Year-End Lists

Steve Erickson: The Best Music of 2021, as published by Gay City News

• Julien Baker
  Little Oblivions
• Chvrches
  Screen Violence
• Circuit Des Yeux
  -io
• Theon Cross
  Intra-I
• Dave
  We're All Alone in This Together
• Japanese Breakfast
  Jubilee
• Lotic
  Water
• serpentwithfeet
  DEACON'S Grove ("Hyacinth")
• Tems
  If Orange Was a Place
• Yves Tumor
  The Asymptotical World

Runners-up

• Arca
  KicK iii
• Dj Paak
  Piano Heat (DJ Mix)
• Arooj Aftab
  Vulture Prince
• various artists
  Amapiano Now
• Arab Strap
  As Days Get Dark
• Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
  Haram
• Backxwash
  I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses
• Bicep
  Isles
• The Body and BIG|BRAVE
  Leaving None But Small Birds
• Citizen Deep
  Arcade
• Myriam Gendron
  Ma délire - Songs of love, lost & found
• Kristen Gallerneaux
  Strung Figures
• Iceboy Violet
  Drown to Float
• Loona
  [&]
• Low
  Hey What
• Maxo Kream
  Weight of the World
• Meemo Comma
  Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter²
• Moor Mother
  Black Encyclopedia of the Air
• Claire Rousay
  a softer focus
• William Parker
  Mayan Space Station
• Self Esteem
  Prioritise Pleasure
• Nala Sinephro
  Space 1.8
• Taylor Swift
  Red (Taylor's Version)
• Turnstile
  Glow On
• Wau Wau Collectif
  Yaral Sa Doom
• The Weather Station
  Ignorance
• Yola
  Stand For Myself
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  Raise The Roof