Best Albums of 2021 So Far
It’s our second-favorite show of the year: the best albums of the year so far. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot count down their favorite albums released so far in 2021.
Best Albums of 2021 So Far
Jim and Greg share some of the albums they’ve loved the most the first half of 2021.
Greg
- Goat Girl, On All Fours
- Tony Allen, There is No End
- Tune-Yards, sketchy.
- Mdou Moctar, Afrique Victime
- Eleventh Dream Day, Since Grazed
- Dry Cleaning, New Long Leg
- Armand Hammer/The Alchemist, Haram
- Robert Finley, Sharecropper’s Son
- Tamar Aphek, All Bets Are Off
- Dawn Richard, Second Line
Jim
- La Femme, Paradigmes
- Viagra Boys, Welfare Jazz
- Art d’Ecco, In Standard Definition
- Dry Cleaning, New Long Leg
- Tamar Aphek, All Bets Are Off
- Shame, Drunk Tank Pink
- Dawn Richard, Second Line
- Tune-Yards, sketchy.
- Goat Girl, On All Fours
- Tony Allen, There Is No End
Featured Songs:
- Tony Allen, "Coonta Kinte (feat. Zelooperz)," There Is No End, Blue Note, 2021
- Dawn Richard, "Jacuzzi," Second Line, Merge, 2021
- Tony Allen, "Cosmosis (feat. Ben Okri & Skepta)," There Is No End, Blue Note, 2021
- Armand Hammer/The Alchemist, "Falling out the Sky (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)," Haram, Backwoodz Studioz, 2021
- Shame, "Nigel Hitter," Drunk Tank Pink, Dead Oceans, 2021
- Eleventh Dream Day, "Tyrian Purple," Since Grazed, Comedy Minus One, 2021
- Robert Finley, "Souled Out On You," Sharecropper's Son, Easy Eye Sound, 2021
- Tamar Aphek, "Russian Winter," All Bets Are Off, Kill Rock Stars, 2021
- Mdou Moctar, "Afrique Victime," Afrique Victime, Matador, 2021
- Dry Cleaning, "Unsmart Lady," New Long Leg, 4AD, 2021
- Art d'Ecco, "In Standard Definition," In Standard Definition, Paper Bag, 2021
- Tune-Yards, "hold yourself.," sketchy., 4AD, 2021
- Viagra Boys, "Into the Sun," Welfare Jazz, YEAR0001, 2021
- Goat Girl, "Sad Cowboy," On All Fours, Rough Trade, 2021
- La Femme, "Le jardin," Paradigmes, Disque Pointu, 2021
- Booker T. & The M.G.s, "Green Onions," Green Onions, Stax, 1962
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