Indie in 2021

Popular indie albums released in 2021.

# 1

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 2

Butterfly 3000 by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 3

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 4

Imploding The Mirage by The Killers

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Pop Rock Heartland Rock New Wave

# 5

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Post-Rock Experimental Rock Post-Punk

# 6

Valentine by Snail Mail

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 7

Little Oblivions by Julien Baker

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 8

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 9

Bright Green Field by Squid

Album • May 07 / 2021 Art Punk Post-Punk Experimental Rock

# 10

Daddy's Home by St. Vincent

Album • May 14 / 2021 Psychedelic Soul Art Rock

# 11

I Don’t Live Here Anymore by The War on Drugs

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 12

A Beginner's Mind by Sufjan Stevens + Angelo De Augustine

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Indie Folk

# 13

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 14

CRAWLER by IDLES

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 15

Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 16

Civilisation II by Kero Kero Bonito

EP • Apr 21 / 2021 Synthpop Indietronica

# 17

Pressure Machine by The Killers

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 18

SKA DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Apr 20 / 2021 Ska Punk

# 19

Ice Melt by Crumb

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop

# 20

Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys

Album • Jan 08 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 21

ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH by SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Noise Pop

# 22

Revelations by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 23

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 24

Friends That Break Your Heart by James Blake

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Alternative R&B

# 25

OH NO by Xiu Xiu

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 26

A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals by Sweet Trip

Album • May 28 / 2021 Dream Pop Indietronica

# 27

Sling by Clairo

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 28

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 29

Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Shoegaze

# 30

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 31

Forever In Your Heart by Black Dresses

Album • Feb 14 / 2021 Electro-Industrial Industrial Rock

# 32

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 33

How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? by Big Red Machine

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 34

Things Take Time, Take Time by Courtney Barnett

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 35

By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Injury Reserve

Album • Sep 15 / 2021 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Experimental

# 36

A Very Lonely Solstice by Fleet Foxes

Album • Dec 10 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 37

Sweep It Into Space by Dinosaur Jr.

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 38

SINNER GET READY by Lingua Ignota

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Avant-Folk

# 39

Nurture by Porter Robinson

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Electropop Synthpop

# 40

L.W. by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Psychedelic Rock

# 41

Gmail and the Restraining Orders by Death Grips

EP • Jan 27 / 2021 Sound Collage Free Improvisation

# 42

Harmonizer by Ty Segall

Album • Aug 03 / 2021 Psychedelic Rock Garage Rock

# 43

LP! by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 44

I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 45

To See the Next Part of the Dream by Parannoul

Album • Apr 19 / 2021 Shoegaze Emo

# 46

Juno by Remi Wolf

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Indie Pop

# 47

Spiral by DARKSIDE

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 48

The Golden Casket by Modest Mouse

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 49

Screen Violence by CHVRCHES

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Synthpop

# 50

Drunk Tank Pink by shame

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk