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Zack Lorenzen
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 Lists
12.16.23 Ashcrash 2023 List 06.23.23 Ashcrash Did (Another) EP
03.12.23 Every Periphery Song Ranked12.17.22 Ashcrash's 2022 List
09.16.22 Every mewithoutYou song, Ranked12.25.21 Ashcrash's 2021 List
06.19.20 I Made an EP (Again)10.15.19 Ash's 25 Fave Songs of the 2010s
06.28.19 Ashcrash's 2019.512.31.18 Ashcrash's 2018 List
12.28.18 Gift Playlist For My Dad: 2018 Edition01.16.18 Ashcrash's 2017 List/Anniversary/Announ
12.20.17 Gift Playlist For My Dad: 2017 Edition11.11.17 New Ashcrash Song
09.13.17 Every* Brand New Song, Ranked 06.21.17 Ashcrash's Half-Bash (2017)
03.03.17 The Weakerthans, All Songs Ranked 01.03.17 Ashcrash's 2016 List
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Ashcrash's 2019.5

The best of what I've heard so far this year. 60-51 are EPs, 50-1 are LPs. Rankings are loose outside the top 5. Hit me with the good shit.
60Kelly Moran
Origin EP


3.5 - ambient / keys / soothing bgm
59Magick Sponge
K.


3.6 - alt rock / britpop vibes / okay debut
58mol
I/II


3.7 - black metal / it's fine / technically a re-release
57Sungazer
Sungazer Vol. II


3.7 - jazz fusion / bass / D E F G E C D
56Fulusu
The Voice Between Us


3.7 - math rock / great songwriting / suspect mix
55Thrice
Deeper Wells


3.7 - alt rock / better than palms / and that's what counts
54PAM
PAM


3.8 - math rock / post rock / that instrumental middle ground
53Yvette Young
Piano EP


3.8 - piano / piano / piano
52thoughtcrimes
Tap Night


3.9 - hardcore / metalcore/ m/core
51Tricot
Repeat


4.0 - math pop / smoother / nice changeup
50The Comet Is Coming
Trust in the Lifeforce of Deep Mystery


3.6 - jazz / spacey / great horns
49Copeland
Blushing


3.6 - dream pop / a little too homogeneous for its own good / some stellar cuts though
48Slowthai
Nothing Great About Britain


3.6 - hip-hop / spunky / def gotta spin this again
47King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Fishing For Fishies


3.6 - boogiecore / I can't listen to this and not smirk / next album sounds more promising though
46Billy Woods, Kenny Segal
Hiding Places


3.6 - hip-hop / bleak / wordy
45Fennesz
Agora


3.6 - ambient / floating / should prob revisit this
44Sunn O)))
Life Metal


3.6 - doo)))m / it's doomy / it's a sunn O))) album alright
43Baroness
Gold and Grey


3.6 - alt metal / some gold / some stange mixing
42Tyler, the Creator
IGOR


3.6 - r&b / continuing the "less rapping" trend / not totally getting the hype but it's fine
41Fontaines D.C.
Dogrel


3.7 - post-punk / played straight / ain't broke, don't fix i-
40Black Midi
Schlagenheim


3.7 - post-punk / NOTHIN PREDICTABLE ABOUT THIS ONE THOUGH / BREAK EVERYTHING, WHY NOT
39The Western Den
A Light Left On


3.7 - indie folk / dual vocals / breezy listen
38The Twilight Sad
It Won/t Be Like This All the Time


3.7 - gothic pop rock I guess / dreary / scotland
37Local Natives
Violet Street


3.7 - indie pop / funky too / "megaton mile" bops so hard
36Polkadot Stingray
Uchōten


3.7 - j-rock / look we all have our weaknesses / mine is this
35Ithaca
The Language of Injury


3.7 - hardcore / consistent if not standout / more like RIFFaca
34Victims
The Horse and Sparrow Theory


3.7 - crust punk / d-beat / the world is dying and we're killing it
33LITE
Multiple


3.7 - math rock / virtuosos doing their thing / peep "zone," cowards
32La Dispute
Panorama


3.8 - post-hardcore? / but whispery this time / and their weakest LP but still fine
31The Dangerous Summer
Mother Nature


3.8 - alt rock / if I close my eyes it's 2005 and I'm okay with that / dale jr plug
30Colunia
Zéphyr


3.8 - jazz / festive / someone else rate this please
29Big Thief
U.F.O.F.


3.8 - indie folk / haunting / finally something worth revisiting
28Denzel Curry
Zuu


3.8 - hip-hop / hometown homage / YOOOO
27PUP
Morbid Stuff


3.8 - pop punk / their weakest / still better than most pop punk bands' best
26Andrew Bird
My Finest Work Yet


3.8 - singer-songwriter / FJM for people like me who can't stand FJM / it probably is
25Glassing
Spotted Horse


3.8 - post-hardcore / some black metal vibes in there too / foreboding
24Better Oblivion Community Center
Better Oblivion Community Center


3.8 - singer-songwriters / it's oberst and bridgers / you know what you're getting into
23Bruce Springsteen
Western Stars


3.9 - singer-songwriter / country-leaning boss / he's 69 now lol
22Cave In
Final Transmission


3.9 - space metal / understandably brief / RIP Caleb Scofield
21Mono
Nowhere Now Here


3.9 - post-rock / new drummer, same sound / they just do it so well
20Nuvolascura
Nuvolascura


3.9 - skramz / SKRAMZ / seriously this goes hard
19Tim Hecker
Anoyo


3.9 - ambient / post-konoyocore / hecc me hecc daddy
18Thom Yorke
Anima


3.9 - electronic / dystopian / entrancing
17State Faults
Clairvoyant


4.0 - post-hardcore / HIGH-PITCHED SCREAMING / some cool spacey bits too
16Amon Tobin
Fear In A Handful Of Dust


4.0 - ambient / electronic / percussive
15Injury Reserve
Injury Reserve


4.0 - hip-hop / grab bag / GET THE FUCK UP
14Dots (.........)
Points


4.0 - dream pop / shoegaze idols / good luck googling
13American Football
American Football (LP3)


4.0 - emo / twinklies / this is their best one tbh
12Pom Poko
Birthday


4.0 - indie rock / eccentric / deerhoofcore
11Holding Patterns
Endless


4.0 - emo / harmonies / I reviewed this, give it a whirl
10Otoboke Beaver
Itekoma Hits / いてこまヒッツ


4.1 - j-punk / gang vocals / 6 day working week is a pain
9Pedro the Lion
Phoenix


4.1 - indie rock / homegrown nostalgia / guilt
8Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising


4.1 - chamber pop / adrift / and probably drowning soon too
7Bad Books
III


4.1 - singer-songwriters / sparse / depression
6Little Simz
GREY Area


4.1 - hip-hop / women's rights / "I DON'T CARE WHO I OFFEND"
5Glen Hansard
This Wild Willing


4.2 - singer-songwriter / gruff and mumbly / sprawling
4Jambinai
ONDA


4.2 - post-metal / korean classical / majestic
3Kishi Bashi
Omoiyari


4.3 - baroque pop / indie folk / stop caging migrants and immigrants you sick fucks
2Thank You Scientist
Terraformer


4.4 - prog rock / sci-fi / climate change or something
1Periphery
Periphery IV: Hail Stan


4.6 - prog metal / the notes themselves are gay / "suck my balls"
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