Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
70

Some incredible songs on here but most are just pretty good to me. I find the production on tracks like Sweet Life and Monks to be somewhat ill-fitting. Still I highly recommend this album. There’s a lot to like.

Favs: Thinkin Bout You, Sweet Life, Pilot Jones, Crack Rock, Lost, Pink Matter, Forrest Gump

Least Fav: Monks

Quadeca - From Me to You
65

Perhaps influenced by what I know Quadeca to be capable of after having heard his latter works first, my feelings towards From Me to You are mixed. It’s obvious just by its production that Quadeca is not limited by lack of prowess or technical ability. That being said, I am not at all a fan of the white boy rap that this album is frequently mired in, and the beats can only do so much to allay the distaste I have for the execution on most song’s subject matters and vocals. And I ... read more

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
100

Don’t even need to say anything.

Favs: All’em

Least Fav: For Sale? - Interlude (still heat)

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
95

holy fuck

Favs: All’em

Least Fav: Spiritual Level Of Gang Shit

St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
75

Blown away by the range on display here. The production is really good and everything sounds great, though there are some moments that don’t quite hold up to the rest. I’m expecting I’ll change my score somehow when I listen again but it’s a really good album, definitely lives up to my personal hype.

Favs: Hell Is Near, Reckless, Broken Man, Flea, Big Time Nothing, The Power’s Out, All Born Screaming

Least Fav: Sweetest Fruit

Score Edit: 80 —> 75
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Makaya McCraven - Deciphering The Message
75

Excellent performances across the board here. Compositionally it does well to alter more traditional jazz and funk to be both experimental and venerable. The sound palette and production retain good clarity while keeping the in your face stage performance feel I think it was going for. Good time.

Favs: All’em

Least Fav: When Your Lover Has Gone

Elliott Smith - Either/Or
55

Not swayed.

Favs: Between the Bars, No Name No. 5, Say Yes

Least Fav: Angeles

Porter Robinson - Worlds
80

Seemingly kitsch at first, upon revisitation I can’t deny this album’s irresistible draw. It’s just enjoyable.

Favs: Divinity, Sad Machine, Fresh Static Snow, Polygon Dust, Hear The Bells, Natural Light, Lionhearted, Sea If Voices

Least Fav: Fellow Feeling

Score Edit 70—>80
Yeah this slaps. The faults barely bother me anymore.

Quadeca - I Didn't Mean to Haunt You
90

I need more of this.

Favs: sorry4dying, tell me a joke, don’t mind me, picking up hands, house settling, knots, fantasyworld, fractions of infinity

Least Fav: cassini’s division

MGMT - Loss of Life
85

The album cover is my favorite part but the music is pretty good too.

Favs: Mother Nature, Dancing In Babylon, People In The Streets, Bubblegum Dog, Nothing To Declare, (the last fourth of) Phradie’s Song

Least Fav: I Wish I Was Joking

Score Edit: 75 —> 80 —> 85
It’s actually like really good actually.

Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
70

Brilliant atmosphere and artistry, though it never quite reaches the highs seen on “Have You In My Wilderness”.

Favs: These Morning, Something in the Room She Moves, Spinning, Ocean, Evening Mood, Talking to the Whisper, Who Brings Me
Least Fav: Meyou

Score Edit: 75–>70

Quadeca - SCRAPYARD
85

Not every track hits as hard as the others but overall the quality is crazy. At least 4 songs on here are damn near perfect to me.
Favs: DUSTCUTTER, WHAT’S IT TO HIM?, U DON’T KNOW ME LIKE THAT, WAY TOO MANY FRIENDS, GUESS WHO?, UNDER MY SKIN, GUIDE DOG
Least Fav: U TRIED THAT THING WHERE UR HUMAN

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