Retro Man Blog & Retrosonic Podcast's Singles of 2021

Well, 2021 has been another great year for new music despite the obvious and ongoing hardships of the pandemic as is evident in the four superb Retrosonic Podcast new release specials that we've put out this year. Listed below are twenty of our favourite Singles of 2021, so please do click on the highlighted links to investigate these fantastic bands and records further. You can hear tracks from most of the featured bands in Retrosonic Podcasts Episode 42 "The After-Party After The Party From Hell", Episode 43 "Kiss Me I'm Vaccinated", Episode 44 "Sonic Love" and Episode 45 "Waking Up The Band". I hope you find something you like from this wonderful selection! For our LPs of 2021 please check here.

 

1. The Courettes "R.I.N.G.O." (Damaged Goods)

 2. Channel Three "This Is London/Small Flat By The Sea" (Static Wax)

3. Jamie Perrett "Masquerade of Love"

4. Ian Kay "Clown/Love Wasn't Built In A Year" (Antifaz)

5. Sounds Incarcerated & Tapioca Tundra "Split Single" (Spinout Nuggets)

6. Gatuplan "Punkhjärta"

7. Alvin Gibbs & The Disobedient Servants "State of Grace" (Time & Matter)

8.  Stupidity "Waking Up The Band" (Red on Red)

9.  Suzi Moon "Call The Shots"

10. April March & Olivia Jean "Palladium" (Third Man)

 

11. Graham Day "Memphis Train" (Spinout Nuggets)

12. The Sound Station "Down To The City"

13. The Jack Cades "Infectious Covers E.P."

14. Los Pepes "Want You Back" (Black Wax)

15. Killer Kin "Sonic Love"

16. Spizzenergi "Valentine's Day" (Holy Dotage)

17. Monkey & Friends "Sharkbite"

18. The Hannah Barberas "Party From Hell" (Spinout Nuggets)

19. The Shadracks "Pray" (Damaged Goods)

20. Auntie Vegetable - Chives From Hell (Spinout Nuggets)

 

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Retro Man Blog & Retrosonic Podcast's Albums of 2021

Well, 2021 has been another great year for new music despite the obvious and ongoing hardships of the pandemic as is evident in the four superb Retrosonic Podcast new release specials that we've put out this year. Listed below are twenty of our favourite albums of 2021, so please do click on the highlighted links to investigate these fantastic bands and records further. You can hear tracks from most of the featured albums in Retrosonic Podcasts Episode 42 "The After-Party After The Party From Hell", Episode 43 "Kiss Me I'm Vaccinated", Episode 44 "Sonic Love" and Episode 45 "Waking Up The Band". I hope you find something you like from this wonderful selection!

 

1. The Courettes "Back In Mono" (Damaged Goods)

2. The Limiñanas & Laurent Garnier "De Pelicula"

3. The Stranglers "Dark Matters"

4. The Bug Club "Pure Particles"

5. Gatuplan "Kampen Går Vidare!"

6. The Coral "Coral Island"

7. Groovy Uncle "Searching For The Grown-Ups"

8. The Limiñanas "The World We Knew"

9. Les Envahisseurs "Monkey Monk"

10. Sounds Incarcerated "Unswitchable Hits Vol. 1"

 

11. Viagra Boys "Welfare Jazz"

12. Stompin' Riffraffs "Burning"

13. Subway Sect "Moments Like These"

14. The Flaming Sideburns "Silver Flames"

15. Cult Figures "Deritend"

16. Seeds of 77 "Lockdown Breakout" (Sounds of The Suburbs)

17. Jarvis Cocker "Chansons d'Ennui"

18. Paul Weller "Fat Pop Vol. 1"

19. The Shadracks "From Human Like Forms" (Damaged Goods)

20. Civic "Future Forecast"

 

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Retrosonic Podcast Episode 45 "Waking Up The Band" New Release Special with Wet Leg, The Bug Club, Jamie Perrett, Monkey, The Senior Service and More...

Podcover Photo by Roger Degerman

Happy Xmas and a big thank you to all Retro Man Blog and Retrosonic Podcast subscribers and listeners, we really do appreciate the support. After all, this is just a hobby to promote some of the fantastic bands, artists and independent record labels that are keeping us all entertained in these difficult times so your continued support is what makes it all worthwhile. Anyway, I sincerely hope you've enjoyed the music and hopefully you've discovered some new favourite bands along the way! So here's a little Xmas gift to say "thank you" - our latest Retrosonic Podcast which features 21 superb brand new and recent international releases from Brazil, Sweden, Wales, USA, Canada, Taiwan, UK, France and Japan with some previously unreleased exclusive songs as a little bonus especially for you. So pour yourself a drink, crank up the volume, sit back and enjoy some quality sounds from The Senior Service (feat. Rachel Lowrie), Wet Leg, The Bug Club, Jamie Perrett, Yufu, Les Envahisseurs, Howlin' Jaws, Los Pepes, The Galileo 7, Jetstream Pony, Stupidity (feat. Keith Streng of The Fleshtones), The Most, Cat & The Underdogs, Autoramas, Monkey (The Adicts frontman's solo project), Suzi Moon, The Heat Inc, Kuunatic, Keller Machine, AlterModerns and Sounds Incarcerated.

Retrosonic Podcast · Episode 45 "Waking Up The Band"

 Here's the full tracklisting - please click on the highlighted links to investigate further...

The Bug Club - "My Baby Loves Rock & Roll Music"

Yufu - "Bad Intentions" (Coral Collective/Sunset Rollercoaster)

Les Envahisseurs - "Invisible" (Exclusive unreleased track)

Jamie Perrett - "Angel of Santiago"

Howlin' Jaws - "Love Makes The World Go Round"

Wet Leg - "Wet Dream"

Los Pepes - "I Want You Back" (Black Wax Records)

The Senior Service (feat. Rachel Lowrie) - "If You're Not There" 

(Exclusive unreleased track courtesy Damaged Goods)

The Galileo 7 - "Ella" (Spinout Nuggets Records)

Jetstream Pony - "Seven Days" (Spinout Nuggets Records)

Stupidity (feat. Keith Streng of The Fleshtones) - "Waking Up The Band"

The Most - "Fighting Man" (Exclusive unreleased track)

Cat & The Underdogs - "Positive I.D."

Autoramas - "Dia Da Marmota"

Monkey (The Adicts frontman's debut solo record) - "Sharkbite" (Dr. Strange Records)

Suzi Moon - "I'm Not A Man"

The Heat Inc. - "Down In The City"

KUUNATIC - "Full Moon Spree" (Glitterbeat Records)

AlterModerns - "She's Not Yours"

Keller Machine - "(I'm In Love With A) Monster"

Sounds Incarcerated - "Space Xmas" 

Proceeds from Sounds Incarcerated's "Space Xmas" on Bandcamp go to Shelter U.K.

Additional Links:

Write Wyatt Blog (Beth from Jetstream Pony interview)

Monk's Junk (Monkey's Art web-site)

Nymphet Noodlers - The Story of one of Sweden's most influential yet underrated bands

This Episode's Cover Stars The Most photographed by Roger Degerman. Retrosonic Theme by Adam Donovan. Retrosonic Podcast has a valid PRS Licence. You can subscribe to Retrosonic Podcast for free at Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music or Mixcloud.