- PREMIERE: Eloah Jones – “Under the Bridge” - November 18, 2021
- PREMIERE: Highbeams – “Campfires” - November 10, 2021
- Tali Azerad Shines on New Album - November 5, 2021
About this year’s list: dozens of great songs didn’t make this list. I could have easily done 100. I set a limit at two songs by the same artist. Some bands released albums I loved and could have had 5 songs each on this list, but I didn’t want to clog up the list with a bunch of the same artists. Feel free to contact me if this is up your alley and you want more recommendations!
50. Junior Prom – “Sheila Put The Knife Down”
49. Curtis Harding – “Keep On Shining”
48. Taking Back Sunday – “Stood A Chance”
47. Beat Assailant – “Run”
46. Grizfolk – “Hymnals”
45. Foster The People – “Are You What You Want To Be?”
44. Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s – “Hello, San Francisco”
43. Cairo Fire – “Need You Much”
42. Ella Eyre – “If I Go”
41. Charlie Simpson – “Haunted”
40. Kina Grannis – “The Fire”
39. Anthony D’Amato – “Was A Time”
38. The New Pornographers – “War On The East Coast”
37. Fences – “Arrows (ft. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)”
36. Copeland – “Disjointed”
35. Sinclair – “The World Is Ours”
34. Bear Hands – “Giants”
33. Canon Logic – “Colonel Harrí”
32. Rise Against – “Tragedy + Time”
31. Wild Cub – “Thunder Clatter”
30. I Can Make A Mess – “Undecided”
29. Bombay Bicycle Club – “Luna”
28. The Hidden Cameras – “Gay Goth Scene”
27. Sarah Jaffe – “Leaving The Planet”
26. Death From Above 1979 – “Trainwreck 1979”
25. The Gaslight Anthem – “Underneath The Ground”
24. Prides – “Messiah”
23. Suvi – “Find You”
22. Magic Man – “Out Of Mind”
21. Cold Shoulders – “Better”
20. Sir Sly – “Floods”
19. Ben Khan – “Youth”
18. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – “High Dive”
17. Tokyo Police Club – “Feel The Effect”
16. Augustana – “Ash and Ember”
15. Ryan Adams – “Trouble”
14. James – “Walk Like You”
13. Conor Oberst – “Zigzagging Toward The Light”
12. The War On Drugs – “Red Eyes”
11. Sego – “20 Years Tall”
10. Sarah Jaffe – “Fatalist”
9. Empires – “Shadowfaux”
8. Bleachers – “I Wanna Get Better”
7. Bombay Bicycle Club – “Feel”
6. Wolf Gang – “Last Bayou”
5. The Gaslight Anthem – “Get Hurt”
4. Sir Sly – “You Haunt Me”
3. Bear’s Den – “Elysium”
2. HAERTS – “Giving Up”
1. Tokyo Police Club – “Argentina (Parts I, II, III)”
