Our listeners have spoken! Here’s your Top 89 Songs of 2021
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Top 89 Songs of 2021 – The Countdown
1. Snail Mail – Valentine
2. Jon Batiste – Freedom
3. Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
4. Spoon – The Hardest Cut
5. Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen – Like I Used To
6. Adele – Easy On Me
7. Band of Horses – Crutch
8. Valerie June – Call Me A Fool
9. Brandi Carlile – Right On Time
10. Peach Face – Dirt Boy
11. Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Magnificent Hurt
12. Amythyst Kiah – Black Myself
13. Alt-J – U and Me
14. My Morning Jacket – Love Love Love
15. Parquet Courts – Walking at a Downtown Pace
16. The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
17. Sean Rowe – Squid Tattoo
18. Nathaniel Rateliff – Survivor
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19. The Marias – Hush
20. Japanese Breakfast – Be Sweet
21. Jon Batiste – I Need You
22. Tune Yards – Hold Yourself
23. Lorde – Solar Power
24. Arlo Parks – Hurt
25. Big Thief – Certainty
26. Liz Phair – Hey Lou
27. Kurt Vile – Run Run Run
28. Lake Street Dive – Hypotheticals
29. Flock of Dimes – Price of Blue
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30. Houndmouth – Las Vegas
31. Beach House – Once Twice Melody
32. Johnny Marr – Spirit, Power, & Soul
33. Modest Mouse – We Are Between
34. Gabriels – Love And Hate In A Different Time
35. Bendigo Fletcher – Evergreen
36. Ida Mae ft. Marcus King – Click Click Domino
37. Garbage – “Wolves”
38. Kacey Musgraves – Justified
39. Michigander – Better
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40. Josey Wails – Waiting For My Fix
41. Alice Merton – Vertigo
42. Lucy Dacus – Brando
43. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Can’t Let Go
44. Sleater-Kinney – Worry With You
45. Flyte – Trying To Break Your Heart
46. Jose Gonzalez – Head On
47. Future Islands – Peach
48. The Record Company – Never Leave You
49. Chet Faker – Low
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50. Cha Wa – My People
51. Valerie June – Smile
52. Brett Dennen – Paul Newman Daytona Rolex
53. Lord Huron – Not Dead Yet
54. Nuevo – Every Night
55. Bob Schneider – I Love This Life
56. Black Pumas ft. Lucius – Strangers
57. Geese – Low Era
58. Pressing Strings – Slow Train
59. Twin Shadow – Johnny & Jonnie
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60. Manchester Orchestra – Bed Head
61. St. Vincent – Pay Your Way In Pain
62. Grant Swift – Sunshine
63. June Star – Seven Pieces
64. Middle Kids – Questions
65. Wilderado – Head Right
66. Illiterate Light & Devon Gilfillian – Freedom
67. Lake Street Dive – Know That I Know
68. Yola – Diamond Studded Shoes
69. Frances Forever – Space Girl
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70. Jackson Browne – My Cleveland Heart
71. Bosley – Hey Hey Ramona
72. Nathaniel Rateliff – Love Don’t
73. Nick Waterhouse – Santa Ana 1986
74. Leon Bridges – Motorbike
75. Brett Dennen – See The World
76. Tori Amos – Spies
77. Dry Cleaning – Scratchcard Lanyard
78. Bachelor – Stay in the Car
79. Juliana Hatfield – Mouthful of Blood
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80. Strand of Oaks – Galacticana
81. The Wallflowers – Roots and Wings
82. Sofia Valdez – Handful of Water
83. Boomer – Bartees Strange
84. girl in red – I’ll Call You Mine
85. Allison Russell – Nightflyer
86. The Goon Sax – In The Stone
87. Billy Idol – Bitter Taste
88. Ben Kweller – Just For Kids
89. Tom Jones – No Hole In My Head