The best albums of 2021 include Doja Cat, Poppy, Desperate Journalist, Demi Lovato, Garbage, James McMurtry, Deafheaven, Parquet Courts and Polo G. Best of 2021 We’re in the top 30 now! You’ve hopefully been waiting on the edge of your seat for a full week to get to this…

It’s telling that U.K. post-punk band Desperate Journalist takes its name from a joke—specifically, a track from a 1979 John Peel session with The Cure, “Desperate Journalist In Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation.” Dubbed “The Perfect Diss That Nobody Heard” by Vice in 2014, it’s basically two minutes and 40…