Best Music of 2021

TLK’s First Half Faves
Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
Black Country, New Road - For The First Time
Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
Morgan Wade - Reckless
Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders - Promises
Squid - Bright Green Field
Matt Sweeney/Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Superwolves
Iceage - Seek Shelter
Heavy Sentence - Bang To Rights
Enforced - Kill Grid
Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Pick A Day To Die
Madlib - Sound Ancestors
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
Chris Corsano/Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound
Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space
 
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BEST OF FIRST HALF 2021
1. Bowerbirds - becalmyounglovers
2. Buck Meek - Two Saviors
3. Hand Habits - Dirt EP
4. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
5. Spirit Of The Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
6. Weather Station - Ignorance
7. Cory Hanson - Pale Horse Rider
8. Lande Hekt - Going To Hell
9. Fruit Bats - The Pet Parade
10. Enumclaw - Jimbo Demo
 
musicjunkiegreg said:
2021 Q2 List!

My 20 favorite albums from Apr -Jun in alphabetical order by the artist. (Topster was being finicky and wouldn't load the cover art for two albums).

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I got annoyed when Topster was doing something similar but then saw it mentions URL in the search bar, so you can go find the image elsewhere and copy its URL then paste it into Topster and be able to drop it into your chart.
 
avecigrec said:
I got annoyed when Topster was doing something similar but then saw it mentions URL in the search bar, so you can go find the image elsewhere and copy its URL then paste it into Topster and be able to drop it into your chart.
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So I ended up deleting my original post here and then re-uploading. Your suggestion worked to get the album art. However, when I used the URL of the image from elsewhere, Topster "didn't know" what album it was and, hence, the album name was just left blank. So I took a screenshot of the album names before I used the URL for the album art I needed. Then I took a screenshot of the completed album art after I used the URL... 😅
 
musicjunkiegreg said:
So I ended up deleting my original post here and then re-uploading. Your suggestion worked to get the album art. However, when I used the URL of the image from elsewhere, Topster "didn't know" what album it was and, hence, the album name was just left blank. So I took a screenshot of the album names before I used the URL for the album art I needed. Then I took a screenshot of the completed album art after I used the URL... 😅
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I was able to manually enter the text for mine, I reckon - but I like your way too! ;)

[edit: grammar ...I really ought to be in bed by now!]
 
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This year is seriously lacking for me, but this is what I've got so far

  1. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
  2. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
  3. Yung - Ongoing Dispute
  4. Crumb - Ice Melt
  5. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
  6. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
  7. The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
  8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
  9. Nils Frahm - Graz
  10. Squid - Bright Green Field

Others that I've liked but need to listen more to form an opinion (none of these have "grabbed me" yet)

  • Faye Webster
  • Lightning Bug
  • Hurry
  • Lucy Dacus
  • Cold Cave
  • Remember Sports
  • Flock of Dimes
  • black midi
  • Fiddlehead
  • Iceage
  • Sufjan
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Dry Cleaning
  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen
  • Death From Above 1979
  • Goat Girl
  • Viagra Boys
  • CIVIC
  • Middle Kids
  • Adult Mom
  • Cloud Nothings
  • Mogwai
  • Katy Kirby
  • Wild Pink
  • Julien Baker
  • The Weather Station
  • Black Country, New Road
  • Steady Holiday
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • The Antlers
 
wokeupnew said:
This year is seriously lacking for me, but this is what I've got so far

  1. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
  2. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
  3. Yung - Ongoing Dispute
  4. Crumb - Ice Melt
  5. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
  6. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
  7. The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
  8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
  9. Nils Frahm - Graz
  10. Squid - Bright Green Field

Others that I've liked but need to listen more to form an opinion (none of these have "grabbed me" yet)

  • Faye Webster
  • Lightning Bug
  • Hurry
  • Lucy Dacus
  • Cold Cave
  • Remember Sports
  • Flock of Dimes
  • black midi
  • Fiddlehead
  • Iceage
  • Sufjan
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Dry Cleaning
  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen
  • Death From Above 1979
  • Goat Girl
  • Viagra Boys
  • CIVIC
  • Middle Kids
  • Adult Mom
  • Cloud Nothings
  • Mogwai
  • Katy Kirby
  • Wild Pink
  • Julien Baker
  • The Weather Station
  • Black Country, New Road
  • Steady Holiday
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • The Antlers
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I'm surprised because usually at this point you would have a long list of favorite albums 🤔

As for the ones you need to re-listen to, hopefully some will will grow on you and eventually click because there's some great stuff there 😉
 
Hollywood said:
I'm surprised because usually at this point you would have a long list of favorite albums 🤔

As for the ones you need to re-listen to, hopefully some will will grow on you and eventually click because there's some great stuff there 😉
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yeah for real. Here's my ranking from May of last year and there was already a ton of stuff on my list. This year, it's just been lacking in quality IMO. But maybe some of those others start to click with more listens.

wokeupnew said:
Update!

new additions in bold
  1. Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences
  2. Tops - I Feel Alive
  3. Caroline Rose - Superstar
  4. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
  5. Pinegrove - Marigold
  6. Hazel English - Wake Up!
  7. Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner
  8. The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin
  9. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
  10. Anna Burch - If You're Dreaming
  11. Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
  12. Ratboys - Printer's Devil
  13. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
  14. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
  15. Caribou - Suddenly
  16. I Break Horses - Warnings
  17. Låpsley - Through Water
  18. Tennis - Swimmer
  19. M. Ward - Migration Stories
  20. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon
  21. Snarls - Burst
  22. Half Waif - The Caretaker
  23. Real Estate - The Main Thing
  24. Torres - Silver Tongue
  25. Peach Pit - You and Your Friends
  26. Moses Sumney - græ
  27. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
  28. Roger Eno and Brian Eno - Mixing Colours
Bad
  • Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
  • Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
  • The Strokes - The New Abnormal

Still need more listens of:
  • Perfume Genius
  • Diet Cig
  • Agnes Obel
  • Choir Boy
  • Yves Tumor
  • Fiona Apple
  • Trace Mountains
  • Childish Gambino
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