Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 UGLY Slowthai ★★★½ 78 Hip-Hop Post Punk Subsections of hip-hop continue to inch closer to traditional rock and punk music — using elements like live guitars and drums, sung passages and screaming choruses. British rapper Slowthai’s 2023 album UGLY is essentially a rock record, with heavy doses ofContinue reading “UGLY – Slowthai ★★★½”
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Real Melody – Horse Rider ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Real Melody Horse Rider ★★★½ 75 Rock Alternative Rock Emo Central Texas-based band Horse Rider’s 38 minute debut album Real Melody provides emo-influenced lyrics and vocals with a grunge soundboard and slowcore energy. The opening half of the album is really strong— with “Hollow” being a standout andContinue reading “Real Melody – Horse Rider ★★★½”
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 ★★★★”
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 ★★★★”
Spiritual Cramp – Spiritual Cramp ★★★½
Year Album Artist Star Score Genre 2023 Spiritual Cramp Spiritual Cramp ★★★½ 75 Rock Alternative Rock Post-Punk Revival Do you want to go back to 2005 and feel like the coolest kid in your high school math class again? Do you want to accidentally drive a little too fast through a residential area with yourContinue reading “Spiritual Cramp – Spiritual Cramp ★★★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”
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”
the record – boygenius ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 the record boygenius ★★★ 70 Rock Indie Rock Indie Folk Reforming as a supergroup for the first time since they released their 2018 debut, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus returned as boygenius in 2023 to release a proper full-length record that has a lot of heartContinue reading “the record – boygenius ★★★”
Contra – Vampire Weekend ★★½
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”
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