Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Sundial Noname ★★★★ 82 Hip-Hop A lot had changed in the five years since Noname’s last record, 2018’s Room 25. The world’s become more divided and conflicted. There was a worldwide pandemic and a presidential election. There were protests about race and women’s rights. People are quicker toContinue reading “Sundial – Noname ★★★★”
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Genres and styles
Explore different genres through these playlists. Been Trippin: Trip Hop Playlist A cool collection of Trip-Hop classics by Bjork, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack and similar artists or the late 1990s like Radiohead. Best enjoyed when shuffled. Great for a grey, cold, winter day. Madchester Madchester is a niche genre from the Manchester baggy club sceneContinue reading “Genres and styles”
Extreme Heat: Hip-Hop
Hip-hop songs for when it’s brutally hot out and you feel like you’re roasting on the asphalt. Featuring: Vince Staples, A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q, Denzel Curry, Pusha T and more.
In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 In Times New Roman… Queens of the Stone Age ★★½ 57 Rock Alternative Rock On In Times New Roman…, Queens of the Stone Age revert back to the basics of their 2000s-era albums, with somewhat mixed results. The more straightforward approach to alternative rock lends itself to aContinue reading “In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age ★★½”
Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend ★★★★★ 95 Rock Indie Pop Chamber Pop Listening to Modern Vampires of the City feels like being warmed by the sun at the beach on the first perfectly warm spring morning of the year. Maybe you’re thinking about the job you’reContinue reading “Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend ★★★★★”
Trouble will Find Me – The National ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Trouble Will Find Me The National ★★★★ 86 Rock Alternative Rock Chamber Pop Trouble Will Find Me might not be my all time favorite album by The National (I still think Boxer has the slight edge), but it probably best represents all there is to love about theContinue reading “Trouble will Find Me – The National ★★★★”
Yeezus – Kanye West ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Yeezus Kanye West ★★★★ 81 Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop Electronic R&B Kanye West was on quite a run heading into 2013: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010, Watch The Throne in 2011 and Cruel Summer in 2012 showcased his skills as a producer, a lyricist, a curator ofContinue reading “Yeezus – Kanye West ★★★★”
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Run The Jewels Run The Jewels ★★★★ 80 Hip-Hop In 2013, respected by at-the-time essentially forgotten hip-hop veterans Killer Mike and EL-P joined forces to form Run The Jewels. Together, they created an album that felt 100 percent authentic to them and was sonically different from the trappyContinue reading “Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels ★★★★”
Cover your ears!
A playlist of songs and notable cover versions of those same songs.
Euphoric – Georgia ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Euphoric Georgia ★★★½ 70 Pop Indie Pop Dance-Pop Euphoric is a perfectly manicured, synth-driven album of mid-tempoed dance-pop tracks. Georgia brings the charm and best electronic elements from the indie pop acts of the early 2010 like Robyn, Lorde and Chvrches, and mixes them with some modern, mainstreamContinue reading “Euphoric – Georgia ★★★½”
Fresh Out The Deli 