Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Javelin Sufjan Stevens ★★★★ 88 Rock Indie Folk Chamber Pop There’s beauty and innovation in every one of Sufjan Stevens’ releases, but Javelin brings all the best elements of his career together into one package. It has the old-world folk whimsy of his early years without the hokeyContinue reading “Javelin – Sufjan Stevens ★★★★”
Category Archives: New Albums
O Monolith – Squid ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 O Monolith Squid ★★★½ 77 Rock Alternative Rock Post Punk With O Monolith, Squid puts together a tighter album that cleans up some of the meandering moments on the band’s 2021 debut, Bright Green Field. In doing so, however, some of the character of the first album isContinue reading “O Monolith – Squid ★★★½”
Lahai – Sampha ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Lahai Sampha ★★★★ 85 Hip-Hop R&B Neo-Soul Sampha has been making notable music for a long time. From being the primary vocalist on SBTRKT tracks in 2010 and 11, to all his features with artists like Drake in 2013, Kanye West in 2016, Kendrick Lamar in 2022 andContinue reading “Lahai – Sampha ★★★★”
VOIR DIRE – Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist ★★★
Year Album Artists Stars Score Genre 2023 VOIR DIRE Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist ★★★ 63 Hip-Hop Earl Sweatshirt will always be a little low energy for me, and his recent efforts have been too choppy to really hold my interest even if I know the things he’s doing and saying are interesting and creative. TeamingContinue reading “VOIR DIRE – Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist ★★★”
And Then You Pray for Me – Westside Gunn ★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 And Then You Pray for Me Westside Gunn ★★ 49 Hip-Hop With an artist as prolific at Westside Gunn and the rest of Griselda, you should expect some variance in quality from release to release. It’s a slight miracle that the 12 records and mixtapes Westside’s released formContinue reading “And Then You Pray for Me – Westside Gunn ★★”
Everything is Alive – Slowdive
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Everything is Alive Slowdive ★★★ 67 Rock Alternative Rock Shoegaze Shoegaze stalwarts Slowdive return for the first time in six years with Everything is Alive, an album with a slightly different flavor than anything they’ve done in the past. The band seems to have pulled on the reins,Continue reading “Everything is Alive – Slowdive”
Mid Air – Romy ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Mid Air Romy ★★★ 61 Pop Dance-Pop Electronic Romy’s solo debut Mid Air ignores many of the cutting edge trends and tropes of modern indie electronic music. Instead, she draws from the trance and Eurohouse sounds that peaked her interest growing up in the 1990s and early 2000sContinue reading “Mid Air – Romy ★★★ “
Girl with Fish – feeble little horse ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Girl With Fish feeble little horse ★★★½ 78 Rock Indie Rock Shoegaze feeble little horse’s Girl with Fish is a quick, delightful indie rock record that, when necessary, utilizes a perfect amount of reverb, distortion, bendy dissonance and electronic sound effects to bring its seemingly intimate presentation toContinue reading “Girl with Fish – feeble little horse ★★★½”
For All The Dogs – Drake ★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 For All The Dogs Drake ★½ 32 Hip-Hop I don’t think I’ve actually liked a Drake album since about 2014, but it’s hard to deny that he’s consistently been able to produce a handful of quality songs and singles every year since his commercial debut in 2009. Yeah,Continue reading “For All The Dogs – Drake ★½”
Laugh Track – The National ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Laugh Track The National ★★★ 60 Rock Indie Rock Chamber Pop Laugh Track — The National’s 10th studio album and second release of 2023 — is a slight turn back to the band’s indie rock roots, but still, like its predecessor, comes off as a collection of songsContinue reading “Laugh Track – The National ★★★”
Fresh Out The Deli 