Lucy Dacus - Historian
90

Ugh. Marry me please. Thanks.

What a rich, beautiful album. Lucy Dacus is a fully formed master worker. Although the driving instrumentals are really conduits for her lyrical prowess, they aren't half-baked. They add so much to each clever one-liner and devastating couplet. This is rock on a new level. Think MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen but emotionally richer (how? right?) and more perfect in it's economy. A great album.

Unlikely Friends - Crooked Numbers
65

nice GBV-esque power pop. nothing to write home about but then again, who writes home about albums? My mother would not care in the slightest

Flatsound - Hummingbird
40

sad music and long titles do not profundity make

Profligate - Somewhere Else
35

Um. Can you make nice music plz thx. Bit too cold 4 me

Tiny Little Houses - Idiot Proverbs
70

TLH goes Pavement. Good, not great. The messages are so acidic and strong but are often lost in the haze of garage bombast. Caleb, it's ok. Better times are ahead.

BØRNS - Blue Madonna
60

Wins award for sharpest disconnect between first and second listens.
1: SO FUN.
2: THIS IS SO BORING.

First Aid Kit - Ruins
65

Wasn't expecting the kenny rogers vibes. Fireworks was tight tho

Shopping - The Official Body
70

I hate this because the aesthetic is SO up my alley. But nothing stuck as particularly interesting or enjoyable. ARGH.

Tune-Yards - I can feel you creep into my private life
70

Does enjoying Colonizer make someone a bad person? Asking for a friend. Thx. xx

MGMT - Little Dark Age
65

So invested in creating and cultivating that 80s aesthetic that they forgot to make satisfying songs. Oops. I can jive with Me and Michael though. It's a clever move. Michael is a popular name.

Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive
70

Exciting! Visceral! Fun! But I don't want to listen to it again. It's nothing interesting, it's just propulsive and cool. Does that make sense? I have saved the opener and Erasure. The rest was good music. But. Eh.

Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
75

The least ambitious album I've ever heard. Makes for some killer background chill music though. Big fan of Come Te Quiero.

shame - Songs of Praise
70

Yeah I see the appeal. But ok, we get it, the world is terrible. Chill.

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
90

Wow wow wow. Incredible music that does some very rare and wonderful things. It manages to be driving, inspirational and powerful on a compositional and instrumental scale, but the lyrics and unique delivery shoots it into the stratosphere. I am still in awe over how a 16 minute song can be interesting in every way and great to listen to the whole way through without being a pretentious post-prog-rock suite. Amazing. Loved Sober to Death, Nervous Young Inhumans, Bodys, Famous Prophets most of ... read more

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
65

Not my cuppa I think. Technically superb, but it never hit me beyond a surface level. It's supposed to be some political statement as well, but the lyrics were buried in layers of haze and thick drums and bass. So I didn't get it.

Typhoon - Offerings
85

Too big for it's britches sometimes, but definitely deserves more attention than it got. Lyrically dense and very powerful. Chiaroscuro in the midst of intense rock struck me like nothing else. Remember, Algernon, Wake and Sleep were all highlights in a sprawling, affecting journey of indie bombast. Deserves multiple listens and a reading along.

Hookworms - Microshift
90

What an excellent album. Every song is interesting, every song inspires some unique feeling, and it can be quite emotive at some points. The duo of Soft Season and Opener is awe-inspiring. The best album of the year so far.

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