Year Album Artists Stars Score Genre 2022 Cheat Codes Danger Mouse, Black Thought ★★★★ 75 Hip-Hop Cheat Codes brings together a seemingly natural pairing: Black Thought — lead MC for the Roots and a legendary voice in the conscious-rap movement of the late 90s and early 2000s — and Danger Mouse —a longtime producer whoContinue reading “Cheat Codes – Black Thought and Danger Mouse ★★★★”
Category Archives: New Albums
Expert In A Dying Field – The Beths ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Expert In A Dying Field The Beths ★★★★ 80 Rock Indie Rock Jangle Pop Expert In A Dying Field represents pretty much a best-case-scenario for what is essentially a pretty basic, modern power pop album. The songs are really fun and playful and the vocals warm, welcoming andContinue reading “Expert In A Dying Field – The Beths ★★★★”
Alpha Zulu – Phoenix ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Alpha Zulu Phoenix ★★★ 63 Rock Indie Pop Synthpop On Alpha Zulu, Phoenix gives you exactly what they’re supposed to — fun, upbeat tracks with catchy choruses, soaring synths, kind of weird lyrics and a blend of guitar effects and electronic bleeps and clicks that all result inContinue reading “Alpha Zulu – Phoenix ★★★”
Asphalt Meadows – Death Cab for Cutie ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Asphalt Meadows Death Cab For Cutie ★★★½ 65 Rock Alternative Rock Death Cab For Cutie has been in the post-prime of their career for over a decade. After the peaks of Transatlanticism and Plans, the band started to sound more polished and commercial, leaning more into pop mixingContinue reading “Asphalt Meadows – Death Cab for Cutie ★★★½”
Blue Rev – Alvvays ★★★½
Year Album Artist Star Score Genre 2022 Blue Rev Alvvays ★★★½ 68 Rock Indie Pop Deam Pop Blue Rev on the surface has everything you’d look for in an Alvvays album. It’s composed of 14 cute dream pop songs that mix in a bit of indie rock energy. There are some fun guitar runs, someContinue reading “Blue Rev – Alvvays ★★★½”
A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 A Light For Attracting Attention The Smile ★★★★ 77 Rock Alternative Rock The Smile is the closest we’ve gotten to a Thom Yorke side project actually sounding like a real Radiohead record. His vocals on Eraser obviously sounded like Radiohead, but the songs didn’t have the same rangeContinue reading “A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile ★★★★”
Honestly, Nevermind – Drake ★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Honestly, Nevermind Drake ★ 24 Pop Pop Hip-Hop What would happen if you took “Passionfruit,” removed the fun character of it and threw it on top of a watered down tropical house beat? What would “One Dance” be like if you removed the memorable upbeat vocals and gaveContinue reading “Honestly, Nevermind – Drake ★”
Harry’s Room – Harry Styles ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Harry’s Room Harry Styles ★★★ 59 Pop Pop Rock Harry Styles has gotten really good at making pop records that still feel like indie music, even though there isn’t anything indie about a former member of a boyband who puts out a few smash Top-40 hits every twoContinue reading “Harry’s Room – Harry Styles ★★★”
I Know NIGO! – Nigo ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 I Know Nigo! Nigo ★★★½ 72 Hip-Hop I Know Nigo! Is a quick, fun, hip-hop compilation record curated by Japanese fashion designer and BAPE founder Nigo. A DJ with Japanese hip-hop group Teriyaki Boy, the second album under his name — and first since way back in 2000Continue reading “I Know NIGO! – Nigo ★★★½”
RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART – Vince Staples ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART Vince Staples ★★★★ 80 Hip-Hop Vince Staples has done it again, creating another highly-consistent and cohesive hip-hop album in RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART, which sounds both very different from anything he’s done before and also feels exactly like any other album VinceContinue reading “RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART – Vince Staples ★★★★”
Fresh Out The Deli 