What a decade this year has been! Despite everything going on in the world, the one thing we could count on in 2021 was great new music. Thank you so much for all the bands who put out tunes this year, toured this year, and made 2021 a little bit better. Here’s to a stellar 2022 and hopefully a full-on return for live music. Stay healthy, stay sane, and stay curious for new music. Thank you so much to you for listening at any point this year. As a gift, here is a look at the biggest songs of the year, and check out the tunes on air tonight for New Year’s Eve and again tomorrow, all day, for New Year’s Day!
X92.9’s TOP 50 ALT SONGS OF 2021 – Stream it here!
50. JULY TALK – I Am Water
49. DAYGLOW – Can I Call You Tonight?
48. MACHINE GUN KELLY – Bloody Valentine
47. SAM ROBERTS BAND – Take Me Away
46. BILLY TALENT ft. RIVERS CUOMO – End Of Me
45. ALT-J – U&ME
44. THE BLUE STONES – One By One
43. DEAR ROUGE – Fake Fame
42. THE KNOCKS ft. FOSTER THE PEOPLE – All About You
41. BLACK KEYS – Crawling Kingsnake
40. THE LINDA LINDAS – OH
39. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside
38. JJ WILDE – Mercy
37. MOTHER MOTHER – Sick of The Silence
36. RUBY WATERS – Blow
35. Alice Merton – Vertigo
34. HOTEL MIRA – The Eyes On You
33. BLACK KEYS – Shine A Little Light
32. TWENTY ONE PILOTS – Shy Away
31. JJ WILDE – The Rush
30. MANESKIN – I Wanna Be Your Slave
29. CANNONS – Bad Dream
28. THE MARIAS – Hush
27. REZZ & GRABBITZ – Someone Else
26. BLACK PISTOL FIRE – Hope In Hell
25. BOY GOLDEN – KD & Lunch Meat
24. MILKY CHANCE – Colorado
23. COLD WAR KIDS – What You Say
22. MATT MAESON – Cringe
21. OF MONSTERS AND MEN – Visitor
20. CAGE THE ELEPHANT – Skin And Bones
19. VANCE JOY – Missing Piece
18. THE BEACHES – Lame
17. MOTHER MOTHER – I Got Love
16. ROYAL BLOOD – Trouble’s Coming
15. ARKELLS & K.FLAY – You Can Get It
14. MONOWHALES – Out With The Old
13. MODEST MOUSE – We Are Between
12 MATT MAESON – Hallucinogenics
11. SAID THE WHALE – Honey Lungs
10. BLACK KEYS – Eagle Birds
9. MEG MYERS – The Underground
8. CHET FAKER – Low
7. THE BLUE STONES – Let It Ride
6. BLACK PISTOL FIRE – Look Alive
5. CANNONS – Fire For You
4. GRANDSON – Dirty
3. BLACK PUMAS – Colors
2. ROYAL BLOOD – Typhoons
1. THE BEACHES – Blow Up