THE YEAR OF 2021
Part 1/3
Best of 2021… let’s go! As always, I introduce this year’s ranking with the best EPs, the best music video, the best and ugliest artworks and… with some statistics. I’ll publish the 50 best albums tomorrow, and the 111 best songs on. Cheeeers.
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The 10 most-read articles of the year 2021
10. Les Inrocks Au Soutien De La Scène Garage (Une Histoire De Stagiaires)
9. Summer 2021 (A Playlist)
8. Meat Wave: ‘A Punk Band Trying To Not Always Be A Punk Band’
7. Dans La Tête De Th
6. An Empirical Study On The ‘Post-Punk’ Scene
5. Premiere: The Sueves – Tears Of Joy
4. Stiff Richards: ‘Punk Music Should Always Have A Fuck You Element’
3. Mini Skirt: ‘Big Cock Rock’n’roll Is Dead’
2. Pist Idiots: The Australian Answer To Idles
1. The French Scene
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Still in Rock interviews of 2021
Alien Nosejob
Metdog
SIZ
Meat Wave
Waste Man
Pardoner
Paul Jacobs
Los Scallywaggs
Modulator II
PUP
Mini Skirt
Memes
Vintage Crop
Stiff Richards
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The 20 best EPs of 2021:
(More than ever, these artists need us. Let’s buy LPs, CDs, and cassettes).
- Warm Exit – Warm Exit
- Bad Anxiety – Demonstration
- Optic Nerve – In a Fast Car Waving Goodbye
- Stoner Bud’s – Yeah-Yeah !
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16. Delivery – Yes We Do
15. Spodee Boy — Dark Times
14. Alien Nosejob – HC45-2
13. The Krimis – Buzz
12. Charles Moothart – Soft Crime
11. MESH – Mesh
10. Hideous Sun Demon – Development Hell
9. Sweet Reaper – Microdose
8. Snooper – Snõõper
7. Tee Vee Repairmann – Patterns
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6. Todd Briefly – Demos
5. Courting – Grand National
4. Opinion — Muddlepiglottis
3. Dusty Mush – Modest Alterations
2. Metdog – Certified Lover Dog
1. Gee Tee Vee – Halloween 21
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The best music videos of 2021
Man-Eaters – “Communal Cortege”
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Best three sessions
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The 2 ugliest artwork of 2021 (on purpose)
(good music only)
1. Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort To Me
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1. Johnny Mafia – Sentimental
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The 2 best artworks of 2021:
(good music only)
2. Man-Eaters – Twelve More Observations on Healthy Living
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1. Idles – Crawler
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