It's been another incredible year for music, but if we're being honest, when isn't it? If you're here listening to Inhailer Radio, then you know there's no shortage of great new music. Every single week we get bombarded with new albums, singles, EP's, remixes, as well as the endless backlog of albums and songs from years and decades past. There's a lot to be excited about from 2021, and early 2022 is looking no different. We'd also love to hear your favorite albums of 2021 so head over to our poll and select your top 10! Make sure to follow our Spotify playlist of all our favorite songs as well. Without further ado, here's some of your favorite DJ's sharing their top albums and songs of 2021!
Nils Illokken - Music Director & Midday DJ Wednesday - Friday 11 AM - 3 PM
Albums:
1. Remi Wolf - Juno
Pop music's most exciting new artist on her debut record. Juno is a kaleidoscope of infectious sounds, and all of them incredibly danceable. Also, some of the most absurd NSFW lyrics I've heard all year, feel free to seek them out on your own!
2. Gilligan Moss - Gilligan Moss
3. Ora The Molecule - Human Safari
4. TORRES - Thirstier
5. Superbloom - Pollen
6. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000
7. Angel Du$t - YAK: A Collection of Truck Songs
8. Sylmar - Glass Ladders
9. Squid - Bright Green Field
10. Foxing - Draw Down The Moon
Songs:
Quivers - You're Not Always On My Mind
Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge
Ora The Molecule - Creator
Gilligan Moss - Slow Down
Beach House - Superstar
TORRES - Hug From A Dinosaur
Methyl Ethyl - Neon Cheap
Yves Tumor - Jackie
Hovvdy - Junior Day League
Cold Cave - Night Light
Remi Wolf - Guerilla
Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard
Denzel Curry - So.Incredible.pkg [Robert Glasper Version Feat. Smino]
Turnstile - MYSTERY
RUFUS DU SOL - Alive
Big Thief - Little Things
Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive
Superbloom - Mary on a Chain
Amyl & The Sniffers - Hertz
Alice Phoebe Lou - Dirty Mouth
Your Girl Clara Stryker - Afternoon Host Wednesdays 3-7 PM
Albums:
1. Turnstile - Glow On
2. Foxing - Draw Down The Moon
3. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
4. Sleigh Bells - Texis
5. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
6. SAULT - Nine
7. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
8. Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender
9. Snail Mail - Valentine
10. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
Songs:
1. Turnstile - BLACKOUT
2. Dolly Valentine - Do It All For You
3. Sleigh Bells - Locust Laced
4. Foxing - 737
5. girl in red - Serotonin
6. Beach House - Superstar
7. The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
8. Manchester Orchestra - Bed Head
9. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
10. Torres - Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head
11. Multimagic - Life Like Art
12. Districts - I Want To Feel It All
13. James Blake - Say What You will
14. Yves Tumor - Jackie
15. illuminati hotties - u v v p (feat. Buck Meek)
16. Bleachers - How Dare You Want More
17. Parquet Courts - Black Widow Spider
18. Bodega - Doers
19. My Morning Jacket - Love Love Love
20. Big Red Machine - Ghost Of Cincinnati
Noah Ludke - Tuesday Midday Host 11 AM - 3 PM & Friday Evening Host 7 - 9 PM
Albums:
1. Mega Bog - Life, and Another
2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
3. Tonstartbandht - Petunia
4. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
5. Good Morning - Barnyard
6. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny Haha
7. Fake Fruit - Fake Fruit
8. Bachelor - Doomin' Sun
9. Porches - All Day Gentle Hold !
10. Pardoner - Came Down Different
Songs:
1. Good Morning - Country
2. Tonstartsbandht - Pass Away
3. Beach House - Runaway
4. Japanese Breakfast - Savage Good Boy
5. Clairo - Ameoba
6. Jodi - Go Slowly
7. Nation of Language - This Fractured Mind
8. Dry Cleaning - Strong Feelings
9. Mitski - Working for the Knife
10. Midnight Sister - Foxes
11. Boy Scouts - That's Life Honey
12. Hand Habits - Motherless
13. Black Country New Road - Chaos Space Marine
14. Caution - Buy My Life
15. Fake Fruit - I Am the Car
16. Bachelor - Sick of Spiraling
17. Faye Webster - Better Distractions
18. Justus Proffit - There Goes the Fun
19. Dumbo Gets Mad - Congratulations
20. Born at Midnite - Pop Charts
Pete Riddle - Tuesday Afternoon Host 3 - 7 PM
Albums:
1. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Uncommon Weather
2. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
3. KUNZITE - VISUALS
4. James - All The Colours Of You
5. The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Dance Songs for Hard Times
6. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Starting Now
7. Mute Swan - Only Ever
8. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
9. Middle Kids - Today We're The Greatest
10. Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic
Songs:
1. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Transient Whales
2. Taylor Swift- All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version)
3. Julien Baker - Hardline
4. The Reds, Pinks & Purples - A Kick in the Face (That’s Life)
5. James - Getting Myself Into
6. Cloud Nothings - Nothing Without You
7. Middle Kids - Cellophane (Brain)
8. Big Red Machine - The Ghost of Cincinnati
9. KUNZITE - SATURN
10. girl in red - Serotonin
11. Miss Grit - Grow Up To
12. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
13. Split Single - Mangled Tusk
14. Silk Sonic - Fly As Me
15. James McMurtry - Canola Fields
16. Mute Swan - Burnt Almonds
17. Rostam - 4Runner
18. The Antlers - Solstice
19. Emily Scott Robinson - If Trouble Comes A Lookin’
20. Juliana Hatfield - Mouthful Of Blood
Ryan Henges - Thursday Afternoon 3 - 7 PM
Albums:
1. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Pono
2. Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs)
3. Men I Trust - Untourable Album
4. Clairo - Sling
5. Lunar Vacation - Inside Every Fig is a Wasp
6. Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue
7. Coma Therapy - This House Was Built on Terror
8. Turnstile - Glow On
9. Twenty One Pilots - Scaled and Icy
10. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
Songs:
The Moondrops - Bell Boy
Spacey Jane - Lots of Nothing
John Moods - So Sweet So Nice
Clover - Summer Salt
A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Swimmer
A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Waiting for you Love
Men I Trust - Sugar
Family Ties - Baby Keem ft Kendrick Lamar
Johnny Dynamite and the Bloodsuckers - Bats in the Woods
Wild Pink & Samia - Ohio
Lunar Vacation - Making Lunch (not right now)
Twenty One Pilots - Mulberry Street
Turnstile- Underwater Boii
Coma Therapy - Delirium
Clario - Amoeba
Bo Burnham - Welcome to the Internet
Bo Burnham - Look Whose Inside Again
Jazmine Sullivan - Put It Down
Jail Socks - Caving In
Spacey Jane - Lunchtime
Miss Kitty - Sunday Midday 11 AM - 3 PM
Albums:
1. Veik - Surrounding Structures
You may hear equal parts Suicide and Suuns on Veik’s debut album “Surrounding Structures.” It’s an album that feels simultaneously classic and contemporary, thanks to the French trio’s use of vintage analogue synthesizers and abrasive instrumentation, which harkens back to the experimental post-punk sound of 70s-era Krautrock/No Wave, but with a vibe that is decidedly fresh. Veik wrote “Surrounding Structures” while on tour prior to the pandemic, and their fascination with – and appreciation of – modernist and brutalist architecture can be found throughout the album’s overall sound.
2. Cold Cave - Fate In Seven Lessons EP
3. Landowner - Impressive Almanac
4. Kiwi jr. - Cooler Returns
5. Squid - Bright Green Field
6. Lowpines - Sun Down Over the East River Shore
7. 10,000 Russos - Superinertia
8. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
9. Bnny - Everything
10. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
Songs:
1.Veik – Political Apathy
2. Spirit Award – Someday 3. Hydrone - Toadlicker 4. JJ & the Mood – How Many Times 5. Darkside – Lawmaker 6. Woods – Waiting Around for a New Me 7. Goat Girl – Badibaba 8. Pond – Pink Lunettes 9. The Felice Brothers – Jazz on the Autobahn 10. Nice Biscuit – Candle 11. Yard Act – Fixer Upper 12. The Almost Infinite – Get Out 13. Bachelor – Stay in the Car 14. Matt Berry – Summer Sun 15. Webbed Wing – Make a Dime 16. Max Kuehn - Preset 17. Wet Leg – Chaise Longue 18. Big Red Machine – Ghost of Cincinnati 19. Sungaze – Storm Chaser 20. The Shivas – My Baby Don’t
Lou Freeman - Monday Afternoon 3 - 7 PM
Albums:
1. Snail Mail - Valentine
2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
3. The Weather Station - Ignorance
4. Foxing - Draw Down The Moon
5. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
6. Porches - All Day Gentle Hold !
7. Chvrches - Screen Violence
8. Roosevelt - Polydans
9. The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
10. KUNZITE - VISUALS
Songs:
The Voidz - The Eternal Tao 2.0
Foxing - Go Down Together
Yves Tumor - Jackie
De Lux - On and On (Till the End of Us)
Big Red Machine - Phoenix
Parcels - Somethingreater
Kings of Convenience - Rocky Trail
Roosevelt - Strangers
Japanese Breakfast - Paprika
Methyl Ethel - Neon Cheap
Polo & Pan - Ani Kuni
Manchester Orchestra - Bed Head
Alt-J - U&ME
Gorillaz - Jimmy, Jimmy
Rufus du Sol - Alive
The Weather Station - Atlantic
Sleigh Bells - True Seekers
Leon Bridges - Motorbike
Teleman - Right as Rain
Caroline Polachek - Bunny is a Rider
Hannah May - Morning DJ Fridays 7-11 AM
Albums:
1. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
2. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
3. HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III
4. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind
5. Marina - Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land
6. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
7. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
8. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
9. Snail Mail - Valentine
10. girl in red - if i could make it go quiet
Songs:
Courtney Barnett - Rae Street
HAIM - Los Angeles
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de Augustine - Back To Oz
Billie Eilish - Billie Bossa Nova
Marina - Purge The Poison
Arlo Parks - Green Eyes
girl in red - Midnight Love
Snail Mail - Ben Franklin
Japanese Breakfast - Paprika
Big Red Machine - Phoenix (Feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Fleet Foxes)
Jake Witt - Wednesday & Thursday Evening DJ 7-11 PM
Albums:
1. Low - HEY WHAT
2. Beach House - Once Twice Melody Chapter 1
3. Porches - All Day Gentle Hold !
4. Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World EP
5. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
6. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
7. Idles - CRAWLER
8. Lucy Dacus - Home Video
9. The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
10. Anika - Change
Songs:
Low - Days Like These
Low - More
Beach House - Superstar
Beach House - Through You
Porches - Lately
Yves Tumor - Jackie
Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Laynard
Japanese Breakfast - Posing In Bondage
Idles - Crawl!
Lucy Dacus - VBS
Anika - Naysayer
Anika - Change
Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge
Angel Olsen & Sharon Van Etten - Like I Used To
Helado Negro - Gemini and Leo
Mitski - Working for the Knife
Magdalena Bay - Chaeri
Spiritualized - Always Together With You
Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
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