Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Brat Charli XCX ★★★½ 78 Pop Dance Pop Charli XCX has probably become my favorite pop artist of the past decade. The base quality of her tracks is so consistently good – they’re fun at the very least, and often time reach greatness.Her sixth album, Brat, is noContinue reading “BRAT – Charli XCX”
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Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Lives Outgrown Beth Gibbons ★★★★½ 93 Rock Chamber Pop Singer-songwriter Lives Outgrown is the first true solo record by legendary Portishead vocalist Beth Gibbons, and her first substantial release of music since the trip-hop band’s 2008 record, Third. In comparison to Portishead’s iconic percussive, industrial, and electronic production,Continue reading “Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown”
The Dream of Delphi – Bat for Lashes
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 The Dream of Delphi Bat for Lashes ★★½ 59 Pop Chamber Pop Bat for Lashes’ sixth record, The Dream of Delphi, doesn’t offer much substance in terms of hooks or through melodies. However, the ethereal and emotional production is breathtaking throughout the album. Haunting backing synths and choirs,Continue reading “The Dream of Delphi – Bat for Lashes”
Girl With No Face – Allie X
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Girl With No Face Allie X ★★★½ 78 Pop Synth Pop Dance Pop Girl with No Face is an energetic indie pop record that fuses dancy beats and 80s synths with the emotional energy of a dark wave/post-punk project. Allie X really wears her influences on her sleeve,Continue reading “Girl With No Face – Allie X”
Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2024 Eternal Sunshine Ariana Grande ★★★½ 74 Pop R&B It’s been four years since Ariana Grande’s last record, but it doesn’t feel like she’s missed a beat. Eternal Sunshine is another “white girl making sexy dance poppy and dreamy R&B” record. Conceptually, Eternal Sunshine (like the movie) is aboutContinue reading “Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande”
Lemonade – Beyonce
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2016 Lemonade Beyonce ★★★½ 78 Hip-Hop R&B On Lemonade, pop and R&B icon Beyonce explores recent struggles in her personal life surrounding her husband’s infidelity, dabbling in a range of different genres on her way to both self appreciation and forgiveness. Although some of the concepts and lyrics areContinue reading “Lemonade – Beyonce”
Confessions – Usher
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2004 Confessions Usher ★★★ 64 Hip-Hop R&B Usher’s Confessions has more bangers and hits than any other R&B record of its era. It starts with energy right away with “Yeah!,” one of the most iconic songs of the 2000s and a track that, even if it sounds a littleContinue reading “Confessions – Usher”
Remind Me Tomorrow – Sharon Van Etten
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2019 Remind Me Tomorrow Sharon Van Etten ★★★★ 80 Pop Indie Pop Remind Me Tomorrow is not as intimate as some of Sharon Van Etten’s other albums — like 2014’s highly personal Are We There or 2011’s indie-influenced Tramp. Instead, her 2019 release it’s probably her most accessible andContinue reading “Remind Me Tomorrow – Sharon Van Etten”
The Greater Wings – Julie Byrne ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 The Greater Wings Julie Byrne ★★★★ 85 Pop Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Julie Byrne’s The Greater Wings represents the gold standard for what a traditional singer-songwriter album in the modern music landscape should be: lush, atmosphere-setting instrumentals that compliment a captivating, intimate vocal performance, with poetic lyrics filled withContinue reading “The Greater Wings – Julie Byrne ★★★★”
Everything Harmony – The Lemon Twigs ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Everything Harmony The Lemon Twigs ★★★★ 81 Rock Pop Rock Jangle Pop I mean this in the best way possible. Everything Harmony sounds like a collection of songs written as 1970 and 80s sitcom theme music, or written for cheeky, modern television commercials trying to somewhat ironically captureContinue reading “Everything Harmony – The Lemon Twigs ★★★★”
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