静香 [Shizuka] - Heavenly Persona (2023 Reissue)
65

While I think this album is good, I just don’t think it’s as interesting or captivating as it should be. With how slow it’s paced, the payoffs are underwhelming to me.

The Strokes - The New Abnormal
83

Perfect soundtrack to demolishing your friend in a children’s card game

Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
86

What a strangely beautiful take on folk and singer-songwriter. Us is a generational song.

Joji - Chloe Burbank Volume 1
77

This is the best executed thing joji has ever put out. It’s both interesting and sonically impressive, which is something I can’t really say about his later works. Too bad this will probably never make it onto streaming services.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic
89

What a beautiful love letter to jazz. Complete with great horn sections and absolutely top tier drumming. I wish more people would give this album a chance. It really is something special. How does it sound so fresh when it’s over 60 years old?

Alex G - Rocket
68

I think this album comes close to being something really special and I get why people think it is. I just can’t really get behind the direction Alex g takes his voice. It feels too nasally and somewhat irritating. The production can be good, but it can also be nondescript. While it is diverse, I think this can work against the album because you just get whiplash halfway through with how jarring and out of place some of these songs are. Alex g just isn’t my g after all.

Modern Baseball - Sports
86

A really great debut that shows a lot of heart and promise. I’ve heard about modern baseball for years and I’m very glad I decided to check them out. Sure it’s short, but they have so much potential to flesh out their core ideas and philosophies into something truly phenomenal.

RXKNephew - Crack Therapy 3
59

The production on this album is pretty good but this style of rapping is just so annoying and gimmicky that I just don’t really enjoy the final product that much. There’s pockets of good ideas and moments but then it just goes back to being annoying.

Mac DeMarco - 2
84

I can see why this was such a massive success. The energy here is soft, yet infectious. I wanna hear mac demarco truly find himself and succeed. Not only through music but through life. That is a massive feat for such a simple album to accomplish.

Bright Eyes - A Christmas Album
75

Going into this I had no idea if these would be Christmas songs or it was just the title of the album.

Turns out they were Christmas songs.

But I like all these covers anyways so I’m not even complaining.

Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony
83

What a strangely great album. I had no idea what this was going to sound like but the production is great. Jay Electronica is also a very compelling rapper. All the jay-z features were good but definitely overshadowed by jay.

Sematary & Ghost Mountain - HUNDRED ACRE WRIST HOSTED BY DJ SORROW
68

Eh it’s alright. I thought it’d go way harder but it doesn’t really reach that level for me.

Daniel Caesar - Freudian
73

An impressive debut that shows a lot of promise, but not the most interesting ideas right off the bat. Daniel has strong enough fundamentals to make something really phenomenal in the future.

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
81

Some incredibly performed, laid back rock music to just chill out to. Despite its chill energy, it’s not devoid of energy. It strikes a great balance.

Mirror Kisses - Heartbeats
77

Pretty impressive for being so short.

I get that a lot

Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
78

I think I would like this more if I saw the influence this album had over hip-hop. As it is now, I think it’s a very good album that undoubtedly puts a smile on my face. However, I just didn’t fully fall in love with its ideas and execution.

twenty one pilots - Trench
76

Given all the hype this album gets I thought this would’ve been way better. However, I think the singing just falls flat for me. The ideas are really cool and production wise, pulled off really well. I just don’t think I’m a fan of Tyler Jospeh’s voice.

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
86

A harrowing journey through space. I can’t believe this came out all the way in the 80’s. It feels so ahead of its time.

The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
84

While is it definitely longer than it should be, there are some generational songs here.

070 Shake - Modus Vivendi
81

Falling

Dreaming

Talking

In your sleep

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