The 2021 End Of Year music lists thread

Shindig! Writer's Poll

1. Kit Sebastian - Melodi
2. The Coral - Coral Island
3. Daniel Romano - Kissing The Foe
4. Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror
5. Cool Ghouls - At George's Zoo
6. Spencer Cullum - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection (2020)
7. Cobalt Chapel - Orange Synthetic
8. Curtis Harding - If Words Were Flowers
9. Neal Francis - In Plain Sight
10. The Courettes - Back In Mono
11. Electric Looking Glass - Somewhere Flowers Grow
12. The Bevis Frond - Little Eden
13. Daniel Romano's Outfit - Cobra Poems
14. Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou
15. Reigning Sound - A Little More Time With Reigning Sound
16. Grys-Grys - To Fall Down
17. Novelty Island - How Are You Coping With This Century?
18. Mega Bog - Life And Another
19. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - L.W.
20. The Lucid Dream - The Deep End
21. All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency (2004)
22. E.R. Jurkin - I Stand Corrected
23. Gloria - Sabbat Matters
24. Pablo Solo - Solo Sings Simon
25. Beautify Junkyards - Cosmorama
26. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Yn Rio
27. Natalie Bergman - Mercy
28. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
29. Garcia Peoples - Dodging Dues (2022)
30. Marina Allen - Candlepower
31. Groovy Uncle - Searching For The Grown-Ups
32. Maston - Panorama
33. Teen Slot - Forever Hottest
34. Modern Nature - Island of Noise
35. The Brkn Record - The Architecture Of Oppression, Pt. 1
36. Thomas Comerford - Introverts
37. Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
38. Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade
39. Great Silkie - Dawn Chrous
40. Jane Weaver - Flock

shout out to the Shindig! Writer's Poll for being the only place to recognize Dan Romano's incredible year

good to see Natalie Bergman on there, really like that record.

Stoner HiVe #1 was Domkraft - Seeds.

I enjoyed these albums as late discoveries via the recent lists:

Ferocious Dog – The Hope: Was already on a Pogues kick, this one has more emotional heft compared to their previous albums.
Novelty Island - How Are You Coping With This Century?: Beatles worship can still feel fresh when done right. At least four videos worth seeing too.

I haven't been crazy about Romano's country pop stuff, but I like the power pop of Kissing the Foe. If anyone finds how to buy Modern Nature - Island of Noise digital files without buying the vinyl, let me know.

I could list a couple dozen more new finds, but many of you might like this one, that was #17 on MondoSonoro, 19 on Magnetic, 43 on Les Inrocks:

Parcels - Day/Night: Australian Yacht/soft rock double album, a touch of prog pop.

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I wonder if Greg Kot knows about The Finest Kiss -- he also featured Wet Leg and Horsegirl in his annual mixtape:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5InrtGjNdFpxRYSODsAidi?si=d29e5c841b4d41f7&nd=1

passion of the weiss albums: https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/12/30/the-pow-best-albums-of-2021/

Xhuxk Eddy's best singles of 2021:

https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/35-best-singles-of-2021/

Youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshHxICULapmII5rNojvg_hxGy9qYvfwE

List of the top 50 Danish albums from the site Kronoper, which is, well, it's me. It's my site. I'm writing a column saying Danish critics aren't showing the diversity of Danish music, so to prove it I made this list. And since I've spent time on it, I thought I'd post it here as well.

1. Iceage - Seek Shelter
2. Selma Judith - Getting Angry, Baby
3. Uden Ord - Eventyr
4. LLNN - Unmaker
5. RoemerKlindtHjorthHeymanDombernovsky - Oprindelse
6. Peter Jensen, Morten Büchert & DR Big Band - Light Through Leaves: Carl Nielsen Recontextualized
7. Erika de Casier - Sensational
8. Shitney - Post Vocal
9. Communions - Pure Fabrication
10. Danish String Quartet - Prism III
11. Exonyms - Khuluma Isintu
12. CHINAH - Feels LIke Forever
13. Lydmor - Capacity
14. Tardus Mortem - Armageddon
15. Frederik Valentin - 0011000 / 0011001
16. Glitchi - Welcome to the Twenties / Cats Have Nine Lives
17. RoseGold - PURE
18. Aar & Dag - Tifold af fri form og fælles motiv
19. Christian Westergaard, m.fl - Peter Heise: The Song Edition
20. Branco - Baba Business 2
21. Nezelhorns - Sentiment
22. Mikkel Oldrup - Bracing Days
23. Molok - Skær
24. Katrine Grarup Elbo - Fold Unfold
25. Kasper Marott - Full Circle
26. Mark Solborg Trio - Angels
27. Astrid Sonne - outside of your lifetime
28. Maraton - Maraton
29. Jomi Massage - Lyst
30. Gustav Piekut - Towards the Flame: Eccentric Piano Works
31. Schacke - Underworlds
32. Of the Wand and The Moon - Your Love Can’t Hold This Wreath of Sorrow
33. Tomas Raae - With the Dim the Darkness Came
34. Croatian Amor & Scandinavian Star - Spring Snow
35. Katrine Stockholm - Verden består af samlinger og stykker
36. Jaleh Negari - Weaver ~
37. Malthe Jepsen - Fluidity
38. Paw Grabowski - Ode til nattens flugt
39. MØL - Diorama
40. Drew Sycamore - Sycamore
41. Randi Pontoppidan & Thomas Buckner – Voicescapes / Randi Pontoppidan & Sissel Vera Petterson – Inner Lift
42. Ghost Coast Choir - Ghost Coast Choir
43. Exchange: Petrola 80
44. Yung - Ongoing Dispute
45. Jærv - Skud
46. NØX - Walk of Shame
47. Rasmus Johansen fra Fly - Køddag
48. Several Things - Please Don’t Do This To Me, Life
49. Simon Toldam - Tak for dit brev
50. Nymalet - Syv lag

no When Saints Go Machine or Coco O?

How Chuck Eddy made his list---

This year I’d say my main sources were “Apres Ski” and “Ballerman” compilations of songs young Germans evidently trinken bier to on vacation (responsible for five of the top 20 below and one more of the 15 also-rans), lists Dave Cooper Moore and Frank Kogan periodically emailed out to a small group I’m part of and/or blog-posted, stray and fleeting mentions by facebook friends, maybe weekly song reviews in The New York Times “Playlist” feature, and new-release spreadsheets I get paid to peruse every Wednesday for Napster/Rhapsody.

no When Saints Go Machine or Coco O?

― boxedjoy, 8. januar 2022 17:27 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I thought both were disappointments. Coco O should probably have been on there anyway, but When Saints Go Machine made no impact at all.

https://southernsoulrnb.com/corner2021.cfm

Daddy B. Nice's top 25 southern soul songs of 2021

The Genius Community’s 50 Best Songs Of 2021

https://theatticmag.com/features/2425/favourite-albums-of-2021.html

I don't think this list of international and jazz and more selected by contributors to the Attic mag has been posted

I really liked Vice/Noisey's choices over the last 3-4 years, and especially their '10s decade lists. They seem to be taking a break from Noisey content at the moment so I guess no lists from them this time :(

Last year I think they were the only ones who included the Gulch and Narrow Head records, and their rap choices felt like they were repping stuff that people actually listened to.

i liked the vice/noisey lists because they counted down 100, which means more room for interesting picks

https://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/21-for-21-albums-of-the-year/

Some interesting stuff I had missed on that list.

Paste (OK, really one columnist) rounds up great albums you may have missed ... lots of stuff here not seen elsewhere:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/records-you-may-have-missed/great-records-you-may-have-missed-2021-year-end-ed/