Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 Contra Vampire Weekend ★★½ 59 Rock Indie Pop Baroque Pop Contra’s a bit of a mixed bag. Every song has a little bit of charm to it — like a horn melody or playful guitar riff in the background or light electronic production — but some songs feelContinue reading “Contra – Vampire Weekend ★★½”
Category Archives: Throwback Albums
Cave World – Viagra Boys ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Cave World Viagra Boys ★★★★ 83 Rock Punk Rock Post Punk On Cave World, Viagra Boys channel the energy of a drunken Iggy Pop singing sarcastically about conspiracy theorists and internet trolls over new wave and alternative dance music. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s energetic, it’s abrasive andContinue reading “Cave World – Viagra Boys ★★★★”
Zooropa – U2 ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1993 Zooropa U2 ★★½ 55 Rock Alternative Rock To call Zooropa a misstep for U2 would be unfair. It would be tough for any album to match the success and status of Achtung Baby or Joshua Tree; anything coming after was sure to mildly disappoint, at a minimum. U2Continue reading “Zooropa – U2 ★★½”
Dear Science – TV on the Radio ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2008 Dear Science TV on the Radio ★★★★ 84 Rock Alternative Rock Indie Rock While 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain is TV on the Radio’s biggest critical success and the peak of their creative vision, their follow up record in 2008 is usually my go-to when I’m listening toContinue reading “Dear Science – TV on the Radio ★★★★”
Psyence Fiction – UNKLE ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1998 Psyence Fiction UNKLE ★★½ 58 Electronic Alternative Rock Trip-Hop It might not be as pioneering or captivating as DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing… in 1996, but Psyence Fiction is a natural progression point for the DJ and producer as he teamed up with James Lavelle to form UNKLE in 1998. Continue reading “Psyence Fiction – UNKLE ★★½”
Hyperspace – Beck ★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2019 Hyperspace Beck ★½ 37 Rock Alternative Rock Synthpop I really like Beck, and I really, really like Pharrell. So understand when I say I really, really, really don’t like Hyperspace — Beck’s 2019, Pharrell produced record — I don’t say it from a place of negative bias orContinue reading “Hyperspace – Beck ★½”
Colors – Beck ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2017 Colors Beck ★★★½ 70 Rock Alternative Rock Beck’s 13th album, Colors, gets unfairly dismissed and criticized, because it lacks some of the hallmarks of Beck’s more acclaimed records. Beck typically bounces between records that are either kooky and experimental, or stripped down and serious; both styles have beenContinue reading “Colors – Beck ★★★½”
Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend ★★★★★ 95 Rock Indie Pop Chamber Pop Listening to Modern Vampires of the City feels like being warmed by the sun at the beach on the first perfectly warm spring morning of the year. Maybe you’re thinking about the job you’reContinue reading “Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend ★★★★★”
Trouble will Find Me – The National ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Trouble Will Find Me The National ★★★★ 86 Rock Alternative Rock Chamber Pop Trouble Will Find Me might not be my all time favorite album by The National (I still think Boxer has the slight edge), but it probably best represents all there is to love about theContinue reading “Trouble will Find Me – The National ★★★★”
Yeezus – Kanye West ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Yeezus Kanye West ★★★★ 81 Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop Electronic R&B Kanye West was on quite a run heading into 2013: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010, Watch The Throne in 2011 and Cruel Summer in 2012 showcased his skills as a producer, a lyricist, a curator ofContinue reading “Yeezus – Kanye West ★★★★”
Fresh Out The Deli 