The Best of 2021
OK, it is time for the GIMME TINNITUS “best of” feature for 2021. This post got delayed a bit by COVID, but I’m feeling much better now.
We love tracking our music listening on last.fm. So, here are my top 5 artists from this year according to last.fm.
And here are my top 5 albums. As can be expected there is a bit of overlap with the top artists (I’m looking at you Tunic). It’s a bit front loaded towards releases from earlier in the year. I simply had more of a chance to listen to them, obvs. If it was balanced out, it would have the records from Black Dice, Double Dagger and Liars on there too.
Before we get to the best of list, I just wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite labels, who put out a ton of killer music this year, Exploding in Sound! Check out their 2021 sampler (it is pay-what-you-want, if you download why not throw them some $$):
Everyone loves lists, right? Well, here are my favorite releases of 2021, everything from Activity to YVETTE.
Activity — Text the Dead
Aesop Rock x Blockhead — Garbology
Armand Hammer & The Alchemist — Haram
Black Dice — Mod Prog Sic
Black Hatch — One More Bite
black midi — Cavalcade
Blessed — iii
Botany — Portal Orphanage
Cheekface — Emphatically No.
Cheekface — We Need a Bigger Dumpster
christian fitness — hip gone gunslingers
Cola — Blank Curtain
cumgirl8 — RIPcumgirl8
Daniel Klag — Arbor
Double Dagger — Sophisticated Urban Living (Contemporary Conveniences Edition)
Dry Cleaning — New Long Leg
Dummy — Mandatory Enjoyment
E.VAX — S/T
Editrix — Tell Me I’m Bad
EXEK — Good Thing They Ripped Up The Carpet
FACS — Present Tense
Floatie — Voyage Out
Ghost Funk Orchestra — Asphalt Homeland
The Go! Team — Get Up Sequences Part One
Gold Dust — S/T
Hüstler — S/T
Krallice — Demonic Wealth
The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton & The Saxsquatch — Tri Magi
Liars — The Apple Drop
Mandy, Indiana — … EP
MANNEQUIN PUSSY — Perfect
Marissa Nadler — The Path of the Clouds
Matt Robidoux — at dust
MEAT WAVE — Volcano Park
Media Jeweler — The Sublime Sculpture of Being Alive
Militarie Gun — All Roads Lead To The Gun
Militarie Gun — All Roads Lead To The Gun II
No One and the Somebodies — Ceasefire Violations
Ovlov — buds
P.E. — The Reason for My Love EP
Palberta — Palberta5000
Parquet Courts — Sympathy For Life
The Peacers — Blexxed Rec
Pile — Songs Known Together, Alone
PINCH POINTS — REASONS TO BE ANXIOUS / BOY 7″
A Place To Bury Strangers — Hologram EP
portrayal of guilt — We Are Always Alone
portrayal of guilt — CHRISTFUCKER
screensaver — Expressions Of Interest
Show Me The Body — Survive
Sleaford Mods — Spare Ribs
Smile Machine — Bye For Now
Smirk — LP
SOUL GLO — DisNigga, Vol. 1
SOUL GLO — DisNigga, Vol. 2
Spread Joy — S/T
Steel Bearing Hand — Slay In Hell
Stuck — Content That Makes You Feel Good
Tape Deck Mountain — True Deceiver
thirdface — Do It With A Smile
Thomas Seely — Faking Season
Time Wharp — Ingenue
tunic — Exhaling
tunic — Quitter
Ty Segall — Harmonizer
Upper Wilds — Venus
Water From Your Eyes — Structure by Water From Your Eyes
YVETTE — How the Garden Grows
I feel like I am forgetting something, but this is a pretty damn good list that streches over a number of genres. I hope you enjoy checking out my favorite music from the past year. Let’s hope 2022 is even better than 2021.
Oh and you can check out the other GT Best Of posts… here.
AND remember there’s always lots to stream at:
- the GIMME TINNITUS Soundcloud
- the GIMME TINNITUS Radio Time podcast
- the GT Youtubes, and
- the GT Tumblr
And finally, here’s the GT Best of 2021 Reposted Mix from our Soundcloud…
