December 8, 2021

The best songs of 2021

• 3 New Albums Out this week you Should Listen to Now: Your Old Droog, Arca, and No Rome
• Best New Music Playlist with: Benny Sings, Band of Horses, Wet Leg, Bonobo, and new up-and-comer, Pentire
• The 50 best songs of 2021 (NME)
• The 35 best metal songs of 2021 (Loudwire)
• Top 50 albums of 2021 (CoS)
• Drake withdraws 2022 Grammy nominations but hasn’t given a reason why
• Astroworld lawsuits continue to mount as 1,500 additional victims file claims
• Maynard James Keenan picks best Tool song for introducing new fans
• Illenium apologizes for playing Bassnectar song during festival set
• Musicians are dragging Spotify’s CEO for funding a military AI company
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce remix album, share new songs: Listen
• Future gives DJ Snake’s ‘U Are My High’ a warping hip-hop twist
• David Guetta and MORTEN champion the underground on ‘Alive Again’
• With the release of CRAWLER, IDLES step out of their comfort zone and deliver an impressive affair for their fourth album in five years
• Snail Mail make misery sound wonderful and welcoming on their second album, Valentine
• Midnight Pool Party release their fourth and final single of 2021, ‘TRUTH’
• L.A. indie outfit, Spectre Jones, release their first single of 2021
• ‘REDEEMED’, cln’s latest release of 2021 is a chill-electro-pop track that was too good to let go of
• DJ Hila releases ‘El Vuelo (Extended Mix),’ blending traditional South American sounds with a contemporary beat inviting you to dance
• Benji Lewis captures the hope and happiness of the Australian summertime on ‘Unwind’
• BTS announce “extended period of rest,” tease “new album”
• Fleet Foxes detail A Very Lonely Solstice collection
• Superchunk announce new album Wild Loneliness, share new song ‘Endless Summer’: Listen
• Chris Stapleton and H.E.R. join forces on Donny Hathaway’s ‘This Christmas’
• Elvis Costello And The Imposters announce 2022 UK tour
• HAIM share 2022 North American headline tour dates
• My Chemical Romance announce new 2022 tour dates
• Magdalena Bay announce first U.S. headlining tour
• Primavera Sound announces Santiago as new festival location
• Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Lorde to headline Primavera Sound Los Angeles
• Post Malone, Tame Impala, And Doja Cat are headlining Alabama’s Stacked Hangout Festival lineup in 2022
• Squid, Arlo Parks, Carly Rae Jepson and more to play Somerset House Summer Series
• Primal Scream and Bicep to headline Wide Awake 2022
• New Pornographers played ‘Mass Romantic’ & ‘Twin Cinema’ at Webster Hall (pics, setlists, video)
• 20 greatest Roadrunner Records bands, from Slipknot to Turnstile
• Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, and Jimmy Fallon keep things safe on ‘It Was A… (Masked Christmas)’
• These are the wildest hip-hop moments of 2021