These are the 2021 albums that I enjoyed the most. Without further ado, better never than late.
The Accidentals Vessel (self-released)
Aeon Station Observatory (Sub Pop)
Alien Boy Don't Know What I Am (Get Better Records)
Amigo the Devil Born Against (Regime)
Art D'Ecco In Standard Definition (Paper Bag)
Bachelor Doomin' Sun (Polyvinyl)
Bat Fangs Queen of My World (Don Giovanni)
Ben Kweller Circuit Boredom (The Noise Company)
The Boys With Perpetual Nervousness Songs From Another Life (Bobo Integral)
Cloud Nothings The Shadow I Remember (Carpark)
Cloud Nothings 7 monthly EPs from January to July (Carpark)
The Connells Steadman's Wake (Missing Piece)
Counting Crows Butter Miracle/Suite One - EP (BMG)
Courtney Barnett Things Take Time, Take Time (Milk! Records)
Cub Scout Bowling Pins Cub Scout Bowling Pins - EP (GBV Inc.)
Cub Scout Bowling Pins Clang Clang Ho (GBV Inc.)
Dinosaur Jr. Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguwar)
Ducks Ltd. Get Bleak - EP (Carpark)
Ducks Ltd. Modern Fiction (Carpark)
Even Reverse Light Years (El Reno)
Face to Face No Way Out But Through (Fat Wreck)
The Fratellis Half Drunk Under a Full Moon (Cooking Vinyl)
Gary Louris Jump For Joy (Thirty Tigers Records)
The Goon Sax Mirror II (Matador)
GRMLN Dark Music in the Sun (self-released)
Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues (GBV Inc.)
Guided By Voices It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (GBV Inc.)
Harborcoat Joy Is Elusive (Phonophore Records)
Heartless Bastards A Beautiful Life (Sweet Unknown Records)
Hiss Golden Messenger Quietly Blowing It (Merge)
The Hold Steady Open Door Policy (self-released)
Hurry Fake Ideas (Lame-O Records)
IDLES Crawler (PTKF)
Jess Locke Don't Ask Yourself Why (Dot Dash Records)
Jesse Malin Sad And Beautiful World (Wicked Cool Records)
Julie Doiron I Thought of You (You've Changed Records)
Julien Baker Little Oblivions (Matador)
Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns (Sub Pop)
Kneeling in Piss Types of Cults - EP (AnyWay Records)
Lande Hekt Going to Hell (Get Better Records)
Lucy Dacus Home Video (Matador)
Marina Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land (Atlantic)
Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Superwolves (Drag City)
ME REX Megabear (Big Scary Monsters)
Middle Kids Today We're the Greatest (Domino)
The Mountain Goats Dark in Here (Merge)
Naked Raygun Over the Overlords (Wax Trax! Records)
The Natvral Tethers (Kanine Records)
Orla Gartland Woman on the Internet (New Friends Music)
Painted Shrines Heaven and Holy (Woodsist)
Pardoner Came Down Different (BarNone)
Parquet Courts Sympathy For Life (Rough Trade)
Ratboys Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf Records)
Rosali No Medium (Spinster Sounds)
Shame Drunk Tank Pink (Dead Oceans Records)
Silver Synthetic Silver Synthetic (Third Man Records)
Sleater-Kinney Path of Wellness (Mom + Pop Music)
Split Single Amplificado (Inside Outside Records)
Steve Earle & The Dukes J.T. (New West Records)
Teenage Fanclub Endless Arcade (Merge)
Underwater Sunshine Suckertree (self-released)
Viagra Boys Welfare Jazz (Year0001 Records)
The War on Drugs I Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
Wavves Hideaway (Fat Possum Records)
Wednesday Twin Plagues (Orindal Records)
Wild Pink A Billion Little Lights (Royal Mountain Records)
The World Is a Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Illusory Walls (Epitaph)
Wurld Series What's Growing (Meritorious Records)
You Am I The Lives of Others (self-released)
2nd Grade Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited (Sleeper Records)
