Coming from Boston, Massachusetts (YUS!!!), Passion Pit has a bunch of surprises up their sleeves. Delivering enough catchy, melodic, and well-produced songs about love. Michael Angelakos' voice can be grating at times, though.

Fav Tracks: Little Secrets, The Reeling, Make Light, Swimming In The Flood, To Kingdom Come, Sleepyhead, Moth's Wings

Least Fav Track: Let Your Love Grow Tall

Score:
8.4
Great

“Day69” won’t save this pedo from uninteresting production, bland features, and outright trash lyrics.

Fav Track: MOOKY

Least Fav Tracks: GUMMO, CHOCOLATE

Score:
2.3
Painful

Sexy and political, futuristic yet current, and lyrically ingenious. “Dirty Computer” continues Janelle Monáe’s already consistent discography with her poppiest album yet.

Fav Tracks: Make Me Feel; Django Jane; PYNK; So Afraid; Crazy, Classic Life; Don’t Judge Me; I Like That

Least Fav Track: Idk... Screwed? I still like that track.

Score:
8.9
Awesome

I just came across this and I was like "What the hell? I'm gonna check this out!". To my surprise, this was a really good folk album with great vocals from Laura Marling, beautiful, ambient production, and awesome, creative music videos. Just look at that lump go! It's short but sweet!

Fav Tracks: Curse of the Contemporary, Hand Hold Hero, May I Be the Light, Late to the Flight

Least Fav Track: Rolling Thunder

Score:
7.8
Very Good

This is probably one of his best tracks to date! It also harkens back to his experimental, dubstep influenced roots with chopped vocals and arresting, pretty sounds.

It's bonkers, it's poppy, it's catchy, it's inventive, it's fucking insane and I like it a lot! Yeah, sure, it's more pop-centric than any of her previous records, but who gives a damn? The production on here is superb, with tons more emphasis on percussion, guitars and bass than usual. Plus, her voice is still there and more matured than ever, yet it still feels as alien as this album art. I know it kind of seems like I'm defending in an argument that has stopped years ago, so I'll just leave ... read more

Despite a few endearing moments, Adam Young still refuses to evolve his sound and quite a few of these songs are outright horrible. Plus, it's really bloated. REALLY bloated!

Fav Tracks: Fiji Water, Lucid Dream

Least Fav Tracks: All My Friends, Firebird, Cinematic, Montana, Winners Never Quit, House Wren, Cloud Nine

Score:
3.7
Bad

Liam Gallagher has a safer sound than his brother and some of the writing is pretty bad. But there's some hardcore Liam Gallagher shit here.

Fav Tracks: Wall of Glass, Bold, For What It's Worth, Paper Crown, Greedy Soul, Come Back to Me

Least Fav Tracks: When I'm In Need, Chinatown

Score:
6.8
Decent

"Wide Awake!" is danceable as all hell! But it also deals with very difficult political themes with such well-written and extremely thoughtful grace! Overall, this album is just fucking great and one of the best listening experiences I've had all year!

Fav Tracks: Wide Awake, Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience, Violence, Before the Water Gets Too High, Death Will Bring Change, Tenderness, Normalization, Freebird II, Total Football

Least Fav Track: Back to ... read more

While the last leg of songs on "Saved" are a bit underwhelming, the production is outstanding, the melodies are sweet and the writing is pretty decent, making for some cool jams to put on while driving. Maybe bring a few hot dogs with you.

Fav Tracks: Yours, AZ, Window, SGL, Saved, Holy Water

Least Fav Track: Knowme

Score:
7.3
Good

This is an extremely fun and infectious album from an artist with a great falsetto voice. There's not a song on here that I hate and it has solid, ear-warm production throughout!

Fav Tracks: Electric Love, American Money, The Emotion, Holy Ghost, 10,000 Emerald Pools, Fool, Dug My Heart

Least Fav Track: Overnight Sensation

Score:
8.2
Great

These are pretty well-constructed instrumentals and this is a nice build up to Jenny Death. But it just feels so... empty without MC Ride on the mic.

Fav Tracks: Runway Y, Runway E, Runway N (2), Runway J, Runway N, Runway H (2) Runway D

Least Fav Tracks: Runway T, Runway N (3)

Score:
6.4
Fine

J E N N Y D E A T H W H E N

Out of all the albums that have helped me through my life, I've never mentioned a single "emo" record. So, as the emo hipster whatever I am, I should review "The Black Parade". Like "Twin Fantasy" or "OK Computer", this record has impacted me a lot. I have a red streak in the front of my hair, but that's just a cosmetic change rather than an important one.

The concept of "The Black Parade" revolves around the experiences of a cancer ... read more

Arctic Monkey's debut, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", showcases Alex Turner's witty songwriting and instrumentation as well as being catchy as all hell.

Fav Tracks: The View From The Afternoon, A Certain Romance, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Dancing Shoes, Mardy Bum, Fake Tales Of San Francisco, When The Sun Goes Down, Riot Van, Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...

Least Fav Track: You Probably Couldn't See The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At ... read more

Holy crap! I forgot about Albert!

Anyway, his solo debut presents his signature guitar work and his surprisingly good voice. While it's short, the production and instrumentation is solid. A few of these tracks sound a lot like The Strokes, too (I'm sorry, I just love The Strokes :D)!

Fav Tracks: In Transit, Scared, Everyone Gets a Star, Hard to Live in the City, 101, Bright Young Thing

Least Fav Track: Postal Blowfish

Score:
7.7
Very Good

The production is pretty great, Lauren Mayberry's vocals are better than ever and the hooks are quite catchy. However, it feels like they're watering themselves down, appealing more and more to a bigger audience while keeping their original sound intact with no changes from their norm. Overall, "Love Is Dead" proves that CHVRCHES need to step up their game because they're beginning to sound less and less inspired.

Fav Tracks: My Enemy, Graves, Graffiti, Forever, Wonderland, ... read more

Sonically and conceptually, "The Dark Side of the Moon" is one of the greatest albums ever made. Everything about this album is detailed, rich, haunting, beautiful, fuck it, every adjective! I want to go more into detail about this album, but that would spoil too much! There is something I want to confess, though. Despite being their most iconic work, I wouldn't say this is Pink Floyd's best work.

Fav Tracks: Time, Money, Brain Damage, The Great Gig in the Sky, On The Run, Eclipse, ... read more

Don't judge this album by how abysmal the cover art is. The production is fantastic, the hooks are sharp and most of the sounds that they play with, aside from "The World", are pretty damn creative.

Fav Tracks: Walking On A Dream, We Are The People, Half Mast, Standing On The Shore, Tiger By My Side, Swordfish Hotkiss Goodnight

Least Fav Track: The World

Score:
7.7
Very Good

Squarepusher has some really great ideas on this little dream project of his. I actually really like some of the songs on here, but it's such a shame that the mixing is too horrid to bring these songs to life.

Fav Tracks: Plug Me In, Frisco Wave, Maximum Planck, Cryptic Motion, Megazine

Least Fav Track: Abstract Lover

Score:
5.7
Okay

"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" is very alienating at first listen. But give it a few more listens and you just might like this as the way it is, a smartly constructed psychedelic pop album. Alex Turner's lyrics are as witty as ever and I think his vocals actually blend well with the beautiful, 70's style production. Overall, this grew on me a lot since it came out and I think this is an underappreciated record.

Fav Tracks: Four Out Of Five, One Point Perspective, American ... read more