Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
100

Add this to the list of parties that I have been unbelievably late for.

100

This album is fucking phenomenal and yet it sticks in my head mostly because Spinal Meningitis scared the absolute shit out of me growing up.

Ween - Pure Guava
85

This was, if memory serves, one of the first Ween records I heard - so there is a tremendous amount of nostalgia tied up in it. I think it holds up though, honestly.

Ween - The Pod
80

The Ween from my youth is starting to take shape here. There are some real standouts, but fuck me Strap on that Jammy Pac is a song that could make you turn the thing off and walk away.

Ween - GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
75

While it probably shouldn't be your first foray into the world of Ween, there is something really special about this.
Its kind of amazing to see a band have such a clear sense of themselves even this early in their career.

Sumac - The Film
100

This is it folks.
This is the best album of 2025.

La Dispute - Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair (10th Anniversary)
100

Does he sound like Gene Belcher? Yes.
Is that ALL I can hear? Yes.

Does this album absolutely whip ass? Yes.

¥$ - VULTURES 2
NR

'eyyyyy the anti-semite is back to make some utter fucking trash with some utter fucking trash.
fuck Kanye West
and his collaborators.

Nickelback - Silver Side Up
90

Straight up, this album is good.

Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
NR

Just the most tedious and tired version of Eminem.

Terminal Nation - Echoes Of The Devil's Den
100

Fuck every cop that’s ever fucking lived
Fuck every cop that’s ever fucking lived
FUCK EVERY FUCKING COP THAT’S EVER FUCKING LIVED
FUCK EVERY FUCKING COP THAT’S EVER FUCKING LIVED

NR

Fuck Kanye West.
Fuck antisemitism.
Fuck you if you support him.
And frankly, fuck you if you did a feature on this record.

Rival Sons - DARKFIGHTER
90

The guillotine is high and clean
Ready to cut short the breath of the beast
With his wicked teeth that I was taught to believe
Was the cause for all this misery

They Grieve - To Which I Bore Witness
NR

While I’m not prepared to call To Which I Bore Witness the feel good record of the year, it sure packs a fucking wallop and jumps right into my heart as an exceptional piece of work. You’ll love it, especially if you’re a fan of doom or drone metal – but if either of those labels might deter you from checking this out, then actually its post-metal and you should fucking check it out. An absolute fucking stunner of a thing, which the added bonafides of having been ... read more

Zulu - A New Tomorrow
NR

No fucking question about it, Zulu’s A New Tomorrow is AOTY material all over. It goes fucking hard, and it is a stunning work of art from a band that needs to be on everyone’s radar if they’re not already.

Xiu Xiu - Ignore Grief
90

Absolutely bone-chilling.

Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
NR

I'm starting to feel like i GET Bolt Thrower

Skrillex - Don't Get Too Close
NR

Honesty, more of the same from Quest for Fire but loses points for not having a track with Missy Elliot on it.

Skrillex - Quest For Fire
NR

100% of me was ready to write this off as "not for me" but honestly, that "OH MY GOD" sample in the beginning triggered some kind of nostalgia response in me and I was in. It's fun as hell.

The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist
100

So listen, I was going to write a full review back in September, because honestly Callous Daoboys are something special, and Celebrity Therapist absolutely fucking bangs. HOWEVER, this album had already been talked and hyped to death, so I will just say this: the thing lives up to the hype, and I fucking love it. There’s a real nostalgic feeling here too, growing up on mathcore, this beauty does take me back, while still feeling like something wholly new and exciting.

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