Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2021

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar's 100 favorite albums from the year.

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# 51

Life, and Another by Mega Bog

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Art Pop

# 52

Flat White Moon by Field Music

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Progressive Pop Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 53

The Art of Losing by The Anchoress

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Art Rock Art Pop

# 54

Vanities by W. H. Lung

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 55

Time to Melt by Sam Evian

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Indie Pop Power Pop

# 56

Death of a Cheerleader by Pom Pom Squad

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 57

Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Shoegaze

# 58

Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 59

Twin Plagues by Wednesday

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 60

Any Shape You Take by Indigo De Souza

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 61

DEACON by serpentwithfeet

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 62

Observatory by Aeon Station

Album • Dec 10 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 63

Drunk Tank Pink by shame

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 64

Fever Dreams by Villagers

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Indie Pop Dream Pop

# 65

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 66

Doomin' Sun by Bachelor + Jay Som + Palehound

Album • May 28 / 2021 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 67

G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 68

Utopian Ashes by Bobby Gillespie + Jehnny Beth

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 69

Welcome Break by Pip Blom

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 70

Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys

Album • Jan 08 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 71

Acquainted with Night by Lael Neale

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Minimal Synth Bedroom Pop

# 72

Butterfly 3000 by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 73

Menneskekollektivet by Lost Girls + Jenny Hval + Håvard Volden

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Electronic Art Pop

# 74

The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows by Damon Albarn

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 75

On All Fours by Goat Girl

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 76

Beachy Head by Beachy Head

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 77

Modern Tricks for Living by Low Hummer

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Post-Punk Revival

# 78

För Allting by Makthaverskan

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Post-Punk Dream Pop

# 79

I've Been Trying To Tell You by Saint Etienne

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Ambient Pop Downtempo

# 80

Painting the Roses by Midnight Sister

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Art Pop

# 81

Dead Hand Control by Baio

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 82

The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Pop Rock

# 83

Maximum Sorrow! by Desperate Journalist

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Post-Punk Alternative Rock

# 84

Into the Blue by The Joy Formidable

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 85

Always Something by UV-TV

Album • May 28 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 86

Cooler Returns by Kiwi jr.

Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 87

Bright Magic by Public Service Broadcasting

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Indietronica Progressive Electronic

# 88

Fantasy Island by Clinic

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 89

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 90

Moonlit and Devious by Allie Crow Buckley

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 91

Moondust For My Diamond by Hayden Thorpe

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Art Pop Sophisti-Pop

# 92

The Wide, Wide River by James Yorkston + The Second Hand Orchestra

Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Chamber Folk Indie Folk

# 93

Today We're The Greatest by Middle Kids

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 94

Cool by Colleen Green

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 95

In Quiet Moments by Lost Horizons

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Dream Pop

# 96

Like a Stone by Remember Sports

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Indie Rock Pop Punk Power Pop

# 97

Course In Fable by Ryley Walker

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Progressive Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 98

Other You by Steve Gunn

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 99

History Of A Feeling by Madi Diaz

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 100

K Bay by Matthew E. White

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter