Hammock - The Second Coming Was a Moonrise
Genre: Post Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 77% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 3rd / 416
Highlight: The Second Coming Was a Moonrise (added to my 2026 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGX-xU-j40
Made me think of:
Sigur Rós
Explosions in the Sky
This Will Destroy You
Autour de Lucie - Hors Monde
Genre: Art Pop
Country: France
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 113th / 415
Highlight: Diana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IpNjwpveq4
Made me think of:
Dominique A
Keren Ann
Superbus
Donald Runnicles - Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Genre: Contemporary Classical
Country: US/UK
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 109th / 414
Highlight: Symphony No. 5: V. Rondo-Finale. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpE4f2G4hY4
Made me think of:
Claudio Abbado
Leonard Bernstein
Mariss Jansons
Olof Dreijer - Loud Bloom
Genre: Experimental club
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 253th / 413
Highlight: Acuyuye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASTzvLFInYA
Made me think of:
Fever Ray
SOPHIE
Basement Jaxx
Lil Shine - Get Rich Or Die Sippin'
Genre: PluggnB
Country: US
Final Verdict: 56% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 397th / 412
Highlight: Like What?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eleDWkeuKo4
Made me think of:
Autumn!
Izaya Tiji
Bladee
Cola - Cost Of Living Adjustment
Genre: Post-punk revival
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 337th / 411
Highlight: Hedgesitting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHVwLEX3DTE
Made me think of:
shame
Fontaines D.C.
Dry Cleaning
Fred again.. & Thomas Bangalter - Alexandra Palace, London, Feb 27, 2026 (DJ Mix)
Genre: UK Bass
Country: UK / France
Final Verdict: 88% (Excellent Album)
Yearly Ranking: 1st / 410
Highlight: Thewhole mix!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfF8jzBVWvM
Made me think of:
Daft Punk (obviously)
The Chemical Brothers
Justice
Kenny Mason - BULLDAWG
Genre: Alternative hip-hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 61% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 289th / 409
Highlight: 7ELEVEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ndu85mDDpo
Made me think of:
JID
Denzel Curry
Kid Cudi
Irish Baroque Orchestra & Peter Whelan - Handel: Messiah
Genre: Baroque
Country: Ireland
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 44th / 408
Highlight: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 12, Lift Up Your Heads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dQ53OufiuQ
Made me think of:
William Christie
Philippe Herreweghe
René Jacobs
Jeff Parker - Happy Today
Genre: Jazz Fusion
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 219th / 407
Highlight: Happy Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhN1skYAZzg
Made me think of:
Alice Coltrane
Pharoah Sanders
Tortoise
Julian Prégardien, Huw Montague Rendall, Ying Fang, Lucile Richardot, Laurence Kilsby, Christian Immler, Etienne Bazola, Raphaël Pichon & Pygmalion
Julian Pregardien & Ensemble Pygmalion - J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
Genre: Baroque
Country: France / Germany
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 45th / 406
Highlight: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Prima parte: No. 1, Chorus. Herr, unser Herrscher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gURwt9Gq5Ng
Made me think of:
Philippe Herreweghe
Masaaki Suzuki
Heinrich Schütz
Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open
Genre: Americana
Country: US
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 134th / 405
Highlight: Die Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK5fD0ASbq0
Made me think of:
Bill Callahan
Kurt Vile
The National
Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
Genre: Political Hip Hop
Country: Australia / Ghana
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 86th / 404
Highlight: THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS5GIzfhpS0
Made me think of:
Childish Gambino
JPEGMAFIA
Denzel Curry
Bruce Soord - Ghosts In The Park
Genre: Art Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 211th / 403
Highlight: Meet Me On The Downs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7a7Wkn_v64
Made me think of:
The Pineapple Thief
Tim Bowness
Riverside
Yann Kornowicz & Ugly Mac Beer - Le Bus : Les Bleus en grève (Bande originale du documentaire Netflix)
Genre: Soundtrack
Country: France
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 272th / 402
Highlight: État de grâce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5xZnOA_eEo
Made me think of:
RJD2
DJ Shadow
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro - Mi Catedral
Genre: Noise Rock
Country: Spain
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 173th / 401
Highlight: SMT en el Palacio Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXM0EY1OGq4
Made me think of:
My Bloody Valentine
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Deerhunter
Crown Lands - Apocalypse
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 149th / 400
Highlight: Through the Looking Glass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBQUkjZ-Rbw
Made me think of:
Rush
Greta Van Fleet
Coheed and Cambria
Port Noir - The Dark We Keep
Genre: Alternative Metal
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 61th / 399
Highlight: Complicated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX0JlGlkujU
Made me think of:
VOLA
White Pony
Tesseract
Rhododendron - Ascent Effort
Genre: Noise Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 67% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 62th / 398
Highlight: Firmament
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_yKfZ50Ko
Made me think of:
Slint
SUMAC
Swans
Immanuel Wilkins - Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2
Genre: Post Bop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 48th / 397
Highlight: WAITING PT. 1 (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGO8mssyids
Made me think of:
Kamasi Washington
Pharoah Sanders
Vijay Iyer
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