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shame - Drunk Tank Pink
January 15, 2021
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
100
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2
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Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
May 14, 2021
Jazz
Score
100
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Amazon
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3
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Larry Pink The Human - M1xtape
September 17, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
4
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Odd Morris - Cityscape the Ballet
October 27, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
5
.
Baby Queen - The Yearbook
September 3, 2021
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
April 2, 2021
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
,
Spoken Word
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
April 9, 2021
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Noise Pop
,
Hypnagogic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Squid - Bright Green Field
May 7, 2021
Art Punk
,
Post-Punk
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Alternative Rock
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
October 22, 2021
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
,
Indie Rock
,
Dance-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
October 8, 2021
Heartland Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
girl in red - if i could make it go quiet
April 30, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Alt-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
November 12, 2021
Pop Rock
,
Country Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Fickle Friends - Weird Years (Season 1)
January 15, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Lynks - Smash Hits, Vol. 2
January 27, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
Do Nothing - Glueland
March 12, 2021
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Bleach Lab - A Calm Sense of Surrounding
March 19, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
18
.
Show Me the Body - Survive
March 19, 2021
Post-Hardcore
,
Noise Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Sorry - Twixtustwain
April 6, 2021
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Experimental
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Fickle Friends - Weird Years (Season 2)
May 7, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
21
.
John Myrtle - Myrtle Soup
June 18, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
22
.
Pixey - Sunshine State
October 29, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
23
.
Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin
November 12, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
American Teeth - We Should Be Having Fun
October 29, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
25
.
Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
January 22, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings RIOT awarded albums throughout 2021.
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