Below is a YouTube playlist of some of my favorite (mostly new) music from 2021. Two albums were re-released for their 10th anniversary this year. I couldn’t always find a video for the new release, but this is pretty close.
| Rider To The Sea | Anna Calvi |
| Yesterday Will Come | Caleb Landry Jones |
| Family Swan (Mecca Normal) | Califone |
| Vanishing | Circuit des Yeux |
| Le Commencement | Colin Stetson |
| Magic Bullets For Dracula | Fair Mothers |
| Badibaba | Goat Girl |
| Fire at Static Valley | Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
| Shine | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| Peace Signs | IDLES |
| Hey Now | London Grammar |
| Days Like These | Low |
| Make Worry For Me | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy |
| Enemy | Midwife |
| Don’t You Blanket When That Happens | Mike Adams At His Honest Weight |
| The Destruction Of The Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower | The Mountain Goats |
| In Again | Palberta |
| A Tip to Trick the Tide | R. Ring/Quailbones |
| Follow Me Around | Radiohead |
| I Hope I Never Fall in Love | The Reds, Pinks & Purples |
| Once Upon A Freak | Ringo Deathstarr |
| Bones | Rosali |
| Lasting Friend | Samia |
| Peace Signs | Sharon Van Etten |
| Valentine | Snail Mail |
| Will To Power | Springtime |
| Pay Your Way In Pain | St. Vincent |
| Projecting | Steve Burns and the Struggle |
| The Last Exit | Still Corners |
| Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
| Executioner | wych elm |
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