Editor’s Picks: fav tracks of 2021
Done by Heather Hawke.
[In alphabetical order]
Acid Dad “RC Driver”
Adam Melchor “Last Time”
Arlie “karma”
Arlo Parks “Too Good”
Babe Rainbow “Ready For Tomorrow”
Bachelor “Sick of Spiraling”
Bartees Strange “Weights”
BE GOOD “Young Strangers”
Beach Bunny “Blame Game”
Beach House “New Romance”
Bicep, Clara La San “Saku”
Big Thief “Time Escaping”
Billie Eilish “Therefore I Am”
Black Country, New Road “Athens, France”
Camp Trash “Bobby”
Caroline Kingsbury “Lose”
chloe moriondo “Bodybag”
Claud “Cuff Your Jeans”
COIN “How It Feels” + “Chapstick”
Cosha, Shygirl “Lapdance from Asia”
Crumb “Balloon”
DAISY “Eastside”
Das Beat “Identität”
Dayglow “Close To You”
Deb Never “Someone Else”
Dry Cleaning “Oblivion”
Dua Saleh “buzzin”
Ducks Ltd. “18 Cigarettes” + “Old Times”
Dummy “Final Weapon”
eee gee “Killing It”
Elujay, HXNS “1080p”
English Teacher “R&B”
Erika de Casier “Drama” + “Polite”
Francis of Delirium “Let It All Go”
G.M.G. “Death to Jealousy”
Gabriels “Bloodline” + “Love and Hate in a Different Time”
Gang of Youths “tend the garden”
Geese “Low Era”
girl in red “Serotonin” +“You Stupid Bitch”
Girlhouse “knuckle tattoo”
Gold Star “Surrender”
Grace VanderWaal “Don’t Assume What You Don’t Know”
Halsey “Lilith” + “Easier than Lying”
Hand Habits “4th of july”
Helado Negro “Gemini and Leo“
Holly Humberstone “Scarlett”
Houndmouth “Make It To Midnight”
Hyd “Skin 2 Skin”
IAN SWEET “Sword”
Indigo De Souza “Kill Me”
Isaia Huron “Self!”
JAWNY “Take It Back”
Japanese Breakfast “Be Sweet”
JDM Global “Cake”
Jelani Aryeh “From These Heights”
John-Robert “Damn Bean”
Jordana, Magdalena Bay “Push Me Away”
Jordana, TV Girl “Summer’s Over”
Jungle “Keep Moving” + “All Of The Time”
Just Friends “Sunflower”
Kississippi “Around Your Room”
Kiwi jr. “Maid Marian’s Toast” + “Cooler Returns”
Kunzite “Lemon Swayze”
Lael Neale “Blue Vein”
LAUREL “Scream Drive Faster”
Lava La Rue “Magpie”
Lightning Bug “Song of the Bell”
Lime Garden “Pulp”
Lionel Boy “Flower Girl”
LØLØ “hurt less”
Lucy Dacus “Hot & Heavy”
Luna Li “Cherry Pit” + “Alone But Not Lonely”
Lunar Vacation “Gears” + “Shrug”
Magdalena Bay “You Lose!” + “Secrets (Your Fire)”
Mannequin Pussy “Perfect”
Massage “Half a Feeling”
Matilda Mann “Doomsday”
MICHELLE “FYO” + “Mess U Made”
Middle Kids “R U 4 Me?”
MorMor “Don’t Cry”
Movulango “Leave”
MUNA, Phoebe Bridgers “Silk Chiffon”
Native Son “Ctrl Freak”
Nick Leng “One More Time”
Nilüfer Yanya “stabilize”
Noga Erez “Cipi”
NoSo “Suburbia”
Olivia Rodrigo “brutal” + “good 4 u”
Orla Gartland “Zombie!” + “More Like You”
Pearl Charles “Only for Tonight”
Petey “California”
Pom Pom Squad “Drunk Voicemail”
POND ‘Pink Lunettes’
PONY “Couch”
Porches “Swarovski” + “Lately”
Priya Ragu “Chicken Lemon Rice”
Rostam “From The Back of a Cab” + “4Runner”
Sad Night Dynamite “Smoke Hole”
Sam Dew “THINKING OF YOU”
serpentwithfeet “Same Size Shoe”
Sienna “Look Back”
Slow Pulp “Shadow”
Smerz “Remember”
Sorry “Cigarette Packet”
Spencer. “No Direction”
Sports Team “Happy (God’s Own Country)”
Squirrel Flower “Hurt A Fly” + “Big Beast”
Sun June “Bad with time”
Swim Deep, Phoebe Green “On The Floor”
swim school “outside”
Sydney Sprague “steve”
Taraka “Psychocastle”
The Lazy Eyes “Fuzz Jam”
The Sunshine State “Dating A Drug Dealer”
Turnstile “Mystery” + “Blackout”
url “honey”
Valentina “Don’t Say It”
Wallice (ft marinelli) “Hey Michael”
Wolf Alice “Smile” + “Play The Greatest Hits”
zzzahara “they don’t know”
