| 2015 |
| Grimes Art Angels | 4.5 |
| Logic The Incredible True Story | 3.5 |
| Car Seat Headrest Teens of Style | 3.5 |
| Deerhunter Fading Frontier | 4.0 |
| Beach House Thank Your Lucky Stars | 4.0 |
| Deafheaven New Bermuda | 4.0 |
| Kurt Vile b'lieve i'm goin' down... | 3.5 |
| Fetty Wap Fetty Wap | 3.5 |
| Julia Holter Have You In My Wilderness | 4.0 |
| U.S. Girls Half Free | 4.0 |
| Jay Rock 90059 | 3.5 |
| Ought Sun Coming Down | 4.0 |
| Young Thug Slime Season | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The Book of Souls | 4.0 |
| Destroyer Poison Season | 4.0 |
| Beach House Depression Cherry | 4.5 |
| Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion | 3.5 |
| FKA Twigs M3LL155X | 4.0 |
| Georgia Georgia | 3.5 |
| Mac DeMarco Another One | 4.0 |
| Wonder Girls Reboot | 4.0 |
| Lianne La Havas Blood | 4.0 |
| Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy | 4.0 |
| Jason Isbell Something More Than Free | 3.5 |
| Tame Impala Currents | 4.0 |
| Future DS2 | 4.0 |
| Wilco Star Wars | 4.0 |
| Miguel Wildheart | 4.0 |
| Vince Staples Summertime '06 | 4.0 |
| Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material | 4.0 |
| Thundercat The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam | 3.5 |
| Jenny Hval Apocalypse, girl | 4.0 |
| Jamie xx In Colour | 4.0 |
| Sun Kil Moon Universal Themes | 4.0 |
| Girlpool Before the World Was Big | 4.5 |
| Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment Surf | 4.0 |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra Multi-Love | 3.5 |
| ASAP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP | 4.0 |
| Shamir Ratchet | 3.5 |
| Mbongwana Star From Kinshasa | 3.5 |
| Hop Along Painted Shut | 4.0 |
| Torres Sprinter | 4.0 |
| Kamasi Washington The Epic | 4.5 |
| Nao February 15 | 3.5 |
| Passion Pit Kindred | 3.5 |
| Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer | 4.0 |
| Alabama Shakes Sound & Color | 4.0 |
| Tribulation The Children of the Night | 4.0 |
| Young Thug Barter 6 | 4.0 |
| Young Fathers White Men Are Black Men Too | 3.5 |
| Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp | 4.0 |
| Drenge Undertow | 4.0 |
| Death Grips The Powers That B | 3.5 |
| Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell | 4.0 |
| Lower Dens Escape from Evil | 4.0 |
| Courtney Barnett sometimes i sit and think, and sometimes i just sit | 4.0 |
| Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside | 3.5 |
| Death Grips The Powers That B - Part II: Jenny Death | 4.0 |
| Tobias Jesso Jr. Goon | 4.0 |
| Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly | 4.5 |
| Ghostpoet Shedding Skin | 3.5 |
| Ghostface Killah and BADBADNOTGOOD Sour Soul | 3.5 |
| Ibeyi Ibeyi | 3.5 |
| Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late | 4.0 |
| Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear | 4.0 |
| Napalm Death Apex Predator - Easy Meat | 3.0 |
| Vic Spencer The Cost Of Victory | 3.5 |
| Zun Zun Egui Shackles Gift | 4.5 |
| Natalie Prass Natalie Prass | 4.0 |
| Joey Badass B4.DA.$$ | 3.5 |
| Belle and Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance | 4.0 |
| It is fearless. And it is impressive. But Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is nowhere worth a five year wait. Nevertheless, no one should be complaining about welcoming back the band's always pleasant, lush sound. And the second half of the album is the best we've heard in years. rKiller tracks: Nobody's Empire, The Cat With the Cream, Perfect Couples, Ever Had a Little Faith?, Play For Today, The Book of You, Today (This Army's For Peace) |
| Preoccupations Viet Cong | 4.0 |
| Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love | 4.0 |
| Lupe Fiasco Tetsuo and Youth | 4.0 |
| Panda Bear Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper | 4.0 |
| Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show | 4.0 |
| Rae Sremmurd SremmLife | 4.0 |
| First listen: what a joke. Latest listen: unlocked.rRae Sremmurd's debut album Sremmlife is what I found funny and loose to begin with. Gradually though, it became a down great bumper of a hip-hop album I love to get hype to. rKiller tracks: Lit Like Bic, No Flex Zone, Up Like Trump, Throw Some Mo, YNO, No Type, Safe Sex Pay Checks. |
| Twice The Story Begins | 3.0 |
| 2013 |
| Britney Spears Britney Jean | 2.5 |
| Whether Will.i.am is Britney's major influence and reason for Britney Jean's outcome, it's not enough of an excuse for this lifeless and suffocating album. If we wanted Britney's best we wouldn't have to channel it through autotune, stunted synths and all things Will.i.am. |
| Soundtrack (Disney) Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| Death Grips Government Plates | 3.5 |
| With a killer intro track, Government Plates eventuates itself from what may seem like a bombardment of unnatural sounds between first listen, to a sudden creative and interesting album from experimentalists, Death Grips. But if you were looking for an album that tops off the group's previous works, I guess you'll have to wait another year. |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | 3.5 |
| Eminem's true comeback? You could say for the most of it as some of the tracks match up to his work from ten years ago. Yet, it doesn't compare to the original Marshal Mathers LP - instead it only has a stab at it. |
| M.I.A. Matangi | 3.5 |
| Arcade Fire Reflektor | 4.5 |
| MO Bikini Daze | 4.0 |
| Miley Cyrus Bangerz | 3.0 |
| With the exception of gorgeous ballad 'Adore You' and the sexy '#GETITRIGHT', Bangerz doesn't hold much thrill. When it does, it's fun and sorta smart, but when it isn't it's chocked with mediocre production, cheesy lyrics and careless guest acts that don't make it any more great. |
| HAIM Days Are Gone | 3.5 |
| HAIM's reluctancy to build huge consistency throughout their debut album is what makes it lack the bona-fide structure of a great album. Even with that said, the three sisters provide plenty use of their signature 80s guitar picking, trendy keyboards and grooves making, Days Are Gone, a good album nonetheless, with mostly great tracks |
| Lorde Pure Heroine | 4.0 |
| Pure Heroine begins with a whimper from Lorde - "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?". Thirty-seven minutes later as the album reaches a remarkable end she boldly says, "Let 'em talk", and with that we see the true, pure heroine the seventeen year old New Zealander claims to be amongst the pure buzz that surrounds her. |
| Drake Nothing Was the Same | 4.0 |
| Drake has the charm, the flow and the charisma once again with Nothing Was the Same. This time he masters stunning beats and samples to lift this album to one of 2013's best. |
| Janelle Monae The Electric Lady | 4.5 |
| Janelle Monae's second album, The Electric Lady, is a soulful and fun-filled blast that excels in immediate high class. What she does so smart is the exceptional and working blend of genres from Soul, R&B to Funk and Pop Ballads. As well as that the Suite Overtures this time aren't skip-worthy, the interludes are interesting and funny, and there's a good number of stand-out tracks. The Electric Lady picks up where her debut album left off and immediately shines in every degree. |
| Earl Sweatshirt Doris | 3.5 |
| Earl Sweatshirt's debut is the one to come out as the year's most grotesque but decorative album. Even with that said few memorable moments make Doris not totally forgettable in 2013s year of hiphop - instead something different. |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels | 4.0 |
| Killer Mike's booming vocals and El-P's brilliant production appear once again with their debut album, this time as group, Run the Jewels. The duo keep it afresh with little flaws and prove once more the two serve insanely well as one of hip-hop's finest collaborations. |
| Kanye West Yeezus | 4.5 |
| Screeching synth, deep bass and raw ego flip Kanye West's persona from Hip-hop legend to all around music god. It's not a cliche, it's high distinction. |
| Jason Isbell Southeastern | 4.0 |
| Quadron Avalanche | 4.0 |
| Serengeti Kenny Dennis LP | 4.0 |
| Serengeti's, Kenny Dennis LP, dwells on the sweet and relaxing samples - not just the informative lyrics. The entire album is made for a chilled evening which ends up being a great one as the album reaches an end. |
| Daft Punk Random Access Memories | 4.5 |
| Its a bold move when you make an incredible shift in style and sound, which is what Daft Punk have done, but not in the steps of 'Lil Wayne. Instead they create a brave, fun and energetic selection of songs with lively production and dashing vocoder skills. One of the year's best, no doubt. |
| Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City | 4.5 |
| From folk to pop to indie to baroque, Vampire Weekend once again provide a truly unique and wonderful album, this time bigger and more smarter.? |
| Savages Silence Yourself | 4.0 |
| Chance the Rapper Acid Rap | 4.0 |
| Ghostface Killah Twelve Reasons to Die | 4.5 |
| James Blake Overgrown | 4.0 |
| Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park | 4.0 |
| Seriously talented country singer-songwriter, Kacey Musgraves, lives large on her fourth album by treating us with a little bit of soul and charm. Country-pop may sometimes be stupid, but when mixed with a folk and rock n' roll flavor, it sounds ultimately satisfying which is what Kacey Musgraves succeeds at. |
| Waxahatchee Cerulean Salt | 4.0 |
| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away | 4.0 |
| A sinister recording from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds can ultimately rebel and move listeners. Push the Sky Away is just that.rIt's good to know he and his band are one of the few artists today who can create the eerie and extravagant. |
| Kitty D.A.I.S.Y. Rage | 4.5 |
| Kitty bites hard at her good/bad girl image and toys with us in her sassy, stimulating EP, D.A.I.S.Y. Rage, which ultimately pays off at no expense. |
| Tegan and Sara Heartthrob | 4.0 |
| Every now and then there are moments where it feels Canadian twin sisters, Tegan and Sara, are ready to bust into another song's chorus after one verse. That's how similar the duo's style is throughout the album, nevertheless its a fun and electrifying type of style supported by electro-pop goodness and heart-throbbing lyrics. |
| ASAP Rocky LONG.LIVE.A$AP | 3.5 |
| LONG.LIVE.A$AP almost sounds like an extention to Rocky's mixtape, LIVE.LOVE.A$AP. Its's no Radiohead's Amnesiac, it's LIVE.LOVE this time with familiar but unfamiliar tracks. There are those songs that seem sloppy and dull, and there are those songs that seem greatly produced and blasting with pleasing vocals. But what most of LONG.LIVE.A$AP emits frankly conceals the true charisma and potential A$AP Rocky had on his debut. |
