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Best of 2026

underscores - U
underscores
U
90
Mar 23
Yebba - Jean
Yebba
Jean
87
Mar 23

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Thundercat - Distracted
Thundercat
Distracted
2026 β€’ LP
85
Apr 3
Angine de Poitrine - Vol.II
Angine de Poitrine
Vol.II
2026 β€’ LP
87
Apr 3
Dijon - Absolutely
Dijon
Absolutely
2021 β€’ LP
87
Apr 3
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
J. Cole
2014 Forest Hills Drive
2014 β€’ LP
95
Apr 3
Childish Gambino - Kauai
Childish Gambino
Kauai
2014 β€’ EP
90
Apr 3
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
2013 β€’ LP
100
Apr 3
Thirty Seconds to Mars - This is War
Thirty Seconds to Mars
This is War
2009 β€’ LP
90
Apr 3
Lizzy McAlpine - five seconds flat
Lizzy McAlpine
five seconds flat
2022 β€’ LP
92
Apr 3
Noah Kahan - Stick Season
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
2022 β€’ LP
85
Apr 3

Recent Reviews

Thundercat - Distracted
85

Can Thundercat miss?

Mb Top Three
1. She Knows Too Much
2. No More Lies
3. What Is Left To Say
HM. I Did This To Myself, Walking on the Moon, ThunderWave

Chris Stussy - Lost, Found & Forgotten…
72

This album is sick to throw on in the background of any vibe-curating situation.

Mb Top Three
1. Fantasy
2. It feels natural
3. Linger (interlude) --> Darkness

Angine de Poitrine - Vol.II
87

What a trip.

I've never done bath salts, but I have listened to Angine de Poitrine over and over since discovering them... and I have to imagine it's around the same feeling.

Saw someone say here on AOTY, "I love whatever is wrong with them", and I couldn't possibly have said it better.

Mb Top Three
1. Sarniezz
2. Mata Zyklek
3. Fabienk

RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
95

Quite literally, this album gave me hope.

RAYE's first album, "My 21st Century Blues", was in my list of favorites in 2023... and I truly didn't know if it could be topped. Somehow, with "THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE", she's not only topped it, but upped the game for so many that are currently aspiring to be cross-genre artists.

Though there are many tracks on "...HOPE" that feel monumental, I just have to say that I think Life Boat is an absolute ... read more

Nick Jonas - Sunday Best
70

If weighed against the entire Jonas multiverse of content, Sunday Best is a significant improvement over the last year's worth of releases from the brothers collectively or individually, which is refreshing and welcomed. That being said, although Sunday Best is heartfelt and lyrically adorable in it's strongest moments, it fails to have the ear candy of prior Nick solo albums (self titled and Last Year Was Complicated)... and doesn't touch the cohesion of Spaceman.

JP Saxe ... read more


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