THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2021

 

1. The Hip Abduction - A Seafarer And The Infinite Dream
2. Dispatch - Break Our Fall
3. Rebelution - In The Moment
4. John Mayer - Sob Rock
5. Brett Dennen - See The World
6. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future
7. DENM - Slum Beach Denny
8. RUFUS DU SOL - Surrender
9. Moon Taxi - Silver Dream
10. Iya Terra - Ease & Grace
11. Parcels - Day/Night
12. SOJA - Beauty In The Silence
13. Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight
14. The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
15. The Elovaters - Castles
16. My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket
17. Maroon 5 - Jordi
18. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
19. Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
20. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
21. Coldplay - Music Of The Spheres
22. Wilderado - Wilderado
23. David Shaw - David Shaw
24. Houndmouth - Good For You
25. Anderson East - Maybe We Never Die
26. Kings Of Convenience - Peace Or Love
27. Jose Gonzalez - Local Valley
28. Lord Huron - Long Lost
29. LEISURE - Sunsetter
30. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Going To Last?

the playlist: DEC 2021

1. Kavinsky (featuring Cautious Clay) - "Renegade"

2. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - "B-Side"

3. Tame Impala - "No Choice"

4. Ocean Alley - "Touch Back Down"

5. Tom Morello (featuring Ben Harper) - "Raising Hell"

6. Matisyahu (featuring Salt Cathedral) - "Chameleon"

7. Gone Gone Beyond (featuring Moontricks) - "Coast"

8. Big Thief - "Little Things"

9. Lucy Dacus - "Brando"

10. Pete Yorn - "Elizabeth Taylor"

the playlist: NOV 2021

1. Mason Jennings - "On The Brink"

2. John Craigie - "Laurie Rolled Me A J"

3. Bob Schneider - "I Love This Life"

4. Ryan Montbleau - "Tonight's Captain"

5. Boy Named Banjo - "Circles"

6. Waker - "Many Days Ahead"

7. The Record Company - "How High"

8. SUSTO - "Good Right Now"

9. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (featuring Zach Gill) - "Indiglo"

10. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - "The Last Dance"

the playlist: OCT 2021

1. The Lumineers - "Brightside"

2. Band Of Horses - "Crutch"

3. Wilderado - "Head Right"

4. Eddie Vedder - "Long Way"

5. Jack White - "Taking Me Back"

6. Our Lady Peace - "Stop Making Stupid People Famous"

7. Walk The Moon - "Can You Handle My Love??"

8. LEISURE - "Take You Higher"

9. Newton Faulkner - "Four Leaf Clover"

10. Matt Costa (featuring Jack Johnson & Zach Gill) - "When The Avalanche Comes"

the playlist: SEP 2021

1. My Morning Jacket - "Regularly Scheduled Programming"

2. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - "Survivor"

3. Durand Jones & The Indications - "Witchoo"

4. Adia Victoria - "Magnolia Blues"

5. The Bones Of J.R. Jones - "Stay Wild"

6. White Denim - "Crystal Bullets"

7. Amos Lee - "Worry No More"

8. The War On Drugs - "Living Proof"

9. Andrew Belle - "ISEFY"

10. RÜFÜS DU SOL - "Alive"

the playlist: AUG 2021

1. Dope Lemon - "Rose Pink Cadillac"

2. Cisco Adler (featuring Donavon Frankenreiter) - "Take Me Away"

3. Nick Hexum - "Ocean Eyes"

4. Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Good Day For A Good Day"

5. Jason Mraz - "Before It Ends"

6. Tai Verdes - "A-O-K"

7. The Polar Boys - "Let Go"

8. The Hails - "Fake A Frown"

9. Magic City Hippies - "Queen"

10. Tycho (featuring Benjamin Gibbard) - "Only Love"

the playlist: JUL 2021

1. Lorde - "Solar Power"

2. Surfaces - "So Far Away"

3. Parcels - "Free"

4. Courtney Barnett - "Rae Street"

5. Milky Chance - "Colorado"

6. The Hip Abduction (featuring Trevor Hall) - "Pacific Coast Highway"

7. Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley - "Spin It Faster"

8. The Cat Empire - "Going To Live"

9. Don McCloskey - "First In Flight"

10. Counting Crows - "Elevator Boots"

1. John Mayer - "Last Train Home"

2. Alice Merton - "Vertigo"

3. CHVRCHES (featuring Robert Smith) - "How Not To Drown"

4. Cannons - "Bad Dream"

5. The Night Game - "Beautiful Stranger"

6. Mat Kearney - "Pontiac"

7. Noah Kahan - "Part Of Me"

8. Vance Joy - "Missing Piece"

9. James Vincent McMorrow - "Paradise"

10. Flight Facilities (featuring Channel Tres) - "Lights Up"

the playlist: MAY 2021

1. Coldplay - "Higher Power"

2. The Chemical Brothers - "The Darkness That You Fear"

3. Brett Dennen - "See The World"

4. Piers Faccini (featuring Ben Harper & Abdelkebir Merchane) - "All Aboard"

5. Jose Gonzalez - "Visions"

6. Kings Of Convenience - "Rocky Trail"

7. Molly Tuttle (featuring Iron & Wine) - "You Don't Get Me High Anymore"

8. Pete Francis - "Sun Fuzz"

9. The Bamboos - "Ride On Time"

10. Lotus - "Citrus"

the playlist: APR 2021

1. Paula Fuga (featuring Jack Johnson & Ben Harper) - "If Ever"

2. Rebelution - "Satisfied"

3. Barenaked Ladies - "Flip"

4. The Wallflowers - "Roots And Wings"

5. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - "I Need To Go Somewhere"

6. David Shaw - "Got Me Feeling Good"

7. Anderson East - "Madelyn"

8. Painted Shield - "Mona Lisa"

9. Page McConnell - "Radio Silence"

10. Moby (featuring Jim James) - "Porcelain"

the playlist: MAR 2021

1. O.A.R. - "Catching Sunlight"

2. Zach Heckendorf - "Your Fears Are Not Mine"

3. Ted Lennon & Jamie Drake - "Animal"

4. SOJA - "Don't Dream It's Over"

5. KBong - "Everywhere I Go"

6. The Elovaters - "Criminal"

7. Iya Terra - "Ease & Grace"

8. DENM - "Blow It Up"

9. Beebs (featuring G. Love) - "Helium"

10. Satsang (featuring Trevor Hall) - "This Place"

the playlist: FEB 2021

1. Ben Howard - "What A Day"

2. David Gray - "Heart And Soul"

3. Thad Cockrell - "Swingin'"

4. Jon Foreman - "Education"

5. Joshua Radin - "Better Life"

6. Rag'n'Bone Man - "All You Ever Wanted"

7. Foo Fighters - "Waiting On A War"

8. Royal Blood - "Typhoons"

9. Glass Animals - "Heat Waves"

10. Gorillaz (featuring Beck) - "The Valley Of The Pagans"

the playlist: JAN 2021

1. Kings Of Leon - "The Bandit"

2. The Hold Steady - "Family Farm"

3. Ghost Of Vroom - "Rona Pollona"

4. Dispatch - "May We All"

5. Moon Taxi - "The Beginning"

6. The Heavy Hours - "Don't Walk Away"

7. Nathaniel Rateliff - "Redemption"

8. Hiss Golden Messenger - "Sanctuary"

9. Jon And Roy - "Rising Sun"

10. Tommy Guerrero - "By The Sea At The End Of The World"

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2020

1. Jason Mraz - Look For The Good
2. Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright
3. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
4. Phish - Sigma Oasis
5. Trevor Hall - In And Through The Body
6. Trey Anastasio - Lonely Trip
7. Poolside - Low Season
8. John Craigie - Asterisk The Universe
9. G. Love - The Juice
10. Iration - Coastin'
11. Mihali - Breathe And Let Go
12. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
13. Haim - Women In Music, Pt. III
14. Dawes - Good Luck With Whatever
15. Fleet Foxes - Shore
16. Khruangbin - Mordechai
17. Mt. Joy - Rearrange Us
18. Matt Costa - Yellow Coat
19. Blanco White - On The Other Side
20. Marcus King - El Dorado
21. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall II
22. Pacific Range - High Upon The Mountain
23. The Killers - Imploding The Mirage
24. Ray LaMontagne - Monovision
25. Bahamas - Sad Hunk
26. Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers
27. Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started
28. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions
29. Zach Gill - Cocktail Yoga
30. moe. - This Is Not, We Are