New Stuff
- Acid Twilight-S/T (Not Not Fun)
- Anika-Change (Sacred Bones)
- A Place To Bury Strangers-Hologram (Dedstrange)
- The Beths-Demos (Carpark)
- The Bevis Frond-Little Eden (Fire)
- The Bug-Fire (Ninja Tune)
- Cloud Nothing-The Shadow I Remember (Carpark)
- Dinosaur Jr-Sweep it into Space (Jagjaguwar)
- Domingae-ae (Sacred Bones)
- Steve Earle & The Dukes-J.T. (New West)
- Filippo Diana-Formula Abstracts (Medical)
- Future Children-The Crying of Lot 49 (StrawberryMIDI)
- Gnod-La Mort Du Sens (Rocket)
- Grand Veymont-S/T- Persistance et Changement- Route du Vertige (Moon Glyph)
- Colleen Green-Cool Hardly Art)
- Hawkwind-Somnia (Cherry Red)
- Jerusalem In My Heart-Qalaq (Constellation)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels-Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Low Flying Hawks-Fuyu (Magnetic Eye)
- Meitei-Kofu II (Kitchen)
- Mdou Moctar-Afrique Victime (Matador)
- Jessica Moss-Phosphenes (Constellation)
- Marissa Nadler-The Path of the Clouds (Sacred Bones)
- The Notwist-Vertigo Days (Morr Music)
- The Ophelias-Crocus (Joyful Noise)
- Part Chimp-Drooooool (Wrong Speed)
- Pye Corner Audio-Volume 5: The Lost Tapes Black Mill Tapes (Lapsus)
- Emma Ruth Rundle-Engine of Hell (Sargent House)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith-Breathe (Blue Note)
- Strawbs-Settlement (Cherry Red)
- Masahiro Takahashi-Flowering Tree, Distance Moon (Not Not Fun)
- Richard Thompson-Serpent’s Tears (Beeswing)
- VA-A Place To Bury Strangers Hologram/ Destroyed & Reassembled (Dedstrange)
- VA-The Problem of Leisure * A Celebration of Andy Gill & The Gang of Four (Gill Music)
- Jane Weaver-Flock (Fire)
- White Hills-Performs Music From Splintered Metal Sky Live at BC Studios (Heads On Fire)
- Sven Wunder– Natura Morta (Piano Piano)
- X.Y.R.-Wave Tapes (Constellation Tatsu)
- Neil Young Crazy Horse-Barn (Reprise)
Old Stuff
- Bad Brains-S/T (Bad Brains)
- The Beach Boys-Feel Flow The Sunflowers & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 (Brother)
- Karen Black-Dreaming of You 1971-1976 (Anthology)
- Bardo Pond-Volume 2 (Fire)
- Can-Live in Stuttgart 1975 – Live in Brighton 1975 (Spoon)
- Caravan-Who Do You Think We Are? Complete Recordings 1967-2018 (Madfish)
- Stu Cisco-Amanita (Glossy Mistakes)
- Coil-Love’s Secret Domain ( Infinite Fog Production)
- John Coltrane– A Love Supreme Live In Seattle (Impulse!)
- Dead Boys-Young Loud And Snotty (Sire)
- Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt-Lucy & Aaron (Hanson)
- Willie Dunn-Creation Never Sleeps,Creation Never Dies (Light In The Attic)
- Dyke & The Blazers-Down On Funky Broadway Phoenix 1966-1967 (Craft)
- Fire– The Complete Fire Father’s Name is Dad (Grapefruit)
- Follakzoid-S/T (BYM)
- Goat-Head Soup (Rocket)
- Gang of Four-This Heaven Gives Me Migraine 77-81 (Matador)
- Elton John-Regimental Sgt. Zippo (EMI)
- Kiko Kids Jazz-Tanganyika Na Uhuru (Mississippi)
- Masashi Kitamura And Phonogenix-Prologue for Post Modern Music (Light In THe Attic)
- L7-Wargasm The Slash Years 1992-1997 (Cherry Red)
- Kenka Oyaji-Hoodoo Fushimi (Greg Gouty)
- Nancy Sinatra-Start Walkin’ 1965-1976 (Light In The Attic)
- Sun Ra-Lanquidity (Strut)
- Nik Turner’s Sphynx-Xitintoday (Cleopatra)
- VA-Back Up Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-1989 (Dark Entries)
- VA-Brown Acid The Thirteenth Trip Heavy Rock from the Underground Comedown (Ridingeasy)
- VA-Country Funk III 1975-1982 (Light in the Attic)
- VA-Dirty French Psychedelics Selected by Dirty Sound System (Born Bad)
- VA-Heisei No Oto Japanese Left-Field Pop From The Cd Age 1989-1996 (Light In The Attic)
- VA-La Ola Interior Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990 (Bongo Joe)
- VA-Somewhere Between Mutant Pop Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 (Light In The Attic)
- VA-Stone Crush Memphis Modern Soul 1977-1987 (Light in the Attic)
- VA-Wezin,Jakwar and Guitar Boogie from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Mississippi)
- VA-Wizzz! French Psychorama 1966-1974 Vol. 4 (Born Bad)
- Tony Joe White-The Complete Warner Bros. Recording (Real Gone Music)
- Tony Joe White – Smoke from the Chimney (Easy Eye Sound)
- Bobby Womack– The Poet- The Poet II ( Abkco)
Best of 2021
Albums I Enjoyed in 2021
- Alessandro Cortini – Scuro Chiaro (Mute)
- Anika – Change (Sacred Bones)
- Astral Brain – The Bewildered Mind (Shelflife)
- Aya – Im Hole (Hyperdub)
- Azu Tiwaline – Draw Me A Silence (IOT)
- Black Marble – Fast Idol (Sacred Bones)
- Bobby Lee – Origin Myths (Tompkins Square)
- Christina Chatfield – Sutro (Mysteries Of The Deep)
- Colleen – The Tunnel And The Clearing (Thrill Jockey)
- Dame Area – Ondas Tribales (Mannequin)
- Dax Pierson – Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction) (Dark Entries)
- Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment (Trouble In Mind)
- Fake Fruit – S/T (Rocks In Your Head)
- Helado Negro – Far In (4AD)
- Karl Kave & Durian – Untergang Und Finsternis (Detriti)
- Liars – The Apple Drop (Mute)
- Marauder – Puissance 4 (S/R)
- Maston – Panorama (KPM)
- Midnight Sister – Painting The Roses (Jagjaguwar)
- Paul Jacobs – Pink Dogs On The Green Grass (Blow The Fuse)
- Remember Ecstatic Duo – Palo Santo (Aural Canyon)
- Smoke Bellow – Open For Business (Trouble In Mind)
- Suuns – The Witness (Joyful Noise)
- Taqbir – S/T (La Vida Es Un Mus)
- Tonstartssbandht – Petunia (Mexican Summer)
- Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou (Fire)
Reissues & Compilations
- Geneva Jacuzzi – Lamaze (Mexican Summer)
- Grand Veymont – Route Du Vertige (Moon Glyph)
- Hailu Mergia / The Walias Band – Tezeta (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
- Henri Salvador – Homme Studio (Born Bad)
- Kiko Kids Jazz – Tanganyika Na Uhuru (Mississippi)
- Rogér Fakhr – Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk)
- V/A – Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-1989 (Dark Entries)
- V/A – Sabor Surf (El Palmas)
- V/A – Wizzz! Volume 4 (French Psychorama 1966-1974) (Born Bad)