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
Argovia - Primal Repetition
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Colombia
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 70th / 306
Highlight: Spark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuzJ-w6RLu0
Made me think of:
Cellar Darling
Exploring Birdsongs
Iamthemorning
AZ - Doe Or Die III
Genre: East Coast boom bap
Country: US
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 234th / 396
Highlight: Surprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ky8XHKp9dg
Made me think of:
Nas
Roc Marciano
Freddie Gibbs
Dani Larkin - Next of Kin
Genre: contemporary folk
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 61% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 278th / 395
Highlight: Love + Liberation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWimmh80tjo
Made me think of:
Lisa O'Neill
Aldous Harding
Joanna Newsom
Diskoteque - Dancefloor Death
Genre: Cloud Rap
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 55% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 387th / 394
Highlight: Sugar Land (feat. Mc Keon)
Made me think of:
Bladee
Ecco2K
Thaiboy Digital
Action Bronson - PLANET FROG
Genre: East Coast Hip-Hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 56% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 385th / 393
Highlight: Triceratops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q68v2C-uw-4
Made me think of:
Roc Marciano
Westside Gunn
Boldy James
Nikolai Lugansky - Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17 - Carnival Scenes from Vienna - Humoreske
Genre: Classical
Country: Russia
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 153th / 392
Highlight: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp1Jk498A4o
Made me think of:
Sviatoslav Richter
Vladimir Horowitz
Maurizio Pollini
Fabiano Do Nascimento - Vila
Genre: Samba Jazz
Country: Brazil
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 272th / 391
Highlight: Floresta Dos Sonhos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4la0dXO4Ho
Made me think of:
Arthur Verocai
Milton Nascimento
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Indira Paganotto - Arte Como Amante
Genre: Psytrance
Country: Spain
Final Verdict: 77% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 1st / 390
Highlight: (all added to my 2026 best of)
Warriors
This is ARTcore
Disney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thVKiIY4rGU
Made me think of:
Charlotte de Witte
Armin van Buuren
Infected Mushroom
T On Top - Me and My Problems.
Genre: Jazz Rap
Country: US
Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 310th / 389
Highlight: Storybook/Curtain Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QaIU2CgnHc
Made me think of:
Blu
Saba
Mick Jenkins
Lip Critic - Theft World
Genre: electro-industrial punk
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 332th / 388
Highlight: Talon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb36CjFT4Ko
Made me think of:
Mandy, Indiana
Model/Actriz
Death Grips
The Lemon Twigs - Look for Your Mind!
Genre: Power Pop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 57% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 369th / 387
Highlight: 2 or 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sHIzZYxfY
Made me think of:
The Beach Boys
The Byrds
XTC
Aldous Harding - Train on the Island
Genre: Psychedelic folk
Country: New Zealand
Final Verdict: 58% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 342th / 385
Highlight: Coats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWJSi1qLWzE
Made me think of:
Julia Holter
Weyes Blood
Cate Le Bon
Iterum Nata - Heartwood
Genre: Progressive folk metal
Country: Finland
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 149th / 384
Highlight: The Forsaken Oath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgk03H60dTc
Made me think of:
Hexvessel
Anathema
In the Woods...
Quantum Phantay - The Butterly Effex
Genre: Space Rock
Country: Belgium
Final Verdict: 75% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 4th / 383
Highlight: Return To Xaia (added to my 2026 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjIG0YgT7tI
Made me think of:
Ozric Tentacles
Hidria Spacefolk
Taipuva Luotisuora
Panopticon - Det hjemsøkte hjertet
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: US
Final Verdict: 72% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 20th / 382
Highlight: Ghost Eyes in the Fire Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P25InnNtG-A
Made me think of:
Falls of Rauros
Wolves in the Throne Room
Ellende
Irène Drésel & Sizo Del Givry - Mi Amor
Genre: Electronic
Country: France
Final Verdict: 71% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 22th / 381
Highlight: Trixman/Yembo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF1DSlZ6XoY
Made me think of:
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Vitalic
Rone
Teramaze - The Silent Architect
Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: Australia
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 76th / 380
Highlight: The Invisible Countdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5E-IK3hxuU
Made me think of:
Haken
Caligula's Horse
Evergrey
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