TheMonster: 2021: Top 75

TheMonster 12.07.21	So much missing artwork :'(
SteakByrnes 12.07.21	lots of good stuff here, I should check some of these before finalizing my list
TheMonster 12.07.21	For some reason, Sputnik cut off four of my list items, so here they are: 67. Azmari - Samā'ī 65. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space 62. Inferi - Vile Genesis 52. Whit Dickey, William Parker & Matthew Shipp - Village Mothership
JohnnyoftheWell 12.07.21	this is a very cool list, reminded me of a lot of things I wished I'd checked, and some killer choices. nice.
Pikazilla 12.07.21	Interesting to see Nick Cave, Devin Townsend, and Trivium on the same list
someone 12.07.21	that's a solid ass top 10 there, brother props for 16 and 54
TheMonster 12.07.21	Thanks all!
Sabrutin 12.07.21	Sweet! Will probably peep at least 8, 35 and 71
cylinder 12.07.21	bookmarked.
vacantPlanet 12.07.21	That Rhododendron album is wild. Good picks.
Gnocchi 12.07.21	— Sputnik cut off four of my list — Did you check they’re in the database? Chances are this is why they were omitted
Gnocchi 12.07.21	And the ampersand. Sput absolutely refuses those.
TheMonster 12.07.21	^ Yeah, that was it, thanks! Added those four in.
brainmelter 12.07.21	nice list, though I’m not a big fan of the top 10 (8 is a goodie tho)but I do appreciate the overall variety
WalrusTusk 12.07.21	8, 10, and 65 are wild checks. Really solid list man. Your deep dives are impressive.
Gnocchi 12.07.21	--Yeah, that was it, thanks!-- No problems. Something to remember when putting your votes into the end of year ballots,
YoYoMancuso 12.07.21	I’m so upset that I didn’t come up with the band name “Testicle Hazard”
neekafat 12.07.21	awesome album covers, fuck
YoYoMancuso 12.07.21	2 is amazing but I can’t get into 1. Superman That is the only song that hits for me
MiloRuggles 12.07.21	bookmarked. [2] nice work 1 is 1 is 1 is 1
TheMonster 12.08.21	Thanks all. Yeah YoYo Testicle Hazard is intense and only has six listeners on Spotify, go show 'em some love
Dewinged 12.08.21	Some of these are on my list too, good stuff you monster. For the ones missing the cover, check if you have entered them as they are registered in the database, sometimes wrong manual imputs end up like this. It's easier to type the first letters of the artist/album, then select them from the droplist than write everything manually (if you knew this already, pls ignore!)
TheMonster 12.08.21	Thanks, Dewinged, I'll check!
botulist 12.08.21	a few of these will be on mine. fulls props for orcutt/corsano. beauty of an album.
WalrusTusk 12.08.21	Coming back to say the Kaonashi album is really good EXCEPT for the vocalist. I didn't mind it too much at first but I feel like it gets more grating as the album goes on which is a shame because the music is incredible.
TheHamburgerman 12.08.21	Wow, Skin Tension is quite the something else... bookmarking this for some great new stuff
TheMonster 12.08.21	My initial reaction was the same, WalrusTusk (ie. "What the hell are these vocals?") But on repeated listens I came to appreciate the personality they add. So you may eventually feel the same! (Or not, of course. They're super polarizing.)
SteakByrnes 12.08.21	Kaonashi owns, he kinda went overboard with the wacky vocals on the album but I don't mind them one bit and they work well with the music and overall tone of the album. I preferred his more pulled back vocals on Why Did You Do It?, but I love his vocals regardless
WalrusTusk 12.08.21	If his vocals aren't that jarring on the back catalogue I'll check it out. I listen to Sikth, The Mars Volta, and The Fall of Troy, so it's not like I'm completely turned off by wacky vocals. I think for him it just seems like there's no projection behind them so they sound weak, and there are moments esp. the back half where I began to notice they followed a pattern (which I would type out if it didn't look so stupid).
TheMonster 12.09.21	Interesting, I'll have to listen for that pattern. I actually think the back half may be the strongest part of the record, heh.
Assemblage 12.09.21	This is a nice list so much I haven't seen.
TheMonster 12.10.21	Thanks!
WalrusTusk 12.10.21	I really do want to commend you on this list as well. It's pretty outstanding.
TheMonster 12.10.21	Thanks Walrus, hope you enjoy some of the stuff here
DoofDoof 12.11.21	'Great year for music.' Certainly a big bounce back after 2020 which was understandably threadbare
TheMonster 12.12.21	Yeah, and a good year in its own right too, I'd say.
JohnnyoftheWell 12.13.21	cheers for 8, fuckin monster record this year didn't have shit on 2020 though
TheMonster 12.14.21	Rhododendron display so much potential on that album - I'm hopeful their next one is gonna be even better
JohnnyoftheWell 12.14.21	yeah, could see em topping it - will be following. anything in a similar vein you'd rec from this list?
Havey 12.14.21	this is jsut the rym chart
TheMonster 12.14.21	No it's not lmao Johnny: The closest on this list is probably Papangu's Holoceno. Though SWARRRM's I Dreamed has a similar sort of eccentricity.