The Very Best of 2021 Part 1

Okay, here goes nuthin'. Although all of this musix falls amongst my faves of the year, I always have to make a Top 10 list. And it's so fucking hard to limit it to just ten! So I allowed a few "runners up" because they deserved it. With apologies for omissions, impulsiveness, controversies, and periodic changes of heart, this... is... IT:

1. Low - HEY WHAT

2. Papir - Jams

3. King Buffalo - Acheron/The Burden Of Restlessness (two album tie)

4. Tibetan Miracle Seeds - Inca Missiles

5. Electric Eye - Horizons

6. Mythic Sunship - Wildfire

7. Black Heart Death Cult - Sonic Mantras

8. The Sun Or The Moon - Cosmic 

9. Jack Harlon And The Dead Crows - The Magnetic Ridge

10. Hooveriii - Water For The Frogs

Honorable mention:

Menk. - II

Mildred Maude - Sleepover

Polite Society - s/t

Tonstartssbandht - Petunia

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - God's Pee At State's End!

Trees Speak - Post Human

So... WHAT THE FUCK, 2021?!?!? Longest year of our lives! But somehow musicians the world over managed to safely record pandemic music in prolific amounts! Maybe isolation lockdown can contribute to inspiration, determination, and a soul-deep desire to say Damn The Torpedos, we're going to RAWK! Who knows what 2022 will hold, but I have SIX AND A HALF FUCKING HOURS that says 2021 was life-affirming from the perspective of the musix that keeps us alive and thriving in the face of adversity. This will be divided between my January and February playlists but I hope you'll listen... dig DEEP, and trip through the never-ending Spacerock Continuum with me!

The following tracks are included in the player below:

Spacerock Continuum Intro - bRambles
Days Like These - Low - Hey What
Time To Live - Blankenberge - Everything

Trevena - Mildred Maude - Sleepover
Olympia - Mythic Sunship - Wildfire

Inca Missiles - Tibetan Miracle Seeds - Inca Missiles
Glitter Bug - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound

Control - Hooveriii - Water For The Frogs
Kartoffelstampf - Camera - Prosthuman

BBQ - Acid Dad - Take it From The Dead
Honey - The Kundalini Genie - Half In, Half Out

Hex - The Third Sound - First Light

Глаза - Menk - II

Blackened Soul - The Kings Of Frog Island - VII
Seven Kingdoms - White Canyon And The Fifth Dimension - Spectral Illusion

Stereofuzz - Acid Rooster - Irrlichter

I Might Have - A Place To Bury Strangers - Hologram

Hebetation - King Buffalo - The Burden Of Restlessness

Langolier - Jack Harlon And The Dead Crows - The Magnetic Ridge

Queen Of The Underground - Goat - Headsoup
Teenage Daydream - Plankton Wat - Future Times

Trippin' On Mars - The Sun Or The Moon - Cosmic
Punk Product #4 - Dummy - Mandatory Enjoyment

Hall Of Death - Matt Sweeney And Bonnie Prince Billy - Superwolves
Pass Away - Tonstartssbandht - Petunia

Hopsa-japapé - Upupayama - s/t

Gas - Zement - Schleifen

The Calling - Maragda - s/t
Sacred Ritual To Unlock The Mountain Portal - The Hologram People - Sacred Ritual To Unlock The Mountain Portal

The Moral Compass Of A Self Driving Car - Yoo Doo Right - Don't Thing You Can Escape Your Purpose
Sonic Dhoom - The Black Heart Death Cult - Sonic Mantras

Mexicali/Calexico - 10,000 Russos - Superinertia
Tap End - Foam Giant - Acetate Parade

Oscured - The Oscillation - Untold Purpose
From Deep Within - Elder And Cadaver - ELDOVAR - A Story Of Darkness And Light