| 2013 |
| Starbomb Starbomb | 1.0 |
| City Of Ifa City of Ifa | 3.0 |
| Beastmilk Climax | 3.5 |
| Five Iron Frenzy Engine of a Million Plots | 4.0 |
| There Will Be Fireworks The Dark, Dark Bright | 2.0 |
| Melt Yourself Down Sticks and Stones | 3.5 |
| one 48 minute track that's worth delving into. quite a mix of styles that flow surprisingly well |
| Death Grips Government Plates | 1.5 |
| State Faults Resonate/Desperate | 3.0 |
| Foxing The Albatross | 4.0 |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Try Not To Destroy Everything You Love | 2.0 |
| Trophy Eyes Everything Goes Away | 2.0 |
| Our Last Night Oak Island | 1.5 |
| sunrise sounds like Beber with distortion. im going to pretend this band quit after Ghosts among us. |
| A Wilhelm Scream Partycrasher | 3.5 |
| Crusades Perhaps You Deliver This Judgement... | 3.5 |
| Nickelback The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 | 1.0 |
| ERRA Augment | 2.5 |
| the "progressive" aspect of their genre is nowhere to be found, thus landing Erra's album Augment in the category of "comfortable mediocrity". |
| A Lot Like Birds No Place | 3.0 |
| Protest the Hero Volition | 4.0 |
| Arcade Fire Reflektor | 2.5 |
| AFI Burials | 3.0 |
| AFI doing what they do. sounds solid, tight, with good production. something something happy fun times. |
| Katy Perry Prism | 2.0 |
| Tim Hecker Virgins | 3.0 |
| Plini Sweet Nothings | 4.0 |
| Melt-Banana Fetch | 3.5 |
| Miley Cyrus Bangerz | 1.5 |
| A Day To Remember Common Courtesy | 2.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech | 2.5 |
| Lazer Kitty MOONS | 2.5 |
| Danny Brown Old | 3.5 |
| PUP PUP | 5.0 |
| this is going on my 'Sputnik needs this' list |
| Oceanus Sirens | 3.5 |
| Touche Amore Is Survived By | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Dream Theater | 2.5 |
| 65daysofstatic Wild Light | 2.5 |
| Balance and Composure The Things We Think We're Missing | 2.5 |
| Modern Life Is War Fever Hunting | 3.0 |
| Diarrhea Planet I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams | 4.5 |
| Guitar driven 'garage post indie rock' with a blissful high-energy optimism that might appeal to fans of Fang Island and Pup. |
| Feuding Fathers Kid Tested, Father Approved | 3.5 |
| The Smith Street Band Don't Fuck With Our Dreams | 4.0 |
| Norma Jean Wrongdoers | 3.5 |
| Pond (AUS) Hobo Rocket | 3.0 |
| Julia Holter Loud City Song | 2.0 |
| True Widow Circumambulation | 3.0 |
| Counterparts The Difference Between Hell and Home | 4.0 |
| Fuck Buttons Slow Focus | 3.0 |
| Crash of Rhinos Knots | 3.5 |
| The Octopus Project Fever Forms | 3.0 |
| Relient K Collapsible Lung | 1.5 |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels | 3.5 |
| Pity Sex Feast of Love | 3.0 |
| Mouth Of The Architect Dawning | 3.5 |
| Falling in Reverse Fashionably Late | 1.0 |
| Kanye West Yeezus | 1.5 |
| The World Is a Beautiful Place... Whenever, If Ever | 3.0 |
| Sigur Ros Kveikur | 4.5 |
| Melt Yourself Down Melt Yourself Down | 4.5 |
| CHON Newborn Sun | 2.5 |
| Scale the Summit The Migration | 3.0 |
| Deafheaven Sunbather | 4.0 |
| Portugal. The Man Evil Friends | 2.5 |
| Rainbow Danger Club Souvenirs | 3.5 |
| Iron Tongue The Dogs Have Barked, The Birds Have Flown | 2.5 |
| The National Trouble Will Find Me | 2.5 |
| Delta Sleep Management | 3.0 |
| Daft Punk Random Access Memories | 3.0 |
| good album, just can't see myself listening to this. |
| A Picture of Her C | 3.0 |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer | 2.0 |
| The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation | 2.5 |
| Eluvium Nightmare Ending | 3.0 |
| Anamanaguchi Endless Fantasy | 3.0 |
| Enemies Embark Embrace | 3.0 |
| Coliseum Sister Faith | 2.5 |
| The Appleseed Cast Illumination Ritual | 4.0 |
| Illumination Ritual is the next evolution of a band who has always sat at the edge of progression. This isn't too far of a stretch from what they've accomplished with previous albums, so it carries the humble nostalgia along from previous albums. Illumination ritual is rich with dense musical atmospheres; you must be prepared to dive into this experience because it presents us with a very distinct tone. For me, it's confining to a particular space, and not quite as ?free? or ?releasing? as progressive-ambient music could be. This could be due to the style of vocals, muffled and compressed. There is a good balance of lyrics and instrumental, and the flow through and between these elements feels good. The production, reflected especially through the vocals, is downright balls. But this is where competence of writing to create feels, and instrumentation, come in to make Illumination Ritual stand out. |
| Their / They're / There Their / They're / There | 3.5 |
| will.i.am #Willpower | 1.0 |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito | 2.0 |
| The Flaming Lips The Terror | 2.5 |
| Tera Melos X'ed Out | 2.5 |
| Osees Floating Coffin | 3.5 |
| The Here and Now Born to Make Believe Part 1 | 3.5 |
| Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt Dys/Closure | 3.0 |
| Ninja Sex Party Strawberries and Cream | 3.5 |
| Anciients Heart of Oak | 3.0 |
| Paramore Paramore | 1.0 |
| Ghost (SWE) Infestissumam | 3.5 |
| Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze | 3.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Migrant | 4.5 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal | 1.5 |
| Postmadonna POSTMADONNA | 4.0 |
| The Story So Far What You Don't See | 2.5 |
| The Color Morale Know Hope | 3.0 |
| Kvelertak Meir | 3.0 |
| And So I Watch You From Afar All Hail Bright Futures | 3.5 |
| Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience | 2.5 |
| tsosis Acoustics | 3.0 |
| Plini Other Things | 3.5 |
| How to Destroy Angels Welcome Oblivion | 4.0 |
| Braid/Balance and Composure Split | 2.0 |
| The Little Explorer Siderali | 3.5 |
| Shai Hulud Reach Beyond the Sun | 2.5 |
| Iceage You're Nothing | 2.5 |
| HRVRD From the Bird's Cage | 3.0 |
| My Chemical Romance Number Five | 3.0 |
| Silverstein This Is How the Wind Shifts | 3.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Descension | 3.5 |
| The Bronx The Bronx (IV) | 3.5 |
| My Bloody Valentine m b v | 4.0 |
| Funeral for a Friend Conduit | 2.5 |
| FIDLAR FIDLAR | 3.0 |
| TTNG 13.0.0.0.0 | 3.0 |
| Tiny Moving Parts This Couch Is Long & Full of Friendship | 3.5 |
| Hollywood Undead Notes From the Underground | 1.0 |
| Black Veil Brides Wretched and Divine | 1.5 |
| My Chemical Romance Number Four | 2.5 |
| Brave Bird Maybe You, No One Else Worth It | 3.0 |
| Comadre Comadre | 3.0 |
| Katalepsy Autopsychosis | 3.0 |
| Skrillex Leaving | 1.0 |
| Milo Things That Happen At Day | 2.5 |
| Milo Things That Happen At Night | 3.0 |
| Abyssal (UK) Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius | 2.5 |
| Entities Aether | 3.5 |
| Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Equinox | 3.5 |
