Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1997 Homogenic Bjork ★★★★ 81 Electronic Art Pop Trip-Hop Released two-years after Post, Björk’s most commercial and somewhat scattered record, Homogenic really dug into some of the darker, colder and trip-hop based sounds she had used from time to time in the past. The best part of Homogenic isContinue reading “Homogenic – Björk ★★★★”
Category Archives: Album Reviews
Souvlaki – Slowdive ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1994 Souvlaki Slowdive ★★★½ 71 Rock Shoegaze Dream Pop When I think about what shoegaze music is and sounds like, Slowdive is usually the first band that comes to mind. Out of any band, they create the cleanest, purest version of that quintessential shoegaze sound – loud choruses thatContinue reading “Souvlaki – Slowdive ★★★½”
Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2014 Run The Jewels 2 Run The Jewels ★★★½ 74 Hip-Hop Run the Jewels is such a consistent group that it’s hard trying to judge any of their albums against one another. They each have their big highlights. They each show Killer Mike and El-P’s growth as songwriters andContinue reading “Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels ★★★½”
Play – Moby ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1999 Play Moby ★★★ 60 Electronic Art Pop Trip-Hop The thing that makes Play a fun listen is its lack of focus. Moby uses a smorgasbord of 90s electronic and pop elements on this record, and instead of trying to meld them together to make something new or fullyContinue reading “Play – Moby ★★★”
Bleach – Nirvana ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1989 Bleach Nirvana ★★★ 60 Rock Alternative Rock Grunge Not exactly the best representation of what Nirvana will become in the years that follow, but Bleach is an album that built the groundwork for an entire decade of music. Wailing, screeching guitars over a havey, distorted grunge fuzz. AContinue reading “Bleach – Nirvana ★★★”
Ohms – Deftones ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Scoore Genre 2020 Ohms Deftones ★★★½ 75 Rock Shoegaze Alternative Metal Through the three stages of the band’s life—an early rise at the height of the mid-90s nu-metal and hard rock craze, a slow fall into somewhat obscurity as the genre faded, and their resurgence as almost a 90s nostalgia act—DeftonesContinue reading “Ohms – Deftones ★★★½”
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West ★★★★★ 98 Hip-Hop My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of those albums that, when you throw it on, it’s impossible not to sing along to the entire way through. From the Nicki Minaj introductory monologue and Kanye’s masterful opening verse, toContinue reading “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West ★★★★★”
Untrue – Burial ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2007 Untrue Burial ★★★★ 80 Electronic Ambient Dubstep Untrue is one of the most consistent albums in terms of song quality, sound, speed and vibe I’ve ever listened to. It’s subtly brilliant and one of a kind, which makes it so easy to overlook. Without true lyrical lines orContinue reading “Untrue – Burial ★★★★”
Donda 2 – Kanye West ★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Donda 2 Kanye West ★★ 47 Hip-Hop Who knows if what was released on February 22, 2022, was the final product that fans will listen to when Kanye West eventually decides to release Donda 2 on steaming. But, at least for now, it seems like Kanye may haveContinue reading “Donda 2 – Kanye West ★★”
Dawn AM – The Weeknd ★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Dawn AM The Weeknd ★★ 49 Pop Pop Hip-Hop Synthpop If there were still any holdouts hoping that The Weeknd would start inching back towards his darker, more hip-hop roots, Dawn AM should squash any of those lingering thoughts. If 2020’s After Hours was The Weeknd finally admittingContinue reading “Dawn AM – The Weeknd ★★”
Fresh Out The Deli 