Sun June - Somewhere * The Weather Station - Ignorance + Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES/Descansos ++ Black County, New Road - For the first time + Another Michael - New Music and Big Pop + Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights ++ Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature ++ Claud - Super Monster +
Thrice, Gang Of Youths, Frank Turner, Kevin Devine, Blink, Manchester Orchestra, Face To Face to name a few.
Late start. 2021 releases only. bold = love ++ = strong like + = like / = neutral - = dislike January 1. Beach Bunny - Blame Game EP February 2. Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos + 3. Semler - Preacher's Kid + 4. Caithlin De Marrais - What Will You Do Then? + 5. Ben Kweller - Circuit Boredom ++ 6. Pale Waves - Who Am I? / 7. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions March 8. Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me ++ 9. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember + 10. The Staves - Good Woman + 11. Valley Maker - When the Day Leaves + 12. Harmony Woods - Graceful Rage April 13. The Antlers - Green to Gold 14. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version)
I will bold my favorites of the year at the end of 2021. Only 2021 releases will be included! Each project will be placed under the month it was released in, not the month I listened to it. Also, feel free to shoot me a message if you have a recommendation on any project you have loved so far this year! January 1. OK Human - Weezer 2. Unbothered - Lil Skies 3. Blame Game - Beach Bunny (EP) 4. PARANOIA - Maggie Lindemann (EP) 5. Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan 6. Demidevil - Ashnikko (Mixtape) February 1. Death by Rock and Roll - The Pretty Reckless 2. FLOWERS for VASES/descanso - Hayley Williams 3. For Those That Wish to Exist - Architects 4. Amorphous - Icon For Hire 5. Little Oblivions - Julien Baker 6. TYRON - slowthai 7. 29 - Carly Pearce (EP) 8. Timeless - Of Mice & Men (EP) 9. Trauma Factory - nothing, nowhere. 10. I Only Want to Live Once - John the Ghost 11. Bang - Rita Ora and Imanbek (EP) March 1. You're Welcome - A Day to Remember 2. NIRATIAS - Chevelle 3. Justice - Justin Bieber 4. Revelacion - Selena Gomez (EP) 5. Chemtrails over the Country Club - Lana Del Rey 6. OK ORCHESTRA - AJR 7. SoulFly - Rod Wave 8. The Bitter Truth - Evanescence 9. I Won't Care How You Remember Me - Tigers Jaw 10. Life In Your Glass World - Citizen 11. ERRA - Erra 12. Lifeblood - Brand of Sacrifice 13. God's Hate - God's Hate 14. Scary Hours 2 - Drake (EP) 15. R - Rose (EP) 16. Gulch/Sunami Split - Gulch/Sunami (EP) 17. Hidden Gems - The Blue Stones 18. The Plugs I Met 2 - Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud (EP) 19. How Did We Get Here? - Blu DeTiger (EP) 20. CLOUDS - NF (Mixtape) April 1. Dancing With The Devil...The Art of Starting Over - Demi Lovato 2. ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE - BROCKHAMPTON 3. Fearless (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 4. Saccharine - Pinkshift (EP) 5. Friends In The Corner - Foxes (EP) 6. Heart & Soul - Eric Church 7. Let The Bad Times Roll - The Offspring 8. Chemical Warfare - Escape the Fate 9. Californian Soil - London Grammar 10. if i could make it go quiet - girl in red 11. Typhoons - Royal Blood 12. The Million Masks of God - Manchester Orchestra 13. Surface Sounds - KALEO May 1. Better Mistakes - Bebe Rexha 2. Daddy’s Home - St.Vincent 3. The Off-Season - J.Cole 4. Van Weezer - Weezer 5. Scaled and Icy - twenty one pilots 6. SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo 7. Versatile - Pop Evil 8. ZII - The Devil Wears Prada (EP) 9. Greatest Hits - Waterparks 10. Long Lost - Lord Huron 11. Bloom - Of Mice & Men (EP) 12. Harmony House - Dayglow June 1. Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice 2. Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast 3. Planet Her - Doja Cat 4. CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST - Tyler, The Creator 5. Below - Beartooth July 1. Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish 2. Therapy - Anne-Marie August 1. Draw Down The Moon - Foxing 2. Screen Violence - CHVRCHES 3. Solar Power - Lorde 4. If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey 5. …And I Return To Nothingness - Lorna Shore (EP) 6. Only Honest On The Weekend - Becky Hill September 1. Star-Crossed - Kacey Musgraves 2. Certified Lover Boy - Drake 3. Eternal Blue - Spiritbox 4. MONTERO - Lil Nas X 5. Swan Song - The Plot In You October 1. Blue Banisters - Lana Del Rey 2. = - Ed Sheeran
Can we just talk about how great this Katy Kirby album is? This and Buck Meek’s recent LP are AOTY contenders.
I also moved my list to a personal spreadsheet, formatting a little different from yours, but I'm at 79 new albums from 2021 and 129 from previous years, for a total of 218 albums new albums to me this year so far
I don’t know if this sounds stupid, but I love making PowerPoints and collecting stats at the end of year, so I made a PowerPoint of all the 2021 releases I’ve listened to haha
I have a yearly "entertainment consumed" spreadsheet where I keep track of every album, podcast episode, movie, tv show episode and video game i've consumed in a year. I only highlight the current year stuff.
Holy fuck, every podcast episode? I try to track albums, shows, movies and books and always stop by April/May because it’s just too much work and not fun and feels like work. So I commend everyone who can keep that going - especially if they’re including podcast episodes! Shit!
LOL luckily I don't listen to THAT many different podcasts so its not that hard. All my work is done on my laptop so I can quickly update the google doc when I finish something
Digging your taste. Lots of solid stuff on the recommendations. Will be coming back to your list for some more new music! :)
Completely forgot to keep this updated. Damn. Here's my favorite albums so far this year: Citizen - Life In Your Glass World Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God Middle Kids - Today We're The Greatest the Spill Canvas - Conduit Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me the Dirty Nil - Fuck Art
bold = love ++ = strong like + = like / = neutral - = dislike Hail The Sun - New Age Filth Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight ++ Royal Blood - Typhoons / The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll +