Music I listened to in the same physical location

Here is my annual ridiculous list of the albums that made me the happiest (or at least willingly the saddest/angriest, etc.) this year. I turned 40 in 2021 so this is the soundtrack of being sore and tired a lot. This is 40, except instead of Paul Rudd with a truly unfortunate haircut running an indie label it is me wandering around my house wondering how many days I have been wearing these particular grey sweatpants.

If you are a true kindred spirit weirdo, or I guess a specific kind of masochist, here is a playlist of 250+ albums I enjoyed over the year. I know I missed something that will bother me down the road and I still have a list of records I was not able to get to yet, but the end of the calendar has forced this rather silly exercise to come to its end.

So here it is.

1. Japanese Breakfast- Jubilee
2. Lucy Dacus- Home Video
3. Brandi Carlile- In These Silent Days
4. Weakened Friends- Quitter
5. Julien Baker- Little Oblivions
6. Charlotte Cornfield- High in the Minuses
7. Morgan Wade- Reckless
8. Valerie June- The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers
9. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die- Illusory Walls
10. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit- Georgia Blue
11. Adia Victoria- A Southern Gothic
12. Turnstile- Glow On
13. TORRES- Thirstier
14. Allison Russell- Outside Child
15. Fiddlehead- Between the Richness
16. Silk Sonic- An Evening with Silk Sonic
17. Manchester Orchestra- The Million Masks of God
18. Jazmine Sullivan- Heaux Tales
19. Benny the Butcher- Pyrex Picasso
20. Halsey- If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
21. Sturgill Simpson- The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
22. Every Time I Die- Radical
23. My Morning Jacket- My Morning Jacket
24. Laura Stevenson- Laura Stevenson
25. Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy- Superwolves
26. Boldy James and the Alchemist- Bo Jackson
27. The War on Drugs- I Don’t Live Here Anymore
28. Faye Webster- I know I’m Funny haha
29. Amythyst Kia- Wary + Strange
30. Watchhouse- Watchhouse
31. Origami Angel- GAMI GANG
32. Foxing- Draw Down the Moon
33. Olivia Rodrigo- SOUR
34. Wednesday- Twin Plagues
35. The Hold Steady- Open Door Policy
36. Ratboys- Have a Heart
37. Fucked Up- Year of the Horse
38. Marie/Lepanto- Gulf Collide
39. Vince Staples- Vince Staples
40. Illuminati Hotties- Let Me Do One More
41. Dry Cleaning- New Long Leg
42. Mdou Moctar- Afrique Victime
43. Gojira- Fortitude
44. Billy Strings- Renewal
45. Yasmin Williams- Urban Driftwood
46. Liam Kazar- Due North
47. CZARFACE and MF DOOM- Super What?
48. Hiss Golden Messenger- Quietly Blowing It
49. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall- The Marfa Tapes
50. The Weather Station- Ignorance

Your favourite record not showing here? It was 51.