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 ★★”
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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 ★★★”
Sundial – Noname ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Sundial Noname ★★★★ 82 Hip-Hop A lot had changed in the five years since Noname’s last record, 2018’s Room 25. The world’s become more divided and conflicted. There was a worldwide pandemic and a presidential election. There were protests about race and women’s rights. People are quicker toContinue reading “Sundial – Noname ★★★★”
In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 In Times New Roman… Queens of the Stone Age ★★½ 57 Rock Alternative Rock On In Times New Roman…, Queens of the Stone Age revert back to the basics of their 2000s-era albums, with somewhat mixed results. The more straightforward approach to alternative rock lends itself to aContinue reading “In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age ★★½”
Euphoric – Georgia ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Euphoric Georgia ★★★½ 70 Pop Indie Pop Dance-Pop Euphoric is a perfectly manicured, synth-driven album of mid-tempoed dance-pop tracks. Georgia brings the charm and best electronic elements from the indie pop acts of the early 2010 like Robyn, Lorde and Chvrches, and mixes them with some modern, mainstreamContinue reading “Euphoric – Georgia ★★★½”
UTOPIA – Travis Scott ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 UTOPIA Travis Scott ★★½ 50 Hip-Hop A really appealing aspect of listening to Travis Scott albums for the first time is that he doesn’t note who his guest features are on the tracks when you listen on streaming. It makes the experience a journey, because you don’t knowContinue reading “UTOPIA – Travis Scott ★★½”
Fresh Out The Deli 