Best of 2021
End of year picks — top LPs and standalone tracks from 2021
LPs

Promises
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
A single 46-minute composition split across nine movements, Promises is a deeply meditative collaboration between electronic producer Floating Points, legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra. Built around a gently repeating harpsichord motif, the piece ebbs and flows through ambient textures, tender saxophone passages, and sweeping orchestral crescendos — a transcendent work of patience and beauty.
Happier Than Ever
Billie Eilish
LP!
JPEGMAFIA
SHILOH: Lost For Words
John Glacier
Pillowland
Jam City
Half God
Wiki
Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak)
Slauson Malone
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Tyler, The Creator
Tracks
Not PLaying
Playboi Carti
MadGibbs (Shame a Staff Mix)
Madvillain
Phosphene Dream
Dbridge
KliK
Arca
Never Come Back (Koreless Remix)
Caroline
On A Mountain
Danny L Harle
After The Mall
CFCF
MSMSMSM Mix
SOPHIE
Hive Mind
Tirzah
Frontier Psychiatrist (Ewan Pearson Remix)
The Avalanches
Apricots
Bicep
Nvivo
Skee Mask