Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 i was mature for my age, but i was still a child grouptherapy. ★★★½ 71 Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop It’s impossible to listen to grouptherapy. — a young, alternative hip-hop collective that uses internet-aged DIY production to blend rap, pop and R&B while discussing Gen Z themes — withoutContinue reading “i was mature for my age, but i was still a child – grouptherapy.”
Category Archives: Throwback Albums
That! Feels Good! – Jessie Ware ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware ★★★½ 77 Pop Dance Pop Disco Jessie Ware continues to get better and better with each release, and her 2023 album, similarly, gets better and better as it goes. After 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? saw her fully embrace disco music, That! Feels Good!Continue reading “That! Feels Good! – Jessie Ware ★★★½”
I Inside the Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey ★★★★ 83 Rock Folk An innovative voice in indie music for more than 30 years, PJ Harvey’s 2023 release I Inside the Old Year Dying is an album that’s equally beautiful, captivating and disorienting. Listening to the album feels likeContinue reading “I Inside the Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey ★★★★”
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Endless Summer Vacation Miley Cyrus ★★½ 51 Pop Pop Rock Endless Summer Vacation is the most average of average pop records. Miley Cyrus provides fine vocals over clean pop production, making for easy commercial appeal. There are a few pretty good tracks — “Flowers,” “Thousand Miles,” “Used toContinue reading “Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus ★★½”
This is Why – Paramore ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 This Is Why Paramore ★★★½ 70 Rock Alternative Rock Whether it’s the pop punk and emo rock they started their careers with, the pop rock they moved on to in the 2010s, or the harder, more mature alternative rock style they’re enjoying in 2023, Hayley Williams and Co.Continue reading “This is Why – Paramore ★★★½”
Dogsbody – Model/Actriz ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Dogsbody Model/Actriz ★★★½ 78 Rock Noise Rock Post Punk Model/Actriz’s 37 minute debut record Dogsbody is dense both musically and lyrically. It’s a cool (and cold) industrial, post punk record with some sick, dancy grooves, manic, thrashing energy and a lot of tense, uncomfortable moments. The noise rockContinue reading “Dogsbody – Model/Actriz ★★★½”
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You – Caroline Polachek ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek ★★★ 65 Pop Indie Pop I’ve always found Caroline Polachek a little too uninteresting to be a great indie artist, and not fun or dynamic enough to be a great pop artist. I feel like that still carries overContinue reading “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You – Caroline Polachek ★★★”
Secret Life – Fred Again, Brian Eno ★★½
Year Album Artists Stars Score Genre 2023 Secret Life Fred Again, Brian Eno ★★½ 51 Electronic Ambient Teaming up with legendary producer Brian Eno, Fred Again’s Secret Life is an ambient record to the max, with humming synth harmonies and endless keyboards with echo reverb. Vocals are scarce and percussion essentially nonexistent other than rhythmicContinue reading “Secret Life – Fred Again, Brian Eno ★★½”
MICHAEL – Killer Mike
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Michael Killer Mike ★★★½ 73 Hip-Hop After spending the better part of a decade working with EL-P as part of Run The Jewels, it’s appropriate that Killer Mike’s comeback solo record is simply titled MICHAEL. On MICHAEL, Killer Mike takes us back to his roots, not just withContinue reading “MICHAEL – Killer Mike”
So Tonight That I Might See – Mazzy Star ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1993 So Tonight That I Might See Mazzy Star ★★½ 54 Rock Dream Pop Despite having an indie following, and vocalist Hope Sandoval appearing on various shoegaze and electronic records since the mid 1990s, Mazzy Star is probably considered a one-hit wonder by most. “Fade Into You” is theContinue reading “So Tonight That I Might See – Mazzy Star ★★½”
Fresh Out The Deli 