Scroll through the page to see Honorable Mentions - #26 of Calliope Music's top albums of the year!
(Not Included: EPs, Mixtapes, and Archival/Live releases without substantial new material)
McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Asian Glow & sonhos tomam conta - Dreamglow
Genres: Shoegaze, Post-Hardcore
Best Track: hangthemall
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
Genres: Indie Rock, Pop Punk
Best Track: 3 SUMMERS
MSPAINT - Post-American
Genres: Synth Punk
Best Track: Titan of Hope
Monika Roscher Bigband - Witchy Activities and the Maple Death
Genres: Experimental Bigband
Best Track: A Taste of the Apocalypse
Paramore - This is Why
Genres: Post-Punk Revival
Best Track: Figure 8
MF Tomlinson - We Are Still Wild Horses
Genres: Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country
Best Track: We Are Still Wild Horses
Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E
Genres: Epic Collage, Latin Electronic, Indigenous Andean Music
Best Track: Eat My Cum
2 0 2 1 - Like a Paper Plane
Genres: Breakbeat, Indietronica
Best Track: lovestory
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Genres: Jazz Fusion
Best Track: Rust (feat. Tom Misch)
Fromjoy - Fromjoy
Genres: Metalcore, Atmospheric Drum and Bass
Best Track: seraph
Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Genres: Alternative Rock
Best Track: Rest
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Genres: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
Best Track: My Love Mine All Mine
Danny Brown - Quaranta
Genres: Conscious Hip Hop
Best Track: Jenn's Terrific Vacation
Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.
Genres: Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Rock
Best Track: the BLACK seminole.
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
Genres: Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Best Track: Dragon
Ostraca - Disaster
Genres: Screamo, Post-Metal
Best Track: Stage Whisper
Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
Genres: Noise Rock, Dance-Punk
Best Track: Mosquito
Vylet Pony - Carousel
Genres: Art Pop, EDM, Alternative Rock
Best Track: The Carrion Child
Asia Menor - Enola Gay
Genres: Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Art Punk
Best Track: 1920
"Sputtered Punk cleanses the pallet of a sinking world; A splintering vicissitude make a harrowing, but extensively comforting Post-Punk project."
Candelabro - Ahora o Nunca
Genres: Indie Rock, Art Rock
Best Track: Bonva
"A dense set of gorgeously crafted Chilean Rock serenades; Punchy, pulpy, and memorable in all the right places."
Jeromes Dream - The Gray in Between
Genres: Screamo, Noise Rock
Best Track: Pines on the Hill (with Guests)
"Radically shrill landscapes of blistering anger and willowing misery keep the 24 minute LP's beauty in purgative rescue, making for an enrapturing modern Screamo project."
betcover!! - 馬 (Uma)
Genres: Jazz-Rock, Art-Rock, Progressive Rock
Best Track: 火祭りの踊り
"There is no denying the infectious head-bobbing nature of 'Uma'; A bold and burning display of light-hearted and fiery Prog."
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire
Genres: Abstract Hip Hop, Drumless
Best Track: 27 Braids
"A treasure trove of cultivated loops and a comprehensive subtlety to stoical poetry forms an upmost urbane Hip Hop encounter."
Forest Spirit, Sun on your Back - Forest Spirit, Sun on Your Back
Genres: Emo, Slacker Rock, Noise Rock
Best Track: Index of First Lines
"Raucous lo-fi production emphasizes brazen Emo anthems; like wandering into a pixie ridden woodland with some dark (and heavily distorted) secrets laying about."
Sparklehorse - Bird Machine
Genres: Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Best Track: Chaos of the Universe
"An incredibly well crafted posthumous album; the fuzzing intimacy of a melancholic stargazer."
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