Los Angeles, we love you! While we love supporting each and every LA-based music artist and band that graces our pages, some songs and tracks stick a little more than others. Whether it be their rhythm and sound, lyrics, or just straight up time and place — the songs below left us with lasting impressions. And since Grimy Goods is an LA-based music lifestyle blog, every year we like to give our hometown acts their own shine with their own feature exclusively for Los Angeles area acts.
Stream below our favorite songs of 2021 from Los Angeles-based bands and music artists!
| Artist / Band | Track Title |
| Xoller | The Darkest Hour |
| frogi | phantom limb |
| Twin Temple | Twin Temple Summon the Sacred Whore… Babalon |
| La Santa Cecilia | Ella Me Enamoró |
| Geographer | Hollow (Do You?) |
| illuminati hotties | Pool Hopping |
| Magdalena Bay | Hysterical Us |
| Death Valley Girls | It’s All Really Kind of Amazing |
| Fana Hues | Hues |
| Claire George | Northern Lights |
| Mating Ritual | I’m Not Crazy |
| The Marías | Hush |
| Wallice, marinelli | Hey Michael |
| Jensen McRae | Starting To Get To You |
| Mereba | Rider |
| Casey Malone | Waves |
| Ai Bendr | Coffee |
| Saint Motel | The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Joel Jerome | When You Land |
| O Future | And You’re Mine |
| Holy Wars | 1% MILK |
| SPELLES | Ghost Ship |
| Velvet Starlings | Technicolour Shakedown |
| Lazy Daze | Pitted |
| Chicano Batman | Dark Star b/w Pastel Sunrise |
| Rudy De Anda, BARDO | Couldn’t Seal The Deal |
| The Linda Lindas | Oh! |
| Junior Mesa | Cirque Du Freak |
| Natalie Bergman, Beck | You’ve Got a Woman |
| Will Jay | Please Don’t Get Any Older |
| Broken Baby | Get the Piss Up |
| Steady Holiday | Love Me 2 |
| Ryan LeVine | Signs |
| Young Winona | Killer Daisies |
| Appleby | While You Were Sleeping |
| BETWEEN FRIENDS | i like when you shine! |
| TOKiMONSTA, Channel Tres | Naked |
| Kills Birds | Rabbit |
| spill tab, Tommy Genesis | Indecisive (feat. Tommy Genesis) |
| Loyal Lobos | Hate My Face |
| Kesha Shantrell | Phase |
| Remi Wolf | Liz |
| Ayoni | The Patriots |
| Benjamin Carter | Time Again |
| Cuco | Forevermore |
| Current Joys | Voyager |
| Elohim, Big Freedia | Strut |
| Kate Clover | Love You to Death |
| Night Beats | Outlaw R&B |
| Imaad Wasif | So Long Mr. Fear |
| Reyna Tropical | Luna |
| BB Mike, Rozie Baker | Goner |
| Hana Vu | Keeper |
| BIIANCO | pins and needles |
| Angélica Garcia | Malagueña |
| Alex E.T. | Hollow Man |
| The Red Pears | House of Mirrors |
| Breana Marin | Personal |
| Jesse Jo Stark | cry on me |
| Jarina De Marco, Esty | Pare De Sufrir |
| VIOLITT | Don’t Let Them In |
| Tropa Magica | Mascarita |
| Lauren Ruth Ward | Pain |
| Not a Friend | WARCR1ME |
| Mediocre | Mattress Bitch |
| carpetgarden | IDC |
| Eva Gardner | London Nights |
| Fiji Blue | Goodbye |
| Esty | Home |
| AMMO | A Cold War City |
| Livingmore | Never a Rockstar |
| Gabriels | Bloodline |
| ill peach | DANDELION |
| Amindi | nice |
| Egg Drop Soup | Or Durves |
| KALI | CIRCLES |
| Jagged Baptist Club | Temptation Death House |
| Agender | No Nostalgia |
| boylife | amphetamine |
| Andrekza | Sangre Poderosa |
| Nick Pagan | There Is A Fool For You |
| Tolliver | Death Back to Birth |
| Vinyl Williams | Exopalace |
| Band Aparte | Autumn/Winter EP No. 2 2021 |
| talker | Sad Chick |
| PLEXXAGLASS, Mike Shinoda | WHERE IS YOUR GOD, KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW NOW? |
| Abby Sage | Smoke Break |
| Kan Wakan, Jessica Childress | Phantasmagoria Vol. 2 |
| CARR | I’m Just Bored |
| Irene Diaz | Push |
| ToBy | L’esprit |
| Niia | If I Should Die |
| Cassie Marin | Tanto |
| St. Panther | Problems |
| Oliver Rodley, Akil the MC | The Top |
| Marlana | Dreams |
| Gavin Turek, bLAck pARty | MADAME GOLD |
| BEL | Muscle Memory |
| Norrie | A Cloud |
| DAGR, Uffie | DAGR |
| Charm La’Donna | La’Donna |
| Fawns of Love | Innocence of Protection |
| CARRÉ | Turn Down The Choir |
| UPSAHL | Lady Jesus |
| MUNA, Phoebe Bridgers | Silk Chiffon (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) |
| Katzù Oso | Amor Extraño |
| Night Talks | Overcome |
| Dark Heart, Njomza | Over & Over |
| Perry Farrell, Starcrawler, Taylor Hawkins, Etty Lau Farrell | Turn Over the World |
| Dresage | Terror Nights / Terror Days |
| Torii Wolf | Ten Billion Years |
| Cassandra Violet | Maybe It’s Not Too Late |
| BRICK! | The Start |
| Tashaki Miyaki | Castaway |
| Sunny War | Age of a Man |
| MaryLeigh Roohan | The High Wire |
| Low Hum | Nonfiction |
| Conditioner | Conditioner |
| WILD | Goin’ Back |
| Mara Connor | Decades |
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