As I’ve done for the past two years, I’m gonna use this page to chronicle every new release I listen to in 2021 – complete with a handy rating from 1 to 10. I’ll update this page every other week or so. If you think there’s a release missing from the list that I should check out, give me a yell and I’ll smack it on the backburner!
Last update: Thursday April 29th, 2021.
Albums
- 4AD – Bills & Aches & Blues (4.5/10)
- 6 Dogs – Ronald (4/10)
- ‘68 – Give One Take One (8.5/10)
- 7-11 Jesus – Tree Dream (3.5/10)
- A Cloud Of Ravens – Another Kind Of Midnight (6/10)
- A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome (8/10)
- Adult Mom – Driver (8.5/10)
- Al Riggs – I Got A Big Electric Fan To Keep Me Cool While I Sleep (7.5/10)
- Alfa Mist – Bring Backs (5/10)
- Alex Little & The Suspicious Minds – Waiting To Get Paid (7/10)
- Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories (5.5/10)
- Aliceissleeping – Completely Fine (7/10)
- Amends – Tales Of Love, Loss, And Outlaws (9.5/10)
- America Part Two – Price Of A Nation (7/10)
- Amulets – Blooming (4/10)
- Another Michael – New Music And Big Pop (7/10)
- The Antlers – Gold To Green (7/10)
- Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist (7.5/10)
- Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams (6/10)
- The Armed – Ultrapop (8/10)
- As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other (7.5/10)
- Atlas Of Elysian – Through The Threads Of Reality (1.5/10)
- Atria – Moonbrain (6.5/10)
- Aziola Cry – The Ironic Divide (6/10)
- Baby Boys – Threesome (8/10)
- Baio – Dead Hand Control (6.5/10)
- The Bamboos – Hard Up (8.5/10)
- Birthday Ass – Head Of The Household (2/10)
- Basic Bitches – Go To The Movies (4.5/10)
- The Berries – Throne Of Ivory (5/10)
- Black Country, New Road – For The First Time (7.5/10)
- Black Honey – Written & Directed (7.5/10)
- Black Pistol Fire – Look Alive (7.5/10)
- Black Twig – Was Not Looking For Magic (7/10)
- Blood Lemon – S/T (6/10)
- Blue Ox – Holy Vore (5/10)
- Blue Water Highway – Paper Airplanes (6/10)
- The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness – Songs From Another Life (6.5/10)
- Brockhampton – Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine (8.5/10)
- Catherine Britt – Home Truths (8/10)
- Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined (5.5/10)
- Capra – In Transmission (5.5/10)
- Carla Geneve – Learn To Like It (9/10)
- Carpool Tunnel – Bloom (6.5/10)
- Cave Of Swimmers – Aurora (6/10)
- Celeste – Not Your Muse (6/10)
- Chase Atlantic – Beauty In Death (1/10)
- Cheap Meat – People Are The Worst (8.5/10)
- Cheap Trick – In Another World (7.5/10)
- The Chris Ruben Band – Madness On Repeat (8/10)
- Chung Ha – Querencia (7/10)
- Citizen – Life In Your Glass World (8.5/10)
- Claire Rousay – A Softer Focus (4.5/10)
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – New Fragility (7/10)
- Claud – Super Monster (8/10)
- Cloud Nothings – The Shadow I Remember (7.5/10)
- Communions – Pure Fabrication (7.5/10)
- The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground (5.5/10)
- Dead Poet Society – -!- (7/10)
- Death From Above 1979 – Is 4 Lovers (8/10)
- Demi Lovato – Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over (7/10)
- Dinosaur Jr – Sweep It Into Space (7.5/10)
- Dirty Honey – S/T (5/10)
- The Dirty Nil – Fuck Art (8.5/10)
- Dispirited Spirits – Fragments Of A Dying Star (6/10)
- Divide And Dissolve – Gas Lit (1.5/10)
- Django Django – Glowing In The Dark (7.5/10)
- Dog Trainer – Scrolling To Feel Better… Part One (4.5/10)
- Dollar Signs – Hearts Of Gold (7/10)
- Down By Law – Lonely Town (7/10)
- Dreamshade – A Pale Blue Dot (8.5/10)
- Drones – Our Hell Is Right Here (8/10)
- Dropkick Murphys – Turn Up That Dial (8.5/10)
- Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (5.5/10)
- Du Blonde – Homecoming (8/10)
- Dumpstaphunk – Where Do We Go From Here (6.5/10)
- Dust Moth – Rising // Sailing (7.5/10)
- DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising: Part 2 (8.5/10)
- Ego Kill Talent – The Dance Between Extremes (5/10)
- Electric Century – S/T (8.5/10)
- Emily Rodgers – I Will Be Gone (7/10)
- Enforced – Kill Grid (7.5/10)
- Escape The Fate – Chemical Warfare (7.5/10)
- Erra – S/T (7/10)
- Evan Greer – Spotify Is Surveillance (7.5/10)
- Evanescence – The Bitter Truth (7.5/10)
- Flux Pavilion – .wav (5/10)
- Flyte – This Is Really Going to Hurt (8/10)
- Foo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight (6.5/10)
- The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under A Full Moon (8/10)
- Fritz – Pastel (8/10)
- Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth (9.5/10)
- Ghlow – Slash And Burn (7.5/10)
- Girl In Red – If I Could Make It Go Quiet (10/10)
- Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson (6/10)
- Goat Girl – On All Fours (6/10)
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee At State’s End! (6.5/10)
- Gojira – Fortitude (7.5/10)
- Greta Van Fleet – The Battle At Garden’s Gate (7/10)
- Grouplove – This Is This (7.5/10)
- Hail The Sun – New Age Filth (7.5/10)
- Harmony Woods – Graceful Rage (7.5/10)
- Haunted Shed – Faltering Light (6/10)
- Hayley Williams – Flowers For Vases (8.5/10)
- Hey, King! – S/T (8.5/10)
- The Hold Steady – Open Door Policy (8/10)
- Holding Absence – The Greatest Mistake Of My Life (9/10)
- Hospital Bracelet – South Loop Summer (9/10)
- Huck Hastings – Cheers To Progress (7/10)
- Icon For Hire – Amorphous (4.5/10)
- Illy – The Space Between (7/10)
- Incisions – Bliss (3.5/10)
- Indigo Sparke – Echo (6/10)
- Jarryd James – P.M. (5/10)
- Jeff Rosenstock – Ska Dream (8.5/10)
- Jess Locke – Don’t Ask Yourself Why (8.5/10)
- Joelistics – Film School (7.5/10)
- The Juliana Theory – A Dream Away (6.5/10)
- Julien Baker – Little Oblivions (8/10)
- June Joans – Leafcutter (8.5/10)
- Justin Bieber – Justice (6.5/10)
- Kali Masi – [Laughs] (8/10)
- Kate Davis – Strange Boy (8.5/10)
- Katy Kirby – Cool Dry Place (8/10)
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – L.W. (8/10)
- King Khan Unlimited – Opiate Them Asses (4/10)
- Kings Of Leon – When You See Yourself (6/10)
- Lady Dan – I Am The Prophet (7.5/10)
- Lana Del Ray – Chemtrails Over The Country Club (7.5/10)
- Lande Hekt – Going To Hell (7.5/10)
- Landmvrks – Lost In The Waves (7.5/10)
- Lil Yachty – Michigan Boat Boy (7/10)
- Liz Stringer – First Time Really Feeling (8/10)
- Loathe – The Things They Believe (5/10)
- Lokoy – Badminton (6.5/10)
- London Grammar – Californian Soil (6/10)
- Lonely The Brave – The Hope List (7.5/10)
- Loney Dear – A Lantern And A Bell (6/10)
- LNZNDRF – II (6/10)
- Luca Brasi – Everything Is Tenuous (8/10)
- Luna Shadows – Digital Pacific (6/10)
- Major Murphy – Access (7.5/10)
- Maks The Fox – That We Exist (8.5/10)
- Manchester Orchestra – The Million Masks Of God (8.5/10)
- Melvins – Working With God (2.5/10)
- Mere Women – Romantic Notions (6.5/10)
- Middle Kids – Today We’re The Greatest (8.5/10)
- Mogwai – As The Love Continues (8/10)
- Moon Taxi – Silver Dream (6/10)
- Nervous Dater – Call In The Mess (9/10)
- New Pagans – The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots And All (7.5/10)
- New Talk – Time & Memory (8/10)
- NF – Clouds (6.5/10)
- Nick Jonas – Spaceman (5.5/10)
- NOFX – Single Album (9/10)
- nothing,nowhere. – Trauma Factory (8/10)
- Octopus Montage – How To Live & How To Lose (7/10)
- Odette – Herald (7/10)
- The Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll (5.5/10)
- Oscar Scheller – Boys Cry (7.5/10)
- Pale Waves – Who Am I? (9.5/10)
- The Paper Kites – Roses (5.5/10)
- Passenger – Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted (6/10)
- Phantom Wave – Wilds (6.5/10)
- Polish Club – Now We’re Cookin’ (7.5/10)
- Pony – TV Baby (8/10)
- Porter Robinson – Nurture (7.5/10)
- Powerlines – All Of This Is Temporary (8/10)
- The Pretty Reckless – Death By Rock And Roll (7.5/10)
- Prism Bitch – Perla (7.5/10)
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound (8/10)
- Quiet Marauder – The Gift (ft. Kadesha Drija) [8/10]
- Rare Americans – Rare Americans 2 (8/10)
- Rawb – The Beachfront (7.5/10)
- Remember Sports – Like A Stone (7.5/10)
- Rivals – Sad Looks Pretty On Me (7/10)
- Ross Gay – Dilate Your Heart (8/10)
- Royal Blood – Typhoons (7/10)
- The Rubens – 0202 (5.5/10)
- Run River North – Creatures In Your Head (6.5/10)
- Serpentwithfeet – Deacon (6.5/10)
- Shame – Drunk Tank Pink (6/10)
- SHINee – Don’t Call Me (5.5/10)
- Silverware – No Plans (7.5/10)
- Skegss – Rehearsal (7.5/10)
- Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs (7.5/10)
- Slowly Slowly – Race Car Blues: Chapter 2 (8/10)
- Slowthai – Tyron (4/10)
- Sly Withers – Gardens (9/10)
- The Small Calamities – Moments Of Impact (9.5/10)
- Smith & Burrows – Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough (7/10)
- Son Lux – Tomorrows III (6/10)
- Son Of The Velvet Rat – Solitary Company (5/10)
- The Sonder Bombs – Clothbound (8/10)
- The Spill Canvas – Conduit (7/10)
- Spirit Of The Beehive – Entertainment, Death (6/10)
- St. Vincent – Daddy’s Home (7.5/10)
- The Staves – Good Woman (7.5/10)
- Steady Holiday – Take The Corners Gently (8/10)
- Stepson – Help Me, Help You (8.5/10)
- Steven Wilson – The Future Bites (7/10)
- Sun June – Somewhere (6.5/10)
- Tash Sultana – Terra Firma (5/10)
- Taylor Swift – Fearless (Taylor’s Version) [9/10]
- Teenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade (5/10)
- Teenage Wrist – Earth Is A Black Hole (8.5/10)
- Th1rt3en – A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism (7.5/10)
- Thirdface – Do It With A Smile (6/10)
- Tigers Jaw – I Won’t Care How You Remember Me (8.5/10)
- Tilian – Factory Reset (7.5/10)
- To The Grave – Epilogue (5.5/10)
- Trippie Redd – Neon Shark (8.5/10)
- Tune-Yards – Sketchy (9/10)
- TV Priest – Uppers (4/10)
- Viagra Boys – Welfare Jazz (7/10)
- Void Of Vision – Hyperdaze (Redux) [8/10]
- Walking Bombs – Tears We Should Have Shed (6/10)
- Waterparks – Greatest Hits (8/10)
- We Set Sail – Ritual And Ceremony (6/10)
- The Weather Station – Ignorance (6.5/10)
- Weezer – OK Human (8/10)
- Weezer – Van Weezer (9.5/10)
- While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society (8/10)
- Wild Pink – A Billion Little Lights (7.5/10)
- Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend (7.5/10)
- Wolf Club – Just Drive, Part 1 (6/10)
- Year Twins – Perfect Forever, Forever Perfect (5/10)
- Yellow Ostrich – Soft (6/10)
- You Am I – The Lives Of Others (8.5/10)
- You Me At Six – Suckapunch (5.5/10)
- Zara Larsson – Poster Girl (7.5/10)
- Zayn – Nobody Is Listening (6.5/10)
EPs
- A Better Hand – Cheap Smokes And Champagne (7/10)
- All Hours – Perspectives (9.5/10)
- Arm’s Length – Everything’s Nice (9/10)
- Arteries – Outdoor Claustrophobic (7.5/10)
- Astrid Cordes – Beautiful Mess (8/10)
- August Burns Red – Guardian Sessions (7/10)
- Babehoven – Yellow Has A Pretty Good Reputation (5/10)
- Babygirl – Losers Weepers (8/10)
- Babyteeth – Poser (4.5/10)
- Basside & Sophie – Fuck It Up (7.5/10)
- Beach Bunny – Blame Game (9.5/10)
- Beakhyun – Bambi (4.5/10)
- Belle Haven – Time Changes Nothing (9/10)
- Blacklist Royals – Doomsday Girl (5/10)
- Blanketman – National Trust (7/10)
- The Blossom – ’97 Blossom (8/10)
- Bodom After Midnight – Paint The Sky With Blood (8/10)
- Car Park Social – S/T (6/10)
- Céline & The Blue – Within & Without (8/10)
- Chapel – Room Service (6.5/10)
- Charmaine – Hood Avant Garde (6.5/10)
- Church Tongue – The Hubris Of Gods Departed (7.5/10)
- Coach Party – After Party (7.5/10)
- Coma Girls – Skyboxer (6.5/10)
- Conduit – Only Human (6/10)
- Congrats – Pharaoh (6/10)
- Dad Sports – I Am Just A Boy Leave Me Alone !!! (8/10)
- Deap Vally – Digital Dream (7/10)
- Dev Lemons – Lemontopia (5/10)
- Drown This City – Colours We Won’t Know (8/10)
- Emily Weisband – I Call It Being Human (5.5/10)
- Fake Dad – Old Baby (6/10)
- Fickle Friends – Weird Years (Season 1) [8/10]
- Foxes – Friends In The Corner (7/10)
- Frank Iero And The Future Violence – Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place (10/10)
- From Sorrow To Serenity – Trifecta (6.5/10)
- Future Teens – Deliberately Alive (8.5/10)
- Glitchers – Thought Crimes (7/10)
- Goo Goo Dolls – EP 21 (7/10)
- Grids & Dots – What Happens To Friendships (5.5/10)
- Hand Habits – Dirt (6.5/10)
- Harmony Byrne – The Songs I Sing When No One Is Around (8/10)
- Heartline – I Call For The Sinking Warmth (7.5/10)
- Home Is Where – I Became Birds (7/10)
- Jaguar Jonze – Antihero (8/10)
- JayWood – Some Days (5.5/10)
- Jesswar – Tropixx (5.5/10)
- Josh Radnor – One More Then I’ll Let You Go (7/10)
- Julia-Sophie – Heartbroken </3 (7/10)
- Justin Courtney Pierre – An Anthropologist On Mars (8.5/10)
- Kai Cult – OK Boomer (7/10)
- Keepsake – Slowburn (9.5/10)
- Kero Kero Bonito – Civilisation II (7/10)
- Kneeling In Piss – Types Of Cults (2/10)
- Lastelle – Delicate (7.5/10)
- Little Hurt – Every Second (6.5/10)
- Maggie Lindemann – Paranoia (8/10)
- Mannequin Pussy – Perfect (8.5/10)
- Marie Naffah – Golden State (6.5/10)
- Midwxst – Summer03 (7.5/10)
- Miss Grit – Imposter (5.5/10)
- Mountain Bird – Once We Were Present (6.5/10)
- Nasty Cherry – The Movie (8/10)
- Nick Ward – Everything I Wish I Told You (8/10)
- The Night Café – For Better Days (7.5/10)
- No Hope for The Lost – The Pilgrimage (8/10)
- Northlane – 5G (6/10)
- Odd Circus – Mantha (7.5/10)
- The Oddness – Distant Voices (5/10)
- Of Mice & Men – Timeless (6/10)
- Paper Citizen – Wandering Ghost (8.5/10)
- Peach Tree Rascals – Camp Nowhere (6.5/10)
- People Museum – I Could Only See The Night (7.5/10)
- Pictures Of Wild Life – Terrene (7/10)
- Play Dead – Skint (7/10)
- Pretty Uglys – Party Friends (7/10)
- Pussy Riot – Panic Attack (4/10)
- Rain – Pieces (5/10)
- RedHook – Bad Decisions (4.5/10)
- Ribbons – Total Loss (6.5/10)
- Rosie Darling – Coping (6.5/10)
- Rough Dreams – From The Graves Of Better Days (8/10)
- Rumours – If Only You Could Feel Something Too (7.5/10)
- Safety – Greetings From The Sunshine State (7.5/10)
- Serj Tankian – Elasticity (3/10)
- Show Me The Body – Survive (5/10)
- Skullcrusher – Storm In Summer (8.5/10)
- Snake Eyes – Skeletons (6.5/10)
- Steve Aoki – 6OKI: Rave Royale (4/10)
- Stick To Your Guns – The Meaning Remains (7/10)
- Talk Me Off – Abyss (6.5/10)
- Teenage Joans – Taste Of Me (10/10)
- Teeth – Dark Harvest (8/10)
- Sorry – Twixtustwain (8/10)
- The Vaughns – Rom Coms + Take Out (8/10)
- Waxflower – We Might Be Alright (7.5/10)
- Widowspeak – Honeychurch (5/10)
- Yaya Bey – The Things I Can’t Take With Me (7/10)
RATING KEY
1 – it’s unbearable.
2 – it’s awful.
3 – it’s bad.
4 – it’s weak.
5 – it’s mediocre.
6 – it’s okay.
7 – it’s good.
8 – it’s great.
9 – it’s fantastic.
10 – it’s a masterpiece.
