Dave 3000's Top 25 New Releases of 2021
(Just my opinion!)
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1 |
Esperanza Spalding "Songwrights Apothecary Lab" (Concord) | |
2 |
Tom Jones "Surrounded By Time" (S-Curve / EMI) | |
3 |
Parquet Courts "Sympathy For Life" (Rough Trade) | |
4 (tie) | Osees (tie) "The Chapel, SF 10.2.19" (Silver Current) and "Levitation Sessions II" (Reverberation Appreciation Society) | |
5 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "L.W." (Flightless / ATO) | |
6 (tie) | Guided By Voices (tie) "Earth Man Blues" (GBV inc.) and "It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them!" (GBV inc.) | |
7 |
Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill "In Disequilibrium" (Ataraxis) | |
8 |
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Candy Racer" (KRK LAB) | |
9 |
Old Time Relijun "Musicking" (K Records) | |
10 |
Elephant9 "Arrival Of The New Elders" (Rune Grammofon) | |
11 |
75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band "Live At Tubby's" (Grapefruit) | |
12 |
black midi "Cavalcade" (Rough Trade) | |
13 |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Butterfly 3000" (Flightless / ATO) | |
14 |
Triptides "Alter Echoes" (Alive Naturalsound) | |
15 |
Goat "Headsoup" (Rocket) | |
16 | Grave Flowers Bongo Band "Strength Of Spring" (Castle Face) | |
17 |
Poppy "Flux" (Sumerian) | |
18 |
Acid Dad "Take It From The Dead" (Greenway) | |
19 |
Taras Bulba "Sometimes The Night" (Riot Season) | |
20 |
Courtney Barnett "Things Take Time, Take Time" (Mom+Pop) | |
21 |
88Kasyo Junrei "Genma Taisai'" (PPR) ("88-Point Pilgrimage - Grand Festival Of Demons") |
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22 |
Ty Segall "Harmonizer" (Drag City) | |
23 |
Dinosaur jr. "Sweep It Into Space" (Jagjaguwar) | |
24 |
Menahan Street Band "The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band" (Dunham / Daptone) | |
25 |
Richard Dawson & Circle "Henki" (Domino) |
Honorable Mentions:
(in alphabetical order)
Reissues Of The Year:
Stereolab "Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4)" (Duophonic/Warp)