Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 What Now Brittany Howard ★★★★ 84 Rock Art Rock Neo-Soul The second solo record from Alabama Shakes lead singer Brittany Howard is a beautiful melding of lo-fi esthetics, joyous singing and free, emotional energy across multiple genres. This record, like her debut, draws from Howard’s blues roots, withContinue reading “What Now – Brittany Howard”
Category Archives: New Albums
Vultures 1 – Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Vultures 1 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign ★½ 31 Hip-Hop Some habits die hard, like smoking when you’re out on Friday night with friends or spreading anti semitic sentiments in public forums. No matter how bad things get with Kanye West musically and professionally, I just can’t quitContinue reading “Vultures 1 – Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign”
Wall of Eyes – The Smile
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Wall of Eyes The Smile ★★½ 58 Rock Alternative Rock Wall of Eyes, the second record by Radiohead side project The Smile, is a more mellow, subdued effort compared to 2022’s A Light for Attracting Attention. Even more so than on the first record, Jonny Greenwood’s orchestrations areContinue reading “Wall of Eyes – The Smile “
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo ★★★★ 80 Pop Pop Rock Pop Punk I thought Olivia Rodrigo’s first album was good, but a little basic from start to finish. However, GUTS, her sophomore record, is really an improvement at every level — confidence in the vocal performance, maturity in the songwriting,Continue reading “GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo ★★★★”
Playing Robots Into Heaven – James Blake
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Playing Robots Into Heaven James Blake ★★★½ 70 Electronic Ambient Trip-Hop James Blake‘s newest record Playing Robots Into Heaven is a haunting collection of abstract, minimalist dance numbers that are heavy on the electronics and light on vocals. James Blake drifts away from the hip-hop, R&B-heavy production he’sContinue reading “Playing Robots Into Heaven – James Blake”
Spiritual Cramp – Spiritual Cramp ★★★½
Year Album Artist Star Score Genre 2023 Spiritual Cramp Spiritual Cramp ★★★½ 75 Rock Alternative Rock Post-Punk Revival Do you want to go back to 2005 and feel like the coolest kid in your high school math class again? Do you want to accidentally drive a little too fast through a residential area with yourContinue reading “Spiritual Cramp – Spiritual Cramp ★★★½”
Ooh Rap I Ya – George Clanton ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Ooh Rap I Ya George Clanton ★★★★ 80 Electronic Synth Pop Chillwave From start to finish, Ooh Rap I Ya feels like you’re melting into a warm bath, with wave after wave of good vibes smoothly running through you. It’s electronic vapor and chill wave with a levelContinue reading “Ooh Rap I Ya – George Clanton ★★★½”
Wallsocket – underscores ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Wallsocket underscores ★★★★ 84 Pop Pop Rock Hyper Pop Over the past 5 years or so, there have been a number of these super online sounding, schizophrenic kinds of albums with wild mood swings, genre and tempo switches and hyper, sometimes synthesized vocals, that can be both captivatingContinue reading “Wallsocket – underscores ★★★★”
Me chama de gato que eu sou sua – Ana Frango Elétrico ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Me chama de gato que eu sou sua Ana Frango Elétrico ★★★★ 80 Pop Funk Sophisti -Pop Me chama de gato que eu sou sua is a quick, feel-good record by Brazilian, non binary artist Ana Frango Elétrico, who blends smooth jazz, funk and stings elements together toContinue reading “Me chama de gato que eu sou sua – Ana Frango Elétrico ★★★★”
the record – boygenius ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 the record boygenius ★★★ 70 Rock Indie Rock Indie Folk Reforming as a supergroup for the first time since they released their 2018 debut, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus returned as boygenius in 2023 to release a proper full-length record that has a lot of heartContinue reading “the record – boygenius ★★★”
Fresh Out The Deli 