In the midst of COVID, I started leaning on music to find inspiration, release, escape and enjoyment. My focus leaned towards albums. I am fascinated by the storytelling component of a full album. I’ve focused on exploring mostly LPs (Long play records – usually 8 songs or more) with some EPs (extended play records – usually 4-6 songs). Some come as recommendations, some are stuck in my head when I wake up, and other times I explore an artist I’ve recently discovered or haven’t listed to in a number of years.
This is year 2 of exploring albums and different artists. 2020 full list is available here. See this post for my top 10 albums of 2020. New albums released in 2021 are noted.
- Saturday, Jan 2: Madvillain, Madlib, MF DOOM – Madvillainy
- Sunday, Jan 3: SAULT – Untitled (Rise)
- Monday, Jan 4: FKJ – French Kiwi Juice
- Tuesday, Jan 5: BERWYN – DEMOTAPE/VEGA
- Wednesday, Jan 6: Amber Mark – 3:33am
- Thursday, Jan 7: Nbdy – Admissions
- Friday, Jan 8: SAMA’ – SAMA’ – BBC RADIO 1 ESSENTIAL MIX – 2019.07.06 (set)
- Monday, Jan 11: Sublime – Sublime
- Tuesday, Jan 12: Jim Bryson, The Weakerthans – The Falcon Lake Incident
- Wednesday, Jan 13: Michael Franks – The Art of Tea
- Thursday, Jan 14: Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
- Friday, Jan 15: Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
- Tuesday, Jan 19: Brian McKnight – Anytime
- Wednesday, Jan 20: Cristoph – On the Inside
- Thursday, Jan 21: Gogol Bordello – Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strikes
- Friday, Jan 22: 112 – Part III
- Monday, Jan 25: Kelsey Lu – Blood
- Tuesday, Jan 26: Dwson – Impulsiv
- Wednesday, Jan 27: Yves Tumor – Heaven To A Tortured Mind
- Thursday, Jan 28: Maxwell – Now
- Friday, Jan 29: Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams
- Monday, Feb 1: Weezer – OK Human [2021]
- Tuesday, Feb 2: Santino Le Saint – Rage of Angels
- Wednesday, Feb 3: Madlib – Sounds Ancestors [2021]
- Thursday, Feb 4: Flume – Flume: Deluxe Edition
- Friday, Feb 5: Moon Boots – First Landing
- Monday, Feb 8: SG Lewis – Dawn
- Tuesday, Feb 9: Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight [2021]
- Wednesday, Feb 10: islandman – Kaybola (Deluxe Vesion)
- Thursday, Feb 11: Against All Logic – 2017-2019
- Friday, Feb. 12: Bonobo – Late Night Tales: Bonobo
- Tuesday, Feb 16: Black Coffee – Subconsciously [2021]
- Wednesday, Feb 17: Tank – Savage
- Thursday, Feb 18: Sam Shure – Laconia
- Friday, Feb 19: Keith Jarrett – Budapest Concert (Live)
- Monday, Feb 22: Bob Moses – Desire
- Tuesday, Feb 23: U-Roy – Dread in A Babylon
- Wednesday, Feb 24: Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams
- Thursday, Feb 25: Bicep – Isles [2021]
- Friday, Feb. 26: Hoody – Alpine Grooves, Vol 7 (Kristallhutte)
- Monday, March 1: Idris Elba – Murdah Loves John
- Tuesday, March 2: Phoebe Bridger – Punisher
- Wednesday, March 3: Meg Myers – Sorry
- Thursday, March 4: Crossfade – Crossfade
- Friday, March 5: Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man
- Monday, March 8: Kings of Leon – When you see yourself [2021]
- Tuesday, March 9: U2 – The Joshua Tree
- Wednesday, March 10: Gregoire Maret, Roman Collins, Bill Frisell – Americana
But Did You Live? 