| 5.0 classic |
| Agalloch Pale Folklore |
| Alkaline Trio Is This Thing Cursed? |
| Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You |
| Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Vacation |
| Captain, We're Sinking The Future Is Cancelled |
| Craig Finn I Need a New War |
| Death Symbolic |
| Direct Hit! Brainless God |
| Emery Eve |
| Emily Scott Robinson American Siren |
| Falls of Rauros Patterns in Mythology |
Makes the epic Vigilance Perennial seem like child's play. They've been warming up to a masterpiece, and this is
it. A moving, indescribably beautiful piece of work that can't be recommended highly enough. In a genre that was
starting to grow stale for me, this is a fitting reminder of why I fell in love with atmospheric black metal in the first
place. "Patterns in Mythology" contains all the depth, emotion and instrumental touches of the genre's most
massive peaks. Instant Fucking Classic.
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| Fireworks Gospel |
| Gang Starr Moment of Truth |
| Great Grandpa Four of Arrows |
| Where the hell did this come from? An incredible indie rock release that has a little something for everyone. Already deserves a spot in my top 10 albums of 2019, and it?s only climbing... how about that somewhat Pixies-esque 6-minute closer made up of fuzzy guitar distortion? It?s just one of many exceptional moments that makes up Four of Arrows. One of the year?s most pleasant surprises that you should listen to if you want to feel warm inside. |
| Hot Mulligan You'll Be Fine |
Holy Shit. From the opening track "OG Bule Sky", it's apparent the influences Hot Mulligan wear on
their sleeve: a bit of Tiny Moving Parts with a dose of The Wonder Years and Free Throw. Yet, the
execution here is so stellar - the production so insanely crisp - that it simply puts most of
their counterparts to shame. Forget originality... give me an album that knows where the ball is
coming from, and knocks it out of the park with style. |
| Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: Complete Trilogy |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
| James McMurtry The Horses and the Hounds |
| Jason Isbell Southeastern |
| There's no hyperbole in stating "Southeastern" is a perfect singer-songwriter album. Every song is completely affective, most of them emotionally draining. 'Elephant' is the most painfully honest and devastating portrayal of cancer I?ve ever witnessed musically. But every song is unique and powerful in its own way. An instant classic that will tug at anyone?s heartstrings provided they have a soul. |
| Jeff Rosenstock NO DREAM |
| Jimmy Eat World Futures |
| John Williams Home Alone |
| One of the best Christmas soundtracks of all time? Pretty much. I've watched this nostalgic film nearly every year since I was a kid, and the music remains one of the best things about it |
| Juliana Daugherty Light |
| I keep coming back to this. Her voice is perfect and transcending. 5/5 |
| Laura Stevenson Laura Stevenson |
| Less Than Jake Hello Rockview |
| Lord Huron Long Lost |
| Madvillain Madvillainy |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace |
| Metallica Master of Puppets |
| MF DOOM Operation: Doomsday |
| MF DOOM MM.. Food |
| Motion City Soundtrack My Dinosaur Life |
| My personal favorite album by Motion City Soundtrack. It contains some of the biggest hooks in the band's career, but there's even a song that mentions Zelda: The Ocarina of Time!! |
| My Bloody Valentine Loveless |
| Nadia Reid Preservation |
| Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy IV: Original Soundtrack |
| Orbital Orbital 2 |
| OutKast ATLiens |
| Patterson Hood Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance |
this solo effort from the longtime Drive-By-Truckers songwriter is 100% worth your time. if you're
a fan of the band at all and haven't been lucky enough to stumble across this gem don't delay
"Chasing bugs in your Granny's yard, before you disappeared into time and space" - I felt that |
| Paysage d'Hiver Im Wald |
| Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps |
| Phoebe Bridgers Punisher |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| PUP The Dream Is Over |
| Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime |
| Run the Jewels RTJ4 |
| Rush Moving Pictures |
| Senses Fail Still Searching |
| Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme |
| Sincere Engineer Cheap Grills |
| Spanish Love Songs Schmaltz |
| Spanish Love Songs Brave Faces Everyone |
| album's so damn good it brought Sanders back from a 6-year music rating hiatus |
| Spanish Love Songs No Joy |
| Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies |
| Sweet Trip You Will Never Know Why |
| Tenhi Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006 |
| The Ataris Blue Skies, Broken Hearts, Next Twelve Exits |
| The Beatles The Beatles |
| The Hotelier Home, Like NoPlace Is There |
| The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers |
| The Smith Street Band Throw Me in the River |
| The Smith Street Band Don't Waste Your Anger |
| The Tallest Man on Earth I Love You. It's a Fever Dream. |
| The Tallest Man on Earth Henry St. |
| The Wonder Years The Hum Goes on Forever |
| Titus Andronicus The Monitor |
| Tomberlin i don’t know who needs to hear this... |
| this solidifies her as the most important voice in the genre since Phoebe Bridgers. there... I said it |
| Trophy Eyes Chemical Miracle |
| Singles are so misleading. This has about 5 times the amount of aggression I anticipated based on the tracks they released prior to the release of the album. Overall much more diverse than their debut, with lots of variety in the vocals and an improvement in the lyrics as well. |
| Voivod Nothingface |
| Yellowcard Paper Walls |
| Zach Bryan American Heartbreak |
| 4.0 excellent |
| 2Pac Me Against the World |
| A Day To Remember What Separates Me from You |
| Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties Routine Maintenance |
| Accept Balls to the Wall |
| Aceyalone A Book of Human Language |
| Adramelech Psychostasia |
| Adrianne Lenker Hours Were the Birds |
| Adrianne Lenker Abysskiss |
| Adrianne Lenker Songs |
| Adrianne Lenker Instrumentals |
| Aesop Rock Spirit World Field Guide |
| Aesop Rock Integrated Tech Solutions |
| AFI All Hallow's E.P. |
| Agnes Obel Citizen Of Glass |
| AJJ Knife Man |
| Alanis Morissette Such Pretty Forks in the Road |
| Alda A Distant Fire |
| Aldous Harding Designer |
| Alice Phoebe Lou Glow |
| Alkaline Trio Maybe I'll Catch Fire |
| Alkaline Trio Good Mourning |
| Alkaline Trio Goddamnit |
| Alkaline Trio Remains |
| Alkaline Trio Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs |
| ALL Allroy's Revenge |
| Allelic Reverberations |
| Amber Mark Three Dimensions Deep |
| American Football American Football (LP3) |
| Analepsy Quiescence |
| SLAPS |
| Anberlin Cities |
| Anberlin Vital |
| Andrew Bird HARK! |
| Angelo De Augustine Tomb |
| Antighost Animal Panic! |
| arms reach sugar hollow |
| Artificial Brain Infrared Horizon |
| Astronauts Hollow Ponds |
| Autumn's Grey Solace Within the Depths of a Darkened Forest |
| Axel Boman Family Vacation |
| Bad Astronaut/Armchair Martian War Of The Worlds |
| Bad Moves Tell No One |
| Bad Religion No Control |
| Balance and Composure Too Quick to Forgive |
| Barely Civil I'll Figure This Out |
| Basic Channel Quadrant Dub |
| Bayside There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive |
| Be Well Hello Sun |
| Be'lakor Coherence |
| Bear Mace Charred Field of Slaughter |
| Beastie Boys Ill Communication |
| Big Thief Masterpiece |
| Big Thief Two Hands |
| Billy Joel 52nd Street |
| blink-182 Blink-182 |
| blink-182 Dude Ranch |
| Blonde Redhead 23 |
| Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race |
| Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde |
| Bob Dylan Desire |
| Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan |
| Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Bodyjar New Rituals |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Scrambles |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
| Boygenius the record |
| Brandi Carlile Bear Creek |
| Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| Bright Eyes Letting Off the Happiness |
| Bright Eyes Fevers & Mirrors |
| Bright Eyes Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was |
| Brigid Mae Power Brigid Mae Power |
| Brigid Mae Power The Two Worlds |
| Brigid Mae Power Head Above the Water |
| Brutalligators This house is too big, this house is too small |
| Bug Heaven We Love to Live in Hell |
There's a song on We Love to Live in Hell that references getting drunk and playing Mario
Kart. This alone tells you almost everything you need to know about Bug Heaven |
| Caitlin Canty Motel Bouquet |
| While everyone else is completely focused on the new Kacey Musgraves (and rightfully so) this has been my personal obsession. Released on the same day, it actually complements "Golden Hour" quite nicely. It's not as pop-oriented, but the seamless, relaxed blend of country, folk, and blues makes for the perfect springtime soundtrack. It's been nothing but this and "Golden Hour" back to back the last few days. wtf I love country now [3] |
| Candy (USA) Good To Feel |
| Candy (USA) Heaven Is Here |
| Caroline Polachek Pang |
| Cat Power Moon Pix |
| Charles Wesley Godwin How the Mighty Fall |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg Rest |
| Chaser Dreamers |
| Chat Pile God's Country |
| Circa Survive Blue Sky Noise |
| Circa Survive A Dream About Death |
| Cliffdiver At Your Own Risk |
| Cloakroom Dissolution Wave |
| Clowns Nature / Nurture |
| Cold Years Paradise |
| A stunning debut album full of soaring, feel-good rock songs. You can expect huge, driving guitars and lyrics that bring a necessary dose of optimism during bleak times. The vocalist is top-notch and will surely please fans of Anberlin and Bayside. Killer stuff |
| Common Holly Playing House |
| Copeland Blushing |
| Cosmic Putrefaction The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers |
| Cosmic Putrefaction Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones |
| Courtney Marie Andrews Old Flowers |
| Craig Finn A Legacy Of Rentals |
| Cult of Luna The Raging River |
| Cult of Luna The Long Road North |
| CZARFACE Every Hero Needs a Villain |
| Dad Hats Spill |
| Danny Brown XXX |
| Dark Watcher Dark Watcher |
| Darkspace Dark Space I |
| Dawn Landes Bluebird |
| Dead Alright Dust Falls |
| Death Spiritual Healing |
| Death Leprosy |
| Death Human |
| Deeds of Flesh Crown of Souls |
| Deeds of Flesh Reduced to Ashes |
| Defeated Sanity Disposal Of The Dead // Dharmata |
| Defeated Sanity The Sanguinary Impetus |
| Demon Hunter Songs of Death and Resurrection |
| Tempted to purchase on vinyl just for that artwork alone but the songs are very well-composed in this acoustic package so good initial vibes overall. The new version of ?I Will Fail You? is a major highlight |
| Denzel Curry Melt My Eyez See Your Future |
| Der Weg Einer Freiheit Finisterre |
| As "Finisterre" plays out, there's little you can do but sit in awe, dumbfounded by the amount of skill and precision oozing from each deafening, turbulent track. It's kind of like the band's last album, "Stellar", but on steroids. There's less time to appreciate the ambient sections because they're quickly trampled in the wake of breakneck riffs, but the band's mixture of loud black metal and ambience has never been as potent. |
| Descendents Everything Sucks |
| Devon Kay and The Solutions Yes I Can't |
| Devon Welsh Dream Songs |
| Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been |
| Dinosaur Jr. Beyond |
| Dinosaur Jr. Farm |
| Dinosaur Jr. Sweep It Into Space |
| Direct Hit! Crown Of Nothing |
| Fuck you, get pumped!!! |
| Disavowed Revocation of the Fallen |
| Dismember Like an Ever Flowing Stream |
| Dogleg Melee |
| Domestic Terminal The Flooded Basement EP |
| Downfall of Gaia Atrophy |
| Dr. Dre 2001 |
| Dream Unending Song of Salvation |
| Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark |
| Drive-By Truckers American Band |
| Drive-By Truckers Welcome 2 Club XIII |
| Drop Nineteens Delaware |
| Dropkick Murphys Turn Up That Dial |
| Drudkh Blood In Our Wells |
| Drug Church Hygiene |
| Duster Stratosphere |
| Duster Together |
| Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside |
| Earl Sweatshirt Some Rap Songs |
| Elderwind The Colder The Night |
| Simply gorgeous... this remains one of favorite metal albums of 2018. The melodies throughout this thing never cease to captivate me. The mixture of black metal and ambient here are sure to please fans of Summoning, but the production is much cleaner. |
| Electrocution Inside the Unreal |
| Elliott Smith Figure 8 |
| Emery Rub Some Dirt on It |
| Emily Keener I Do Not Have To Be Good |
| Eminem The Slim Shady LP |
| Emma Worley Sentimentalist |
| Empty Country Empty Country |
| Enemy Alliance Damnation Dawning |
| Entombed Left Hand Path |
| Esoteric A Pyrrhic Existence |
| Faceless Burial Multiversal Abattoir |
| Faceless Burial Speciation |
| Fall Out Boy So Much (For) Stardust |
| Falls of Rauros The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood |
| False Portent |
| Fennec So that I May See You Again |
| Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel... |
| Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters |
| Fireworks All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion |
| Fleeting Joys All Lost Eyes And Glitter |
| Florist Florist |
| Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape |
| Forests Spending Eternity In A Japanese Convenience Store |
| Four Tet Pause |
| Four Tet Rounds |
| Four Tet Sixteen Oceans |
| Frank Turner Love, Ire & Song |
| Free Throw Piecing It Together |
| Free Throw Lessons That We Swear to Keep |
| Fucked Up One Day |
| Future Teens Hard Feelings |
| Future Teens Breakup Season |
| Gabriel Kahane Book of Travelers |
| Gang Starr Step in the Arena |
| Gang Starr Hard to Earn |
| Genocide Pact Order Of Torment |
| Get Dead Dancing with the Curse |
| Gia Margaret There's Always Glimmer |
| Gorgeous pianos and subtle synths mesh well with Gia Margaret's warm, lo-fi approach. Her voice is stunning and the lyrics inviting; one of the best singer-songwriter releases of the year so far. |
| Gia Margaret Mia Gargaret |
| Gidge Autumn Bells |
| Gillian Welch The Harrow And The Harvest |
| Glen Hansard This Wild Willing |
| Go Radio Lucky Street |
| Good Riddance A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion |
| Good Riddance Thoughts And Prayers |
| 28 minutes of fast, quality punk rock and... Michael Douglas?! |
| Gorephilia In The Eye Of Nothing |
| Gorguts Considered Dead |
| Gorguts From Wisdom to Hate |
| Gorguts Pleiades' Dust |
| Great Grandpa Plastic Cough |
| Great Shakes Great Shakes |
| Green Day Nimrod |
| Green Day Insomniac |
| Green Day BBC Sessions |
This resurrected collection of Green Day recordings is the best thing the punk rock trio have dropped in over 15 years. A
near-perfect selection of tracks from their prime that all contain that authentic bite they’ve been missing for so long.
This came out of nowhere and it was nice being able to smile and rock out a bit to Green Day like old times |
| Gregor Barnett Don't Go Throwing Roses in My Grave |
| Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill |
| Grouper Ruins |
| Hailey Whitters The Dream |
The first truly outstanding country album of 2020 is a lyrical goldmine with a knack for soothing
ballads and huge pop hooks. LISTEN TO IT |
| Haley Heynderickx and Max Garcia Conover Among Horses III |
| Hank Mobley Soul Station |
| Hard Girls A Thousand Surfaces |
| If you love Spanish Love Songs but overlooked this album you're in a for a treat. Hard Girls are a loud trio formed within the confines of a California carpet company - a job that apparently brings a relentless anxiety to their sound. I'm glad they have an outlet where they can just explode when not dealing with customers and their anal fiber preferences. Whatever your job is, there's no denying how natural it feels to let loose and sing along with this rockin' set of tunes. |
| Hatchie Keepsake |
| Have Heart Songs to Scream at the Sun |
| Have Mercy (Indie) The Earth Pushed Back |
| Havnatt Gammal Bygd |
| Havukruunu Kelle Surut Soi |
| Heartsounds Internal Eyes |
| Hilary Woods Colt |
| Hit the Switch Entropic |
| Holding Patterns Endless |
| Home Is Where The Whaler |
| That look on chilledpunkrock's face when he realizes I Became Birds was, in fact, not an EP |
| Hop Along Bark Your Head Off, Dog |
| Hot Mulligan Pilot |
| Hot Water Music Caution |
| Hot Water Music Forever and Counting |
| Hot Water Music Fuel for the Hate Game |
| Hot Water Music No Division |
| Hot Water Music Feel the Void |
| Hour of Penance The Vile Conception |
| Hour of Penance Sedition |
| Hum Downward Is Heavenward |
| Husker Du Candy Apple Grey |
| Hyperdontia Nexus of Teeth |
What a shame this doesn't have a review. If you dig cavernous death metal with an old school vibe
it doesn't get much better than this... a grimy treat that gets straight to the point |
| Ice Cube The Predator |
| If Only, If Only If Only, If Only |
| In Flames The Jester Race |
| Ingested The Surreption II |
| Introvert Mending Breaking |
| Iron Chic Not Like This |
| Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time |
| Irrwisch Irrwisch |
| Jade Bird Different Kinds of Light |
| I get that this came out on the heels of the new Laura Stevenson and supposedly The Killers are making religion cool again BUT that is no excuse to overlook this gorgeous and varied album |
| Japanese Heart Software SOFT |
| Jason Isbell Something More Than Free |
| Jason Isbell The Nashville Sound |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint |
| Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt |
| Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 82 |
| Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 |
| Jeff Rosenstock WORRY. |
| Jenna and the Janes Earth Dog Year |
| Jennifer Castle Angels of Death |
| Jenny Hval Blood Bitch |
| Jenny Hval The Long Sleep |
| Jenny Hval Classic Objects |
| Jessie Ware What's Your Pleasure? |
| JFDR New Dreams |
very thoughtful of her to go by JFDR to save us the embarrassment of trying to pronounce a name like that.
insanely captivating indie pop/folk hybrid with an electronic touch; her voice is special |
| JID The Forever Story |
| Jimmy Eat World Bleed American |
| Jimmy Eat World Surviving |
| Do you want the work more than the reward?? |
| Joanna Newsom Divers |
| Joey Cape A Good Year To Forget |
| Fictional is a haunting 5/5 track: a (sadly) perfect portrayal of the world we're living in today. Joey Cape is a legend. From Lagwagon and Bad Astronaut to his solo endeavors, you can always expect some quality from virtually anything he's a part of. |
| Johanna Warren Gemini II |
| Johanna Warren Fates |
| John Lennon Imagine |
| John Williams Jurassic Park |
| Joyce Manor Joyce Manor |
| Joystick! I Can't Take it Anymore |
| JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown Scaring the Hoes |
| Julie Byrne Not Even Happiness |
| Julie Byrne The Greater Wings |
| Julien Baker Sprained Ankle |
| Justin Hurwitz Babylon OST |
| Voodoo Mama fucks |
| Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour |
| Kali Masi Wind Instrument |
| Kali Masi Laughs |
| Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly |
| Kevin Morby Singing Saw |
| Kevin Morby Still Life |
| Kevin Morby Oh My God |
| Khan (AUS) Creatures |
| Killer Mike R.A.P. Music |
| King Geedorah Take Me to Your Leader |
| Korn Issues |
| Korn Follow the Leader |
| KRS-One Return Of The Boom Bap |
| Kurious A Constipated Monkey |
| Lagwagon Hoss |
| Lagwagon Trashed |
| Lande Hekt House Without A View |
| Langhorne Slim Lost At Last, Vol 1 |
| This is about as close as we're gonna get to a Byrds or Simon and Garfunkel album in 2017. "Zombie" is one kick ass track that feels like it came straight out of the 60s. |
| Latterman No Matter Where We Go...! |
| Leon Vynehall Rojus |
| Leon Vynehall Rare, Forever |
| Less Than Jake Losing Streak |
| Life In Vacuum Lost |
| Lightfoils Lightfoils EP |
| Lightning Bug October Song |
| Liminal Shroud All Virtues Ablaze |
This whole album is pretty great but the closing track is a beautiful beast that leaves you nothing short of intoxicated.
Liminal Shroud have crafted some of the strongest melodies and crescendos you?ll hear this year. You can be damn sure
I?ll still be listening to this as we approach autumn - the season this melancholic explosion of atmosphere was perfectly
designed for. |
| Loscil First Narrows |
| Loscil Plume |
| Loscil Endless Falls |
| Lost In Society Stay Jaded |
| LSD and the Search for God LSD and the Search for God |
| Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road |
| Lucy Dacus Home Video |
| Lush Gala |
| Lydia Loveless Daughter |
| Madison Cunningham For the Sake of the Rhyme |
| Incredible EP!! RILY: Big Thief, Phoebe Bridgers, Regina Spektor, cute Simon and Garfunkel covers |
| Make Do and Mend End Measured Mile |
| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas |
| March Set Loose |
| Margo Cilker Pohorylle |
The best country album of the year that isn't Emily Scott Robinson. Also, fun fact: Slex
recommended this album to me and I added it to my library during a distracted moment. Long story
short, I add new releases to my library religiously and completely forgot it came from him so
proceeded to recommend him the exact same album lmao. Big brain moment, but when an album moves
you enough to immediately want to share with your go-to music peers, you know you've found
something special |
| Marissa Nadler For My Crimes |
| Quite possibly Marissa Nadler's most complete album to date is perfect for the fall weather. In comparison to "Strangers" the songs here are more focused, leaving more of an impact in much less time. It's often instrumentally stunning and contains some of her best vocal melodies to date. Best tracks: "For My Crimes", "Are You Really Gonna Move to the South?", "Blue Vapor", "Interlocking", "Said Goodbye to That Car". |
| Marissa Nadler The Path of the Clouds |
| Marsh Dweller Wanderer |
| Mary Lattimore Silver Ladders |
| Mary Lattimore and Mac McCaughan New Rain Duets |
| Max Richter Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works |
| The beautiful thing about this album is it really does feel like three albums wrapped into one: each section possessing its own unique heartbeat. Based on Virginia Woolf novels, it requires no prior knowledge of the books for interpretation. Across three very different acts, the music does all the talking for us - from the serene opening tracks to a jarring midsection, and an expansive and experimental closer. Whether you're completely unfamiliar with Richter's extensive list of works or you're an avid fan, Three Worlds has a little something for everyone. |
| Maxo Kream Maxo 187 |
| Maxo Kream Weight Of The World |
| Maya Hawke Blush |
| Mayday Parade Tales Told By Dead Friends |
| Mayday Parade A Lesson In Romantics |
| Mental Cruelty A Hill to Die Upon |
I had no idea how much I needed a combo of brutal death intensity and dynamic atmospheric bm until
this beauty graced my ears |
| Metal Church Metal Church |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All |
| Meus Miserere Mei Deus |
| mewithoutYou Catch For Us the Foxes |
| mewithoutYou Brother, Sister |
| MF DOOM Born Like This |
| Millencolin Pennybridge Pioneers |
| Millencolin True Brew |
| Misser Distancing |
| Mithotyn In the Sign of the Ravens |
| Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica |
| Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West |
| Modest Mouse Building Nothing Out of Something |
| Modest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About |
| Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank |
| Mom Jeans. best buds |
| Monument of Misanthropy Unterweger |
| Mortiferum Preserved in Torment |
| Muncie Girls B-Sides The Point |
| Mustard Plug Evildoers Beware! |
| MxPx Let It Happen |
| My Bloody Valentine Tremolo |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade |
| Nada Surf Lucky |
| Nadia Reid Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs |
| Nadia Reid Out of My Province |
| Nas King's Disease III |
| Natalia Lafourcade Musas Vol. 2 |
| Natalie Hemby Puxico |
| Nazareth Hair of the Dog |
| Necrot Blood Offerings |
| New Found Glory Sticks and Stones |
| New Found Glory Catalyst |
| New Found Glory New Found Glory |
| New Found Glory Forever + Ever x Infinity |
| Nhor Within the Darkness Between the Starlight |
| One of the strongest black metal releases of the decade. What really sets Nhor apart in the sea of one-man black metal acts lies in the minimalistic, atmospheric piano melodies. Often less is more with Nhor, and his ability to seamlessly switch from a crushing wall of black metal to sparse pianos is nothing short of impressive. Bonus points awarded for the quiet moments being just as captivating as the louder ones. |
| Night Flowers Wild Notion |
| Kinda reminds me of a dreamier soccer mommy on one hand and Fazerdaze on the other. Several top-notch cuts here, but can't go wrong with "Sandcastles", "Unwound" or "Cruel Wind". Anytime you're feeling down, this will lift you right up with its accessible and warm melodies. |
| niiice. Never Better |
| niiice. Try to Stay Positive |
| Nino Rota The Godfather |
| No Use for a Name Hard Rock Bottom |
| No Use for a Name All The Best Songs |
| Definitely not a bad starting point for anyone not familiar with NUFAN's music. Containing songs that span their entire career, "All The Best Songs" rewards its listener with quality jams that represent their softer side as well as their fast-paced, early punk days. |
| NOFX Punk in Drublic |
| NOFX The Decline - Live at Red Rocks |
| NOFX/Frank Turner West Coast vs. Wessex |
| Nokturnal Mortum The Voice of Steel |
| Obsequiae The Palms of Sorrowed Kings |
| More proof that incorporating harps in your music makes the world a better place |
| Off With Their Heads From the Bottom |
| Off With Their Heads In Desolation |
| Off With Their Heads Home |
| Olivia Chaney Shelter |
| Oozing Wound We Cater To Cowards |
| Orbital Orbital |
| Origami Angel Gen 3 |
| Origami Angel The Brightest Days |
| Osi and the Jupiter Uthuling Hyl |
| Badass Nordic folk music with an ambient touch. This may or may not sound even better since I'm playing through the new God of War right now, but wow... |
| Oso Oso Basking in the glow |
| Outer Heaven Infinite Psychic Depths |
| OutKast Stankonia |
| Overgrow Hear Your Voice Again |
| Overkill Horrorscope |
| Palette Knife New Game+ |
| Panopticon Roads to the North |
| Panopticon Autumn Eternal |
| Panopticon The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness |
| Panopticon/Nechochwen Panopticon / Nechochwen |
Two takeaways from this spit: Austin Lunn really doesn't sleep at night and Nechochwen are a band
to invest your time in. The first outstanding black metal release of 2020 |
| Patty Griffin Patty Griffin |
| Paysage d'Hiver Das Tor |
| Paysage d'Hiver Im Traum |
| Pearl Jam Dark Matter |
| PEARS Pears |
| Undernourished, underpaid. On second thought, my compensation's probably fair..YEEAAHHHHHH |
| Pestilence Consuming Impulse |
| Phil Collins Tarzan |
| Pinegrove 11:11 |
| Pinkshinyultrablast Happy Songs For Happy Zombies |
| Pinkshinyultrablast Everything Else Matters |
| Pistol Annies Interstate Gospel |
| The vocals and melodies throughout "Interstate Gospel" are so damn smooth. Lots of variety throughout. Sometimes they go for a more sarcastic, playful nature (see "Stop Drop and Roll One") but the slow burners like "5 Acres of Turnips" show the softer side of Pistol Annies that I can't get enough of. One of the best country albums of 2018. |
| Pity Sex Feast of Love |
| PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love |
| Polar Bear Club Chasing Hamburg |
| Polar Bear Club Clash Battle Guilt Pride |
| Pool Kids Pool Kids |
| Prince Daddy and The Hyena I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving |
| Promise Game Is Won't Be Long Now |
| Prong Beg to Differ |
| Propagandhi Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes |
| Propagandhi How to Clean Everything |
| Propagandhi Supporting Caste |
| Pulley Matters |
| PUP PUP |
| PUP The Unraveling of PUPTheBand |
| Quiet Riot Metal Health |
| Ramona Deals, Deals, Deals! |
| Raphael Weinroth-Browne Worlds Within |
| Raphael Weinroth-Browne Worlds Within Live |
| Red City Radio The Dangers of Standing Still |
| Red City Radio Titles |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way |
| Regina Spektor Home, Before and After |
| Regulate In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow |
| Restorations A/B |
| Restorations Restorations |
| Retirement Party Strictly Speaking |
| Retirement Party Somewhat Literate |
| Richard Hell and The Voidoids Blank Generation |
| Ripped to Shreds 劇變 (Jubian) |
| Rosehall The First Requisite Is Life |
| Rota Fortunae Solstice |
| Rota Fortunae Hinterland |
| Royal Headache High |
| Ruby Haunt Watching the Grass Grow |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 3 |
| Rush Signals |
| Rush Hemispheres |
| Ruston Kelly Shape and Destroy |
| Sampha Process |
| Sangre de Muerdago Sangre de Muerdago |
| Sangre de Muerdago O Vento que Lambe as miñas Feridas |
| Saor Aura |
| Sara Bareilles Kaleidoscope Heart |
| Saves the Day Stay What You Are |
| Say Anything Say Anything |
| Scorched (USA-DE) Ecliptic Butchery |
| Sebadoh Bakesale |
| Secret And Whisper Great White Whale |
| Selvans / Downfall Of Nur Selvans / Downfall of Nur |
| Senses Fail Life Is Not a Waiting Room |
| Senses Fail The Fire |
| Shannen Moser The Sun Still Seems to Move |
| Shannon Lay August |
| Sharon Van Etten Are We There |
| Sharon Van Etten We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong |
| Signals Midwest Pin |
| Signals Midwest DENT |
| Silkworm Lifestyle |
| Silverstein This Is How the Wind Shifts |
| Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Skeletal Remains Fragments of the Ageless |
| Slow Pulp Moveys |
| Slowdive Slowdive (LP) |
| Snarls Burst |
| Snoop Dogg Doggystyle |
| Snuff Demmamussabebonk |
| Soccer Mommy for young hearts |
| Soccer Mommy Clean |
| There's an abundance of nice, breezy melodies to be found on Soccer Mommy's Clean, but none of them with the gorgeous, smooth demeanor of "Scorpio Rising." It's a perfect song for the early spring - Sophie Allison's crisp delivery detailing everything from kissing in a park to metaphors of bubbly Coca-Cola. So, what makes this song so special? It all comes down to intimacy. It's the only track on Clean where Sophie sounds like she's performing in the same space as you, without any fuzz or hazy demeanor to hide behind. This is simply Sophie Allison, mask removed and all. |
| Solange A Seat at the Table |
| Somos Temple of Plenty |
| Souls of Mischief 93 'til Infinity |
| Soundtrack (Video Game) Witcher 3 - The Wild Hunt |
| Soundtrack (Video Game) Golden Axe I & II |
| Spanish Love Songs Brave Faces Etc. |
| Spectral Lore III |
| Spectral Lore and Mare Cognitum Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine |
| Spooky Cool Existential Pie |
| Steely Dan Can't Buy a Thrill |
| Steely Dan The Royal Scam |
| Steely Dan Katy Lied |
| Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs |
| Still Corners Strange Pleasures |
| Strung Out Twisted By Design |
| Strung Out Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues |
| Stuck Out Here Until We're Each Someone Else |
| Suffocation Effigy of the Forgotten |
| Suffocation Hymns From the Apocrypha |
| Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine A Beginner's Mind |
| Suicidal Tendencies How Will I Laugh Tomorrow If I Can't Even Smile Today? |
| Suicidal Tendencies Lights...Camera...Revolution |
| Suldusk Anthesis |
| Sum 41 Heaven :x: Hell |
| Summoning Stronghold |
| Sunliner Sunliner |
| Superchunk No Pocky For Kitty |
| Superchunk On the Mouth |
| Surely Temple It's Later Now |
| Sweet Pill Starchild |
| Swingin' Utters Peace and Love |
| One of the most underrated punk bands on the planet are back with "Peace and Love." This thing is nothing short of a blast from front to back - a fine representation of a band that's been kicking ass for over 25 years. There are huge guitars and gruff vocals to be sure, but the band have also mastered the art of melody, with some of the strongest hooks of their lengthy career. Listen to this band, you won't regret it. |
| Swirlies Blonder Tongue Audio Baton |
| Swirlies They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons |
| System of a Down System of a Down |
| System of a Down Toxicity |
| Tears Run Rings Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never |
| Teenage Bottlerocket Warning Device |
| Teenage Bottlerocket They Came from the Shadows |
| Telethon The Grand Spontanean |
| Telethon Hard Pop |
| Tenhi Saivo |
| Testament Titans of Creation |
| Thank You, I'm Sorry I'm Glad We're Friends |
the lyrics are soooo good. RIYL: Retirement Party or Muncie Girls with an American Football-lite
atmosphere. I'm becoming obsessed with it.. |
| The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen |
| The Aquabats The Fury of the Aquabats! |
| The Ataris End is Forever |
| The Ataris Anywhere But Here |
| The Beatles Help! |
| The Best of the Worst Better Medicine |
| The Beths Expert in a Dying Field |
| The Bouncing Souls The Gold Record |
| The Bouncing Souls Crucial Moments |
| The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers |
| The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man |
| The Chicks Home |
| The Chicks Gaslighter |
| The Copyrights Make Sound |
| The Copyrights Alone in a Dome |
| The Dangerous Summer Reach for the Sun |
| The December Sound The Silver Album |
| The Early November Twenty |
| The Exit Bags Our Sun Will Clean Its Holy Wounds |
| The Flatliners Cavalcade |
| The Front Bottoms The Front Bottoms |
| The Game The Documentary |
| The Hold Steady Separation Sunday |
| The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America |
| The Hold Steady Open Door Policy |
| The Horrible Crowes Elsie |
| The Killers Sam's Town |
| The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies |
| The Lawrence Arms Oh! Calcutta! |
| The Lawrence Arms Buttsweat and Tears |
| The Living End The Living End |
| The Loved Ones (USA-PA) Keep Your Heart |
| The Mountain Goats Tallahassee |
| The Mountain Goats Goths |
| I liked Beat the Champ. It was a fun Mountain Goats album, but I surely didn't love it. When I heard John Darnielle was switching the theme from wrestling to gothic culture for his latest album, I wasn't sure what to make of it. Right off the bat, though, Goths blows its predecessor out of the water. With no guitars to speak of on the album, Darnielle's songwriting is more focused, and the whole thing is gorgeously orchestrated. Upbeat horns and jazzy sections are glittered throughout the surprisingly bright album: probably the exact opposite of what a typical goth would listen to. It's satirical, full of life, and surprisingly accessible for a Mountain Goats album. |
| The Muslims Gentrifried Chicken |
| The Offspring Smash |
| The Offspring Ixnay on the Hombre |
| The Penske File Burn Into the Earth |
| The Penske File Salvation |
| The Prodigy Music for the Jilted Generation |
| The Promise Ring Nothing Feels Good |
| The Promise Ring 30 Degrees Everywhere |
| The Radio Dept. Lesser Matters |
| The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed |
| The Rolling Stones Some Girls |
| The Roots undun |
| The Sidekicks Awkward Breeds |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream |
| The Sonder Bombs Clothbound |
| The Story So Far Under Soil and Dirt |
| The Suicide Machines Battle Hymns |
| The Suicide Machines / Coquettish GEBO GOMI |
| The Tallest Man on Earth Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird |
| The Tallest Man on Earth There's No Leaving Now |
| The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey |
| The Used In Love and Death |
| The Vandals Hitler Bad, Vandals Good |
| The Vandals Live Fast Diarrhea |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground |
| The Who Who's Next |
| The Wonder Years The Upsides |
| The Wonder Years No Closer to Heaven |
| The Wrens The Meadowlands |
| There Will Be Fireworks The Dark, Dark Bright |
| Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind |
| Tigers Jaw I Won't Care How You Remember Me |
| Timeshares Bearable |
| Timeshares Already Dead |
| Tiny Moving Parts Celebrate |
| Tiny Moving Parts Breathe |
| Tiny Ruins Ceremony |
| Tired Lion Dumb Days |
| Tired Radio Patterns |
| Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances |
| Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy |
| TLC CrazySexyCool |
| Todd Terje It's Album Time |
| Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
| Tomberlin At Weddings |
| Tony Sly 12 Song Program |
| Total Downer Caretaker |
| Trampled By Turtles Life Is Good On The Open Road |
| Trophy Scars Holy Vacants |
| Un Sentiment |
| This is pretty nice. Haven't been that crazy about metal this year but I can already tell this one’s gonna be something special. Besides, it deserves attention for that gorgeous artwork alone! |
| Undeath Lesions of a Different Kind |
| Valdrin Throne of the Lunar Soul |
| Vali Forlatt |
| Various Artists Whom The Moon A Nightsong Sings |
| Vertebra Atlantis Lustral Purge in Cerulean Bliss |
| Voivod The Outer Limits |
| Voivod Killing Technology |
| Wake Thought Form Descent |
| Wardruna Runaljod - Yggdrasil |
| Weezer Pinkerton |
| Weval Remember |
| Weyes Blood Front Row Seat to Earth |
| Wil Wagner Spiralling |
| Wild Pink Yolk in the Fur |
| Wild Pink ILYSM |
| William Ryan Key Virtue |
| The last minute of "No More, No Less" being basically blackgaze was one hell of a surprise. I assumed this EP would just be more of the same, but the gorgeous instrumentation put that notion to rest. |
| William Ryan Key Everything Except Desire |
| William Tyler Goes West |
| Winterfylleth The Reckoning Dawn |
| Wintergatan Wintergatan |
| Woljager Van't Liewen un Stiawen |
| One of the year's most overlooked gems is a real treat in the neofolk genre. With a sound that rests comfortably between german dark folk (think Forseti, Nebelung) and a more neoclassical approach along the lines of Vali and Musk Ox, the debut by Woljager is sure to have a wide appeal. Due to the large helping of variety and melancholy, it's easily one of the strongest neofolk albums in recent years. |
| Woods Strange To Explain |
| Worm Foreverglade |
| Yellowcard Childhood Eyes |
| Youth Fountain Letters to Our Former Selves |
| Yves Tumor Safe in the Hands of Love |
| Zach Bryan Zach Bryan |
