S's Top 20 Picks of 2021
Hip Young Gunslinger’s head honcho, S, picks his favourite tracks & albums of 2021.
Top 20 Tracks
| Song | Artist |
| 1. Mohabbat | Arooj Aftab |
| 2. A Song for Those Who Speed in Built-Up Areas | JOHN (TIMESTWO) |
| 3. Hard Drive | Cassandra Jenkins |
| 4. Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
| 5. Days Like These | Low |
| 6. I Do This All The Time | Self Esteem |
| 7. The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973 | Hamish Hawk |
| 8. Rainforest | Noname |
| 9. Oh! | The Linda Lindas |
| 10. HEAVY METAL | Paris Texas |
| 11. Spoiled little brat | underscores |
| 12. Rosewood | Bonobo |
| 13. Mmmoooaaaaayaya | illuminati hotties |
| 14. Hustle | Sons Of Kemet Feat. Kojey Radical |
| 15. Joysville | Ed Scissor & Lamplighter |
| 16. This Fractured Mind | Nation of Language |
| 17. Let’s Dance To the Real Thing | STONE |
| 18. Doers | Bodega |
| 19. Dark Gethsemane | Burial |
| 20. The Last Man on Earth | Wolf Alice |
Top 20 Albums
| Album | Artist |
| 1. For the First Time | Black Country, New Road |
| 2. Hey What | Low |
| 3. Nocturnal Manoeuvres | JOHN (TIMESTWO) |
| 4. Vulture Prince | Arooj Aftab |
| 5. Promises | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra |
| 6. Now | Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble |
| 7. Leftovers | Le Ren |
| 8. New Long Leg | Dry Cleaning |
| 9. For Those I Love | For Those I Love |
| 10. Cavalcade | black midi |
| 11. Bright Green Field | Squid |
| 12. Black To The Future | Sons Of Kemet |
| 13. Comfort To Me | Amyl and The Sniffers |
| 14. Afrique Victime | Mdou Moctar |
| 15. Puppies Forever | BLACKSTARKIDS |
| 16. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | Little Simz |
| 17. CRAWLER | IDLES |
| 18. CARNAGE | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis |
| 19. Valentine | Snail Mail |
| 20. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows | Damon Albarn |