Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2017 This Old Dog Mac DeMarco ★★★ 65 Rock Psychedelic Rock Indie Rock If you want to get a taste of what Mac DeMarco is all about, this album is a perfect sampling of everything he has to offer. It’s 42 minutes of Mac at his most DeMarco-y –Continue reading “This Old Dog – Mac DeMarco ★★★”
Category Archives: Throwback Albums
In Your Honor – Foo Fighters ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2005 In Your Honor Foo Fighters ★★★ 68 Rock Alternative Rock Double albums are almost always difficult to rate or justify, but Dave Grohl and Co. do a solid enough job to warrant one with In Your Honor, a two-disc, hour-and-a-half project that very clearly separates the band’s hard-rockingContinue reading “In Your Honor – Foo Fighters ★★★”
Blue Weekend – Wolf Alice ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2021 Blue Weekend Wolf Alice ★★★★ 82 Rock Shoegaze Dream Pop I was a big Wolf Alice fan back when their debut album came out in 2015, but their 2017 follow up lacked a lot of the emotion and raw energy that drew me to the band to beginContinue reading “Blue Weekend – Wolf Alice ★★★★”
The Lemon of Pink – The Books ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2003 The Lemon of Pink The Books ★★★ 63 Electronic Folk Indietronic The Book’s The Lemon of Pink is an odd, experimental record that mixes a lot of samples and electronic bleeps with some folk sounding acoustic guitars, live instruments and occasional vocals. There’s a lot going on withinContinue reading “The Lemon of Pink – The Books ★★★”
Homogenic – Björk ★★★★
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 ★★★★”
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 ★★★”
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”
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 