Dan Digs Top 100 Tracks of 2021
Little Simz, Cleo Sol, Dijon, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Sofia Kourtesis, Ruthven, Hiatus Kaiyote, Royce Wood Jr, Mdou Moctar, Tirzah, plus many more all released truly fantastic songs this year.
Here are my favorite one hundred tracks from 2021.
(Click on the artist or track title to read my review and/or listen.)
100. Miryam Solomon – “Pushing the Tide”
99. Tuzeint – “Time Will Meet Everything”
98. Kiefer – “I Love My Friends”
97. La Luz and Adrian Younge – “Watching Cartoons”
96. Holy Hive – “Ain’t That The Way”
95. Glass Beams – “Rattlesnake”
94. Dora Jar – “Scab Song”
93. Alfa Mist – “Run Outs”
92. Mid Ground ft LADYKING – “Love Will Always Catch You”
91. Sleepy Soul – “Be Near”
90. Raquel Martins – “Freedom”
89. Anand Wilder – “I Don’t Want Our Love To Become Routine”
88. Sarah Williams White – “Nebula”
87. Royal Canoe – “Surrender”
86. Pip Blom – “Keep It Together”
85. Thundercat ft Genevieve Artadi & Louis Cole – “Satellite”
84. UNKLE – “Do Yourself Some Good”
83. Amon Tobin Presents Stone Giants – “West Coast Love Stories”
82. Snowy Band – “Whatever You Want”
81. Golf Alpha Bravo – “Smoothie”
80. Matt Martians – “Can’t Believe It”
79. Ginger Root – “Neighbor”
78. Risa T – “Lucky”
77. Hiro Ama – “Autumn Colours”
76. Tom VR – “Fast Track To Bliss”
75. porij – “Nobody Scared”
74. Aurora Dee Raynes – “Crazy That You Love”
73. HORRSE – “Queen of Roses”
72. Nu Genea ft Celia Kameni – “Marechià”
71. Spaceface – “Earth In Awe”
70. El Michels Affair – “Perfect Harmony”
69. Duo Brothers – “Cookie Stars”
68. Seinabo Sey & Hannes – “Rom-Com”
67. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
66. BADBADNOTGOOD ft Karriem Riggins & Arthur Verocai – “Beside April”
65. Werkha ft Ellen Beth Abdi – “In Sunny G”
64. Chinatown Slalom – “Why’d Ya Wanna Come And Act Like That?”
63. Jonny Wildey – “Lonely”
62. Sam Evian – “Easy To Love”
61. LMajor – “Can’t Do It”
60. Lionel Boy – “Flower Girl”
59. Adele ft Erroll Garner – “All Night Parking Interlude”
58. Zoe’s Shanghai – “Mother”
57. Emawk – “YET”
56. Bruno Pernadas – “Little Season I”
55. Knomad Spock – “Gift”
54. Kaytranada ft Thundercat – “Be Careful”
53. Arlo Parks – “Portra 400”
52. Julie Pavon – “Jealous”
51. Mndsgn – “Hope You’re Doin’ Better”
50. Sampology – “Memories In Flight”
49. Anushka – “You My Love”
48. Grandbrothers – “Shorelines”
47. Alice Phoebe Lou – “Lovesick”
46. Rosie Frater-Taylor – “Better Days”
45. Cruza – “Brewster”
44. Lost Horizons ft Ural Thomas – “In Quiet Moments”
43. Silas Short – “Queen of Paisley”
42. Puma Blue – “Super Soft”
41. STR4TA – “Rhythm In Your Mind”
40. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – “Movement 1”
39. Lightning Bug – “The Right Thing Is Hard To Do”
38. Bonobo – “Rosewood”
37. Joy Orbison ft Léa Sen – “Better”
35. Machinedrum ft Angelica Bess – “Only One”
34. Theo Croker ft Malaya – “Happy Feet (For Dancers)”
33. Chris Holm & Orions Belte – “Calm Like The Weather”
32. Pell ft Malik Ninety Five – “Silly Phone”
31. L’Rain – “Two Face”
30. Mdou Moctar – “Tala Tannam”
29. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Weekend Run”
28. Tiawa – “Sonhos Cor De Rosa”
27. Swindle ft Poppy Ajudha & Daley – “Darkest Hour”
26. Steven Bamidele – “You Were Wrong”
25. Fred again.. – “Big Hen (Steal My Joy)”
24. Jungle – “Talk About It”
23. Flying Lotus ft Niki Randa – “Between Memories”
22. Tirzah – “Send Me”
21. José González – “Lilla G”
20. Mackenzie Morris – “Sunset Plaza”
19. Bay Ledges – “Feelz”
18. Robert Glasper ft D Smoke & Tiffany Gouché – “Shine”
17. Jeff Parker – “Suffolk”
16. Wu-Lu – “Times”
15. Men I Trust – “Serenade Of Water”
14. Jordan Rakei – “Send My Love”
13. Royce Wood Junior – “Slush”
12. Cleo Sol – “Spirit”
11. tstewart – “buena”
10. Common Saints – “Fastlane”
8. Pino Palladino & Blake Mills – “Just Wrong”
7. Ruthven – “Don’t Keep It to Yourself”
6. Sofia Kourtesis – “La Perla”
4. Hiatus Kaiyote ft Arthur Verocai – “Get Sun”
3. quickly, quickly – “Everything is Different (To Me)”
2. Little Simz ft Cleo Sol – “Woman”
Listen to these tracks on my Top 100 Tracks of 2021 playlist on Spotify below and check out my Top 30 Albums of 2021 here and Top 30 Remixes of 2021 here.
Here’s to more incredible new music coming our way in 2022.