It's been a while. In lieu of a best music of the year list (I no longer pretend to rank things in some kind of permanent hierarchy), here is every 2021 (or 2021-ish) new release and reissue/archival release I added to my collection in physical media form, in rough order of acquisition. I'm ignoring digital releases, so Myriam Gendron and Springtime will just have to wait until 2022. Goodbye until 2022, suckers.
New releases
Thurston Moore - By the Fire
Cub Scout Bowling Pins - Heaven Beats Iowa 7"
Jeff Tweedy - Love Is the King
Damaged Bug - Bug on Yonkers
Osees - Metamorphosed
Kurt Vile - Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)
Yo La Tengo - We Have Amnesia Sometimes
Melvins - Working with God
Tamar Aphek - All Bets Are Off
USA/Mexico - Del Rio
Tomahawk - Tonic Immobility
The Peacers - Blexxed Rec
Guided By Voices - Earth Man Blues
Dinosaur Jr - Sweep It into Space
Field Music - Flat White Moon
Bobby Lee - Origin Myths
Mush - Lines Redacted
Kid Millions & Jan St. Werner - Imperium Droop
Three-Layer Cake - Stove Top
Rose City Band - Earth Trip
Writhing Squares - Chart for the Solution
Mr. Bungle - The Night They Came Home
Lambchop - Showtunes
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
Birds of Maya - Valdez
Cub Scout Bowling Pins - Clang Clang Ho
Anthony Joseph - The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives
Human Impact - EP01
Amaro Freitas - Sankofa
Guided By Voices - It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them!
The Scientists - Negativity
Melvins - Five Legged Dog
Ty Segall - Harmonizer
Circuit des Yeux - -io
White Denim - Crystal Bullets/King Tears
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds
Tropical Fuck Storm - Deep States
Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Blind Date Party
Modern Nature - Island of Noise
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Barn
Reissue/Archival
Various - Reach
Various - Numero 95
A.R.T. Wilson - Overworld
Anthony Moore - Out
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Way Down in the Rust Bucket
The Haskels - Taking the City by Storm
Neil Young - Young Shakespeare
Female Species - Tale of My Lost Love
Various - Rust Side Story Vol. 24
Can - Live in Stuttgart 1975
Various - Eccentric Disco
Various - Country Funk III: 1975-1982
Karate - Karate
Karate - In Place of Real Insight
Seam - Headsparks
Neil Young - Carnegie Hall 1970
Various - Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country
Phew - Phew
Various - Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country 1960-1972
Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth for Christ Choir - I Shall Wear a Crown
Charlie Megira - Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic
Can - Live in Brighton 1975