A round-up of some of the films, places, music and local eats our writers enjoyed this past year
John McCracken
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With the end of every year comes the dreaded “listicles.”
Top 50 best albums of the year. Green Bay’s top 10 new beers this year. Top 23 Marvel movies that came out this summer. 2021’s Best songs to listen to while you work from home but have to take your dog outside every 13 minutes or he’ll start to eat the carpet.
It’s overwhelming, highly subjective and more flotsam noise in an already crowded media landscape. Here at Green Bay City Pages, we care more about connecting with our readers than we do handing down assessments from some invisible “best of” ivory tower.
This year we’ve compiled a list of Green Bay City Pages’ favorites. This list was put together with the help of our contributors and we hope it peels back the layers of who writes our stories and who they are as a person. Maybe you hate a restaurant review one of our writers wrote, but you somehow have the exact same taste in music and movies that got you through this year.
Thanks for indulging us in our favorites and thank you for reading with us this year. Enjoy!
Favorite album(s) released in 2021
BlackPink’s “The Album” (Christina Thor)*
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Sour” (Kira Doman)
James Vincent McMorrow’s “Grapefruit Season,” Noah Kahan’s “I Was/I Am” (Rachel Sankey)
SeeYouSpaceCowboy’s “The Romance of Affliction,” Every Time I Die’s “Radical” (John McCracken)
Favorite release(s) from a Wisconsin band in 2021
Snag’s “Death Doula,” Dear Mr. Watterson’s “Confusion Perfected,” The Proud Parents’ “At Home With…,” Cicada The Burrower’s “Corpseflower” (John McCracken)
Favorite release(s) from a Green Bay band in 2021
Vredensdal’s “Silence Is Eternal,” Sweetalk’s self-titled album (John McCracken)
