Favorites of 2021 So Far: 1. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 2. Orgiami Angel - GAMI GANG 3. BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE 4. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 6. The Dirty Nil - Fuck Art 7. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 8. KennyHoopla - SURVIVOR'S GUILT: THE MIXTAPE 9. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 10. Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket 11. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth 12. Jeff Rosenstock - SKA DREAM 13. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God 14. Pi'erre Bourne - The Life of Pi'erre 5 15. jxdn - Tell Me About Tomorrow 16. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 17. Free Throw - Piecing It Together 18. Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 19. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 20. Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos
Top 10: 1. Origami Angel - GAMI GANG (Perfect emo double album) 2. Backxwash - I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES (black metal influenced hip hop by a black trans woman) 3. Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me (emo) 4. Hit Like A Girl - Heart Racer (emo I guess) 5. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti (hip hop) 6. Arrange - The World Is Racing (electronic emo I guess) 7. The Dirty Nil - Fuck Art (pop punk that's a lot more on the punk side, RIYL Menzingers) 8. Kali Masi - [laughs] (emo/idie rock) 9. girl in red - if i could make it go quiet (she's a hit with kids these days) 10. Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream (Korean emo shoegaze by a kid in his mom's basement) Other artists with albums I enjoyed: AFI, Rise Against, Weezer, Polo G, St. Vincent, nothing. nowhere, Julien Baker, Spirit of the Beehive, Rod Wave, Architects.
Not in any order. The Dirty Nil Gatecreeper The Hold Steady Regional Justice Center God's Hate Citizen Kali Masi Origami Angel Manchester Orchestra Capra Fiddlehead Downhaul
1. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 2. Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me 3. Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos 4. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God 5. Citizen - Life In Your Glass World havent listened to much besides these (or rather, havent given other listens enough play time to substantially rate them). these are the five im comfortable with ordering
No order: Manchester orchestra Origami angel Japanese breakfast Julien baker Lucy dacus Sleater Kinney St Vincent Citizen Slaughter beach dog Tigers Jaw Cloud Nothings Wild pink The hold steady Weezer (ok human) Home is where Modest mouse
In the spirit of the main feature I'll keep this to a top 20 LPs (and a top 10 EPs, why not): 1. Hundreds of AU - Acting from Remote Satellites 2. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God 3. Fiddlehead - Between the Richness 4. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink 5. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 6. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 7. Wayside - Shine Onto Me 8. Citizen - Life in Your Glass World 9. TV Priest - Uppers 10. Harker - Axiom 11. Jim Ward - Daggers 12. Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space 13. Iceage - Seek Shelter 14. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember 15. Ship Thieves - Irruption 16. Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights 17. Virginia Wing - Private Life 18. Dead History - Dead History 19. Charlie Martin - Imaginary People 20. Trade Wind - The Day We Got What We Deserved EPs: 1. Ship Thieves / Reconciler split 2. Rest Easy - Sick Day 3. Colonial Wound - Degradation 4. Courtesy Drop - Argonaut 5. Mannequin Pussy - Perfect 6. Widowspeak - Honeychurch 7. Shine - Stare Into the Sun 8. Militarie Gun - All Roads Lead to the Gun 9. Hand Habits - Dirt 10. Citizen - Glass Mix 1
1. Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club 2. Hayley Williams: Flowers For Vases / Descansos 3. The Dirty Nil: Fuck Art 4. Citizen: Life In Your Glass World 5. Manchester Orchestra: The Million Masks of God 6. Tyler, the Creator: Call Me If You Get Lost 7. Brockhampton: ROADRUNNER: New Light, New Machine 8. Origami Angel: GAMI GANG 9. Adult Mom: Driver 10. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall: The Marfa Tapes 11. twenty one pilots: Scaled & Icy 12. Bachelor: Doomin’ Sun 13. Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee 14. Fiddlehead: Between the Richness 15. Olivia Rodrigo: SOUR Others I've enjoyed: John the Ghost: I Only Want To Live Once Claud: Super Monster Porter Robinson: Nurture Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams Julien Baker: Little Oblivions Lucy Dacus: Home Video The Sonder Bombs: Clothbound Taylor Swift: Fearless (Taylor's Version) And it's been a great year for EPs, my favorites so far are: 1. Justin Courtney Pierre: An Anthropologist on Mars 2. Mannequin Pussy: Perfect 3. Turnstile: TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION 4. Beach Bunny: Blame Game 5. PRONOUN: OMG I MADE IT 6. Pinkshift: Saccharine 7. Home Is Where: I Became Birds
Top 20 of 2021 so far... 1. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God 2. Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights 3. Shy Tooth - Ultrasuede 4. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 5. Tyne-James Organ - Necessary Evil 6. The Blue Stones - Hidden Gems 7. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy 8. Luca Brasi - Everything Is Tenuous 9. Fiddlehead - Between The Richness 10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 11. Rise Against - Nowhere Generation 12. We Were Sharks - New Low 13. The Spill Canvas - Conduit 14. Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It 15. Kings of Leon - When You See Yourself 16. Citizen - Life In Your Glass World 17. Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight 18. Woodlock - The Future of an End 19. Tigercub - As Blue As Indigo 20. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - L.W.
albums (no order): Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee Origami Angel - Gami Gang Jeff Rosenstock - Ska Dream Olivia Rodrigo - Sour Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream tracks (no order): "Sad React" Emperor X "Be Sweet" Japanese Breakfast "Bossa Nova Corps" Origami Angel "deja vu" Olivia Rodrigo "Analog Sentimentalism" Parannoul "Leave the Door Open" Silk Sonic "I Know I'm Funny haha" Faye Webster "Rainforest" Noname "Thumbs" Lucy Dacus albums that'll likely be on my EOTY that I haven't listened to enough yet: Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha Lucy Dacus - Home Video Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
1. origami angel - gami gang 2. fiddlehead - between the richness 3. middle kids - today we're the greatest 4. cake pop - cake pop 2 5. charlie hickey - count the stairs 6. devil sold his soul - loss 7. dreamwell - painting myself a darker day 8. tigers jaw - i wont care how you remember me 9. for your health - in spite of 10. godspeed you! black emperor - g_d's pee at state's end!
Lucy Dacus - Home Video Julien Baker - Little Oblivians Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes Morgan Wade - Reckless Patrick Droney - State of the Heart Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR Alexander Biggs - Hit or Miss Sydney Sprague - maybe I will see you at the end of the world Josiah and the Bonnevilles - Motel Mayday Michigan Rattlers - That Kind of Life
1. Origami Angel - Gami Gang 2. Citizen - Life In Your Glass World 3. Brockhampton - Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine 4. Tigers Jaw - I Won’t Care How You Remember Me 5. Fiddlehead - Between The Richness 6. Palette Knife - Ponderosa Snake House & The Chamber of Bullshit 7. Bigger Better Sun - Adjust To Wellness 8. Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost 9. Kali Masi - [laughs] 10. Sympathy Card – 2002 11. The Dirty Nil - Fuck Art 12. PONY - TV Baby 13. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God 14. Paerish - Fixed It All 15. Hayley Williams - Flowers For Vases/descansos 16. Action/Adventure - Pulling Focus 17. Parting - Unmake Me 18. We Are The Union - Ordinary Life 19. Stars Hollow - I Want To Live My Life 20. Chess Club - You’re Lucky I Like You 21. Sweet Avenue - Young In Warm Weather 22. Photographic Memory - Photographic Memory 23. Weezer - OK Human 24. Weezer - Van Weezer 25. Year Twins - Perfect Forever, Forever Perfect 26. Smol Data - Inconvenience Store 27. Chaser – Dreamers 28. Hotel Etiquette - Ex Questions 29. Rise Against - Nowhere Generation 30. We Were Sharks - New Low Been quite a good year already, and it's only going to get better starting this coming Friday with The Maine's new record.
No particular order but I've been into the following so far this year: Weezer - OK Human Weezer - Van Weezer Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight UserX - UserX (EP) Rod Wave - SoulFly Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God J. Cole - The Off-Season Polo G - Hall of Fame Twenty One Pilots - Scaled & Icy Hot Mulligan - I Won't Reach Out To You (EP) Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket Slaughter Beach, Dog - At The Moonbase (I think this came out NYE - so technically 2020 but wasn't on any end of year lists due to late release) The Offspring - Let the Bad Times Roll
Man I entirely forgot about that slaughter beach dog record. I remember there being some good stuff on there. Need to revisit
The new SPELLLING record is really good and a lot of you would probably be very into it. Not sure where else to suggest y’all listen so I’m posting here. SPELLLING - The Turning Wheel (June 25, 2021) • forum.chorus.fm
For anyone thumbing through looking to play catch up and feeing overwhelmed — every year I keep a playlist with selections of songs from new records that I’ve given a listen and at least mostly enjoyed. It’s updated every week on Friday or Saturday with the latest. Throw it on shuffle for a while every now & then and get alllll the recommendations with minimal work (currently at 140 tracks this year)
It's July and I still haven't gone through and made a list of my favorites so far. But these are all in no order. Manchester Orchestra - Million Masks of God Origami Angel - gami gang Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams Hayley Williams - flowers for vases/descansos Architects - For Those That Wish to Exist Remember Sports - Like A Stone Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee Lucy Dacus - Home Video Julien Baker - Little Oblivions Downhaul - PROOF Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! Fruit Bats - The Pet Parade Bachelor - Doomin' Sun Mannequin Pussy - Perfect For Your Health - In Spite Of Ratboys - Happy Birthday, Ratboy Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It McKinley Dixon - For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her Harmony Woods - Graceful Rage
Not specially in order: 1. The Sonder Bombs - Clothbound 2. Amy Shark - Cry Forever 3. Origami Angel - GAMI GANG 4. Julien Baker - Little Oblivion’s 5. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 6. Manchester Orchestra - Million Masks of God 7. Sydney Sprague - maybe I will see you at the end of the world 8. Pallete Knife - Ponderosa Snake House & The Chamber of Bullshit 9. Middle Kids - Today We’re the Greatest 10. Girl in Red - if I could make it to quiet 11. Danielle Durack - No Place 12. Tiger’s Jaw - I Won’t Care How You Remember Me 13. Harmony Woods - GRACEFUL RAGE 14. Jetty Bones - Push Back 15. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee More time needs to be spent with Wolf Alice, Olivia Rodrigo, Citizen, Fiddlehead, Remember Sports … however I have heavily enjoyed these as well. This has been one of the best years for me personally in a while (music wise, of course).
in chronological order The Dirty Nil ELIO The Staves Pink Sweat$ Justin Bieber Porter Robinson Weezer (Van) Olivia Rodrigo Fuckin Whatever Poppy Laura Mvula