Best albums list: http://www.noripcord.com/features/50-best-albums-2021-0
50. Clairo - Sling
49. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
48. Lana del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
47. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
46. Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket
45. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
44. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
43. Sault - NINE
42. The Goon Sax - Mirror II
41. Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth
40. Bachelor - Doomin' Sun
39. Shannon Lay - Geist
38. Dean Blunt - BLACK METAL 2
37. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
36. Aaron Frazer - Introducing...
35. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
34. Grouper - Shade
33. Turnstile - GLOW ON
32. Erika de Casier - Sensational
31. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
30. black midi - Cavalcade
29. Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place
28. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
27. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
26. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
25. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
24. Foxing - Draw Down the Moon
23. Ducks Ltd. - Modern Fiction
22. The Armed - ULTRAPOP
21. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
20. The Weather Station - Ignorance
19. Squid - Bright Green Field
18. Snail Mail - Valentine
17. shame - Drunk Tank Pink
16. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
15. Low - HEY WHAT
14. Iceage - Seek Shelter
13. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
12. Nick Cave/Warren Ellis - Carnage
11. Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams
10. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
09. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
08. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
07. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
06. Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
05. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
04. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
03. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
02. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
01. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
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