Little Citrus’ Favorite 2021 Albums
- Japanese Breakfast-Jubilee (Dead Oceans)
- Bo Burnham-Inside (The Songs) (Netflix)
- Ginger Root-City Clicker EP (Acrophase Records)
- Nation of Language-A Way Forward (Play It Again Sam)
- Hand Habits– Fun House (Saddle Creek)
- Lin Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco, Encanto Cast-Encanto Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records)
- Olivia Rodrigo-Sour (Geffen Records)
- Doja Cat-Planet Her (Kemosabe Records)
- Black Marble-Fast Idol (Sacred Bones)
- Lauer-Answers To Trouble (Permanent Vacation)
- Arlo Parks-Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive)
- Tyler The Creator-Call Me If You Get Lost (Columbia)
- Benny Sings-Music (Stones Throw Records)
- Durand Jones & The Indications-Private Space (Dead Oceans)
- Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett-Her (Original Score) (SONY)
- Bryan and Aaron DessnerC’mon C’mon (Original Motion Picture Score) (A24 Music)
- Taylor Swift-Red (Taylor’s Version) (Taylor Swift)
Foob – What Shaped Foob in 2021
Things that came out in 2021 (December 2020 counts)
- Roundhay Garden Scene – Some Rain Must Fall (S/R)
- Biosphere – Angel’s Flight (Biophon)
- Burial & Four Tet & Thom Yorke – Her Revolution / His Rope (XL Recordings)
- Aindulmedir – The Winter Scriptures (Hypnagoga Press)
- Jane the Message – High Functioning (S/R)
Albums I discovered in 2021 that did not come out in 2021
- Blackhill Transmitter – Blackhill Transmitter (FSOLdigital)
- Dis Fig – PURGE (Purple Tape Pedigree)
- Polyphia – New Levels New Devils (Equal Vision)
- Pantayo – Pantayo (Telephone Explosion)
Tracks I discovered in 2021 that did not come out in 2021
- Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Prologue” – Technodelic (Alfa)
- Chris Child & Micah Frank – “Debris Of The Days” – Tape Pieces Vol. 1 (Foil)
- Hudson People – “Trip To Your Mind” – Trip To Your Mind / Power To The Hour (Hithouse)
- Dee D. Jackson – “Automatic Lover” – Automatic Lover (AVI)
- Disparition – “Eliezer’s Waltz” (S/R)
- Vito Tommaso – “Fred Astaire” – A Day in Rome (REKON)
- Naoki Kodaka “Under Pressure” – Gremlins 2: The New Batch [NES] (Sun Corporation)
- Busdriver – “The Troglodyte Wins” – RoadKillOvercoat (Epitaph)
- Song Sung – “I’m Not In Love” – LateNightTales – David Holmes (LateNightTales)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Epilogue” – Technodelic (Alfa)
Excuse My French Best of 2021 Playlist
- Woob “5005”
- Ceephax Acid Crew “Box Steady”
- Matthieu Faubourg “Aqua EP”
- The BasementDiscos “Chapter 14 edits”
- u-Ziq & Mrs. Jynx “Secret Garden”
- Awakened Souls & From Overseas “Keep the Orange Sun”
- AES Dana “(a) period.”
- Gcom “E2-Xo”
- Noé Preszow “À Nous”
- Alice et Moi “Drama”
- Dua Lipa “Future Nostalgia (Moonlight Edition)”
- Joy Orbison “Still Slipping, Vol. 1”
- The Future Sound of London “Music For Calendars”
- Min-Y-Llan “Involatile”
- Humanoid “7 Songs”
- Derek Carr “Arrival”
- Norm Chambers “Seaside Resonance”
- Air “Air I – You”
- Anjimile “Stranger”
- Freedom to Spend Catalogue Compendium, Vol. 6
- Gaudi “KARMA”
- Biosphere “Angel’s Flight”
- Gas “Der Lange Marsch”
- Frozen Compilations
- Jessica Moss “Phosphenes”
- Clara Luciani “Coeur”
- Magdalena Bay “Mercurial World”
- Tim Dup “La Course Folle”
- Bistro Boy “Drifting”
- Pauline Anna Strom “Angel Tears in Sunlight”
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra “Promises”
- Dr. Atmo & Mick Chillage “Ruhleben”
- Christine Ott “Time to Die”
- Ocoeur “Connections”
- Tim Story “Moebius Strips”
- Leif “9 Airs”
- Ochre “An Eye to Windward”
- Masayoshi Fujita “Bird Ambience”
- MOY “Dynamics of Acid”
- The Black Dog “Music for Photographers”
- Modeselektor “Extended”
- 36 & Awakened Souls “The Other Side of Darkness”
- World Circuit “Desolate Snow Road”
- Infinite Scale “Accolade”
- Nuron “Likemind06 Remastered”
- Mick Chillage “Year One Before & After Silence”
- Neotantra’s compilations “Tantra XX”
- Dr. Atmo “Lost Tapes”
- Globular “Long Grass for Small Frogs”
- Heogen “Odd Radio Circle”
- Cult 48 “Underground Signals….”
- Ludwig A.F. Rohrscheid “Velocity”
- Placid Angles “Touch The Earth”
- Golden Donna “The Truth About Love EP”
- A Positive Life “Synaesthetic”
- KiloWatts “Six Silicates (remastered)”
- Octo Octa “She’s Calling”
- EOD “presents the Symbols”
- PCM “Macro”
- Halftribe “Lucenyt Forms Travelling”
Film Close-ups Top Films of 2021
FILM CLOSE-UPS Top Films of 2021
- About Endlessness by Roy Andersson [CB]
- Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg [EA]
- Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar by Josh Greenbaum [EA]
- Bernstein’s Wall by Douglas Tirola [CB]
- Bo Burnham: Inside by Bo Burnham [EA]
- Bring Your Own Brigade by Lucy Walker [AB, SM]
- The Card Counter by Paul Schrader [CB, AB]
- Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond [GS]
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks by John Maggio [SM]
- The Devil All The Time by Antonio Campos [AB]
- Don’t Look Up by Adam McKay [GS]
- Dune by Denis Villeneuve [EA]
- The First Wave by Matthew Heineman [SM]
- The Green Knight by David Lowery [EA, GS]
- Identifying Features by Fernanda Veladez [AB]
- Julia by Julie Cohen & Betsy West [SM]
- Lamb by Valdimar Johannsson [GS]
- Last Night in Soho by Edgar Wright [GS]
- Listening To Kenny G by Penny Lane [CB, SM]
- Lost Leonardo by Andreas Koefoed [GS]
- Madres Paralelas (Parallel Mothers) by Pedro Almodóvar [AB, SM]
- Motian In Motion by Michael Patrick Kelly [CB]
- Nightmare Alley by Guillermo del Toro [GS]
- No Sudden Move by Steven Soderbergh [CB]
- No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin by Carl Bidleman [SM]
- Paper & Glue by JR [SM]
- Pig by Michael Sarnoski [GS]
- The Power of the Dog by Jane Campion [CB, EA, AB]
- Procession by Robert Greene [CB]
- Saint Maud by Rose Glass [AB]
- The Souvenir: Part II by Joanna Hogg [EA]
- The Sparks Brothers by Edgar Wright [EA, AB, SM]
- Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street by Marilyn Agrelo [SM]
- Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson [EA, AB, SM]
- Terra Femme by Courtney Stephens [GS]
- Tove by Zaida Bergroth [GS]
- The Underground Railroad by Barry Jenkins [CB, SM]
- The Velvet Underground by Todd Haynes [CB, AB]
- Zola by Janicza Bravo [EA]
AB: Anthony Bonet
CB: Chandler Bennett
EA: Esme Agilar
GS: Greg Scharpen
SM: Sonia Mistry
DJ Aahh’s 2021 Shortwave Electronica Z-to-A
DJ Aahh’s Top 2021 Shortwave Electronica Songs Z-to-A
- Poté – “Open Up” (Ninja Tune)
- The Pop Group – “We Are Time (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)” (Mute)
- Planningtorock – “Girl You’ve Got My Heart (rRoxymore Remix)” (Human Level)
- 박혜진 PARK HYE JIN – “Y DONT U ft Clams Casino & Take A Day Trip 1” (Ninja Tune)
- Metronomy – “Monday feat. Brian Nasty & Folly Group)” (Because Music)
- Jules – “Miami Breaks” (S/R)
- José González – “Tjomme (DJ Koze Remix)” (Imperial Recordings)
- Flowdan – “Welcome to London (J. Sparrow Remix)” (Tru Thoughts)
- boerd – “Ice Hot” (Anjunadeep)
- Bad with Phones – “HOME” (S/R)
Brickbats Best of 2021
- Acavernus & Yantra: “Gnose” (Buh)
- Olivia Block: “Innocent Passage In the Territorial Sea” (Room 40)
- Circuit Des Yeux: “-io” (Matador)
- Joe Colley: “Trance Tapes” (No Rent)
- Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt: “Lucy and Aaron” (Hanson)
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: “G_d’s Pee at State’s End” (Constellation)
- Grouper: “Shade” (Kranky)
- Hide: “Interior Terror” (Dais)
- Kris & Tavi: “Chiral” (Post Present Medium)
- Cheryl E Leonard: “Schism” (Mappa)
- Jessica Moss: “Phosphenes” (Constellation)
- Diana Rogerson: “Blue Bottle In a Jam Jar” (S/R)