Our Best Songs of 2021
2021 at least had a lot of amazing new music.
We had the near impossible task of only picking our favorite 6 songs from the year each to total our usual 12 song mix tape — and it was truly our most challenging mix as a result. There was so much good music that released this year, and I’ve wanted to make changes to my selection ever since finalizing it all, because I kept remembering other albums that came out that got plenty of play time. But thus is the nature of mix tapes — you make them, and that’s it. There can always be a volume two or three of course!
Here’s our list. Matt had the odds, and I took the evens.
The End of the Game by Weezer
OK Overture by AJR
Bobby and the Rat-Kings by Counting Crows
Heat Above by Greta Van Fleet
Roots and Wings by The Wallflowers
Limbo by Royal Blood
Comeback Player of the Year by Mega Ran
Spirit by The Blue Stones
Venom (Remix) by Eminem
Interior People by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Butter (Holiday Remix) by BTS
m y . l i f e by J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray