2021 was a banner year for testing our ability to look ahead while finding pleasure amidst a storm. It should come as no surprise that artists reflect this push and pull in the music they share with us.
Snail Mail: Valentine (Matador)
Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg (4AD)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra: Promises ( Luaka Bop Records)
Black Country, New Road: For the first time (Ninja Tune)
Tirzah: Colourgrade (Domino)
Julien Baker: Little Oblivions (Matador)
Idles: Crawler (Partisan Records)
Lana Del Rey: Blue Banisters (Interscope)
Grouper: Shade (kranky)
Eli Keszler: Icons (LUCKYME®)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee At State’s End! (Constellation)
Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future (Impulse!)
Home Is Where: I Became Birds (Knifepunch Records)
Mdou Moctar: Afrique Victime (Matador)
The Weather Station: Ignorance (Fat Possum)
Smerz: Believer (XL)
Low: Hey What (Sub Pop)
Korless: Agor (Young)
Arooj Aftab: Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
The Bug: Fire (Ninja Tune)
