Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Settle Disclosure ★★★★½ 92 Electronic House Synthpop It’s fitting that Disclosure’s debut album came out less than three weeks after Daft Punk’s final album. Disclosure’s Settle is, I think, as close to perfect as a house record can get, while Daft Punk, one of the genre’s titans, putContinue reading “Settle – Disclosure ★★★★½”
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Alpha Zulu – Phoenix ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Alpha Zulu Phoenix ★★★ 63 Rock Indie Pop Synthpop On Alpha Zulu, Phoenix gives you exactly what they’re supposed to — fun, upbeat tracks with catchy choruses, soaring synths, kind of weird lyrics and a blend of guitar effects and electronic bleeps and clicks that all result inContinue reading “Alpha Zulu – Phoenix ★★★”
Kala – M.I.A. ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2007 Kala M.I.A. ★★★½ 76 Electronic Alternative Hip-Hop Synthpop Kala is a loud, bangin’ pop record that’s much less hip-hop leaning than M.I.A.’s previous album Arular and more overall about electronic production and creating dance tracks than her vocals. With an almost childlike, playground chaoticness or aggressiveness, M.I.A. mixesContinue reading “Kala – M.I.A. ★★★½”
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 ★★”
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