i don’t have a winding preamble or introduction to all this music. they’re just albums i really liked listening to in 2021 that were also released in 2021. my rule is: if you like the album art, you have to listen to it. and then buy it on bandcamp.
playlists
TIDAL
SPOTIFY
Favorite
Zelooperz – Van Goghs Left Ear (Bruiser Brigade Records)
Top 10
Altin Gün – Yol (ATO)
Big Brave – Vital (Southern Lord)
Flash Trading – City of Refuge (House of Feelings)
Mogwai – As The Love Continues (Rock Action)
Pilgrim Raid – Anna Agenda (Chinabot)
Pink Siifu – GUMBO’! (Field-Left)
RXK Nephew – Slitherman Activated (Self-Released)
Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo – Deep Fried Grandeur (Huskey Pants)
Scotch Rolex – Tewari (Hakuna Kulala)
Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends 3 (Rad Cult)
Other albums I really liked
Al Riggs – Oh Good It’s Al Riggs (Husky Pants)
Älägator – Unen Syvyydessä (Friend Club Records)
Andrew Scott Young/Ryan Jewell/Ryley Walker – Post Wook (Husky Pants)
Area 3 – Amb (Self-Released)
Arushi Jain – Under The Lilac Sky (Leaving Records)
Bantam Lyons – Mardell (Music From The Masses / Gezellig Records)
Beachy Head – Beachy Head (Graveface)
Bruiser Brigade – TV62 (Bruiser Brigade Records)
Bruiser Wolf – Dope Game Stupid (Bruiser Brigade Records)
Child Actor & Televangel – Respawn (Fake Four)
Circuit Des Yeux – -io (Matador)
David Grubbs & Ryley Walker – A Tap On The Shoulder (Husky Pants)
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Dost 1 (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
Dorosoto & Body San – Steel Clouds (Pearsoll Peak)
Duet For Theremin & Lap Steel – ‘Oumuamua (self-released)
Earwig Deluxe – It’s An Emergency To Them (Striped Light)
Fawning – Illusions of Control (Graveface)
Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, and London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)
Fogbow – Roam (Gezellig Records)
GOAT – Headsoup (Rocket Recordings)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee At State’s End! (Constellation)
Hualun – Wuhan Wuhan (Bie Records)
Hualun – wʌndərlænd (Gezellig Records)
J.U.S. – GOD GOKU JAY-Z (Bruiser Brigade Records)
Karass – Music For 18 Magicians (self-released)
Kukangendai – Tentei (Soto)
Lo Mismo – Everything In The Way (Corrector Records)
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – En Vivo Con Martin Delgado (El Derrumbe)
Luggage – Happiness (Husky Pants)
Metallica – Don’t Tread On Else Matters (SebastiAn Remix)
Mong Tong – Music From Taiwan Mystery (WV Sorcerer Productions)
Mono – Beyond the Past • Live in London with the Platinum Anniversary Orchestra (Temporary Residence Ltd)
Mono – Pilgrimage of the Soul (Temporary Residence Ltd)
Nils Frahm – Graz (Erased Tapes)
Otay:Onii – 冥冥 Míng Míng (WV Sorcerer Productions)
Quixosis – Rocafuerte (Eck Echo Records)
Rat Punch – It’s A Drink (Already Dead)
Rey Sapienz & the Congo Techno Ensemble – Na Zala Zala (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Rnzx – Amateur (self-released)
RXK Nephew – Crack Dreams (Self-Released)
RXK Nephew – Listen Here Are You Here To Hear Me (Self-Released)
RXK Nephew – Shawty RXK Too (Self-Released)
RXK Nephew – Unsubscribe Me & Don’t Buy My Music (Self-Released)
Ryan Jewell & Rafael Toral – Atlantic (Self-Released)
Ryley Walker – Course In Fable (Husky Pants)
Sarah Davachi & Sean McCann – Mother Of Pearl (Recital)
Sassy 009 – Heart Ego (Luft Recordings)
Satomimagae – Hanazono (Guruguru Brain)
Smote – Drommon (Rocket Recordings)
Sore Dream – Gears Clogged With Blood And Honey (Closed Casket Activities)
Stomp Talk Modstone – Linger In Someone’s Memory With A Lurid Glow (Gezellig Records)
Stomp Talk Modstone – Wherever I Am (Gerpfast)
Subsonic Eye – Nature of Things (Middle Class Cigars)
SUUNS – The Witness (Joyful Noise)
The Body & Big|Brave – Leaving None But Small Birds (Thrill Jockey)
Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost (Columbia)
Vince Staples – Vince Staples (UMG)
Virgin Vacation – Virgin Vacation (Self-Released)
Whisker – Moon Mood (Husky Pants)
Yakouchuu – 追憶(Recollection) (OTOLab Records)
いちやなぎ – 昔日の硝子ブルー / カレーライスは風に運ばれて (self-released)
