Blu & Exile - Time Heals Everything
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 226th / 339
Highlight: Soul Unusual
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQL5UQt6LBo
Made me think of:
Little Brother
People Under the Stairs
Armand Hammer
Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy
Genre: Post Grunge
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 295th / 338
Highlight: Window
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-ywVT052U
Made me think of:
Queens of the Stone Age (obviously)
The Strokes
Nothing But Thieves
Ibrahim Maalouf - Fils de personne
Genre: Soundtrack
Country: France / Lebanon
Final Verdict: 58% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 302th / 337
Highlight: Papa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeyxinT--iw
Made me think of:
Avishai Cohen
Yazz Ahmed
Nils Petter Molvær
At The Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 125th / 336
Highlight: A Ritual of Waste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqMlh6KSWMc
Made me think of:
In Flames
Dark Tranquillity
Carcass
Atsuko Chiba - Atsuko Chiba
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 151th / 335
Highlight: Torn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC0GtP278XM
Made me think of:
Deerhoof
Black Midi
Osees
The Amity Affliction - House of Cards
Genre: Metalcore
Country: Australia
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 46th / 334
Highlight: Break These Chains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZQtTOYhpFk
Made me think of:
Architects
Wage War
I Prevail
Einar Solberg - Vox Occulta
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Norway
Final Verdict: 70% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 30th / 333
Highlight: Medulla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMC66kjuBCw
Made me think of:
Leprous (obviously)
Steven Wilson
Haken
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
Genre: Alt Country
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 169th / 332
Highlight: Buffalo (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZTWBHZ_JQ
Made me think of:
Waxahatchee
Big Thief
Wilco
Nitin Sawhney - Orangutan
Genre: Soundtrack
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 216th / 331
Highlight: Hard Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S729D9WuAI
Made me think of:
Thomas Newman
George Fenton
Hans Zimmer
Jessie Ware - Superbloom
Genre: Disco Pop
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 70th / 330
Highlight: Sauna (added to my 2026 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhi81bcrxY
Made me think of:
Dua Lipa
Róisín Murphy
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
tsubi club - trinket
Genre: Indietronica
Country: US
Final Verdict: 57% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 310th / 328
Highlight: BURNMATERIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCCMYxvIGQI
Made me think of:
Jane Remover
Glaive
100 gecs
Vylet pony - Gonarch's Lair
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 176th / 327
Highlight: outlaw (feat. lulamoon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEqDDoTqDo
Made me think of:
Jane Remover
100 gecs
Dorian Electra
Afterlife Slave - THE WARPING
Genre: Atmospheric Drum and Bass
Country: Germany
Final Verdict: 58% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 289th / 326
Highlight: ascension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx23OElGEAU
Made me think of:
Oneohtrix Point Never
Tim Hecker
Autechre
Adrian Younge - Younge
Genre: Psychedelic soul
Country: US
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 112th / 325
Highlight: Galt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47rL9pid1Y
Made me think of:
Curtis Mayfield
Khruangbin – groove-first, low lift
SAULT
Marlon Craft - The Internet Killed The Neighborhood
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 188th / 324
Highlight: Analog Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR3m-jybx74
Made me think of:
Mick Jenkins
Blu
Logic
Miserere Luminis - Sidera
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 164th / 323
Highlight: De cris & de cendres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzDYVOC3yYQ
Made me think of:
Blut Aus Nord
Paysage d'Hiver
Heretoir
drug bug - Hell for a Basement
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 271th / 322
Highlight: Requiem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUCt9e-te1A
Made me think of:
Car Seat Headrest
Neutral Milk Hotel
Bright Eyes
Lime Garden - Maybe Not Tonight
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 283th / 321
Highlight: All Bad Parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Ag9zgY2QM
Made me think of:
Wet Leg
Dry Cleaning
The Orielles
Holly Humberstone - Cruel World
Genre: Indie Pop
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 94th / 320
Highlight: To Love Somebody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWa9w0njxE
Made me think of:
Gracie Abrams
Phoebe Bridgers
Clairo
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