Underground Listmaker

Limit one per artist. Format is #. Artist - Song  ||  Genres  ||  Country Related lists: Top 25 Tracks of 2022 Top 50 Tracks of the 2020s (updated last year) 25. Nick Cave - White Elephant  ||  Chamber Rock  ||  Australia 24. Squid - Narrator  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  UK 23. Blanck Mass - Starstuff  ||  Progressive Electronic  ||  UK 22. Arca - Fireprayer  ||  Dark Ambient  ||  Venezuela 21. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Cimmerian Shade  ||  Indie Folk  ||  USA 20. АИГЕЛ [Aigel] - Топи (High)  ||  Trip Hop  ||  Russia 19. Julien Baker - Hardline  ||  Indie Rock  ||  USA 18. Injury Reserve - Knees  ||  Experimental Hip Hop, Experimental Rock  ||  USA 17. Xiu Xiu - One Hundred Years  ||  Experimental  ||  USA 16. Juçara Marçal - Iyalode Mbé Mbé...

Last year was one of the best for music in the last decade. A lot of awful things happened in the world, and this is, I think, reflected in the sphere of music; so many artists turned inwards with dark thoughts and sentiments. This doesn't mean nothing inspiring came out...quite the opposite, in fact. I feel like darkness can lead to a depth of emotion and nuance in music that is, in and of itself, quite beautiful. Below are my favorite albums from the year 2021. (Scroll to the bottom for a playlist with track picks from each album.) Enjoy! 25. The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue  ||  Indie Rock  ||  melodic, heavy  ||  Favorite track: Sevier  ||  8.5/10 24. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix  ||  Experimental Hip Hop  ||  avant-garde, futuristic  ||  Favorite track: Superman That  ||  8.5/10 23. PJ Harvey - White Chalk - Demos  ||  Singer/Songwriter  ||  depressive, lonely...