair, I Am Easy to Find changed up their formula a little bit with the addition of guest vocalists which was a breath of fresh air.