JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
70

I think I'm RIck and Morty

Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
55

The Cool feels like the sloppy seconds of Food & Liquor.

The Japanese House - Good At Falling
70

Amber claims a great pocket of Dream Pop here, and polishes it to perfection. Though the project could do well to shave its runtime and really capture a pace worth the polish.

Fishmans - 宇宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchu Nippon Setagaya]
90

Fishmans has a perfectly distilled strategy of using downtempo in order to subconsciously invite the listener to fill in the gaps. Shinji's voice lays perfectly in the composition, demanding your attention without ever really forcing you to consider anything. It brings you into a world where the surgical, dreamy production is secondary to the fact that the music wants to act as a backdrop to your thoughts. Fishmans is freedom in a whimsical world that guides your thoughts external rather ... read more

quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise
65

One of the prettiest album covers I've ever seen. I think Graham's ambition in their folktronica production acts as a sort of sweet coating over writing and performances that aren't proportionally interesting. There are multiple heartfelt and honest moments on the project, Raven was touching, for example. But the modernized, ethereal folktronica nostalgia just isn't enough to justify the generally mediocre hooks and concepts. Even so, the mixing and ideas found here are ... read more

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
90

God is real because there is something endlessly evil about being alive.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
85

An ethereal sendoff to one of the greatest bands of all time. Interesting elements of chamber pop and orchestral influence are peppered across the project and function as a beautifully somber conclusion to Radiohead's legacy.

Thus concludes my journey through the Radiohead discography!!

Radiohead - The King of Limbs
60

How do you follow up In Rainbows? ...I mean, I get it. It's an intimidating question, but The King Of Limbs feels like cobbled more like some cobbled together demos and interesting concepts than anything near groundbreaking. It's still Radiohead, it's still good, but it's sorely lacking in palpable identity and purpose.

Logic - Ultra 85
70

Logic has always been a refreshing dose of anti-cynicism, cynicism which is all too restrictive on the music space.

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
80

Block Rapid Patrol Lube Donut VCR Loss Bacon Cocktails Closed Private Internet Closed 24 HR Favorite Poor Video Retirement Anytime God Color Soon Sale Will Tow Xing Bail Mania Gasoline Perfect Danger Yourself Copies TV Armed Coin Bangbang 25c Long Stay Ultra Girls Grand Guignol No End Trust Call Meat Aids Theft Ultra Zone Fine Aid Vacant Home Test Screen Autos Nothing Delicious Oil Pool Away 100% Exit 99c Be Beef Fear Check Enforced Collision Ballistic Photo Players Enter Drugs Extra Liquor ... read more

Jane Remover - ♡
65

Super tight and smooth listen! But the nature of the package doesn't blow me away or anything.

xaev - TO-THE-CORE_153BPM
70

I love when I'm reminded of the childhood hivemind media has created for us... Not in a sarcastic way, genuinely I absolutely love it. This project is so fun.

The Strokes - The New Abnormal
85

Totally beautiful. So much ambition flowing through the band's return! They reached heights I never thought they could upon hearing This Is It... and that record is essentially perfect.

Radiohead - The Bends
85

Turns out Radiohead is just as good at yearning even when the soundscape is more traditional.

Justice - †
70

It's super fun! My biggest gripe is how bland most of the drumloops tend to be, but otherwise... experimental and infectious.

Porter Robinson - Nurture
85

Nurture reminds me of a time where I woke up excited to be alive in the world.

Beyoncé - B'Day
80

Really shouldn't have thrown my mp3 player out, I could've listened to this authentically.

Nas - Light-Years
55

What should've been the most legendary album conceptually in recent Hip-Hop history is, in reality, the prolonged stagnation of Nas's second wind. NY State Of Mind Pt. 3 isn't canon to me.

Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
80

God invented music because he knew we needed it.

De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky
80

An odyssey through loss, hope, and respect for the titans of Hip-Hop. It's clever, refreshing, and embraces happiness in a way only De La Soul could bring to our generation. RIP Trugoy!

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