It’s that time folks! I didn’t make it a top 10 this time around because I don’t think I bought 10 new releases this year (or even close to 10), but hopefully you guys found a lot more worthwhile stuff than I did.
Best of 2021
New Releases:
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
Archival Releases:
The Gerunds - Hitsville, PA
That’s all I got right now, but maybe y’all will remind me of something else or point me in the direction of something I missed.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:38 am
by jaybird
Descendents - 9th & Walnut Down By Law - Lonely Town The Bronx - VI Black Valley Moon - Spectral Melodies 7"
Late 2020, but Bill Frisell - Valentine
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:41 am
by gregpolard
Descendents "9th and Walnut" Dinosaur Jr "Sweep It Into Space" Iceburn "Asclepius" Melvins "Working With God" Quicksand "Distant Populations" Teenage Fanclub "Endless Arcade" Tuns "Duly Noted" Turnstile "Glow On"
These are the new releases I can think of where I bought physical product (vinyl) for all and have listened multiple times and enjoyed.
This is definitely an old man list, minus Turnstile. Oops, I guess?
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:58 am
by scannest
I'll start with Bandcamp and Discogs purchases (they're the easiest to track). In no particular order:
Chris Brokaw - Puritan Jimmy Montague - Casual Use Reigning Sound - A Little More Time With...
Wow, that's pretty lame when I look back on it. Thanks, guys!
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:39 am
by the mean
Here's my Top 10 so far (alphabetically.) Counting archival releases, but not reissues.
BANANAS, THE - “don’t go toward the light” LP (Secret Center) FRACK! - “accelerant” LP (Forbidden Place) GERUNDS, THE - “hitsville, pa” 2LP (Uranium Rush) HAY, COLIN - “i just don’t know what to do with myself” LP (Lazy Eye / Compass) SNFU - “a blessing but with it a curse” EP (Chase The Glory / Rake) SEIZED UP - “marching down the spiral” EP (Cursed Blessings) SON VOLT - “electro melodier” LP (Transmit Sound / Thirty Tigers) SONGS FOR SNAKES - “forced pleasantries” LP (Timid Crusher) SPECIALS - “protest songs 1924-2012” LP/7” (Island / UMC) WRONG WAR - “fixed against forever” LP (Atomic Action / Council)
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:08 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
Too early for this bullshit.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:50 pm
by lewdd
Reissues or Greatest HIts: Motorhead - Everything Louder Forever 2LP Replacements - Sorry, Ma Box Set Nirvana - Nevermind 30th Anniversary LP Rolling Stones - Tattoo You 40th Anniversary 2LP Punk & Disorderly The Albums CD Box Set 7 Seconds - The Crew Reissue Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz Reissue LP Multiple Blue Note Classic LP Reissues and Verve Acoustic Series LP Reissues
Late 2020 Releases: Descendents - Suffrage (Nov 2020 release that I didn't get to listen to until 2021) Oi! This Is Streetpunk 2020 (Dec 2020 release that I didn't get to listen to until 2021) Oi! 40 Years Untamed (Nov 2020 release that I didn't get to listen to until 2021) Pirates Press For Family and Flag Vol 1 (Nov 2020 release that I didn't get to listen to until 2021)
2021 Releases: Descendents - 9th & Walnut Kingfish - 662 LP Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Dance Songs for Hard Times
Bandcamp 2021 Releases: Descendents - That's The Breaks Antagonizers ATL - Kings 45 Adapters - Now or Never Chisel - Enough Said Berlin Blackouts - Make Punk Rock Great Again Bollweevils - Liniment and Tonic Four Letter Word - American Carnage
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:12 pm
by drew
Quicksand- Distant Populations Divine Horsemen- Hot rise of an Ice Cream Phoenix Floating Points w/ Pharoh Sanders- Promises Bo Burnham- Inside Descendents- 9th & Walnut Dinosaur jr. - Sweep it into space IDLES- Crawler Guided by voices- Earth Man Blues Three-Layer Cake- Stove Top Human Impact- EP 01 Black Dice- Mod Prog Sic Soul- Soundtrack by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Baptiste Alan Vega- Mutator(unreleased album) Cub Scout Bowling Pins- Clang Clang Ho Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou- the helm of sorrow EP The Gerunds- Hitsville PA Sleaford Mods- Spare Ribs Lee Renaldo- In Virus Times Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 8:30 am
by lewdd
No votes for Naked Raygun?
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:16 am
by FlexMyHead
lewdd wrote:No votes for Naked Raygun?
I placed my order August 17th. I thought three months with no updates warranted an email to label and this is the response I got. I might get my 32 Dischord Box Sets before I get these records!
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:51 am
by drew
drew wrote:Quicksand- Distant Populations Divine Horsemen- Hot rise of an Ice Cream Phoenix Floating Points w/ Pharoh Sanders- Promises Bo Burnham- Inside Descendents- 9th & Walnut Dinosaur jr. - Sweep it into space IDLES- Crawler Guided by voices- Earth Man Blues Three-Layer Cake- Stove Top Human Impact- EP 01 Black Dice- Mod Prog Sic Soul- Soundtrack by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Baptiste Alan Vega- Mutator(unreleased album) Cub Scout Bowling Pins- Clang Clang Ho Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou- the helm of sorrow EP Chris Brokaw- Puritan Iron Maiden- Senjetsu The Gerunds- Hitsville PA Sleaford Mods- Spare Ribs Lee Renaldo- In Virus Times Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:47 pm
by BAIN
any decent shoegaze records out this year?
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 10:36 pm
by version sound
BAIN wrote:any decent shoegaze records out this year?
drew wrote:Floating Points w/ Pharoh Sanders- Promises Bo Burnham- Inside
These.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:17 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
Exodus ‘Persona Non Grata’
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:49 pm
by FormerLurker
That new Thalia Zedek record is pretty great (thanks jaybird!) but I can’t look at the cover without gagging.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 3:02 pm
by jaybird
FormerLurker wrote:That new Thalia Zedek record is pretty great (thanks jaybird!) but I can’t look at the cover without gagging.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:08 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
Nekkid Raygun 'Over the Overlords'!!
PERFECT! 'Don't call it a comeback.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:30 am
by xxxMidgexxx
GOJIRA ‘Fortitude’ DOWN BY LAW ‘Lonely Town’ SOLARSTONE ‘Pure Trance’ Volume 9 QUICKSAND‘Distant Populations’
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:12 am
by scannest
scannest wrote:I'll start with Bandcamp and Discogs purchases (they're the easiest to track). In no particular order:
Chris Brokaw - Puritan Jimmy Montague - Casual Use Reigning Sound - A Little More Time With...
Wow, that's pretty lame when I look back on it. Thanks, guys!
Okay, I took a look through my Qobuz history, which is giving me a much better picture of what I listened to this year. These records are all pretty excellent, too:
Tonstartssbandht - Petulia Lindsey Buckingham - S/T Turnstile - GLOW ON Cub Scout Bowling Pins - Clang Clang Ho
Still not a top 10, but more respectable.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:26 am
by gregpolard
Failure "Wild Type Droid" came in just under the wire. No idea when the physical copies drop so maybe it's a 2022 release? But man, it's awesome.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:44 am
by creature
Amyl and the Sniffers -- Comfort to Me Seized Up -- Marching Down the Spiral EP Monolord -- Your Time to Shine Warish -- Next to Pay Spirit Possession -- S/T Naked Raygun -- Over the Overlords
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:50 am
by scannest
creature wrote:Amyl and the Sniffers -- Comfort to Me
Yes! Excellent record. So much better than anything else I'd ever heard by them.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:46 pm
by JGJR
scannest wrote:
creature wrote:Amyl and the Sniffers -- Comfort to Me
Yes! Excellent record. So much better than anything else I'd ever heard by them.
Seconded; couldn't get into the debut but this one is way better to my ears
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:49 am
by Gary
I prefer the previous records
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:15 pm
by drew
Naked Raygun- Over The Overlords
Late edition but just the record I need these last two weeks.......
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:57 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
drew wrote:Naked Raygun- Over The Overlords
Late edition but just the record I need these last two weeks.......
You FINALLY caught on. Thank me later.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:59 am
by gregpolard
a couple records that came out this year that I just recently acquired on vinyl and really enjoy that I'd put in a top 10 :
Torres "Thirstier" Dry Cleaning "New Long Leg"
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:27 am
by gregpolard
Another late entry (in my defense this has only been out a couple weeks)
Snail Mail "Valentine"
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:40 am
by version sound
gregpolard wrote:Another late entry (in my defense this has only been out a couple weeks)
Snail Mail "Valentine"
I need to give this one a full listen.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:01 pm
by gregpolard
version sound wrote:
gregpolard wrote:Another late entry (in my defense this has only been out a couple weeks)
Snail Mail "Valentine"
I need to give this one a full listen.
It is excellent!
Here's my 10:
Dinosaur Jr. "Sweep It Into Space" Teenage Fanclub "Endless Arcade" Turnstile "Glow On" Quicksand "Distant Populations" Iceburn "Asclepius" Melvins "Working With God" Tuns "Duly Noted" Dry Cleaning "New Long Leg" Torres "Thirstier" Snail Mail "Valentine"
That's 10 that I've listened to now multiple times each and own all on vinyl (Snail Mail hasn't arrived yet)
Failure's new album as I said above would be on there but it's also not out on vinyl yet so I guess technically that's a 2022 release so I'll add it next year LOL
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:29 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
WTF is this???? CMJ?
Let me guess. You ninnies are 'terribly excited' about the new (insert crappy indie media darling band's new album here).
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:52 pm
by gregpolard
xxxMidgexxx wrote:WTF is this???? CMJ?
Let me guess. You ninnies are 'terribly excited' about the new (insert crappy indie media darling band's new album here).
wut
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:50 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
gregpolard wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:WTF is this???? CMJ?
Let me guess. You ninnies are 'terribly excited' about the new (insert crappy indie media darling band's new album here).
wut
DAMMIT GREG. In Lewdd's absence, I leave it to YOU to fix me a vegan BBQ brunch burger. AND FAST
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:51 pm
by gregpolard
xxxMidgexxx wrote:
gregpolard wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:WTF is this???? CMJ?
Let me guess. You ninnies are 'terribly excited' about the new (insert crappy indie media darling band's new album here).
wut
DAMMIT GREG. In Lewdd's absence, I leave it to YOU to fix me a vegan BBQ brunch burger. AND FAST
POST HASTE??????
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:24 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
gregpolard wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:
gregpolard wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:WTF is this???? CMJ?
Let me guess. You ninnies are 'terribly excited' about the new (insert crappy indie media darling band's new album here).
wut
DAMMIT GREG. In Lewdd's absence, I leave it to YOU to fix me a vegan BBQ brunch burger. AND FAST
POST HASTE??????
DO BIRDS SING????????????????
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 12:15 pm
by JGJR
version sound wrote:
gregpolard wrote:Another late entry (in my defense this has only been out a couple weeks)
Snail Mail "Valentine"
I need to give this one a full listen.
Same; listened to the title track last night and kinda dug it; really wanna hear the rest; good combo of synths and guitars.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:17 am
by gregpolard
One more I am really enjoying that I also slept on (hey - i'm old)
Julien Baker "Little Oblivions". Just great!
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:48 pm
by scannest
That new Naked Raygun record is really good. Thanks to those who pointed it out.
And I also like the latest DBL a lot. Forgot to mention that one.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:05 pm
by SamDBL
scannest wrote:That new Naked Raygun record is really good. Thanks to those who pointed it out.
And I also like the latest DBL a lot. Forgot to mention that one.
Is that in a smaller font?
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:07 pm
by FormerLurker
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:41 pm
by jaybird
FormerLurker wrote::lol:
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:21 pm
by WrEtcH
Metal 1. Desaster - “Churches Without Saints” 2.KK’s Priest - “Sermon Of The Sinner” 3.Exodus - “Persona Non Grata 4. Knife - “Knife” 5. The Crown -“Royal Destroyer” 6.Carcass - “Torn Arteries” 7. Tribulation “Where The Gloom Becomes Sound” 8. Haunt - “Beautiful Distraction 9. Bewitcher- “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom”
punk/hardcore/emo 1.descendents-“9th and Walnut” AFI - “Bodies” Turnstile - “Glow On” Field Day - Invitation Linda Linda’s - Oh Quicksand Stalag 13 - “Fill In The Silence” Face To Face - No Way Out
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:46 pm
by Marc M
version sound wrote:
BAIN wrote:any decent shoegaze records out this year?
We put this out on Quiet Panic. If you like Slow Crush, you'll probably also like the new Mondaze album we just released. And for a bit more poppy shoegazey thing, check out the new Tennis System lp.
We put this out on Quiet Panic. If you like Slow Crush, you'll probably also like the new Mondaze album we just released. And for a bit more poppy shoegazey thing, check out the new Tennis System lp.
thank you Mondaze is exactly what this Sunday morning needed
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:12 pm
by JGJR
These are a few late entries for other 2021 releases that I'm really enjoying at the moment. I only have a physical copy of the War on Drugs 2xLp, but plan to get the others soon.
Fake Names - new 7" (reminded of this a few weeks back when the pre-orders for the 7" were announced; like it even more now) Snail Mail - Valentine (love this; thanks Greg for the recommendation) The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore (I resisted their charms for a long time, but they've grown on me quite a bit in recent years)
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:03 am
by scannest
JGJR wrote:The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
If you like those guys, I have some '80s Moody Blues' records I can let you have for cheap.
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:07 am
by xxxHunterxxx
scannest wrote:
JGJR wrote:The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
If you like those guys, I have some '80s Moody Blues' records I can let you have for cheap.
I kinda dig 80s Moody Blues — or at least “Long Distance Voyager.” Do they sound like that?
Re: Best Records of 2021
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:16 am
by scannest
xxxHunterxxx wrote:I kinda dig 80s Moody Blues — or at least “Long Distance Voyager.” Do they sound like that?
If SNL did a parody of 'Dad Rock', it would sound like this:
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:06 am
We put this out on Quiet Panic. If you like Slow Crush, you'll probably also like the new Mondaze album we just released. And for a bit more poppy shoegazey thing, check out the new Tennis System lp.