50 Best Albums of 2021 (International):
50. Yola – Stand For Myself
49. Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth
48. Ty Segall – Harmonizer
47. Parquet Courts – Sympathy for Life
46. Weezer – OK Human
45. Lucy Dacus – Home Video
44. Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort to Me
43. Cassandra Jenkins – An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
42. BROCKHAMPTON – ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE
41. Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince
40. Bicep – Isles
39. Celeste – Not Your Muse
38. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – L.W.
37. Julien Baker – Little Oblivions
36. Wine Lips – Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party
35. Halsey – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
34. Madlib – Sound Ancestors
33. TV Priest – Uppers
32. Snail Mail – Valentine
31. Lingua Ignota – SINNER GET READY
30. Gojira – Fortitude
29. Clairo – Sling
28. JPEGMAFIA – LP!
27. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound
26. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
25. girl in red – if i could make it go quiet
24. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind
23. Sault – Nine
22. IDLES – CRAWLER
21. Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
20. The Weather Station – Ignorance
19. The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
18. Manchester Orchestra – The Million Masks of God
17. Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under
16. Tyler, the Creator – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
15. Injury Reserve – By the Time I Get to Phoenix
14. Low – HEY WHAT
13. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
12. Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams
11. Silk Sonic – An Evening With Silk Sonic
10. Mogwai – As the Love Continues
9. black midi – Cavalcade
8. shame – Drunk Tank Pink
7. Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime
6. Squid – Bright Green Field
5. Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
4. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra – Promises
3. Turnstile – GLOW ON
2. Black Country, New Road – For the First Time
1. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
EOY 2021 - Dansende Beren (BE)
Re: EOY 2021 - Dansende Beren (BE)
20 Best Albums of 2021 (National):
20. Oscar and the Wolf – The Shimmer
19. Yong Yello – Marcel & Het Magnetisme Van De Goot
18. Pink Room – Putain Royale
17. Jan Swerts – Oud Zeer
16. La Jungle – Fall Off the Apex
15. Slow Crush – Hush
14. Abel Ghekiere – Voor Het Verdwijnt, En Daarna
13. Mooneye – Big Enough
12. STUFF. – T(h)reats
11. STIKSTOF – FAMILIE BOVEN ALLES
10. Balthazar – Sand
9. Camille Camille – Could You Lend Me Your Eyes
8. Azmari – Samā’ī
7. Teen Creeps – Forever
6. PAARD. – danki
5. Amenra – De Doorn
4. Meskerem Mees – Julius
3. Dans Dans – Zink
2. Sylvie Kreusch – Montbray
1. It It Anita – Sauvé
20. Oscar and the Wolf – The Shimmer
19. Yong Yello – Marcel & Het Magnetisme Van De Goot
18. Pink Room – Putain Royale
17. Jan Swerts – Oud Zeer
16. La Jungle – Fall Off the Apex
15. Slow Crush – Hush
14. Abel Ghekiere – Voor Het Verdwijnt, En Daarna
13. Mooneye – Big Enough
12. STUFF. – T(h)reats
11. STIKSTOF – FAMILIE BOVEN ALLES
10. Balthazar – Sand
9. Camille Camille – Could You Lend Me Your Eyes
8. Azmari – Samā’ī
7. Teen Creeps – Forever
6. PAARD. – danki
5. Amenra – De Doorn
4. Meskerem Mees – Julius
3. Dans Dans – Zink
2. Sylvie Kreusch – Montbray
1. It It Anita – Sauvé
Re: EOY 2021 - Dansende Beren (BE)
30 Best Singles (national, artists already in the album list excluded, listed alphabetically):
Aarde Aan Daan – “Onderuit (Waarom Doe Ik Het)”
Angèle – “Bruxelles je t’aime”
Bat Eyes – “Belly”
The Calicos – “Follow You Down”
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – “Blenda”
Charlotte de Witte – “Formula”
Douglas Firs – “One Day”
ECHT! – “500 gr.”
Empty Head – “Cosmic Rave”
EMY – “Inconvenient”
Gabriel Rios – “La Torre” (feat. Devendra Banhart)
Glitterpaard – “All Rights Reserved”
The Haunted Youth – “Coming Home”
High Hi – “Return To Dust”
Hippotraktor – “Manifest the Mountain”
ILA – “Leave Me Dry”
Intergalactic Lovers – “Bobbi”
Marble Sounds – “Quiet”
Meltheads – “I Wanna Be A Girl”
MEYY – “Famous”
monokimono & Willem Ardui – “Vrije Val”
Naima Joris – “Soon”
Novastar – “Deep Are The Eyes”
Pauwel – “Deer”
Robbing Millions – “Dynamic Plants”
Selah Sue – “Free Fall”
The Sore Losers – “Yeah Yeah Yeah”
Stromae – “Santé”
Willy Organ – “DOE TOCH NORMAAL MAN”
The Yummy Mouths – “White Noise”
Aarde Aan Daan – “Onderuit (Waarom Doe Ik Het)”
Angèle – “Bruxelles je t’aime”
Bat Eyes – “Belly”
The Calicos – “Follow You Down”
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – “Blenda”
Charlotte de Witte – “Formula”
Douglas Firs – “One Day”
ECHT! – “500 gr.”
Empty Head – “Cosmic Rave”
EMY – “Inconvenient”
Gabriel Rios – “La Torre” (feat. Devendra Banhart)
Glitterpaard – “All Rights Reserved”
The Haunted Youth – “Coming Home”
High Hi – “Return To Dust”
Hippotraktor – “Manifest the Mountain”
ILA – “Leave Me Dry”
Intergalactic Lovers – “Bobbi”
Marble Sounds – “Quiet”
Meltheads – “I Wanna Be A Girl”
MEYY – “Famous”
monokimono & Willem Ardui – “Vrije Val”
Naima Joris – “Soon”
Novastar – “Deep Are The Eyes”
Pauwel – “Deer”
Robbing Millions – “Dynamic Plants”
Selah Sue – “Free Fall”
The Sore Losers – “Yeah Yeah Yeah”
Stromae – “Santé”
Willy Organ – “DOE TOCH NORMAAL MAN”
The Yummy Mouths – “White Noise”
Re: EOY 2021 - Dansende Beren (BE)
101 Best Songs of 2021 (international, artists already in the albums list were excluded, listed alphabetically):
Ada Lea – “damn”
alt-J – “U&ME”
Altın Gün – “Yüce Dağ Başında”
Avril Lavigne – “Bite Me”
BADBADNOTGOOD – “Signal From The Noise”
The Bamboos – “Nothing I Wanna Know About”
Band of Horses – “Crutch”
Beach House – “Once Twice Melody”
Ben Howard – “Far Out”
Biffy Clyro – “Unknown Male 01”
Big Red Machine – “Phoenix” (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell)
Bleachers – “How Dare You Want More”
Blu DeTiger – “Vintage”
Brodka & Scottibrains – “Wrong Party”
Butch Kassidy – “Heath”
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – “New Age Millennial Magic”
Charli XCX – “Good Ones”
Chet Faker – “Get High”
CHVRCHES – “How Not To Drown” (feat. Robert Smith)
Circuit des Yeux – “Dogma”
COBRAH – “GOOD PUSS”
Coldplay – “Coloratura”
Converge – “Blood Moon” (feat. Chelsea Wolfe)
Cool Sounds – “Bystander”
Crumb – “Trophy”
Curtis Harding – “Hopeful”
Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek – “The Trip”
Dribbler – “Biglife!”
English Teacher – “R&B”
Enola Gay – “Through Men’s Eyes”
Faye Webster – “I Know I’m Funny haha”
FEET – “Peace & Quiet”
Fiddlehead – “Heart to Heart”
FKA twigs – “Measure of a Man” (feat. Central Cee)
Foals – “Wake Me Up”
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – “My Town” (feat. Joe Talbot)
Future Islands – “Peach”
Gabriels – “Blame”
Glass Beams – “Mirage”
The Gluts – “Eat Acid See God”
Goldband – “Noodgeval”
Green Lung – “Leaders of the Blind”
Heartless Bastards – “Photograph”
Ichiko Aoba – “Asleep Among Endives”
illuminati hotties – “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA”
Inhaler – “Cheer Up Baby”
Jack White – “Taking Me Back”
James Blake – “Say What You Will”
John Carroll Kirby – “Rainmaker”
Jorja Smith – “Addicted”
Jungle – “Keep Moving”
KennyHoopla – “hollywood sucks//” (feat. Travis Barker)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
Kings of Convenience – “Rocky Trail”
Kiwi Jr. – “Waiting in Line”
L’Imperatrice – “Hématome”
L’Rain – “Two Face”
La Femme – “Foutre le Bordel”
Lana Del Rey – “Chemtrails Over The Country Club”
The Lazy Eyes – “Where’s My Brain???”
Le Ren – “I Already Loved You”
The Linda Lindas – “Oh!”
London Grammar – “Lose Your Head”
Lorde – “Solar Power”
Los Bitchos – “Las Panteras”
LUMP – “Animal”
Marina Allen – “Oh, Louise”
Maston & L’éclair – “Swiss Franc”
Michelle – “SYNCOPATE”
Middle Kids – “Questions”
Mitski – “The Only Heartbreaker”
The Murlocs – “Francesca”
My Morning Jacket – “Love Love Love”
Nolan Potter – “Stubborn Bubble”
Nu Genea – “Marechià” (feat. Célia Kameni)
Olivia Vedder – “My Father’s Daughter” (feat. Eddie Vedder & Glen Hansard)
Pa Salieu – “Glidin'” (feat. slowthai)
Parcels – “Comingback”
Placebo – “Surrounded By Spies”
Polo & Pan – “Ani Kuni”
Pond – “America’s Cup”
Regressive Left – “Take The Hit”
Robert Finley – “Country Boy”
S10 – “Adem Je In”
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen – “Like I Used To”
Skegss – “Bush TV”
Sons of Kemet – “Hustle” (feat. Kojey Radical)
Spellling – “Boys at School”
St. Vincent – “Pay Your Way In Pain”
Strand of Oaks – “Jimi & Stan”
Till Lindemann – “Ich Hasse Kinder”
Tony Allen – “Cosmosis” (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri)
Trivium – “The Phalanx”
Twenty One Pilots – “Shy Away”
The Vaccines – “Headphones Baby”
Villagers – “So Simpatico”
VLURE – “Shattered Faith”
Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”
WILLOW – “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l” (feat. Travis Barker)
The Wombats – “If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You”
YUNGBLUD – “fleabag”
Ada Lea – “damn”
alt-J – “U&ME”
Altın Gün – “Yüce Dağ Başında”
Avril Lavigne – “Bite Me”
BADBADNOTGOOD – “Signal From The Noise”
The Bamboos – “Nothing I Wanna Know About”
Band of Horses – “Crutch”
Beach House – “Once Twice Melody”
Ben Howard – “Far Out”
Biffy Clyro – “Unknown Male 01”
Big Red Machine – “Phoenix” (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell)
Bleachers – “How Dare You Want More”
Blu DeTiger – “Vintage”
Brodka & Scottibrains – “Wrong Party”
Butch Kassidy – “Heath”
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – “New Age Millennial Magic”
Charli XCX – “Good Ones”
Chet Faker – “Get High”
CHVRCHES – “How Not To Drown” (feat. Robert Smith)
Circuit des Yeux – “Dogma”
COBRAH – “GOOD PUSS”
Coldplay – “Coloratura”
Converge – “Blood Moon” (feat. Chelsea Wolfe)
Cool Sounds – “Bystander”
Crumb – “Trophy”
Curtis Harding – “Hopeful”
Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek – “The Trip”
Dribbler – “Biglife!”
English Teacher – “R&B”
Enola Gay – “Through Men’s Eyes”
Faye Webster – “I Know I’m Funny haha”
FEET – “Peace & Quiet”
Fiddlehead – “Heart to Heart”
FKA twigs – “Measure of a Man” (feat. Central Cee)
Foals – “Wake Me Up”
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – “My Town” (feat. Joe Talbot)
Future Islands – “Peach”
Gabriels – “Blame”
Glass Beams – “Mirage”
The Gluts – “Eat Acid See God”
Goldband – “Noodgeval”
Green Lung – “Leaders of the Blind”
Heartless Bastards – “Photograph”
Ichiko Aoba – “Asleep Among Endives”
illuminati hotties – “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA”
Inhaler – “Cheer Up Baby”
Jack White – “Taking Me Back”
James Blake – “Say What You Will”
John Carroll Kirby – “Rainmaker”
Jorja Smith – “Addicted”
Jungle – “Keep Moving”
KennyHoopla – “hollywood sucks//” (feat. Travis Barker)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
Kings of Convenience – “Rocky Trail”
Kiwi Jr. – “Waiting in Line”
L’Imperatrice – “Hématome”
L’Rain – “Two Face”
La Femme – “Foutre le Bordel”
Lana Del Rey – “Chemtrails Over The Country Club”
The Lazy Eyes – “Where’s My Brain???”
Le Ren – “I Already Loved You”
The Linda Lindas – “Oh!”
London Grammar – “Lose Your Head”
Lorde – “Solar Power”
Los Bitchos – “Las Panteras”
LUMP – “Animal”
Marina Allen – “Oh, Louise”
Maston & L’éclair – “Swiss Franc”
Michelle – “SYNCOPATE”
Middle Kids – “Questions”
Mitski – “The Only Heartbreaker”
The Murlocs – “Francesca”
My Morning Jacket – “Love Love Love”
Nolan Potter – “Stubborn Bubble”
Nu Genea – “Marechià” (feat. Célia Kameni)
Olivia Vedder – “My Father’s Daughter” (feat. Eddie Vedder & Glen Hansard)
Pa Salieu – “Glidin'” (feat. slowthai)
Parcels – “Comingback”
Placebo – “Surrounded By Spies”
Polo & Pan – “Ani Kuni”
Pond – “America’s Cup”
Regressive Left – “Take The Hit”
Robert Finley – “Country Boy”
S10 – “Adem Je In”
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen – “Like I Used To”
Skegss – “Bush TV”
Sons of Kemet – “Hustle” (feat. Kojey Radical)
Spellling – “Boys at School”
St. Vincent – “Pay Your Way In Pain”
Strand of Oaks – “Jimi & Stan”
Till Lindemann – “Ich Hasse Kinder”
Tony Allen – “Cosmosis” (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri)
Trivium – “The Phalanx”
Twenty One Pilots – “Shy Away”
The Vaccines – “Headphones Baby”
Villagers – “So Simpatico”
VLURE – “Shattered Faith”
Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”
WILLOW – “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l” (feat. Travis Barker)
The Wombats – “If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You”
YUNGBLUD – “fleabag”