![]() ![]() Come for the retro synths, and stick around for the mid-song shift that recalls the best of Tame Impala.Īs I mentioned above, Japanese Breakfast broke through to another level of fame with the release of her third album Jubilee in June. We’re going right in our backyard for the first song on the playlist, as our own guitar teacher Matt Sanderlin’s project Venture Boi had a momentous 2021 that culminated in the release of November’s “Parallel Universe.” Their slick and stylish take on indie rock has won over countless fans in the southeast, and “Parallel Universe” (produced by uber-producer Micah Tawlks) is an impressive piece of songwriting that’s sure to have you dancing in your car as you take it in. Here are a couple of our favorites from the playlist, along with some words about my own album of the year: These songs have been vetted to make sure you can play them with your children to celebrate the past year, and maybe you’ll find something you love in the process. On one end of the spectrum you had the high-definition pop breakthrough of South Korean titans BTS and the omnipresence of Taylor Swift following the re-recordings of her beloved albums, and on the independent side of life, artists like Japanese Breakfast and Briston Maroney released career-defining pieces of work that will serve to inspire the next generation of rockstars.Įvery year at Mason Music, we like to recap the past 365 days of music with our annual Family Friendly Playlist. After the downtime brought on from a lack of touring in 2020, it felt like this year there was a glut of great music that rivals what we’ve heard in years past. We made a right-turn out of the pandemic to relative normalcy despite new variants and editions of the same COVID-19 craziness, live music came back in a thrilling capacity, and we held on to each other to get through the highs and lows of the past 365 days. 2021 was, in complete honesty, an all-over-the-place year. ![]()
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