Year-End Lists

Steve Erickson: The Best Music of 2021, as published by Gay City News

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

• Little Oblivions
  Julien Baker
• Screen Violence
  Chvrches
• -io
  Circuit Des Yeux
• Intra-I
  Theon Cross
• We're All Alone in This Together
  Dave
• Jubilee
  Japanese Breakfast
• Water
  Lotic
• DEACON'S Grove ("Hyacinth")
  serpentwithfeet
• If Orange Was a Place
  Tems
• The Asymptotical World
  Yves Tumor

Runners-up

• KicK iii
  Arca
• Piano Heat (DJ Mix)
  Dj Paak
• Vulture Prince
  Arooj Aftab
• Amapiano Now
  various artists
• As Days Get Dark
  Arab Strap
• Haram
  Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
• I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses
  Backxwash
• Isles
  Bicep
• Leaving None But Small Birds
  The Body and BIG|BRAVE
• Arcade
  Citizen Deep
• Ma délire - Songs of love, lost & found
  Myriam Gendron
• Strung Figures
  Kristen Gallerneaux
• Drown to Float
  Iceboy Violet
• [&]
  Loona
• Hey What
  Low
• Weight of the World
  Maxo Kream
• Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter²
  Meemo Comma
• Black Encyclopedia of the Air
  Moor Mother
• a softer focus
  claire rousay
• Mayan Space Station
  William Parker
• Prioritise Pleasure
  Self Esteem
• Space 1.8
  Nala Sinephro
• Red (Taylor's Version)
  Taylor Swift
• Glow On
  Turnstile
• Yaral Sa Doom
  Wau Wau Collectif
• Ignorance
  The Weather Station
• Stand For Myself
  Yola
• Raise The Roof
  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss