2021 Music in Review

Year-End Posts

Playlists

New Music Trajectories (2021) Spotify | Youtube
Album of the Week (2021) Spotify | Youtube
Song of the Week (2021) Spotify | Youtube
Songs of the Year (2021) Spotify | Youtube
Underrated Songs of the Year (2021) Spotify | Youtube
Albums of the Year (2021) Spotify | Youtube

Story Highlights

New Music Trajectories

Week of 12/13/2021 New Music Trajectories from The Good the Bad and the Zugly, Tame Impala, Foster the People, Reptaliens, and Arch Enemy
Week of 12/6/2021 New Music Trajectories from Blind Guardian, Band of Horses, Tom Morello, The Regrettes, and MxPx
Week of 11/29/2021 New Music Trajectories from Bloc Party, Will and the People, Ladyhawke, Wolfmother, and Frank Turner
Week of 11/22/2021 New Music Trajectories from Reptaliens, Courtney Barnett, Animals As Leaders, K. Flay, and Eddie Vedder
Week of 11/15/2021 New Music Trajectories from Walk the Moon, Coheed and Cambria, Rise Against, Kid Karate, and The War on Drugs
Week of 11/8/2021 New Music Trajectories from Scorpions, Alt-J, Franz Ferdinand, IDLES, and Foals
Week of 11/1/2021 New Music Trajectories from Spoon, CHVRCHES, Beach Bunny, Lifehouse, and Cypress Hill
Week of 10/22/2021 New Music Trajectories from Jack White, Jerry Cantrell, Mastodon, Bastille, and The Darkness
Week of 10/15/2021 New Music Trajectories from Adele, AFI, Band of Horses, The Horrors, and The Lumineers
Week of 10/1/2021 New Music Trajectories from Ghost, IDLES, Mastodon, Sting, and Limp Bizkit
Week of 9/24/2021 New Music Trajectories from Alt-J, Guns N’ Roses, The Regrettes, The Darkness, and VHS Collection
Week of 9/17/2021 New Music Trajectories from Frank Turner, The War on Drugs, John 5, Foster the People, and The Inevitables
Week of 9/10/2021 New Music Trajectories from Mastodon, The Darkness, Jerry Cantrell, Unto Others, and The Used
Week of 9/3/2021 New Music Trajectories from Sigrid, Sting, Korpiklaani, Duran Duran, and Biffy Clyro
Week of 8/27/2021 New Music Trajectories from Black Label Society, Sleigh Bells, IDLES, The Inevitables, and Courtney Barnett
Week of 8/20/2021 New Music Trajectories from Blossoms, LORDE, Iron Maiden, Halestorm, and Bastille
Week of 8/13/2021 New Music Trajectories from The Darkness, The Killers, Guns N’ Roses, Billy Idol, and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Week of 8/6/2021 New Music Trajectories from Unto Others, The Vaccines, The Weeknd, Strand of Oaks, and The Dee Gees
Week of 7/30/2021 New Music Trajectories from Jerry Cantrell, Marsden & Richardson, Death From Above 1979, Sleigh Bells, and Grizfolk
Week of 7/23/2021 New Music Trajectories from The War on Drugs, Lorde, Walk the Moon, The Joy Formidable, and Coheed and Cambria
Week of 7/16/2021 New Music Trajectories from Iron Maiden, CHVRCHES, Grouplove, Kurt Vile, and Bastille
Week of 7/9/2021 New Music Trajectories from Agnes, Death To Guitar Pop, Twenty One Pilots, The Offspring, and Voodoo Glow Skulls
Week of 7/2/2021 New Music Trajectories from The Dead Deads, Brian Setzer, Tenacious D, Imagine Dragons, and Django Django
Week of 6/25/2021 New Music Trajectories from Bastille, AC/DC, The Vaccines, Joywave, and The Inevitables
Week of 6/18/2021 New Music Trajectories from Lorde, Unto Others, Milky Chance, AFI, and Modest Mouse
Week of 6/11/2021 New Music Trajectories from Cold War Kids, Bleachers, K. Flay, Nothing But Thieves, and The Bots
Week of 6/4/2021 New Music Trajectories from CHVRCHES, The Joy Formidable, Billie Eilish, Rise Against, and Gaspard Augé
Week of 5/28/2021 New Music Trajectories from Buckcherry, Creeper, AFI, IDLES, and Modest Mouse
Week of 5/21/2021 New Music Trajectories from Duran Duran, Green Day, Garbage, Angels & Airwaves, and Atlas Genius
Week of 5/14/2021 New Music Trajectories from Mastodon, Grouplove, Gaspard Auge, Ryan Adams, and Frank Turner
Week of 5/7/2021 New Music Trajectories from Modest Mouse, Rise Against, Andrew W.K., Jake Bugg, and Coldplay
Week of 4/30/2021 New Music Trajectories from Garbage, Twenty One Pilots, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Billie Eilish, and The Lumineers
Week of 4/23/2021 New Music Trajectories from Sports Team, Weezer, CHVRCHES, Wolf Alice, and K. Flay
Week of 4/16/2021 New Music Trajectories from Gaspard Auge, The Black Keys, Royal Blood, Gojira, and MxPx
Week of 4/9/2021 New Music Trajectories from Twenty One Pilots, AFI, Of Monsters and Men, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and Ghostland Observatory
Week of 4/2/2021 New Music Trajectories from Bodom After Midnight, The Offspring, Garbage, Dropkick Murphys, and Lifehouse
Week of 3/26/2021 New Music Trajectories from The Joy Formidable, Grouplove, Royal Blood, Future Islands, and Guided By Voices
Week of 3/22/2021 New Music Trajectories from Rise Against, Cypress Hill, Serj Tankian, Greta Van Fleet, and Joywave
Week of 3/15/2021 New Music Trajectories from Grouplove, Sharon Van Etten, Imagine Dragons, The Fratellis, and Ghost of Vroom
Week of 3/8/2021 New Music Trajectories from Ladyhawke, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, St. Vincent, Dreamers, and Evanescence
Week of 3/1/2021 New Music Trajectories from The Offspring, AFI, Green Day, Dropkick Murphys, and The Horrors
Week of 2/22/2021 New Music Trajectories from Andrew W.K., King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Manchester Orchestra, The Strumbellas, and Gojira
Week of 2/15/2021 New Music Trajectories from Dua Lipa, Kings of Leon, Shakey Graves, Greta Van Fleet, and The Fratellis
Week of 2/8/2021 New Music Trajectories from Death From Above 1979, Crisis Couture, Serj Tankian, Cloud Nothings, and The Inevitables
Week of 2/1/2021 New Music Trajectories from Rob Zombie, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Killers, and Bad Sounds
Week of 1/25/2021 New Music Trajectories from Weezer, Bad Religion, Royal Blood, Beach Bunny, and The Vaccines
Week of 1/18/2021 New Music Trajectories from AFI, Foo Fighters, Teenage Wrist, The Black Crowes, and Death Cab For Cutie
Week of 1/11/2021 New Music Trajectories from Kings of Leon, The Inevitables, Korpikaani, The Fratellis, and Tom Morello/Serj Tankian

Album of the Week

Week of 12/13/2021 Album of the Week: Hotel Roosevelt by Kid Karate
Week of 12/6/2021 Album of the Week: Past the Point of No Return by Will and the People
Week of 11/29/2021 Album of the Week: Motorheart by The Darkness
Week of 11/22/2021 Album of the Week: Rock Out by Wolfmother
Week of 11/15/2021 Album of the Week: CRAWLER by IDLES
Week of 11/8/2021 Album of the Week: I Don’t Live Here Anymore by The War on Drugs
Week of 11/1/2021 Album of the Week: Hushed and Grim by Mastodon
Week of 10/25/2021 Album of the Week: Magic Still Exists by Agnes
Week of 10/18/2021 Album of the Week: Sticky by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
Week of 10/4/2021 Album of the Week: In Heaven by Strand of Oaks
Week of 9/27/2021 Album of the Week: Strength by Unto Others
Week of 9/20/2021 Album of the Week: Texis by Sleigh Bells
Week of 9/13/2021 Album of the Week: Back in Love City by The Vaccines
Week of 9/6/2021 Album of the Week: Senjutsu by Iron Maiden
Week of 8/30/2021 Album of the Week: Screen Violence by CHVRCHES
Week of 8/23/2021 Album of the Week: Solar Power by Lorde
Week of 8/13/2021 Album of the Week: Pressure Machine by The Killers
Week of 7/30/2021 Album of the Week: Streets of Gold by Electric Six
Week of 7/23/2021 Album of the Week: 9th & Walnut by Descendents
Week of 7/16/2021 Album of the Week: Twin Shadow by Twin Shadow
Week of 7/9/2021 Album of the Week: The Nightmare of Being by At The Gates
Week of 7/2/2021 Album of the Week: Escapades by Gaspard Auge
Week of 6/25/2021 Album of the Week: The Golden Casket by Modest Mouse
Week of 6/18/2021 Album of the Week: No Gods No Masters by Garbage
Week of 6/11/2021 Album of the Week: Bodies by AFI
Week of 6/4/2021 Album of the Week: Nowhere Generation by Rise Against
Week of 5/28/2021 Album of the Week: Livin’ the Apocaplypse by Voodoo Glow Skulls
Week of 5/21/2021 Album of the Week: Scaled and Icy by Twenty One Pilots
Week of 5/14/2021 Album of the Week: Delta Kream by The Black Keys
Week of 5/7/2021 Album of the Week: Van Weezer by Weezer
Week of 4/30/2021 Album of the Week: Typhoons by Royal Blood
Week of 4/23/2021 Album of the Week: Let the Bad Times Roll by The Offspring
Week of 4/16/2021 Album of the Week: The Battle At Garden’s Gate by Greta Van Fleet
Week of 4/9/2021 Album of the Week: In Another World by Cheap Trick
Week of 4/2/2021 Album of the Week: Half Drunk Under a Full Moon by The Fratellis
Week of 3/26/2021 Album of the Week: Is 4 Lovers by Death From Above 1979
Week of 3/22/2021 Album of the Week: The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy by Rob Zombie
Week of 3/15/2021 Album of the Week: This Is This by Grouplove
Week of 3/8/201 Album of the Week: When You See Yourself by Kings of Leon
Week of 3/1/2021 Album of the Week: L.W. by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Week of 2/22/2021 Album of the Week: Remote by Wallows
Week of 2/15/2021 Album of the Week: Earth Is A Black Hole by Teenage Wrist
Week of 2/8/2021 Album of the Week: Medicine At Midnight by Foo Fighters
Week of 2/1/2021 Album of the Week: OK Human by Weezer

Song of the Week

Week of 12/13/2021 Song of the Week: “Nostradumbass” by The Good The Bad and The Zugly
Week of 12/6/2021 Song of the Week: “Deliver Us From Evil” by Blind Guardian
Week of 11/29/2021 Song of the Week: “Traps” by Bloc Party
Week of 11/22/2021 Song of the Week: “Like a Dog” by Reptaliens
Week of 11/15/2021 Song of the Week: “Heights” by Walk the Moon
Week of 11/8/2021 Song of the Week: “Peacemaker” by Scorpions
Week of 11/1/2021 Song of the Week: “The Hardest Cut” by Spoon
Week of 10/25/2021 Song of the Week: “Taking Me Back” by Jack White
Week of 10/18/2021 Song of the Week: “Easy On Me” by Adele
Week of 10/4/2021 Song of the Week: “Hunter’s Moon” by GHOST
Week of 9/27/2021 Song of the Week: “U&ME” by Alt-J
Week of 9/20/2021 Song of the Week: “Haven’t Been Doing So Well” by Frank Turner
Week of 9/13/2021 Song of the Week: “Pushing the Tides” by Mastodon
Week of 9/6/2021 Song of the Week: “Burning Bridges” by Sigrid
Week of 8/30/2021 Song of the Week: “Set You Free” by Black Label Society
Week of 8/23/2021 Song of the Week: “Care For” by Blossoms
Week of 8/13/2021 Song of the Week: “Motorheart” by The Darkness
Week of 8/6/2021 Song of the Week: “Downtown” by Unto Others
Week of 7/30/2021 Song of the Week: “Atone” by Jerry Cantrell
Week of 7/23/2021 Song of the Week: “Living Proof” by The War on Drugs
Week of 7/16/2021 Song of the Week: “The Writing on the Wall” by Iron Maiden
Week of 7/9/2021 Song of the Week: “24 Hours” by Agnes
Week of 7/2/2021 Song of the Week: “First Tooth” by The Dead Deads
Week of 6/25/2021 Song of the Week: “Distorted Light Beam” by Bastille
Week of 6/18/2021 Song of the Week: “Solar Power” by LORDE
Week of 6/11/2021 Song of the Week: “What You Say” by Cold War Kids
Week of 6/4/2021 Song of the Week: “How Not To Drown” by CHVRCHES
Week of 5/28/2021 Song of the Week: “Hellbound” by Buckcherry
Week of 5/21/2021 Song of the Week: “Invisible” by Duran Duran
Week of 5/14/2021 Song of the Week: “Forged in Neron” by Mastodon
Week of 5/7/2021 Song of the Week: “We Are Between” by Modest Mouse
Week of 4/30/2021 Song of the Week: “No Gods No Masters” by Garbage
Week of 4/23/2021 Song of the Week: “Happy (God’s Own Country)” by Sports Team
Week of 4/16/2021 Song of the Week: “Force Majeure” by Gaspard Auge
Week of 4/9/2021 Song of the Week: “Shy Away” by Twenty One Pilots
Week of 4/2/2021 Song of the Week: “Paint The Sky With Blood” by Bodom After Midnight
Week of 3/26/2021 Song of the Week: “Into the Blue” by The Joy Formidable
Week of 3/22/2021 Song of the Week: “Nowhere Generation” by Rise Against
Week of 3/15/2021 Song of the Week: “Deadline” by Grouplove
Week of 3/8/2021 Song of the Week: “Guilty Love” by Ladyhawke
Week of 3/1/2021 Song of the Week: “Let the Bad Times Roll” by The Offspring
Week of 2/22/2021 Song of the Week: “Babalon” by Andrew W.K.
Week of 2/15/2021 Song of the Week: “We’re Good” by Dua Lipa
Week of 2/8/2021 Song of the Week: “One + One” by Death From Above 1979
Week of 2/1/2021 Song of the Week: “The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man” by Rob Zombie
Week of 1/25/2021 Song of the Week: “All My Favorite Songs” by Weezer
Week of 1/18/2021 Song of the Week: “Twisted Tongues” by AFI
Week of 1/1/2021 Song of the Week: “The Bandit” by Kings of Leon

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