ellie goulding just gets blander with each new album. i can't believe that the most interesting song on this album has a fucking blackbear feature.

although oliver tree's debut ep alien boy was fine, i didn't really think that his persona would be sustainable in the long run since it's so unlikeable,, and now that his debut album is out, i think i was right. apart from the three good songs on here, "me, myself, & i," "hurt," and "i'm gone," this album is just bland. even though oliver tree's character isn't necessarily great, it was at least a little bit interesting on alien boy and actually had some sort ... read more

on jump rope gazers, the beths mature their sound into a mellower, yet more consistent, power pop sound, and it really helps a lot. plus,, the back half of this album is one of the most perfect music moments i've heard in a while.

future me hates me is an enjoyable debut album from the new zealand power pop band, but i can't help but feel like more could have been done with it. "great no one," "future me hates me," and "river run: lvl 1" are the few songs i think i'll return to, but they definitely have good things ahead of them.

bladee's exeter was my favorite solo project from the cloud rap artist up until this point. that was a short reign. "keys to the city," "hero of my story 3style3," "100s," "mean girls," "it girl"... the bangers go on on this thing.

soko blends the twee pop and post-punk sounds of her previous two albums into a single, psychedelic sound, and ends up with a great pop album that has the best of both worlds. "blasphémie," "now what?," "time waits for no one," and "hurt me with your ego" are all highlights from this album.

when 100 gecs first showed up on my radar last june, i thought that they were fine as a novelty act and that they would never capture public attention, but as the year progressed, 1000 gecs became one of my favorite albums of the year and the duo only grew more in popularity, so i was dead wrong. their music is so infectious and just,, all around good, so seeing it remixed by a variety of different artists in so many different ways is really refreshing because there's so much life in these ... read more

rich bitch juice was already a great song going into this project, so i wouldn't necessarily mind hearing it six times in a row. however, this remix ep is so diverse and filled with energy that it might as well be six original songs because everyone who worked on it knocked it out of the park.

i wasn't really a huge fan of the original song, so i wanted to find a remix that expanded upon it and breathed new life into it, which most of the songs on here just don't do. i prefer the remixes by himera and recovery girl to the original song, but nothing else really hits all that hard like i'd expect coming from dorian electra's circle.

reflect is fancy j london's most mature album yet, and it's a huge step up from everything else she's done up until this point (except for blu3, i guess, a classic) because she mostly sticks to a style and theme throughout the album, making it less disorienting than some of her previous work, as well as much more cohesive despite being 25 songs long. loved it.

fancy j london's second album of 2019 still maintains some of the 80s inspiration behind light, but it's not integrated as well as it was on that album. that's not to say that shadow is bad, not at all, since it has its moments and is overall very consistent quality-wise, but i wish it had been so style-wise.

light has a much bigger 80s influence than any of fancy j london's previous albums, and as a result it gives her style a breath of fresh air following throne and ultimately gives the songs on this album a more memorable quality. i liked it, and like blu3, it has some of her best songs yet, along with others that make for a solid album.

following blu3, throne feels kind of weak in fancy j london's progression because it doesn't carry the same personality as blu3 did, or even r3d for that matter, and in a way i'm reminded of whit3's downgrade by it. there are definitely a few songs worth returning to on here, though, like "tell me," "i admit it," "makes me cry," and "what did i do," and the album as a whole is worth listening to, but it's not as strong as i would have wanted it to be.

following two albums that showed potential, fancy j london's blu3 is the complete realization of that potential, home to some of her best songs ever and a track listing that i think has no skips. she's able to strike a balance between r&b and edm that just hits differently, and it's incredibly balanced throughout the album, making her sound as a whole a lot more mature than it had been. loved it.

on whit3, fancy j london takes a much mellower approach to her music, and as a result it feels a lot more tame and less memorable as a whole."king size pillow," "can't wait anymore," and "the games you play" are all songs i'm going to return to, but the rest of the album didn't do it for me.

fancy j london's debut album is an ambitious blend of r&b, edm, and a whole lot more, and while some songs like "smile," "puzzle me," "8 track," "49 angels rise up," and "better know your math" handle this well, there are still like,, twenty songs on here and some are better than others. a promising start, though.

instead of expanding on the punk sound of their debut, dream wife's second album is a tame indie rock album that kind of gets lost in the mix, and apart from "homesick" and "so when you gonna...," i didn't really get much out of it.

dream wife is a refreshing riot grrrl album, but apart from a few great songs like "fire," "love without reason," and "taste," it feels kind of flat and doesn't take as many risks as it could have.

hunny is an incredibly gothic and psychedelic pop album that feels like a modern-day and dystopian version of the wild west, and it's all wrapped up in this glamorous aesthetic that just works really well with it.

i don't listen to metal. i don't listen to jazz. i know the immense amount of skill needed for both of these styles, but they've never really pulled me in on their own. knowing this about myself, immersing myself in the world of neptunian maximalism for two hours would be a huge undertaking and one that i would need to expand my horizons for to truly appreciate, but i did it anyway, diving into the deep end of both genres without any experience in the pool. and i loved it. there's something so ... read more