Number Five: Honne – Let’s Just Say the World Ended a Week from Now, What Would You Do? VIDEO Love Me / Love Me Not , and here I am, in 2021, starting my top 5 of the year with this album! It’s the most straightforwardly pop album of the bunch, but it’s great, dynamic, and has a lot of interesting ideas! So, you should definitely check it out!
Number Four: Half Waif – Mythopoetics VIDEO Form/A , I’ve followed Nandi Rose’s project, which have ranged from good to great, and Mythopoetics is on the higher end of the scale! Embark for highly emotional material, and poignant tunes. By the way this is possibly the best music video of the year.
Number Three: Gian Slater – Grey Is Ground VIDEO Grey Is Ground is progressive, creative, and atypical in a way that makes it stand out against most other albums of 2021. The complexity of the compositions under the appearance of simplicity is a good sign of highly competent songwriting, and here that sign is all over the place! Truly a gem!
Number Two: Sturle Dagsland – Sturle Dagsland VIDEO
Number One: Marina – Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land VIDEO Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land is a brilliant, upbeat, funky album with songs that will stick in your mind to the point of being one with it. It’s fun, proud, strong, feminist, and incredibly good!
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Friday, 8 January Jazmine Sullivan – Heaux Tales 32:08Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Bodies (Intro) [0:02:01]
2. Antoinette’s Tale [0:00:37]
3. Pick Up Your Feelings [0:03:49]
4. Ari’s Tale [0:00:49]
5. Put It Down [0:03:21]
6. On It [0:03:25]
7. Donna’s Tale [0:01:10]
8. Price Tags (feat. Anderson .Paak) [0:04:23]
9. Rashida’s Tale [0:01:00]
10. Lost One [0:02:58]
11. Precious’ Tale [0:00:43]
12. The Other Side [0:03:37]
13. Amanda’s Tale [0:00:37]
14. Girl Like Me (feat. H.E.R.) [0:03:44]
Friday, 15 Pom Poko – Cheater 32:34Oslo, Norway
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Cheater [03:46]
2. Like A Lady [02:46]
3. Andrew [02:49]
4. My Candidacy [03:04]
5. Danger Baby [03:57]
6. Andy Go To School [03:12]
7. Look [03:20]
8. Baroque Denial [03:44]
9. Curly Romance [03:21]
10. Body Level [02:59]
Friday, 29 January Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams 40:28London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Collapsed in Sunbeams [00:54]
2. Hurt [03:36]
3. Too Good [03:42]
4. Hope [04:30]
5. Caroline [04:08]
6. Black Dog [03:48]
7. Green Eyes [03:18]
8. Just Go [03:09]
9. For Violet [03:32]
10. Eugene [03:43]
11. Bluish [03:14]
12. Portra 400 [02:54]
Thursday, 4 February Y/N – Ꙟ 38:46Albany, New York
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Day One, Accelerated [01:06]
2. Cloud-Based False Opposites [04:17]
3. Stereo [03:39]
4. I Am Not a Broken Cog in This Wretched Machine [03:09]
5. Silica and Other Things [01:41]
6. Too Cool [02:27]
7. Demons in Blood [03:09]
8. Seeking (ft. Anna Kalatcheva) [06:26]
9. Reinhold [03:35]
10. The Domain of Cloud-Based AI Satan [01:57]
11. Hyperstructural Lament [03:12]
12. I Can’t Seem to Know This [04:08]
Friday, 5 Sturle Dagsland – Sturle Dagsland 29:12Stavanger, Norway
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Kusanagi [0:02:19]
2. Harajuku [0:03:10]
3. Blót [0:02:35]
4. Tales of Mist [0:01:14]
5. Waif [0:02:49]
6. Nyckelharpa [0:02:58]
7. Hulter Smulter [0:03:38]
8. Frenzy [0:01:35]
9. Wandering Minstrel [0:02:48]
10. Dreaming [0:03:05]
11. Noaidi [0:03:10]
Friday, 19 Kinlaw – The Tipping Scale 30:10Brooklyn, New York
Tracklist (click to display)
1. The Mechanic [0:03:22]
2. Two Poets [0:02:52]
3. Home [0:02:37]
4. There She Is [0:03:00]
5. Haircut [0:02:22]
6. Potential Control Freak [0:02:44]
7. Permissions [0:02:51]
8. Oleander [0:03:23]
9. Blindspot [0:03:20]
10. The Road [0:03:46]
Friday, 26 February Couch – Couch 16:29Boston, Massachusetts
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Still Feeling You [0:03:11]
2. Black Bear Lane [0:03:17]
3. Stand Up [0:02:28]
4. Like Before [0:03:26]
5. Fall Into Place [0:04:27]
Saturday, 20 March Yaima – Earth Trilogy, Part One 25:24Seattle, Washington
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Revolution [02:28]
2. Nuclear [06:08]
3. Intuition [06:29]
4. Reciprocity [05:54]
5. Spiral [04:25]
Friday, 2 April Kady Diarra – Burkina hakili 54:32Burkina Faso
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Ta’a wignoun [05:49]
2. Mougnoun [03:49]
3. Sou [04:39]
4. Nata [04:14]
5. Fo o biaré [04:04]
6. Mousso [04:23]
7. Bi bé kè di [05:51]
8. Fantan [04:17]
9. Zouawé [04:19]
10. Mi ouezo mouna [07:37]
11. Aw ko tian [05:30]
Friday, 9 Absent Chronicles – Tiny Words for Tiny Worlds 41:14Netherlands
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Désert (intro) [02:21]
2. Santi’s Wish [03:01]
3. Howlin’ [02:47]
4. Kingdom (pt. 1) [01:50]
5. All The Money in The World [02:32]
6. Last Train to Pollux [02:11]
7. Dearly [03:04]
8. The Great Heist [02:16]
9. I Guess I Always Will [03:15]
10. Floriform (interlude) [02:04]
11. Kingdom (pt. 2) [02:33]
12. I For an Eye [02:15]
13. Heartwrench [02:20]
14. 318 [03:09]
15. Unforgiving [03:15]
16. Zombielover [02:31]
Friday, 16 Dreyma – Salvaje 26:57Barcelona, Spain
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Salvaje [04:14]
2. Anfibia [04:05]
3. La mano [01:51]
4. Amanita [04:09]
5. Tigre (ft Pains) [02:10]
6. La Jaar [02:27]
7. For You [04:18]
8. Mercury Retrograde [03:43]
Gian Slater – Grey Is Ground 41:50Melbourne, Australia
Read our review.
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Spider [03:48]
2. Dimension [06:11]
3. Ocean Love [05:12]
4. Patient Fight [04:24]
5. Grey is Ground [05:58]
6. Dark Silence [06:43]
7. Homage [04:05]
8. Wonder World [05:29]
Tuesday, 25 May Miss Cantaloupe – Beets Began to Rise 34:21Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Flowers, Flowers [04:59]
2. Come To Us [04:19]
3. Mushroom Meadow Smiles [04:20]
4. Starlily [03:59]
5. Don’t Go Little Doe [04:55]
6. Breathe [04:19]
7. Sunshine Daydream [04:14]
8. Lava Girl’s Lullaby [03:31]
Friday, 21 Olivia Rodrigo – Sour 34:24California
Tracklist (click to display)
1. brutal [0:02:23]
2. traitor [0:03:49]
3. drivers license [0:04:02]
4. 1 step forward, 3 steps back [0:02:43]
5. deja vu [0:03:35]
6. good 4 u [0:02:58]
7. enough for you [0:03:22]
8. happier [0:02:55]
9. jealousy, jealousy [0:02:53]
10. favorite crime [0:02:32]
11. hope ur ok [0:03:29]
Waterparks – Greatest Hits 47:00Houston, Texas
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Greatest Hits [0:01:34]
2. Fuzzy [0:03:26]
3. Lowkey As Hell [0:02:16]
4. Numb [0:02:26]
5. Violet! [0:02:47]
6. Snow Globe [0:03:51]
7. Just Kidding [0:02:29]
8. The Secret Life of Me [0:03:25]
9. American Graffiti [0:02:48]
10. You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You) [0:02:31]
11. Fruit Roll Ups [0:03:44]
12. LIKE IT [0:02:23]
13. Gladiator (Interlude) [0:01:13]
14. Magnetic [0:02:52]
15. Crying Over It All [0:03:15]
16. Ice Bath [0:02:29]
17. See You In In The Future [0:03:32]
Friday, 28 May White Moth Black Butterfly – The Cost of Dreaming 45:52London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Ether [02:42]
2. Prayer For Rain [03:21]
3. The Dreamer [03:06]
4. Heavy Heart [03:14]
5. Portals [03:30]
6. Use You [02:48]
7. Darker Days (feat. Kenny Fong) [02:57]
8. Sands Of Despair [02:33]
9. Under The Stars [02:53]
10. Soma [03:29]
11. Liberate [03:30]
12. Unholy [02:53]
13. Bloom (feat. Eric Guenther) [04:10]
14. Spirits [04:46]
Friday, 11 June Marina – Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land 36:02London, UK
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land [0:03:26]
2. Venus Fly Trap [0:02:38]
3. Man’s World [0:03:27]
4. Purge The Poison [0:03:16]
5. Highly Emotional People [0:03:34]
6. New America [0:03:52]
7. Pandora’s Box [0:03:32]
8. I Love You But I Love Me More [0:03:43]
9. Flowers [0:03:54]
10. Goodbye [0:04:42]
Friday, 2 July Justice Cow – Underglam 41:27Boston, Massachusetts
Tracklist (click to display) 1. no headlights [04:10]
2. molasses (feet. Tyler Brasch) [03:08]
3. show you [02:36]
4. samuel (feet. Tyler Brasch) [04:25]
5. rams (feat. Kit Orion) [04:40]
6. hold my phone [03:00]
7. sink your teeth in [04:56]
8. lady liberty [03:23]
9. same same [04:21]
10. incinerate me (feet. Tyler Brasch) [02:49]
11. future [03:59]
Friday, 9 Half Waif – Mythopoetics 36:46New York
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Fabric [01:14]
2. Swimmer [03:08]
3. Take Away The Ache [03:29]
4. Fortress [03:24]
5. The Apartment [02:38]
6. Sourdough [02:59]
7. Party’s Over [03:23]
8. Horse Racing [03:40]
9. Orange Blossoms [03:44]
10. Midnight Asks [03:31]
11. Sodium & Cigarettes [03:12]
12. Powder [02:24]
Thursday, 15 Yves Tumor – The Asymptotical World 18:19Italy
Read our review.
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Jackie [02:56]
2. Crushed Velvet [03:17]
3. Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them [03:52]
4. Tuck feat. NAKED [02:42]
5. …And Loyalty Is A Nuisance Child [02:13]
6. Katrina [03:19]
Friday, 16 July Willow – Lately I Feel Everything 26:03USA
Tracklist (click to display)
1. t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l [0:02:48]
2. F**K You [0:00:36]
3. Gaslight [0:01:49]
4. don’t SAVE ME [0:01:53]
5. naïve [0:02:50]
6. Lipstick [0:03:11]
7. Come Home [0:03:37]
8. 4ever [0:02:41]
9. XTRA [0:02:21]
10. G R O W [0:02:09]
11. ¡BREAKOUT! [0:02:10]
Sunday, 8 August Capyac – Forever 40:27Austin, Texas
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Losing It [05:07]
2. Take Me Closer [05:29]
3. Sanctuary [03:26]
4. Best Friend [03:48]
5. Moontriangle [03:15]
6. Open Your Eyes [04:54]
7. Alright [03:25]
8. ooeeooeeoo [04:14]
9. Blood Moon Outro [01:50]
10. Simultaneous [05:17]
Friday, 27 August Vacilant – Tempo Bravo 29:12Brazil
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Tempo Bravo [05:48]
2. Sangradouro [06:02]
3. Sopa de Ossada [04:16]
4. Serviços Essenciais [03:04]
5. Minha Imagem Roubada [06:24]
6. Corredeira [03:38]
Friday, 3 September Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 65:03London, UK
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Introvert [0:06:02]
2. Woman [0:04:29]
3. Two Worlds Apart [0:02:58]
4. I Love You, I Hate You [0:04:15]
5. Little Q, Pt. 1 (Interlude) [0:01:08]
6. Little Q, Pt. 2 [0:03:46]
7. Gems (Interlude) [0:02:57]
8. Speed [0:02:40]
9. Standing Ovation [0:04:08]
10. I See You [0:03:58]
11. The Rapper That Came To Tea (Interlude) [0:02:45]
12. Rollin Stone [0:03:39]
13. Protect My Energy [0:03:08]
14. Never Make Promises (Interlude) [0:01:02]
15. Point and Kill [0:03:05]
16. Fear No Man [0:04:03]
17. The Garden (Interlude) [0:02:38]
18. How Did You Get Here [0:04:56]
19. Miss Understood [0:03:28]
Friday, 17 Arthur Moon – Chaos! Chaos! Chaos!, Side A 17:52Brooklyn, New York
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Now You Just Listen to This [00:42]
2. Status Monster [03:00]
3. Back to the Future [02:43]
4. Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! [03:47]
5. Down feat. Shilpa Ananth [01:24]
6. Sagittarius [01:31]
7. Fishbones [01:49]
8. Lately feat. Raia Was [02:56]
Luis Ake – Liebe 34:06Stuttgart, Germany
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Ein Schöner Traum [03:00]
2. Liebe [03:23]
3. Umweg [03:20]
4. Krafter [03:35]
5. Kein Weg Zu Weit [03:06]
6. Blumen [02:46]
7. Nummer Eins [03:35]
8. Sommer [04:11]
9. Licht [03:20]
10. Wolken [03:50]
Plum Green – Somnambulistic 35:04Melbourne, Australia
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Raspberry Vine [03:31]
2. Eyes Shut [04:14]
3. White Kitten [04:02]
4. Grave Snuggler [04:48]
5. People of the Snow [03:18]
6. Walk Against The Wind [03:54]
7. Moon of Honey [03:51]
8. Here We Go [04:23]
9. Belleza Nocturna [03:03]
Friday, 24 September Poppy – Flux 32:03USA
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Flux [0:05:00]
2. Lessen The Damage [0:02:21]
3. So Mean [0:02:56]
4. On The Level [0:03:25]
5. Hysteria [0:04:20]
6. Her [0:02:08]
7. Bloom [0:03:50]
8. As Strange As It Seems [0:04:05]
9. Never Find My Place [0:04:00]
Friday, 1 October Andrés – Adventures of a DIY Astronaut 36:01Bakersfield, California
Tracklist (click to display) 1. All American Boogeyman [02:59]
2. Shit Could Be Worse [03:56]
3. Prom 2012 [04:27]
4. My Future Ex Wife feat. Happy Hour [03:35]
5. A Nice Soft Painless Lie feat. Andy Cizek [03:25]
6. Crisis on Infinite Earths [04:16]
7. Deanna Troi feat. Ahh-Ceh [03:48]
8. Anime Mami [03:18]
9. Champagne Golfer [02:54]
10. Ms. November [03:23]
Cellista – Pariah 26:15Los Angeles, California
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Debris Field (Grand Mal) [05:33]
2. The Banishment [01:45]
3. Pariah [04:51]
4. Small Prophecies [02:34]
5. Laurie Green [05:53]
6. Pretend [03:43]
7. Dawn Chorus [01:56]
Foamboy – My Sober Daydream 34:37Oregon
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Better [05:16]
2. Read Your Mind [02:46]
3. Laundry [02:55]
4. Hate Me Too [02:16]
5. Peach Smoothie [05:30]
6. Stay Up, All Night [01:42]
7. Alien [01:33]
8. Logout [02:29]
9. Shelter Me [04:48]
10. Backseat [05:22]
Friday, 8 Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World 45:59Los Angeles, California
Tracklist (click to display) 1. The End [00:31]
2. Mercurial World [03:01]
3. Dawning of the Season [03:24]
4. Secrets (Your Fire) [04:05]
5. You Lose! [03:24]
6. Something For 2 [03:36]
7. Chaeri [04:17]
8. Halfway [01:58]
9. Hysterical Us [03:55]
10. Prophecy [03:34]
11. Follow The Leader [03:04]
12. Domino [03:42]
13. Dreamcatching [03:27]
14. The Beginning [04:01]
Friday, 22 Honne – Let’s Just Say the World Ended a Week from Now, What Would You Do? 38:08UK
Tracklist (click to display)
1. IDGAF ABOUT PAIN [0:02:36]
2. COMING HOME (feat. NIKI) [0:03:30]
3. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (feat. Pink Sweat$) [0:03:12]
4. DANCING ON A CLOUD [0:04:04]
5. NOW I’M ALONE (feat. Sofía Valdés) [0:03:44]
6. THREE STRIKES (feat. Khalid) [0:03:24]
7. TALK TO ME [0:03:21]
8. BACK ON TOP (feat. Griff) [0:02:53]
9. EASY ON ME [0:03:22]
10. I’M THE LUCKY ONE [0:03:41]
11. HEARTSONG [0:04:27]
Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure 45:13UK
Tracklist (click to display)
1. I’m Fine [0:03:01]
2. Fucking Wizardry [0:03:57]
3. Hobbies 2 [0:03:46]
4. Prioritise Pleasure [0:04:05]
5. I Do This All The Time [0:04:53]
6. Moody [0:03:20]
7. Still Reigning [0:03:49]
8. How Can I Help You [0:02:21]
9. It’s Been A While [0:03:03]
10. The 345 [0:04:15]
11. John Elton [0:02:50]
12. You Forever [0:03:45]
13. Just Kids [0:02:18]
Thursday, 28 October 伊藤悠美 & Szymon Mika – 等 37:46Basel, Switzerland
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Minha Flor [04:18]
2. Float And Drift [04:26]
3. My Restless Mind [06:39]
4. Data Beta [07:45]
5. Longing [04:04]
6. Running [04:09]
7. Yumika [06:25]
Friday, 5 November YC-CY – Every Time I Close My Eyes 28:15Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Dreams Are Coming Back [03:26]
2. Night Fright [02:59]
3. End Of July [02:24]
4. Skeleton Parade [04:01]
5. Thumbscrew [02:37]
6. Stalker [03:39]
7. I Count The Days [05:11]
8. Every Time I Close My Eyes [03:58]
Thursday, 11 Yaima – Earth Trilogy, Part Two 24:39Seattle, Washington
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Mother [05:19]
2. Emergence [06:18]
3. Force [03:49]
4. Greenbrier [04:51]
5. Revel [04:22]
Friday, 12 Nnamdï – Are You Happy? 17:20Chicago, Illinois
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Barely Reason For A Smile [03:18]
2. Glass Casket (Remix) [04:03]
3. Doing Too Much [03:14]
4. Backseat [03:07]
5. You Don’t Know (ft. Sen Morimoto) [03:38]
Thursday, 25 November Tupper Ware Remix Party – New & Improved 41:25Toronto, Ontario
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Fusion Reactor [02:39]
2. Bright Blue Sky [04:37]
3. Found Your Love (feat. Diamond Cafe) [04:03]
4. Superior Moves [04:04]
5. Planet Bass (feat. Alex Moukala) [03:48]
6. Digitally Yours [04:03]
7. Polygon (feat. Starcadian) [03:52]
8. Whisper On The Breeze [04:40]
9. Re-Entry (feat. Chris Hadfield) [04:31]
10. Terraform (feat. Magic Sword) [05:08]
Thursday, 2 December Angèle – Nonante-Cinq 43:07Belgium
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Bruxelles je t’aime [0:03:48]
2. Libre [0:02:44]
3. On s’habitue [0:02:38]
4. Solo [0:03:40]
5. Pensées positives [0:03:31]
6. Taxi [0:04:18]
7. Démons [0:04:11]
8. Plus de sens [0:03:29]
9. Tempête [0:03:40]
10. Profite [0:04:09]
11. Mots justes [0:03:10]
12. Mauvais rêves [0:03:55]
Friday, 10 Jupiter – Not the Same 14:50Switzerland
Tracklist (click to display) 1. As Long As You Believe It [03:08]
2. Not The Same [03:49]
3. Noise [04:04]
4. Gentleness [03:49]
Май – 2021 21:12Moscow, Russia
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Гость [0:03:19]
2. Май [0:05:21]
3. Невозможно умереть [0:04:50]
4. Осколки и печаль [0:03:29]
5. Пять минут [0:04:21]
Tuesday, 28 December Ungus Ungus Ungus – Constellations 41:29Sydney, Australia
Tracklist (click to display) 1. The Riddler (feat. Cecilia Caleandro) [04:06]
2. Alien Block Party [04:03]
3. Haus of the Rising Sun [06:04]
4. Zirkus Winkel [05:43]
5. Hall of Mirrors [06:16]
6. The Prisoner [05:13]
7. The Endless [04:02]
8. Balloon (feat. Blunderbuss Jones) [06:02]
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