Music: Best Albums of 2021

[Mrgnwllm]

I really enjoy the new hovvdy album.

Around Again and True Love are standout songs.

 

[Thucydides]

this really grew on me. Pumped for the album on Friday!

 

[Saturated Fats]

I'll wait til the end of the year to give my full rundown, but what a great year this has been for music. On balance, maybe my favourite year for new stuff since 2016.

 

[Mrgnwllm]

Really excited for The War and Drugs and Snail Mail.

 

[Thucydides]

Just finished listening to the new war on drugs album. It’s definitely a war on drugs album . They have really perfected that sound . I’ll need more time with it , but on first listen it’s good, minus the song “wasted” which I wasn’t a fan of.

Still, I don’t think anything will ever hit like Lost in the dream hit.

 

[plank]

Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren 10/29/21

 

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Daniel Donato - Cosmic Country & Western Songs 9/30/21

 

[Thucydides]

love this track. About halfway through the album and this really stood out .

 

[Mrgnwllm]

I love the Snail Mail album. Very endearing music

 

[Rebels57]

I love the Snail Mail album. Very endearing music

Just came here to post this.

 

[Rebels57]

So many great female fronted alternative rock albums this year so far

 

[Thucydides]

Rediscovering Taylor Swift’s Red album. So good. Really liked the duet with phoebe bridgers .

 

[WeThreeKings]

Rediscovering Taylor Swift’s Red album. So good. Really liked the duet with phoebe bridgers .

Phoebe can sing anything she wants - she's so good and that voice is so smooth.

About to hear the 10 minute version of my favorite song soon.

 

[Roo Returns]

this really grew on me. Pumped for the album on Friday!

I've tried and I just don't get it. Can you or someone explain to me what you like about them? I'm not trying to be contrarian or ironically cool.

They just sound like generic indie trying to be 80s that you'd hear in CVS or a supermarket. Nothing in their music is explosive or stands out to me. There's no Ryan Martinie from Mudvayne/Travis Barker from Blink 182/Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse where a particular musician has a sound that really elevates the band.

 

[plank]

I think I'm done. I don't see anything coming out the next few weeks that interests me, so I guess I'll get an early jump on my albums of the year. Here's how I rank the 18 studio albums I picked up in 2021. Plus for no particular reason a top 12 countdown!

18. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Superwolves
17. Doc Feldman - A Healthy Dose of Anxiety
16. David Lowery - Leaving Key Member Clause
15. The Brother Brothers - Calla Lily
14. Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
13. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin Grass Vol. 2

 

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12. The Pink Stones - Introducing...The Pink Stones

 

[belair]

Heard this song today on XM. Absolutely love these guys. This song sounds so much like Air.

 

[plank]

11. The Delines - The Night Always Comes

 

[Saturated Fats]

@plank 's countdown means I'll probably find something new and need to revise mine!

 

[plank]

Oh Shit! pressure's on

 

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10. Strand of Oaks - In Heaven

 

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9. Emily Scott Robinson -American Siren

 

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8. Israel Nash - Topaz

 

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7. James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds

 

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6. Rose City Band - Earth Trip