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The Music 2021 Writers' Poll: Mary Varvaris

Staff Writer

Here's what The Music's team rated in 2021…

Album Of The Year

  1. Shame - Drunk Tank Pink        
  2. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power   
  3. Turnstile - GLOW ON  
  4. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend     
  5. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort To Me 
  6. Idles - Crawler 
  7. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg  
  8. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon: I   
  9. Every Time I Die - Radical       
  10. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

Song Of The Year

  1. Amyl & The Sniffers - Security 
  2. Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u        
  3. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever          
  4. Home Is Where - Long Distance Conjoined Twins      
  5. Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard