There’s no doubt 2021 was a tremendous year for underground music. We had a hard time picking our best releases, but somehow we managed to choose the best ones, in our humble opinion. Please take note is not about punk rock only, but we considered all underground genres while choosing. Also, we assembled the list in no particular order because all these records are near and dear to our hearts. Please, do not forget to support these hardworking bands and labels, purchase their releases and listen to their music.
Belvedere – Hindsight Is The Sixth Sense
(Thousand Islands Records / LockJaw Records)
Ship Thieves – Irruption
(Chunksaah Records)
Still Bleeding – Antagonize
(Stand Strong Records / SKCNS)
Turnstile – Glow On
(Roadrunner Records)
Descendents – 9th & Walnut
(Epitaph Records)
Neckscars – Don’t Panic
(Engineer Records / Sell The Heart Records)
Beluga – Oceans Apart
(Geenger Records)
Actionmen – Supa Baba!
(Mud Cake Records)
Sons Of Cyrus – Can You Dig It?
(Sounds Of Subterrania)
Lehnen – Negative Space
(Noise Appeal Records)
Teresa Banks – 2 Minutes Too Long
(Fast Decade Records)
One Step Closer – This Place You Know
(Run For Cover Records)
Lhuma – Springer/Self Harm
(DIY)
Become One – Subsidence
(New Morality Zine)
Closet Disco Queen – Omelette Du Fromage
(Hummus Records)
The Jukebox Romantics – Fires Forming
(Engineer Records / Sell The Heart Records)
Tired Radio / Neckscars / American Thrills / Nightmares For A Week – Split
(Engineer Records / Sell The Heart Records)
Neighborhood Brats – Confines Of Life
(Taken By Surprise Records)
V/A – Tracknaphobia
(Tarantula Tapes)
Less Than Jake / Kill Lincoln – Wavebreaker
(Bad Time Records)
DeeCRACKS – Serious Issues
(Pirates Press Records)
Šiza – Priustojnost Iz Malog Prsta Izgubila Se U Srednjem
(Dostava Zvuka)
Eastwood – Antibiose
(LIXIVIAT Records / No Time Records / Hackebeil Records)
Bull Brigade – Il Fuoco Non Si E Spento
(Demons Run Amok Entertainment)
The Chisel – Retaliation
(La Vida Es Un Mus Discos)
Harker – Axiom
(Disconnect Disconnect Records)
Glowing Brain – Brain Dust
(The Ghost Is Clear Records)
Trigger Cut – Rogo
(DIY)
Authority Zero – Ollie Ollie Oxen Free
(Thousand Islands Records)
Inner Terrestrials – Heart Of The Free
(PDV / Fire And Flames Music / Mass Productions)
Heathcliff – Stay Posi
(SBÄM Records)
The Hamiltones – Dracula Invitational 1791
(Swimming Faith / Big Neck Records)
Fire Cult – We Die Alive
(We Die Alive Records)
The Bloodstrings – A Part
(SBÄM Records)
Frustrerad – The Truth In Lies
(DIY)
Grand Collapse – Empty Plinths
(Urinal Vinyl / Mass Productions / TNS Records)
Eternal Struggle – Year Of The Gun
(Demons Run Amok Entertainment)
Venturas – Your Weaker Self
(DIY)
Counterpunch – Handbook For Recently Debriefed
(Thousand Islands Records / SBÄM Records)
Violent Chapter – Servitude
(DIY)
Exodus – Persona Non Grata
(Nuclear Blast)
About Leaving – Sculptures Of Water
(Engineer Records / Navalla Discos / TGIC Records)
Face To Face – No Way Out But Through
(Fat Wreck Chords)
Stay Awake – Portraits
(DIY)
Mastodon – Hushed And Grim
(Reprise Records)
Blockheads – Trip To The Void
(LIXIVIAT Records)
Sidewalk Surfers – Growing Up Is A Mess
(Barhill Records / Cargo Records)
Torso – Home Wrecked
(Revelation Records)
Avenues – We’re All Doomed
(SBÄM Records)
DARE – Against All Odds
(Revelation Records)
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